Rapinoe could have become the 14th player to make 200 appearances with the U.S. women’s national team.
SAN JOSE — It seemed like it was set up to be the perfect moment for Megan Rapinoe to hit a major milestone with the U.S. women’s national team., playing a match in Northern California — at San Jose’s PayPal Park, which she admitted was “the closest I’ll ever get” to playing in her hometown of Redding – for perhaps the final time.
Rapinoe wasn’t made available to the media for comment, but USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski said the decision to not play Rapinoe was because of injury concerns. That extra time, then, came at the expense of the sold-out crowd of 18,000 in San Jose, who seemed to cheer for Rapinoe louder than anyone whenever they got the chance.
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