Megan Rapinoe is driving home from training in suburban Seattle. It’s a drive she knows well after 10-plus years of playing for the Reign franchise, despite several changes in training location. Rapinoe has always indulged in self-reflection, but faced with the reality that these drives will be coming to an end soon, introspection has kicked into full gear.
“The biggest, shiniest moments of my career may not have happened in the Reign jersey, but they don’t happen without me playing here,” Megan Rapinoe tells The Equalizer on the phone, as she navigates Interstate-5.
On Friday, Rapinoe will play her final regular-season home game in Seattle in front of what could be a record crowd for the National Women’s Soccer League. Many people know Rapinoe because of her U.S. women’s national team career, but spending the entirety of her NWSL career with the Reign has had the biggest impact on her career, she says.
“It’s so funny because when people think of me I’m sure they think of the national team more and being one of the sort of main characters on a team that’s been successful for so long,” Rapinoe said. “Both on and off the field sort, of ushering in a new era of women’s sports, and the different way to talk about it, and think…
