The US midfielder talks about why women are at the forefront of fighting injustices and whether she feared for her football career after taking a knee during the national anthem
“As I’ve grown older I’ve really got to understand how powerful one voice can be, my voice can be, or the team’s voice can be. So to hold that back or not to use that just seems selfish in a way.”
If that is the case, Megan Rapinoe is anything but selfish. A World Cup winner and Olympic champion with the US women’s national team, Rapinoe coul easily be satisfied with her lot. But just enjoying the spoils of her success is not enough.
Written by Suzanne Wrack
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/29/megan-rapinoe-interview-men-take-100-years-off-us-midfielder under the title “Megan Rapinoe: ‘Maybe men should just take a few hundred years off’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
