Megan Rapinoe
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335 appearances
55 recordings
11 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 8 Jun
Megan Rapinoe’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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situation I'm just like and I don't know if it comes from being in sports so long like I can get along with anyone who's put me at any dinner table in the entire world it's like fine I know the conversation I can like have conversation whatever but it's like I've been forced to spend so much time with so many people that I would never choose not in a bad way they wouldn't choose me either but I've had so much of that I want zero of that that's right like that's moving forward
I mean, being gay is the best thing ever for like every reason under the sun.
Yeah. I mean the, yeah, the aging athlete is, is tough. Cause I can't, you know, my life has never been totally wrapped up in soccer. I've always felt my identity firmly in other places. Um, which sometimes is like worse. Cause I'm like, do you want to do this? Like, do you want to keep doing it? And a lot of other things are wrapped up in it. So that's, um, a little bit.
And then I think trying to live in a, like trying to create a world that takes me fully into account. Sure. You guys feel this way. I think you feel this way being in women's sports. Like, Every day I'm like, this is insane. Like the world that we live in is completely insane. It doesn't take our full selves into account and so many other full selves into account.
And so how do you, because it's not like we can just go to another planet on a more- you know, evolved place. Like this is where we are, but how do I like live outside of that while breaking that down, but like not getting bogged, bogged down by that, like almost like trying to live in the future and setting things up and doing things differently.
I think is always like a challenge because I just, it's like, we can't do things the same way that other, whether it's successful, you know, male athletes or successful, you know, media people, whatever, like we can't do it the way that it was done. And it's a really difficult trap to not fall into because it's,
it like makes you think that you can, they're like, just do this and just do this and just do this and say this and blah, blah, blah. And then you get to the end where you've done everything and they're like, yeah, it's still not, you're still not in.
Yeah, I think that's actually the thing that is the hardest thing all the time and particularly for me since 2019 is like the balance between doing my job, which is playing soccer, at least it's one of my jobs, but it's kind of like the cornerstone job, even though it's like the one where I get treated the worst, paid the worst and all the conditions are the worst.
Everything else kind of is, you know, not relying on it, but, you know, sort of predicated, whatever. Yeah. And so what's the balance between like doing my job and then like securing my financial future? Because especially being older,
post-2019, I'm not an idiot and I'm not going to be like, no, I'm going to focus 100% on soccer so I can be the best player that I can be and totally forego my financial security in the future, nor should I have to. But every minute that you go this way, it takes away from soccer. And then just constantly feeling like you're at odds with yourself and with your career and
and all of that and how difficult it is to actually just be a women's professional player in any sort of league with coupling that with this weird, you know, world that's exploded for us kind of off the field. So it's just, it's constantly trying not to hate everyone all the time.
It's like, I hate to say this and it's probably going to get like, you know, clipped by Washington examiner, but sometimes I'm just like, I hate everyone. Yeah. For everything that you do to all of us. It's so frustrating.
And like fighting the powers that be to break things down. But I would really love to just, quite frankly, never deal with U.S. soccer ever again.
That would be my that would be my goal. That's going to be the clip. I know that's going to be the clip. And honestly, I've to say that right to the board because it's just, they're just, have they given us a platform? Yes. Like, have we been one of the best supported teams in the world? Better than awful doesn't mean good, but okay. Yes. Like I understand that they're, is good with it.
But like to feel like in so many other parts of my life, I'm like moving on and being more, you know, open-minded and progressive and working with people that are not just like-minded in the sense of like a feedback loop, but actually view me the way that I view myself. And I want myself to be viewed as a whole human. And I view them that way. And like, we view each other that way.
And then sometimes we get stuck back in these...
And I'm like, OK, well, I'm sorry I couldn't fit the lower half of my body through that tiny opening at the top. Like, it's like people want to acknowledge for female athletes now or women who play, you know, female sports. Like, we know it's not what it needs to be. But also, like, don't talk about that too much. And don't push too much.
And also, we'll be the ones that will continue to, you know, set the benchmarks or make the rules or whatever when actually we do have all the answers. I firmly believe that. I feel it. Me and Jessica Clarendon, the woman that I work with full time now, Leija Clarendon is her wife. So obviously, you know, we have like this whole, you know, fuck it up brain trust going on. At least we try to.
We always talk about living in the future. And like, just telling people like, it's going to be okay. You guys aren't going to die. Come with us. It's like, everything is going to be okay. But we do kind of know how to live in the future.
And like, I feel like if you gave us the keys, I'm sure you guys feel this way, like to whatever institution, whether it's sports or media or this, like I could do a good job. I just know that.
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