Eric Lars Bakke / ESPN Images(MILAN) — American soccer star Megan Rapinoe added another trophy Monday to her growing collection.
Rapinoe, 34,won the Best FIFA Women’s Player 2019, given to the top women’s soccer player in the world, at a ceremony in Milan.
Rapinoe — who led the U.S. Women’s National Team to a World Cup victory earlier this summer and has led the team’s fight for equal pay – used her speech as a call to action.
After giving soccer-related, recent examples of racism, homophobia and sexism, Rapinoe said, “Those are all the stories that inspire me so much. They also