Megan Rapinoe is known as an American professional soccer player. She is most famous for leading the US Womens National team to a World Cup win in 2019.
Megan Anna Rapinoe was born on July 5, 1985 in Redding, California. Megan is one of the six children born to her folks, Jim and Denise Rapinoe. She is a twin and her twin sister's name is Rachael. Her twin sister is additionally a soccer player who recently played in the U.S ladies' national under-23 soccer crew and also for Iceland's Stjarnan Women. Their father really established the framework and the affection for soccer for little Megan who burned through a large portion of her initial years playing with the different teams her father trained. She went to Foothill High School, yet rather than playing soccer there, Rapinoe, played for the Elk Grove Pride of the Women's Premier Soccer League.
Megan Rapinoe is currently a U.S professional soccer player for Seattle Reign FC as a midfielder/winger. Globally known for her cunning style of play, Rapinoe is a member of the U.S ladies national soccer crew. She was part of the group that helped the U.S win silver at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, gold at the 2012 London Olympics and at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, it was Rapinoe's stunning pass to Abby Wambach in the 122nd moment of the quarterfinals match against Brazil that achieved the tying goal which eventually prompted the U.S winning after the penalty shootout.
Megan made headlines in 2019 when she was one of the first women on the National Team to say that she was not going to accept an invite to Donald Trump's White House after the team won the World Cup.
In a 2012 interview, Rapinoe came out as a lesbian and uncovered that she was involved with an Australian soccer player, Sarah Walsh since 2009. The next year, they ended up splitting up but it is unknown if the breakup was related to her interview. After the spilt, Megan dated singer and songwriter, Sera Cahoone. The couple declared their engagement in August 2015 but in January 2017, Megan Rapinoe revealed that their wedding plans were on hold.
Later in 2017, Seattle Storm basketball player Sue Bird came out as a gay woman and claimed that Megan Rapinoe was her better half. Rapinoe would later affirm that they had been dating since the fall of 2016. Fans started putting the pieces together and determined that Megan's engagement to Sera ended because of her new relationship with Sue Bird.
| Birth Date: | 5 Jul, 1985 |
| Age: | 35 yrs |
| Occupations: | Association football player |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Redding |
| Education: | University of Portland |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American soccer player |
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
