Biography

Megan Rapinoe is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger. Megan, one of six siblings, grew up in Redding, California. At college, she was a star player but tore a ligament for the second time in 2007, which could have ended her career. Having come back from injury, she turned professional and was the second overall pick in the 2008 draft. She has played her club football in America - most notably in Seattle - Australia and France. She has also played well over 100 games for the USA women's national team, winning an Olympic gold medal and a World Cup. Rapinoe is a prominent LGBTQ rights' activist and was awarded the Board of Directors Award by the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center in, 2012, for raising awareness of LGBTQ people in sport.
- IMDb mini biography by: Amazon Studios

Short blonde hair

Energetic personality

Athletic physique

[2019] Became the first openly gay woman in the annual swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated.

She has a twin sister named Rachael.

Since 2016, she is in a relationship with basketball player Sue Bird.

[7 July 2022] Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.

[on her soccer team; July 2019] This group is so resilient, is so tough, has such a sense of humor, is just so badass. There's nothing that can faze this group. We're chillin'. We got tea sippin'. We got celebrations. We have pink hair and purple hair. We have tattoos and dreadlocks. We got white girls and black girls. And everything in between. Straight girls and gay girls. Hey!

To my fellow cis women athletes: the time is now to say loud and clear that bans against trans athletes framed as 'protecting women's sports' do not speak for us, and do nothing to protect us. To the trans athletes fearing that they may be sidelined from the sport they love: I see you and hear you and I am with you.