On Sunday, Megan Rapinoe will don a U.S. women’s national team jersey for the final time. She’ll have recorded over 200 caps, and she’ll step on the Soldier Field turf with 63 international goals to her name, and the hope that she’ll add to that tally.
For those in attendance — and even those watching on television — it’s an event that figures to evoke both joy and some sadness, too. Saying goodbye is never easy, even if it’s just one part of Rapinoe’s life that is coming to an end.
But veteran defender and co-captain Becky Sauerbrunn wouldn’t miss this for anything. The Portland Thorns defender and longtime international teammate of Rapinoe’s will be among those in the crowd, and she expects to feel the full range of emotions.
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“I think we kind of always thought our careers were probably going to end at the exact same time, like a little pact that when she hung up the boots, I was probably going to hang up the boots, but it…
