The star, who's won two World Cups and a Ballon d'Or, says the 'beautiful game' changed her life forever.
Two-time women's football World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe has announced her retirement.
The 38-year-old said the current National Women's Soccer League season will be her last with a statement on social media. Posting a picture of her as a little girl, Rapinoe wrote:"I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape & change my life forever, but by the look on this little girl's face, she knew all along."
Thanking her family and teammates, she said that leaving professional football on her own terms was"incredibly special"., which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.
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