Retiring star Megan Rapinoe was honored by club team OL Reign in front of an NWSL record crowd of 34,130.
With her family and fiancé Sue Bird looking on, Rapinoe started for the Reign in a scoreless draw against the Washington Spirit as Lumen Field's public address system played"Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" when she took to the field with her teammates.A video played before the match included well-wishes from such luminaries as Abby Wambach, Ken Griffey Jr. and Magic Johnson.Rapinoe has played in 114 regular-season games for the Reign and scored 49 goals.
Rapinoe announced before this summer's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand that she was stepping away from the game after an illustrious career that included two World Cup titles, an Olympic gold medal and an Olympic bronze.With her lavender hair, her victory pose, arms outstretched, became one of the iconic images of the dominant U.S. run.
Rapinoe is also known for her social justice activism. She led the national team's long fight for equal pay with the men’s national team, which started with an EEOC complaint back in 2016. It was finally resolved last year, when
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