Megan Rapinoe: “”I Have so Much Support Around Me”

In the most important match on the World Cup so far, Megan Rapinoe shined. And when we say shined, we mean like diamond shine.

With two goals against the hosts France, she helped the US team advance to the semifinals of WC, where they clash with England. The final result of the event was 2-1 for the United States.

Just five minutes into the game, she took a perfect free kick from the edge of the box and drilled the ball past the French goalkeeper. It was a stunner which silenced the fans at Parc des Princes.

That moment was crucial for the entire clash because of two reasons. The first is that it deflated the euphoria among the home crowd and neutralized their effect. Second, it allowed the Americans to have a different approach to the game, and patiently wait for their chance to strike from the counter-attack.

She additionally netted once more to double the lead and make a gap which France couldn’t fill in until the end.

The USA team was heavily pressured throughout the game, and according to Rapinoe, defense was the key for the win.

“The team’s performance was just ridiculous,” she stated after the game. “The level of difficulty defending we did, for as long as we did against a team like that is just ridiculous.”

Now, what the reporters and the public wanted to know is her opinion about the current situation regarding her dispute with President Trump.

Rapinoe said that she’s focused on different matters, and that right now, she doesn’t want to disrupt team’s chemistry. The captain isn’t going to engage in any arguments or anything similar, while the competition is in progress.

“I haven’t been thinking about it too much….Stay out of it; just keep within the team environment and the bubble,” she said.

The whole problem between her and the President emerged after a video appeared, in which Rapinoe stated that she isn’t going to go to the White House if team USA wins the World Cup.

A little bit later after the last night’s interview, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decided to invite the team to the House of Representatives, and Rapinoe accepted that.

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Her opinion about President Trump is widely known. What others think about her and stances she represents isn’t important to the player. Persons from her closes environment are supportive, and that is what matters for Rapinoe.

“I have so much support around me, from the media team helping me to just the group and my family and friends and everybody.”

She is aware that all the distractions might hurt the team, who is ahead of its most significant challenge at this tournament. The semifinal against England is going to be the ultimate derby of the World Cup.

These two sides will meet on July 2, in Paris. Both teams have a perfect record up until this point, five games, and five wins. Americans have the best attack in the entire tournament, while the English team is the best defense, having kept four clean sheets in a row.

Rapinoe is aware that their next opponent is very strong and motivated before this match.

“We have a tremendous team ahead of us in England, who had a very dominating performance in their last game.”

In the other two quarterfinals scheduled for today, we will have all four European teams. Italy faces the Netherlands in the opening event of the day, and Germany meets with Sweden.