It was the most watched women’s quarterfinal of all time. “I don’t even think I looked up,” before smacking the ball with her left foot, she told ESPN: “I took a touch and thought, ‘She better frickin’ be in there.’ ” In 2019, she made an offhand comment in an interview leading up to the World Cup (“I’m not going to the fucking White House”) when it was published that summer, President Trump wrote on Twitter, “Megan should WIN first before she TALKS!” She made the winning part look easy: In the following game, she scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over France. One of the defining plays of her decade-long international soccer career-her last-second, game-tying cross to Abby Wambach in the 2011 World Cup quarterfinals-was famously pure instinct. She tends to do things in the moment, when they feel right. Megan Rapinoe did not plan to propose to Sue Bird by the pool on a lazy afternoon in Antigua last fall, but Megan Rapinoe is not a big planner. This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.
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