NWSL Final: Rapinoe Bids Farewell To Football With Injury And Defeat

Megan Rapinoe, OL Reign’s winger, suffered a non-contact injury to her right ankle early in the NWSL final match Saturday night and was subbed off in what she described as “the worst possible outcome” for the final game of her professional career.

Following her international retirement from her 203-matches-long career on September 24, Rapinoe, who needed assistance as she hobbled off the field, was hoping to finish her storied career as a NWSL champion – a title she had never won – but, Lynn Williams and NJ/NY Gotham FC stood in her way.