Rapinoe announced last weekend that she will retire from competitive soccer at the end of the current season.
Speaking to media in Auckland on Wednesday and sporting a new, blue hairstyle, Rapinoe said questions of retirement would have followed her and the USWNT through the World Cup had she not announced her plans before the tournament started."Obviously I’m 38 years old, I’m not going to be playing forever and it just always feels weird for me to have something settled and feel at peace and to not answer a question honestly," Rapinoe said. "I kind of wanted to have that for myself.
Megan Rapinoe speaks to media during the USWNT training session ahead of the FIFA Womens World Cup football at Bay City Park, Browns Bay on July 12, 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand. "I think especially those of us who have been around for a long time, certainly wasn’t like this for all the World Cups that we’ve been a part of our entire career," she said. "I think we can really see and feel the game growing and world changing around us."I know what that meant for me to be able to see Mia Hamm up close or see Brandi Chastain up close when I was younger — so hopefully it’s an inspiration to them, but I think it’s also an inspiration to us as well.
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