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No one else could pull it off like this. Only Megan Rapinoe.
Who else could have their night ruined the way Rapinoe’s was on Saturday and still leave the press room in stitches. For that matter, who else would so much as set foot in the press room after what happened to her. This was Megan Rapinoe, two hours or so after an untimely injury cut her final professional soccer game short, opening her press conference with the words: “Actually looking back it’s kind of funny…”
Four years ago in Lyon, I watched Rapinoe score the winning penalty in the World Cup final, and then walk out to receive her Golden Ball award with her arms open because she owned the world. I raced back to my hotel and wrote this column. It was about so much more than soccer. Four years later, my respect for Megan Rapinoe the person has only grown. It was never more evident than Saturday night.
In 2019, the world was Rapinoe’s oyster. Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium, it was anything but. The NWSL Championship…
