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Megan Anna Rapinoe was born on July 5, 1985 in Redding, California, 11 minutes after her fraternal twin sister. Rapinoe grew up in the conservative town of Redding in northern California. Her mother, Denise, is a waitress. Her father, Jim, worked as a contractor. Rapinoe grew up as the youngest of six. Her twin sister Rachael also excelled at socce...

Around the age of 5, Rapinoe and her twin sister followed in their older brother's footsteps and began playing soccer. The two turned out to be gifted players. Because there were no girls' teamswhere they lived, they first joined a boys' soccer team. Rapinoe attended Foothill High School where she ran track and played basketball in addition to socc...

Rapinoe, who plays forward, rejoined the U.S. women's national team in 2009. In 2011, she participated in her first World Cup. She amazed the world during one match by sending the ball on a breathtaking cross-field journey to teammate Abby Wambach, who then scored and tied the game just before the clock ran out. Though the U.S. women lost the World...

Male soccer players in the United States often make more money than women, though the women's national team has been more successful. As a result, Rapinoe and others have battled for equal pay. In 2016, she and four other teammates filed a federal labor complaint against U.S. Soccer for wage discrimination. After the labor complaint stalled, Rapino...

Rapinoe, who realized she was gay while in college, publicly came out in July 2012, ahead of the Olympic Games. She was one of the first soccer players to do so. She made the decision because"it became very weird and not very authentic for me not to be out." Rapinoe has since continued to support LGBTQ+ rights. In March 2021, following state legisl...

Rapinoe's former partners include Australian football player Sarah Walsh and musician Sera Cahoone. She and Cahoone were engaged, but Rapinoe ended the relationship. She next became involved with star WNBA player Sue Bird, whom she'd met at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. When Rapinoe was left off the team roster following her decision to kneel for the n...

In 2018, Rapinoe and Bird appeared on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue, the first openly gay couple to do so. In 2019, Rapinoe was the first out lesbian to show up in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was named Sports IllustratedSportsperson of the Year that same year. Rapinoe was seen in the 2021 documentary LFG, about the figh...

Rapinoe has been sponsored by Nike, Samsung and Vitamin Water. Her endorsement deals range from Schmidt's deodorant to Victoria's Secret. The organization Rapinoe SC sets up sports clinics, and Rapinoe co-founded a lifestyle brand called re-inc.