--- title: Megan Rapinoe Leads USA To World Cup Win Over France description: Megan Rapinoe has scored all the USWNT's goals in the knockout round at the World Cup and remained resolute amidst a political feud with Trump canonical: https://time.com/5617529/megan-rapinoe-world-cup/ author: Sean Gregory article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-28T22:21:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:04.280Z article:section: Sports og:title: Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Is Fearless in the Face of France—and Trump. 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Alex Morgan speaks to TIME's Sean Gregory about the team's chances in the upcoming 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, and their fight to get equal pay._  by [Sean Gregory](https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/)  ## Sean Gregory Senior Correspondent Jun 28, 2019 10:21 PM UTC  Megan Rapinoe of the USA celebrates after scoring her team's second goal during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France Quarter Final match between France and USA at Parc des Princes on June 28, 2019 in Paris, France. Megan Rapinoe of the USA celebrates after scoring her team's second goal during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France Quarter Final match between France and USA at Parc des Princes on June 28, 2019 in Paris, France.Marianna Massey - FIFA—FIFA via Getty Images  by [Sean Gregory](https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/)  ## Sean Gregory Senior Correspondent Jun 28, 2019 10:21 PM UTC Megan Rapinoe’s [shot](https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/video/1560332355655), a free kick on the left wing — right outside the goal box — somehow lasered past the entire American and French teams, it seemed. A bunch of players tried to alter the ball’s direction. They all failed. American Julie Ertz hurled her leg toward it, to deflect it into the goal. She swung and missed; Rapinoe put too much heat on it. French star Amandine Henry nudged at it. Too late. When the ball reached the back of the net, giving the Americans a 1-0 lead over host France barely five minutes into this Women’s 2019 World Cup quarterfinal match, you may have wondered who’d get credit for the score. Someone touched, it right? Was it an own goal? Nope. It was another Rapinoe rocket; all Megan, again. Has any World Cup belonged to a single player, like this current one belongs to Rapinoe? Sure, Carli Lloyd scored a hat trick in the final back in 2015\. But she wasn’t a leading voice in her [team’s battle for equal pay](https://footwearnews.com/2019/fn-spy/athletic-outdoor/megan-rapinoe-us-womens-soccer-equality-gender-pay-gap-1202796991/), nor drawing the ire of her country’s President, while leading the Americans to a title.  United States' forward Megan Rapinoe (unseen) scores her team's first goal the France 2019 Women's World Cup quarter-final football match between France and United States, on June 28, 2019, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. FRANCK FIFE—AFP/Getty Images Rapinoe has scored all four of America’s goals in the knockout round. She converted two penalty kicks in the American team’s 2-1 Round-of-16 victory over Spain. And after her early score against France, she took a cross from Tobin Heath in the 65th minute that appeared targeted for Samantha Mewis, but would up on [her right foot](https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1144703793168146432). Lucky break: Rapinoe fired another one into the net, giving the U.S. a 2-0 lead. The Americans would need this insurance: Wendi Renard scored for France on a header in the 81st minute, but the U.S. held off France’s attack in the game’s final minutes to advance to the semifinals, on July 2 against England. **Read more:** [_You Have to Take a Stand.’ Soccer Phenom Alex Morgan Wants the Respect—and Money—Female Players Deserve_](https://time.com/5594356/alex-morgan-world-cup/) A [viral video](https://twitter.com/8by8mag/status/1143595809910530048?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1143595809910530048&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fjezebel.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1143595809910530048%26autosize%3D1), shot earlier this year by soccer magazine Eight by Eight, made the rounds this week; the [clip shows Rapinoe](https://time.com/5614728/trump-rapinoe-white-house/) saying “I’m not going to the f–king White House,” in response to a question about whether she’d be excited about visiting President Donald Trump if he extended an invitation to the team after the tournament. The Tweet [caught Trump’s attention](https://time.com/5613766/trump-says-inappropriate-megan-rapinoe-national-anthem-protest/), and he fired back with a [series of Tweets](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1143892329582997505) that originally misspelled Rapinoe’s last name (he forgot the _e_). Trump wrote that Rapinoe should “WIN first before she TALKS!,” and then invited team to the White House win or lose. Rapinoe has continued to back Colin Kaepernick’s protests against social injustices during the national anthem: she stands motionless during the anthem. “Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties,” Rapinoe [said](http://americansoccernow.com/articles/megan-rapinoe-kneels-for-anthem-at-nwsl-match) in 2016. “Megan should never disrespect our Country, the White House, or our Flag, especially since so much has been done for her & the team,” Trump wrote. “Be proud of the Flag that you wear. The USA is doing GREAT!” With the political storm swarming around her, Rapinoe — one of the more self-assured athletes sports stars out there — remained resolute at a press conference on Thursday. She just expressed regret at her curse word. “I stand by the comments I made about not wanting to go to the White House with the exception of the expletive,” she said. “My mom would be very upset about that.” Rapinoe laughed. “Hopefully \[we are\] using \[that platform\] for good and leaving the game in a better place and hopefully the world in a better place,” she [said](https://sports.yahoo.com/megan-rapinoe-stands-her-ground-in-cross-atlantic-spat-with-president-trump-172315907.html). “I don’t think I would want to go. And I would encourage my teammates to think hard about lending that platform or having it co-opted by an administration that does not feel the same way and fight for the same things that we fight for.” Her boldness was on ever fuller display on Friday night in Paris, when she scored two crucial goals in a high-stakes quarterfinal against the home team. Rapinoe turned in an all-time performance on the international stage. France had set its sights on winning its first Women’s World Cup, after its mens’s team took home the trophy at the men’s event in Russia last summer. Rapinoe ended that dream, almost singlehandedly. After each goal, she spread her arms out, royalty shrouded in defiance. She showed that athletes can simultaneously use their platforms to exercise free expression, and excel on the field. 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