Megan Rapinoe Is Retiring From the National Women's Soccer League After the World Cup

star Megan Rapinoe is set to retire from the .The announced the news on July 8, revealing her impending retirement following her fourth Women's World Cup, which kicks off on July 20. Before stepping back from the field, Rapinoe is going for her third World Cup win, having helped take the team to victory in 2015 and 2019, as well as winning an Olympic gold medal in 2012.

Now, she's hoping for one last big win in Australia and New Zealand. “I’m just really grateful to be able to do it in this way," Rapinoe said against Wales. “I understand that it is incredibly rare for athletes of any stature to be able to go out in their own way, on their own terms, at the time that they want, in a way that feels really peaceful and settled for them."She continued, "So just wanted to do it now and honestly kind of get it out of the way before we go down to New Zealand so we can focus on the task at hand, which is winning another World Cup.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Off the field, Megan Rapinoe has been an integral figure in the U.S.

Women's National Team's and was by Joe Biden in 2022. “I’ve been able to have such an incredible career, and this game has brought me all over the world and allowed me to meet so many amazing people,” Rapinoe also . “I feel incredibly grateful to have played as long as I have, to be as successful as we’ve been, and to have been a part of a generation of players who undoubtedly left the game better than they found it.

To be able to play one last World Cup and one last NWSL season and go out on my own terms is incredibly special.She continued, “I want to thank my family for being by my side all these years. Thanks to all my teammates and coaches all the way back to my first days in