Megan Rapinoe

Megan Rapinoe is America’s most famous soccer player: Captain of the National Team, she led the U.S. through numerous victories, including the 2015 and 2019 Female World Cup. A women’s rights and LGBT+ advocate, she was mentioned in TIME’s list of 100 most influential people of 2020. A few weeks ago, Rapinoe gave a very memorable speech in front of the US congress advocating closure of the gender pay gap – especially in the sports world. “We are told in this country that if you just work hard and continue to achieve - you will be rewarded, fairly,” she said, “But that promise has not been for everyone. The United States women’s national team has won four World Cup championships. We have filled stadiums, broken viewing records, and sold out jerseys, all popular metrics by which we are judged. Yet despite all of this, we are still paid less than men.” soccer to lead, led, led LGBT+ football / conduire (à) / = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender + tt pers. remettant en question l’hétéronormativité de la société / advocate défenseur(-se) / speech discours / gender pay gap écart salarial entre hommes et femmes / to achieve réussir / to reward récompenser / fairly équitablement / to break, broke, broken records battre des records / viewing ici, de visionnage, d’audience / to sell, sold, sold out se vendre en totalité / jersey maillot / metrics indicateurs, mesures, paramètres.