Megan Rapinoe: Legendary US footballer to end career against South Africa

Ifeanyi Ufomadu 19:00 - 30 August 2023

USWNT star Megan Rapinoe | Image via Shape

Megan Rapinoe’s last game with the United States women’s national team will be a friendly against South Africa.

Rapinoe announced her plan to retire from the game after the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

The plan was to finish the NWSL season and call it a day, doing so after 203 USWNT caps.

Rapinoe to retire from football

Megan Rapinoe of the United States | via Getty Images

The USWNT are scheduled to play South Africa in a two-game series on Sept. 21 and 24, but Rapinoe will not play in the first game and will be honored ahead of the second.

𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙊𝙀@mPinoe will play her final #USWNT match on September 24 in Chicago » https://t.co/iowiCzr84b #ThankYouPinoe pic.twitter.com/DOC6sXrDBN
— U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (@USWNT) August 29, 2023

OL Reign, Rapinoe’s NWSL side, is scheduled to play its last regular-season match on Oct. 15; the club’s last home game, on Oct. 6, is being advertised as “Forever Reign: A Celebration of Megan Rapinoe.”