Megan Rapinoe is a USWNT soccer star known for her outspoken nature over various social issues. Rapinoe came out as gay and set an example for other sports stars in the United States. Sometime back, during a podcast, Rapinoe shared her views on WNBA.

The two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion took a knee during the national anthem back in 2016. The player once said she will never visit the White House even if USWNT are the 2019 Women’s World Cup champion when Donald Trump was President. Although, she did visit the White House this year to receive the highest civilian award of the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Megan Rapinoe on WNBA

Megan Rapinoe was a basketball fan and a Michael Jordan fan. In 1999, things changed when the Women’s World Cup was in the United States. The USWNT won the World Cup, and Rapinoe took soccer as a sport. She still visits to see basketball and in a podcast shared her views on the WNBA.

Rapinoe said, “I mean, I just can’t get to any other conclusion other than the WNBA is like tall and black and everyone thinks everyone’s gay. And think about the society that we live in. And they’re always compared to the counterpart, which is the NBA. And I think people in America have a much better knowledge of basketball than soccer traditionally and so I mean even when people say, ‘O you guys are so much better than the men’. And I’m like, ‘yeah’.”

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She continued: “It’s really not the goal first of all and also it’s just like it’s just leaves out so much new onto like you know every, say a basketball guy thinks like he could be the best player in the WNBA and he just can’t. I think it’s really simple. I think that.”

She believes it was basketball athletes who were the first to protest if anything inappropriate happens. WNBA was the first to protest police brutality and inspired Rapinoe to take a knee during the national anthem.

Rapinoe’s fiance is WNBA star Sue Bird

Megan Rapinoe came out as gay in 2012. It inspired the WNBA star Sue Bird to follow suit. It was in 2016, during the Rio Olympics they started dating. Sue Bird came out in 2017 and made the relationship public.

Sue Bird started her WNBA career with the Seattle Storm. The former basketball player has four WNBA Championships and made it to WNBA ALL-Stars on twelve occasions, and WNBA First Team on five occasions. She is an all-time assist leader and played most seasons to date.

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Sue Bird has won five consecutive Olympics Golds, starting the 2004 Olympics with the national team. Bird is also a four-time World Champion with the US. She had a legendary career in women’s basketball.

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