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Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe practicing with the United States Women's National Soccer team
Personal information
Full name Megan Anna Rapinoe
Date of birth (1985-07-05) July 5, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Redding, California, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder/ Winger
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign FC
Number 15
Youth career
2002–2005 Elk Grove Pride
2005–2008 University of Portland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Chicago Red Stars 38 (3)
2011 Philadelphia Independence 4 (1)
2011 magicJack 10 (2)
2012 Seattle Sounders Women 2 (0)
2013 Olympique Lyonnais 17 (4)
2013– Seattle Reign FC 2 (0)
International career‡
2003–2005 United States U20 21 (9)
2006– United States 73 (22)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team competition
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Germany Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 15, 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 20, 2013

Megan Anna Rapinoe (/rəˈpiːnoʊ/ ⓘ; born July 5, 1985) is an American professional soccer midfielder who currently plays for the Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She previously played for Olympique Lyonnais in French league, Division 1 Féminine, as well as the Chicago Red Stars, Philadelphia Independence, and magicJack in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She is widely known for her crafty style of play and her precise cross to Abby Wambach which tied the game in the 122nd minute of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinals against Brazil. She scored three goals and tallied a team-high four assists to lead the United States to a gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Rapinoe grew up in Redding, California with her parents, Jim and Denise, and five siblings, including her twin, Rachael. Instead of playing high school soccer, Rapinoe played for the Elk Grove Pride club team, which won league and state championships, and was the runner up in the national championship in 2003. She also competed in track as a freshman and sophomore, and basketball as a freshman, sophomore, and senior.

Rapinoe was on the honor roll every semester of high school. She was named Parade and NSCAA All-American as a junior and senior. Rapinoe was also named to the McDonald's All-American Game in 2004.[1]

University of Portland

Rapinoe and her sister both attended the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. The Rapinoe twins almost committed to Santa Clara University before choosing to play for the Portland Pilots.[2]

In 2004, Rapinoe did not play college soccer in what would have been her freshman season in order to play in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship where the United States placed third.[3] In 2005 as a freshman, she helped the Portland Pilots to an undefeated season and the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. She was named NSCAA First Team All-American and was on the Soccer America First Team Freshman All-America. Rapinoe made the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship All Tournament Team and was the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year. She was also an All-West Coast Conference First Team and an All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team selection. Rapinoe played and started all 25 games as an attacking midfielder, scoring 15 goals and added 13 assists for 43 points. That year, she also had seven recorded game-winning goals.[1]

As a sophomore in 2006, Rapinoe was among the nation's leading scorers with 10 goals and 2 assists in just 11 matches before suffering her first season-ending Anterior cruciate ligament injury against Washington State University on October 5. She joined Tiffeny Milbrett and Shannon MacMillan as the only Portland Pilots to score 25 goals and 15 assists in just two years. As a junior in 2007, Rapinoe appeared in just two matches off the bench early in the year before suffering a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury for the second consecutive season. She was granted a medical hardship waiver by the NCAA, but never used it.[1][4]

As a senior in 2008, Rapinoe started all 22 games for the Portland Pilots and was named a Soccer America First-Team All-American and a NSCAA Second Team All-American. Rapinoe was also voted West Coast Conference Player of the Year. Her senior year, Rapinoe led the Portland Pilots and the West Coast Conference in assists (13). She had one more season of college eligibility remaining, due to her NCAA medical hardship waiver, but opted to enter the Women's Professional Soccer draft instead.[1][5]

Rapinoe's 88 point career (30 goals, 28 assists) is 10th in the school's history despite playing just 60 total games.[1]

Playing career

Club

Megan Rapinoe warming up before a MagicJack match.

From 2002 through 2005, Rapinoe was a member of the Elk Grove Pride, which plays in Women's Premier Soccer League. In her four years with the team, she scored 25 goals for the club. Rapinoe was selected second overall in the 2009 WPS Draft to Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer. In the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, Rapinoe appeared in 18 games (17 starts, 1375 minutes) and scored two goals and assisted on three others. She was named a Women's Professional Soccer First-Team All-Star. In 2010, Rapinoe struggled with illness, but played in 20 games (19 starts) scoring one goal on the last touch of the last game of the season.[1]

In December 2010, Rapinoe moved on to the Philadelphia Independence after the Chicago Red Stars ceased operations. Rapinoe appeared in four games and scored one goal before she was traded to the MagicJack while she was in Germany for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6][7] It was reported that the "cash considerations" involved in the transfer were $100,000. This was the most expensive trade in WPS history. The average salary for a female player in the league was $25,000.[8] On October 25, 2011, the Women's Professional Soccer League voted to terminate the MagicJack franchise, leaving Rapinoe and many other big names as free agents for the 2012 season.[9]

In October 2011, Rapinoe signed with W-League (Australia) team Sydney FC as a guest player for two games. In her second and final game against Melbourne Victory, she scored with eight minutes remaining to seal three points for Sydney.[10] During the summer of 2012, she joined fellow national team members, Hope Solo, Sydney Leroux, and Stephanie Cox to play with the Seattle Sounders Women in between camps with the national team as they prepared for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[11] She made two appearances during the regular season with the Sounders, serving two assists.[12]

