(Rebekah Wynkoop / SPP)
There are few bigger figures in women’s soccer — or arguably even women’s sports — than Megan Rapinoe. The legendary forward is known as much for her on-the-field play for her club OL Reign and the U.S. Women’s National Team as she is for her outspoken and unapologetic advocacy off the field on issues such as racial justice, LGBTQ visibility, and equal pay in women’s sports.
Earlier this year, Rapinoe announced her retirement from both club and international soccer, and after a career that has produced an Olympic gold medal, two World Cup victories, the Ballon d’Or, and even a Presidential Medal of Freedom, it seems like she’s already won everything there is to win.
There is, however, one trophy that’s eluded her. Megan Rapinoe has never won a National Women’s Soccer League Championship.
Despite winning three Shields with OL Reign, for whom she’s played since the inception of the NWSL in 2013, she’s never lifted a championship trophy. But now, for the first time since 2015,…
