{"id":1992622,"date":"2023-08-06T18:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-says-equal-pay-was-her-favorite-memory-of-playing-for-us-soccer\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T18:12:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:12:49","slug":"megan-rapinoe-says-equal-pay-was-her-favorite-memory-of-playing-for-us-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-says-equal-pay-was-her-favorite-memory-of-playing-for-us-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe cherishes &#8216;equal pay&#8217; as her top US soccer moment."},"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\">22<\/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-says-equal-pay-was-her-favorite-memory-of-playing-for-us-soccer%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=1992622&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>U.S. Women&#8217;s Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Champions Equal Pay<\/h2>\n<p>Renowned U.S. women&#8217;s <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\">soccer star<\/a>, Megan Rapinoe, recently shared her favorite memory of playing for the \u2063U.S. soccer team\u200b &#8211; the fight for equal pay. Despite missing a penalty kick in a recent match, Rapinoe remains proud of her team&#8217;s efforts in \u2064the \u2063World Cup this year. As an athlete and activist, Rapinoe announced her upcoming retirement, with this World Cup being her fourth with the National Women&#8217;s \u200dSoccer League.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, probably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-says-equal-pay-was-her-favorite-memory-of-playing-for-us-soccer\/\" title=\"Megan Rapinoe cherishes 'equal pay' as her top US soccer moment.\">equal pay chance<\/a> after the final,&#8221; \u200bsaid Rapinoe in a video shared on social media. &#8220;And I think, \u2064you know, they were saying\u200c equal\u2062 pay, but could\u2063 have been saying a lot of things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rapinoe emphasized that her team has always fought for more than\u200b just \u2062equal pay, and that has been the most rewarding aspect for her. However, her views, including her support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tenn-gov-lee-transgender-athletes-would-destroy-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Tenn. Gov. Lee: Transgender athletes would \u2018destroy women\u2019s sports\u2019\">transgender athletes competing<\/a> against biological women, have drawn criticism from conservatives. Despite this, Rapinoe remains steadfast in her support, stating that she would &#8220;absolutely&#8221; welcome transgender athletes onto the U.S. Women&#8217;s National Team.<\/p>\n<p>Riley \u2062Gaines, a former\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lia-thomas-blasts-teammates-as-fake-feminists-over-perceived-lack-of-support\/\" title=\"Lia Thomas blasts teammates as 'fake' feminists over perceived lack of support\">championship swimmer-turned-women&#8217;<\/a>s sports advocate, has voiced her \u200ddisagreement with Rapinoe&#8217;s stance on transgender athletes in women&#8217;s sports. Gaines believes that by welcoming\u200c transgender athletes, Rapinoe is undermining her own \u2063fight for women in sports.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Netflix announced that \u2064they will be producing\u200b a sports docu-series on the U.S. \u2064women&#8217;s World Cup team, with Rapinoe being featured prominently.<\/p>\n<h3>Read\u200c more from \u200bThe Washington Examiner:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that she plans to continue fighting for equal pay and gender equality in sports. Despite the disappointment of the loss, Rapinoe remains determined to use her platform to advocate for change and inspire future generations of female athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992623,"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-1992622","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\/1992622","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=1992622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}