In January 2013, she signed for six months with Olympique Lyonnais, the French side that had previously won six consecutive French league championships and two straight European titles, for a reported 11,000 euros (or approximately $14,000) a month.[13] Rapinoe played in six regular season matches for the team, scoring two goals primarily playing as a left winger in the squad's 4-3-3 formation. She made a strong impact during the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final scoring one goal against FC Malmö and a goal and an assist during Lyon's last-four win over FCF Juvisy. She became the fifth American woman in history to play in a Champions League final.[14][15] At the end of her contract with Lyon, she joined Seattle Reign FC, to which she had been previously allocated by the National Women's Soccer League.[16]

International

Youth national teams

Rapinoe played for the U-16 Girl's National Soccer team in 2002 and traveled with the team to France and Houston, Texas. She also played for the United States Youth Soccer Association International Tournament in Houston, Texas in May 2003.[1]

From 2003–2005, Rapinoe played for the United States U-19 team. She made 21 appearances and scored nine goals. Her first camp with the U-19 was in January 2003 in Chula Vista, California. She traveled with the U-19s on European tour to Netherlands and Germany in July 2003. She scored her first goal with the U-19s against Mexico on March 1, 2003. Rapinoe played in three matches at the 2004 CONCACAF U-19 Qualifying Tournament, scoring three goals. In the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand she scored a team-high three goals, including one in the third place match victory against Brazil.[1]

Senior national team

2006–2009

Rapinoe trained with the United States national women's soccer team for the first time during 2006 Residency Training Camp in Carson, California. She came into training with the team early in 2006 and played in four matches. Rapinoe made her USWNT debut on July 23, 2006 against Ireland. She scored her first and second senior team goals on October 1, 2006 against Chinese Taipei.[1]

Due to two separate anterior cruciate ligament injuries, Rapinoe did not play for the senior team in 2007 or 2008. She did not play in either the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup or the 2008 Olympics.[17] Upon her return to the United States Women's National Team in 2009, Rapinoe led the team in points with five (two goals and one assist). She played in seven games, starting in six. Rapinoe scored against Norway in the Algarve Cup in a 1–0 victory, and also added a goal against Canada in Toronto.[1]

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

In 2010 Rapinoe started eight of the ten games she played and scored four goals with two assists. One of the assists came in the second match of the Women’s World Cup playoff series against Italy that set up Amy Rodriguez’s game-winning goal. Rapinoe scored against Sweden and China and twice against Guatemala at the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying tournament, in which she played three games.[1]

Rapinoe was selected as part of the U.S. team for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She came on as a substitute in a group stage match vs Colombia in the 50th minute and scored almost immediately to put the U.S. up 2–0. Rapinoe celebrated her goal by running to the corner to the left of Colombia's net, picking up an on-field microphone being used for the match's television broadcast, tapping it, and singing Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." into it.[18][19] Rapinoe started in the USA's last group stage match versus Sweden, in which the U.S. lost 2–1.

During the quarterfinal match against Brazil, Rapinoe came on as a substitute and crossed for Abby Wambach's game-tying extra-time header; she would later convert her shot during the penalty shootout to help send the United States to the semifinals.[20] Rapinoe's memorable description of her last minute cross against Brazil was "I just took a touch and friggin' smacked it with my left foot. I don't think I've hit a ball like that with my left foot. I got it to the back post and that beast in the air just got a hold of it." Abby Wambach was "that beast" who scored the goal.[21]

Following the match against Brazil, Rapinoe was named ESPN's Next Level Player of the Week for completing 5 of 10 crosses while the rest of the team was 0 for 18.[22] Rapinoe went on to notch two more assists in the World Cup semi-final and final against France and Japan, respectively. She ended the tournament with one goal and three assists.[1]

Following her appearance in the World Cup, Rapinoe's hometown of Redding officially made September 10, 2011 "Megan Rapinoe Day".[23] Rapinoe won the Harry Glickman Professional Female Athlete of the Year award at the 60th annual Oregon Sports Awards held on February 12, 2012.[24]

Rapinoe after the gold medal match at 2012 Summer Olympics; August 9, 2012
2012 London Olympics
Megan Rapinoe corner kick in the gold medal match at London 2012 Olympics

Rapinoe helped lead the United States to a gold medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom. She started all six games and scored the game-winning goal vs. Colombia. She went on to score two game-equalizing goals in the semifinals vs. Canada including a rare 'Gol Olimpico' – a corner kick that goes untouched into the net.[25] She is the first player, male or female, to score an Olimpico at the Olympic Games. [26]

According to official US Soccer match reports, she ended the tournament with three goals and a team-high of four assists (tied with Alex Morgan).[1] Rapinoe was widely regarded as one of the top players of the Olympics and made numerous 'Team of the Tournament' lists including those selected by the BBC[27] and All White Kit.[28]

Rapinoe had a career-high 8 goals and 12 assists for the United States in 2012.[29]

2013

At the 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal, Megan Rapinoe was named the Player of the tournament, despite playing only 2 matches out of the four her team played. She was injured in practice and did not play the final, as the team defeated Germany to win the 2013 Algarve Cup.

