nPosted on July 5, 2020
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The Best FIFA Women’s Player in 2019!
The Best FIFA Women’s Player in 2019!n
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nGold medalist in the London 2012 Olympics!
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nGolden Boot and Golden Ball award winner!
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nGold medalist at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in both 2015 and 2019!
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nESPY winner!
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nCaptain and co-captain of national and professional soccer teams!
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nActivist!
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nMegan Rapinoe is a hero to many and an inspiration to girls who love soccer / football! She is known all over the world for her smart and creative moves, on the field, and for her fierce advocacy for women’s equality in athletics and for LGBTQ+ rights, off the field.
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| Megan with her twin sister Rachael |
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nBorn in Northern California on this date in 1985, Megan Rapinoe has a twin sister and an older brother (and several half-siblings as well).
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| Years ago, when Colin Kapernick first started kneeling to protest police brutality toward black people, Rapinoe knelt in solidarity. |
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nWords to live by!
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nAlso on this date:
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nAlgeria’s Independence Day
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nDendrochronology pioneer Andrew Douglass’s birthday
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nCircus showman P.T. Barnum’s birthday
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nAnniversary of the recording of Elvis’s first single
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nIndependence Day in Venezuela
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Ommegang Pageant in Belgium
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nTynwald Day on the Isle of Man
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nSaints Cyril and Methodius Day in Czechia and Slovakia
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nIndependence Day in Cape Verde
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nPlan ahead:
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