Posted on 08/06/2023 11:06:16 AM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020
It was not the ending Megan Rapinoe had planned.
She went so far as to call it "dark comedy" and a "sick joke", such was her dismay.
After 17 years of putting herself on the line for the Stars and Stripes, the two-time Women's World Cup winner was in tears as she departed the global stage for the final time.
On Rapinoe's 202nd appearance for the USA, the defending world champions dramatically lost 5-4 on penalties to Sweden after a last-16 goalless draw in Melbourne.
Rapinoe, 38, ranks among the most successful players of her generation and announced before the tournament she would be retiring at the end of the season.
With the USA leading 3-2 on penalties on a tension-filled night, substitute Rapinoe missed her spot-kick before Sophia Smith and Kelley O'Hara also failed to score in the shootout.
When Lina Hurtig converted the decisive penalty by the finest of margins, eliminating the four-time world champions, Rapinoe was overcome with emotion.
The Olympic gold medal winner hoisted up her shirt in an attempt to hide her face.
Ten minutes after the game, the television cameras picked out Rapinoe being consoled by team-mate Lynn Williams after the 2019 Ballon d'Or winner's dream of ending her USA career on a high were dashed.
"This is like a sick joke," said Rapinoe. "For me personally, I'm just like, this is dark comedy. I missed a penalty."
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Bye!
I wonder if she missed making the goal on purpose, as a final insult the the nation and her “teammates”?
Too bad she won’t just disappear and live quietly. She’ll continue to spread her errors. Probably go on speaking tours.
Delicious
Indeed. She's playing a chilren's game for money, and it's not even an American game.WTF is she crying about?
Funny. If I'd had any idea they were playing against Sweden in this children's game in which she couldn't compete against any top tier teen age boys team competitively, I'd have been rooting for Sweden sa well.
You can replace it with Roxette or any of the songs produced by Max Martin.
He wrote the Britney Spears song “...Baby One More Time”. He wrote the lyrics “hit me baby one more time” because he thought “hit me” meant “hit me up/call me”.
True liberal playing the victim. She never sacrificed for our nation
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