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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Megan Anna Rapinoe | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Philadelphia Independence | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Portland Pilots | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Elk Grove Pride | ? | (25) |
| 2009–2010 | Chicago Red Stars | 38 | (3) |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Independence | 4 | (1) |
| 2011- | magicJack (WPS) | 0 | (0) |
| Total | (29) | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2005 |
 United States U-19 | 21 | (9) |
| 2006– |
United States | 33 | (11) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:14, 12 November 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2011 | |||
Megan Anna Rapinoe (born 5 July 1985, in Redding, California) is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.
Playing career
Professional club
From 2002 through 2005, Rapinoe was a member of Elk Grove Pride, which plays in Women's Premier Soccer League. Over her 4 years, she scored 25 goals for the club.
Rapinoe was selected 2nd overall in the 2009 WPS Draft to Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer. In the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, Rapinoe appeared in 18 games (17 starts, 1375 minutes) and scored 2 goals and assisted on 3 others. Her option was exercised by Chicago for the 2010 season and her rights remain with the club
National team
Rapinoe first appeared for the United States U-19 team. She made 21 appearances and scored 9 goals. Her most notable appearances was in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.
Rapinoe made her United States Women's National Team debut on 23 July 2006 against Ireland. She scored her first (and second) senior team goal(s) on 01 October 2006 against Chinese Taipei.
She did not play for the senior team in 2007 or 2008 due to two separate anterior cruciate ligament injuries.
Rapinoe was selected for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. She came on as a subsitute in a group stage match vs Colombia in the 50th minute to put the US up 2-0. Rapinoe started in USA's last group stage match (versus Sweden ) in which they lost 2-1. She placed a cross into the box for Abby Wambach's game-tying, extra-time goal in the USA's quarterfinal win versus Brazil, and also scored during the shootout.
External links
- Megan Rapinoe – FIFA competition record (archived)
- US Soccer player profile
- Chicago Red Stars player profile
- Portland player profile
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