Megan Rapinoe will end her career having won at least two World Cups and one Olympic gold medal and having been awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Megan Rapinoe, a U.S. soccer star known for her achievements on the field as well as her political activism off of it, announced on Saturday that she will retire from professional soccer at age 38.
Rapinoe will play in her fourth and final World Cup this summer before finishing the season with her National Women’s Soccer League team, OL Reign. She will end her career having won at least two World Cups and one Olympic gold medal.
«I feel incredibly grateful to have played as long as I have, to be as successful as we’ve been, and to have been a part of a generation of players who undoubtedly left the game better than they found it,» Rapinoe said in a statement.
Rapinoe did not cite a reason for her retirement, but last year, in an interview with NPR, she acknowledged her age and that she had sustained some injuries.
«I had a couple little injuries, I’m getting a little bit older, so I want to go through the season and see how my body feels, and all that, but I feel like I still have a lot to give,» she said.
