Megan Rapinoe gave home fans a curtain call in Seattle as OL Reign defeated Angel City FC 1-0 in the NWSL quarterfinals on Friday. The USWNT superstar announced her retirement ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup earlier this year, saying she’d step away at the conclusion of her club season. That will wait another week after Veronica Latsko delivered the game-winning goal late in the match.
Rapinoe has already said her farewell to the national team but is having the long goodbye to a club career she’s earned. The organization, head coach Laura Harvey, and team veterans Jess Fishlock, Lauren Barnes, and Rapinoe are three-time NWSL Shield winners but have been chasing the long-elusive NWSL Championship. The club has seven postseason appearances, but the quarterfinal win against Angel City is their first playoff victory since 2015.