International goals
Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting)
Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup Start – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain
Sorted by minutes played

Goal in match Goal of total goals by the player in the match
Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
# NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score The match score after the goal was scored.
Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result The final score.

Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation

aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation.

NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Honors

2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or Shortlist

On October 25, 2012, Rapinoe was one of ten female soccer players shortlisted for FIFA Women's World Player of the Year.[30]

2012 Sports Illustrated's Most Inspiring Performers

Rapinoe was named a finalist for Sports Illustrated's Most Inspiring Performers of 2012.[31]

2013 Algarve Cup Player of the Tournament

Rapinoe was named the best player of the 2013 Algarve Cup which the USWNT won. She tallied a goal and assist in two games played. [32]

Personal life

On July 2, 2012, Rapinoe came out as a lesbian in an interview with Out magazine.[33] Rapinoe confirmed that she has been dating Australian soccer player Sarah Walsh for three years.[34]

On November 10, 2012, Rapinoe was given the Board of Director's Award by the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center.[35]

Her nickname is "Pinoe".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Player Bio: Megan Rapinoe". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  2. ^ "Redding native Megan Rapinoe's soccer fortunes keep rising; Olympics ahead". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Talented traveler: Rapinoe's soccer journey". Redding.com. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Megan Rapinoe is One of a Kind". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe: Chicago Style Standout". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Independence Trade Megan Rapinoe to magicJack". Women's Professional Soccer. June 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  7. ^ "RAPINOE DEALT: Independence send midfielder to magicJack". Philly Soccer News. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  8. ^ Berfield, S. (2011). SELLING ABBY WAMBACH. Bloomberg Businessweek, (4251), 106–108.
  9. ^ Jeff Kassouf (July 8, 2011). "WPS: Top of table clash and Rapinoe's value". The Equalizer. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  10. ^ "Sydney FC signs USA starlet Megan Rapinoe for W-League". Football Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Megan Rapinoe is Sounders Women's latest big signing". Seattle Times. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  12. ^ "2012 Seattle Sounders Women Stats". USL Soccer. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  13. ^ "A U.S. Soccer Star's Declaration of Independence". New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Rapinoe Shoots for History in Champions League Final". American Soccer Now. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  15. ^ "Rapinoe's 'unbelievable' Lyon experience". UEFA. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  16. ^ "USWNT's Megan Rapinoe, Stephanie Cox officially join Reign FC". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  17. ^ "Golden Girl: Megan Rapinoe's notable career peaks in Olympic triumph". Redding.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  18. ^ USA – Colombia, Germany 2011 (1:30 to 1:48)
  19. ^ "Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan spark U.S. team". ESPN. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  20. ^ "US soccer: Women back in World Cup final as Rapinoe comes to the rescue, again". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  21. ^ Blackmon, Neil W. "2011 FIFA Women's World Cup: What US Women Did In Dresden. In A Word: Unforgettable" http://www.yanksarecoming.com/2011-fifa-womens-world-cup-what-us-women-did-in-dresden-in-a-word-unforgettable, accessed 21 Sep 2012
  22. ^ "Next Level Player Of The Week: Rapinoe". ESPN. July 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  23. ^ "Megan Rapinoe Day in Redding; World Cup soccer star honored with celebration, parade". Redding.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  24. ^ Brandon, Steve. "New names in the winners' circle". The Portland Tribune. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  25. ^ "Comebacks, officiating, scoring made U.S.-Canada a classic". Sports Illustrated. August 6, 2012 (Grant Wahl). Retrieved August 7, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  26. ^ "Megan Rapinoe, la mujer del primer gol olímpico de los olímpicos". Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  27. ^ "Olympic women's football: Team of the tournament". BBC Sport. August 11, 2012 (Oatley, Jacqui). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ All White Kit "Olympics – The All-Curren Team: Trying To Pick The Best 18 Not Easy". August 13, 2012 (Curren, Ray). Retrieved 2012-08-29. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  29. ^ U.S. Soccer "2012 Statistics". Retrieved 2012-12-20. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  30. ^ "Women's shortlists for FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2012 revealed". Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  31. ^ "U.S. WNT Midfielder Megan Rapinoe Named a Finalist for Sports Illustrated's Most Inspiring Performer of 2012".
  32. ^ "WNT Takes 2013 Algarve Cup Title with 2–0 Win Against Germany".
  33. ^ "Fever Pitch". Out Magazine. July 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  34. ^ Snarker, Dorothy (July 3, 2012). "Megan Rapinoe comes out, officially, to OUT". After Ellen. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  35. ^ "Megan Rapinoe: Don't Expect Barriers to be Broken until more People Come Out". On Top magazine. Nov 15, 2012. Retrieved 15 Nov 2012.
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