Megan Rapinoe has a message for the haters who celebrated her career-ending Achilles injury last November.
There is a “special place in hell” for you.
Rapinoe made a comment on Tuesday’s “Discovering Pablo Torre” about people who may have been happy about the injury, which occurred during the NWSL Championship Game in San Diego on Nov. 11.
“It’s sad, I wish it never happened. All I can think about is my teammates coming, but of course I’m sad. … That’s a little life,” Rapinoe said. “We want the perfect story, but that part is also kind of funny because I’m a controversial figure and people are celebrating it modestly, but also being very dishonest about it. . I feel like, wow, you guys are celebrating this in a special place in hell.”
Rapinoe is one of the sport’s greatest female soccer players, but her strong opinions on topics such as racial injustice and former President Donald Trump have not been well-received by some Americans.
But it was a joke she made after a game in November that seemed to offend Christians.
The American soccer star joked that his injury was proof that God doesn’t exist, but it seemed to offend some people.
“They missed all the jokes, too,” she said Tuesday. “Don’t act surprised that I made a joke about the event or found a bargain. Yes, I’m going to find a funny bargain. Who is it for? God, me, religion. , the world? I don’t know.”
Rapinoe accomplished many things during her time with the U.S. Women’s National Team, but in her last Women’s World Cup, she missed a powerful penalty kick in the Round of 16 against Sweden.
She said that did not take away from what she had achieved in a storied international career.
“I don’t think it takes anything away from my career,” she said. “I don’t think missing that penalty will take anything away from my career. In fact, it’s all part of it. And nothing happens if you don’t try.”
