Megan Rapinoe is set to play in her fourth World Cup with the U.S. women’s national team. (Roy K. Miller/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
Megan Rapinoe enters the 2023 World Cup as the elder stateswoman on the U.S. women’s national team. Head coach Vlatko Andonovski plans to put the 37-year-old forward’s experience to work for the USWNT, on and off the pitch.
With the ages on the squad ranging from “18 to Pinoe,” as Alex Morgan put it, Rapinoe’s World Cup résumé makes her an invaluable resource. Rapinoe is one of three players (along with Morgan and Kelley O’Hara) set to appear in her fourth World Cup for the USWNT, and she is the oldest player on the squad by more than two years.
Already a USWNT legend, she factored in heavily in the last two World Cups, scoring her 50th international goal in the team’s championship match in 2019. With the goal, the 34-year-old Rapinoe became the oldest woman to score in a World Cup final. She also earned the Golden Boot as the top scorer of the tournament with six goals.
Four years later,…
