Soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe says she plans to retire at the end of the year.
The two-time World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist took to social media Saturday to announce that the 2023 season would be her last.
“It is with a deep sense of peace and gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game,” the 38-year-old winger for Seattle’s OL Reign and the U.S. National Team wrote on Twitter.
“I never could have imagined the ways in which soccer would shape and change my life forever, but by the look on this little girl’s face, she knew all along,” she added, captioning a photo of a much younger Rapinoe.
Speaking with reporters in a news conference ahead of a Sunday game against Wales in San Jose, Calif., Rapinoe said she felt “so honored” to have represented the U.S. for “so many years.”
“It’s truly been the greatest thing I’ve ever done,” she said.
