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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCongratulations, Megan Rapinoe!
Last edited Mon Sep 23, 2019, 07:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Lionel Messi and Megan Rapinoe named Fifa footballers of the yearRapinoe, who stole the show on and off the pitch at the World Cup, finishing with the golden ball, golden boot and World Cup trophy, while using her platform to challenge Donald Trump and push Fifa on investment, was, for once, a little at a loss for words.
That very rarely happens to me, she said before thanking her teammates who let me be a little bit wild at times but reel me in when needed. She then, characteristically, used her platform as a call to arms.
Stories that have inspired me most; Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly, the young Iran woman who burnt to death, the one out MLS player, the out NWSL players, she said.
If we really want to have meaningful change everyone needs to be outraged. That would be the most inspiring thing to me.
We have so much success, we have incredible platforms. I ask everybody here to lend your platform, to lift people up, to use this beautiful game to change the world for everyone.
She is so great. Jill Ellis won, too!
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Congratulations, Megan Rapinoe! (Original Post)
Metatron
Sep 2019
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obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)1. k & R
blm
(112,920 posts)2. ((Megan))
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)3. K&R
Metatron
(1,258 posts)4. I am so glad you posted these!
demmiblue
(36,751 posts)5. Here, have a couple more!
Megan Rapinoe words when announced as Best Women's Player in World "I ask everyone lend your platform to other people, lift other people, share your success. We have a unique opportunity to use this beautiful game to change the world for the better. Do something. Do anything" 🇺🇸 🙌
Link to tweet
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)6. I would like to see her
give someone else the golden boot.
Right up the arse.
Metatron
(1,258 posts)7. Phil Neville, perhaps?
I am still morally offended that he got the England job. I genuinely believe they would have been more prepared if they had a manager who was an experienced coach and was familiar with women's football.
Celerity
(42,666 posts)8. I just hate Neville because he is a Manure rotter
KTBFFH
brooklynite
(93,873 posts)9. I saw her play last week; she's stunning