Outspoken U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team cocaptain Megan Rapinoe has emerged as a model for a new kind of activist athlete. Here, she discusses it all.
In case you didn’t notice, Megan Rapinoe had an excellent summer. There was the World Cup soccer victory, of course, and the Golden Ball trophy for best player, and the Golden Boot trophy for highest scorer. There was a whirlwind of television appearances: Jimmy Kimmel. Seth Meyers. Rachel Maddow., for God’s sake. Let’s not forget the ticker-tape parade through Manhattan, with the mayor handing her a key to the city.
The blowback was predictable, but the timing of the video clip’s release was unexpected. When the president accused Rapinoe of disrespecting “our Country, the White House [and] our Flag” and scolded her to “WIN first before she TALKS!” the team was in Paris, about to begin the World Cup quarterfinals against the home team and favorite, France. The U.S. women would win that game 2–1—with Rapinoe scoring both goals—and move on to the finals, where they defeated the Netherlands, 2–0.
Unsurprisingly, the same people who bad-mouthed her for appearing over confident in advance of a win have criticized her for basking in victory. “In the same breath that someone would call me arrogant, they wouldn’t call Tom Brady or LeBron James or Michael Jordan arrogant,” Rapinoe points out. “Even when they do call male athletes arrogant, it’s almost in a positive way.
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