Megan Rapinoe: USWNT loves America but ‘not in a bald-eagle-on-your-shoulder kind of way’

Megan Rapinoe finished her U.S. women’s national soccer team career with two Women’s World Cup championships, three CONCACAF women’s championships and an Olympic gold medal.

Rapinoe and the U.S. team fell short of a third consecutive championship earlier this month as the team was eliminated in the Round of 16. She looked back on her time with the U.S. team fondly in a recent interview with The Atlantic and addressed the criticism she and the rest of her teammates received for not singing the national anthem before the start of their matches.

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USWNT forward Megan Rapinoe answers questions from journalists during a press conference amid the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, on Jul 30, 2023. (Jenna Watson-USA TODAY Sports)

Rapinoe said she loved representing the U.S. on the international stage despite detractors and is going to miss that, along with the energy in stadiums.

“And I’ll miss being able to…

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