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Jeff Kassouf in Auckland

The great, transformative Megan Rapinoe prepares to go out on her own terms

Megan Rapinoe says she is retiring ‘in a way that feels really peaceful and settled.’
Megan Rapinoe says she is retiring ‘in a way that feels really peaceful and settled’. Photograph: Hannah Peters/FIFA/Getty Images

Saturday in New Zealand marks the beginning of the end for Megan Rapinoe. The United States forward announced earlier in July that this World Cup, her fourth, will also be her last. She will retire later this year after playing out the National Women’s Soccer League season with her club, OL Reign.

As with just about everything Rapinoe has done on and off the field in her glittering career, she is going out her way, on her terms.

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