USWNT legend Megan Rapinoe: All titles, awards, stats and records - Complete list
The 2019 Ballon d'Or Féminin winner ended her USWNT career after 203 appearances. Olympics.com takes a look through some of her most impressive statistics.
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Football legend Megan Rapinoe put on the USWNT jersey for the last time on Sunday 24 September 2023.
The 'Farewell Game' took place at Chicago's Soldier Field where the USWNT defeated South Africa 2-0 in the second of two friendlies.
The London 2012 Olympic gold medallist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion announced in July that she would step away from the sport at the end of the 2023 NWSL season.
She helped her OL Reign to the championship game, but went off after a handful of minutes with a suspected torn Achilles with her side going on to lose 2-1 to Gotham FC.
With the curtain down on her illustrious 17-year career, Olympics.com delves into some of the key numbers from Rapinoe's footballing journey.
202: International caps for the USA
Rapinoe made her first apperance for 'The Stars and Stripes' in 2006 during a friendly match against Ireland, and scored her first international goals in October of the same year in a friendly against Chinese Taipei.
Rapinoe became the fourth player in U.S. football history to reach 200 caps at the 2023 FIFA World Cup.
She was given the honour of captaining the USWNT in her 203rd and final appearance against South Africa.
Megan Rapinoe in one of her first matches for USA in 2006.
63: Rapinoe's international goal-scoring record
Rapinoe currently holds the No.10 spot on the USWNT's all-time goals scored list with 63; she can draw level with Christen Press (64) for the No.9 spot if she scores in her final game.
73: Rapinoe's international assists record
In addition to her clinical finishing, Rapinoe has turned provider on numerous occasions in international play, recording 73 assists over the course of her career (This achievement ties her for the joint-third spot on the USWNT's all-time assists list alongside Abby Wambach).
Rapinoe stands among an elite group of eight USWNT players who have notched both 50 goals and 50 assists. Remarkably, she's the only player in this category with more career assists than goals.
Megan Rapinoe became the oldest goal scorer of a World Cup final in 2019.
34: Rapinoe's age when she made history at the World Cup
At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in France, Rapinoe, at 34 years and two days old, became the oldest player ever to score in a final of the tournament after converting a penalty in the USA's 2-0 win USA against the Netherlands.
17: Megan Rapinoe's career in years
Rapinoe's journey in football started at the age of three, and she embarked on her youth career with Elk Grove Pride in 2002.
She then played Division I football at the University of Portland, scoring 30 goals in 60 apperances. During that time she received her first call-up to the U.S. women's senior team. Soon after, in 2009, Rapinoe kicked off her professional career with the Chicago Red Stars.
11: Years spent with OL Reign
Rapinoe has spent her entire 11-year NWSL career with OL Reign in Seattle, where she holds the club records for both most goals and assists.
Megan Rapinoe has spent her entire 11-year NWSL career with the OL Reign.
9: Goals scored at the women's FIFA World Cup
Rapinoe has notched nine goals in World Cup play, which is five goals fewer than Abby Wambach, the record holder for most goals in the USWNT World Cup history with 14 goals in 25 matches.
7: Number of senior teams Rapinoe has played for
Rapinoe was selected second overall in the 2009 WPS Draft by the Chicago Red Stars for the inaugural season of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), the sport's highest division in the United States at the time.
Rapinoe only played in 38 games for the Red Stars as the club ceased operations in 2010, leading her to sign with the expansion team Philiadelphia Independence. After just four games with the Independence, she was traded to MagicJack (formerly Washington Freedom), but after the WPS voted to terminate the MagicJack franchise in 2011, Rapinoe became a free agent.
Rapinoe signed as a guest player for Australian W-League team Sydney FC for two games in 2011 (scoring one goal), but she would have to wait until the summer of 2012 to find her next team when she joined fellow national team members Hope Solo, Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan and Stephanie Cox in signing for the Seattle Sounders. Rapinoe only played in two games for the Sounders as she and her national teammates prepared for the London 2012 Olympic Games
In 2013 Rapinoe signed an initial six-month contract with Olympique Lyonnais, where she would also make her UEFA Women's Champions League debut. She made 28 apperances for the French side, scoring eight goals. Later that same year, Rapinoe joined the Seattle Reign (now OL Reign) of the National Women's Soccer League - her current side.
2: Olympic medals
Rapinoe was a member of the U.S. Olympic team that won gold at London 2012 and bronze at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2021.
2: FIFA Women's World Cup titles
Rapinoe participated in three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments, achieving victory with the USWNT at both the 2015 and 2019 editions. Notably, she received the Golden Ball and Golden Boot awards during the 2019 tournament.
1: Ballon d'Or Féminin
2019 arguably stands as the pinnacle year in Rapinoe's illustrious playing career.
During those 12 months, she won the FIFA World Cup, along with the tournament's Golden Boot and Golden Ball. Furthemore, she was named the Best FIFA Women's Player, and became the second female footballer to win the Ballon d'Or Féminin.
Megan Rapinoe: Complete list of titles
Team titles
Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine: 2012–13
- Coupe de France Féminine: 2012–13
OL Reign
- NWSL Shield: 2014, 2015, 2022
- The Women's Cup: 2022
United States
- FIFA Women's World Cup:2015, 2019
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2012
- Olympic Bronze Medal: 2021
- Algarve Cup: 2011, 2013, 2015
- CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2014, 2018, 2022
- SheBelieves Cup: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
- Tournament of Nations: 2018
- CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2020
Individual awards
- Algarve Cup MVP: 2013
- NWSL Player of the Week: 2013 Week 16, 2015 Week 1, 2017 Week 11, 2017 Week 14, 2018 Week 1, 2018 Week 7
- NWSL Second XI: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
- NWSL Best XI: 2018
- IFFHS World's Best Woman Playmaker: 2019
- IFFHS Women's World Team: 2019
- The Best FIFA Women's Player: 2019
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball: 2019
- FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot: 2019
- FIFPro World XI: 2019, 2020
- FIFA Women's World Cup Final Player of the Match: 2019
- Ballon d'Or Féminin: 2019
- IFFHS CONCACAF Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020