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Megan Rapinoe, how good was she?
Posted on 7/9/23 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 7/9/23 at 2:25 pm
With the recent news that Rapinoe will retire at the conclusion of the NWSL season, how good of a soccer player was she really? Would she be well-known if it weren't for her antics and ridiculous statements or was she actually a great player?
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Posted on 7/9/23 at 2:28 pm to bad93ex
She was really good from 2010-2016 or so. That cross she delivered to Wambach for the Brazil goal in 2011 was better service than anyone on our current MNT can deliver.
She's been nothing more than a mascot for the last 6 years though.
She's been nothing more than a mascot for the last 6 years though.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 2:32 pm to bad93ex
She would be way less known among the general public, certainly.
How well known are Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd, both of whom are better players than Rapinoe?
She is a very good player but not in the A+ or A tiers of women’s soccer.
A+ would be Hamm, Akers, Lloyd, Morgan, Wambach, and probably Foudy.
And I would have these youngish midfielders from 2019, Kelley O’Hara, Becky Sauerbraun, Hope Solo, and some of 99 starters in the next tier.
Rapinoe would be in the group after that. She is very good but very limited so she needs people to make up for her lack of running so she can coast for 70 minutes before doing something impressive.
On the men’s side, the Eastern European playmaker who barely does anything all game but then gets 2 assists in 8 minutes has been phased out, especially compared to the 90s
How well known are Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd, both of whom are better players than Rapinoe?
She is a very good player but not in the A+ or A tiers of women’s soccer.
A+ would be Hamm, Akers, Lloyd, Morgan, Wambach, and probably Foudy.
And I would have these youngish midfielders from 2019, Kelley O’Hara, Becky Sauerbraun, Hope Solo, and some of 99 starters in the next tier.
Rapinoe would be in the group after that. She is very good but very limited so she needs people to make up for her lack of running so she can coast for 70 minutes before doing something impressive.
On the men’s side, the Eastern European playmaker who barely does anything all game but then gets 2 assists in 8 minutes has been phased out, especially compared to the 90s
Posted on 7/9/23 at 4:32 pm to bad93ex
She’s probably a top 5 player for the USWNT. But I’ve always thought she was more a product of the talent of the players around her. She’s always seemed to play as if she has more individual talent than she actually has, and holds the ball too long.
She has also set the USSF back decades with her equal pay bullshite. I don’t doubt that played into the rehiring of Gregg, and it is going to hamstring our men’s team during possibly the last time I’ll get to see our team play a World Cup on home soil.
She has also set the USSF back decades with her equal pay bullshite. I don’t doubt that played into the rehiring of Gregg, and it is going to hamstring our men’s team during possibly the last time I’ll get to see our team play a World Cup on home soil.
This post was edited on 7/9/23 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 7/9/23 at 5:38 pm to bad93ex
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Her pronouns are they/them
Posted on 7/9/23 at 8:43 pm to bad93ex
She’s known more for her mouth than her play.
This post was edited on 7/10/23 at 6:29 am
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:10 pm to bad93ex
At her peak, not quite as good as your average high level 16 yr old boy.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 9:03 am to bad93ex
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how good of a soccer player was she really?
What the announcers tried to claim Julian Gressel was last night? Rapinoe actually was that, for years.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 1:12 pm to bad93ex
As far as forwards on the same team as her, I preferred Morgan, heath and press.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 1:51 pm to bad93ex
She came out today and said that she thinks trans women should play on USWNT.
She's basically just lighting the program on fire as she exits the team.
She's basically just lighting the program on fire as she exits the team.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:16 am to bad93ex
No idea. Just know she’s like the Beyoncé of lesbians based on the crowds reaction to her coming in when I took my Alex Morgan idolizing daughter to see them play early this year 
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