{"id":1967668,"date":"2023-07-08T19:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-plans-to-retire-at-the-end-of-the-season\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T19:36:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:36:43","slug":"megan-rapinoe-plans-to-retire-at-the-end-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-plans-to-retire-at-the-end-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe to retire after this season."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmegan-rapinoe-plans-to-retire-at-the-end-of-the-season%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Announces Retirement<\/h2>\n<p>Soccer sensation Megan Rapinoe has made a stunning announcement &#8211; she will be retiring at the end of the upcoming season. At 38 years old, Rapinoe is set to play in her fourth World Cup Tournament with the National Women&#8217;s Soccer League this summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is with a deep sense of peace and gratitude that I have decided this will be my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-plans-to-retire-at-the-end-of-the-season\/\" title=\"Megan Rapinoe to retire after this season.\">final season playing<\/a> this beautiful game,&#8221; Rapinoe shared in an Instagram post, accompanied by a heartwarming photo of herself as a young girl. &#8220;I never could have imagined the ways in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">soccer<\/a> would shape and change my life forever, but by the look on this little girl\u2019s face, I think she knew all along.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rapinoe has been a key player for OL Reign FC, based in Seattle, Washington, since 2013. Throughout her career, she has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-sports-that-put-cross-dressing-men-ahead-of-womens-fair-play\/\" title=\"10 Sports That Prioritize Cross-Dressing Men Over Women's Fair Play\">achieved remarkable success<\/a>, including winning two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Rapinoe made headlines when she kneeled during an exhibition match against Thailand while wearing the USWNT uniform. Although US Soccer expressed disapproval of the act, Rapinoe was still selected as one of the 23 women on the USWNT roster. This World Cup will also feature the talented duo of Alex Morgan and Kelley O&#8217;Hara, who will be representing the national team for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swedish-soccer-star-slams-lebron-james-stop-preaching-politics-do-what-youre-good-at\/\" title=\"Swedish Soccer Star Slams LeBron James: Stop Preaching Politics, \u2018Do What You\u2019re Good At\u2019\">fourth time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe&#8217;s team currently holds a record of 7-3-5 for the 2023 season, with the retiring forward having scored one goal so far. Excitement is building for this year&#8217;s World Cup, which will be hosted in Australia and New Zealand. The team&#8217;s first match is scheduled for July 21 against Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer icon Megan Rapinoe, 38, revealed her retirement plans on Saturday, concluding her career after this season. She will participate in her fourth World Cup Tournament with the National Women&#8217;s Soccer League before bidding farewell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1967669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}