Megan Rapinoe Makes Resistance Look Effortless
The star U.S. soccer player is fearlessly open, outrageously joyous, and unabashedly true to herself.
Gather your children in front of the flatscreen and instruct them to fix their eyes on no. 15, the winger with lavender hair. Have them watch as she gallivants down the left flank and flummoxes a defender with a stutter step. Have them listen to her unguarded pregame disquisitions on tactics, Donald Trump, haute couture, and well, every facet of human existence. Tell them that Megan Rapinoe is her generation’s Muhammad Ali.
Like her pugilistic forerunner, with whom she shares sly humor and irresistible swagger, the star player on the U.S. women’s national soccer team has evolved into a hero of resistance. Through her example, Rapinoe has
