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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 27: Soccer player Megan Rapinoe (L) and Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm pose for photos on the court after attending the WNBA All-Star Game 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 27: Soccer player Megan Rapinoe (L) and Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm pose for photos on the court after attending the WNBA All-Star Game 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
US Women’s National Team star forward Megan Rapinoe attended the WNBA Seattle Storm versus Las Vegas Aces game on Sunday. Here, her fiancée Sue Bird played her final regular season home game at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
Bird’s introduction at the game saw her pass a tunnel with her friends and family, including fiancée Megan Rapinoe. However, Rapinoe’s schedule didn’t allow her to stay with the 41-year-old women’s basketball icon for too long.
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Megan Rapinoe at Sue Bird’s last regular-season home game
Five-time Olympic women’s basketball champion Sue Bird spent her over two-decades-long career with the Seattle Storm. In her honor, an on-court tribute featured highlights from the Storm’s four WNBA championships before the game. The Mayor of Seattle even officially declared 7th August 2022 as Sue Bird Day.
A few hours later, she finds the net for @OLReign https://t.co/8rI1Q2DLK8
— Bob Williams (@WilliamsBob75) August 7, 2022
Her introduction onto the court captured a good luck kiss between the soon-to-retire basketball player and her WNBA star fiancée Megan Rapinoe. The couple started dating in 2017, and after three years together, got engaged in 2020. And while Rapinoe was spotted taking pictures of her partner on the court like “a soccer mom”, she couldn’t stay at the game for very long.
As captain of OL Reign, Rapinoe had to be at the Lumen Field within hours for their match against the Houston Dash. And of course, at the 16th-minute mark in the game, Rapinoe scored her first goal of the year. Naturally, fans are more than ecstatic that her magnificent strike came on Sue Bird Day no less.
Fans react to Rapinoe netting the first goal
Megan Rapinoe won the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom last month. At the 2022 ESPY Awards, she won the Best Play honors. It’s been a good year for the OL Reign captain off-field and now, she scored her first goal of the year on Sue Bird Day.
Megan Rapinoe went to Sue Birds’ last regular-season home game and then scored a goal for @OLReign not even three hours later. You love to see it https://t.co/RxuXrjH0oU
— Katie McNulty (@katiemcnulty23) August 7, 2022
Pinoe showing out on Sue Bird Day in Seattle!!!! 😭💙💚✨ https://t.co/E07wMY6sTP
— Jordan 🇺🇦 (@Jordan_Milam) August 7, 2022
I guess if she couldn’t make Sue’s last game, she had to make it worth her while. What a strike https://t.co/p6kFUPgnqd
— Craig Hoffman (@CraigHoffman) August 7, 2022
What a day for the Pinoe-Bird household. https://t.co/LiipYKwF7p
— Cody Sharrett (@CodySharrett) August 7, 2022
The engaged sporting icons truly became the definition of the word “power couple goals”.
Less than 2 hours after attending Sue Bird's last regular season home game?! Power Couple Goals. https://t.co/2C5uyEjgkS
— Delaney Gray (@delaneyygray) August 7, 2022
Sue Bird’s last home game and Megan Rapinoe’s first goal of the season on the same day? The definition of couple goals. 🥰#BoldTogether #TakeCover #WNBATwitter #NWSL pic.twitter.com/o6JzvrUXTw
— h (@handuffy7) August 7, 2022
Sitting courtside for Sue Bird's final home game then scoring a goal a few hours later is a hell of a flex https://t.co/5u4WkuFVbz
— Josh Kail (@THATJoshKail) August 7, 2022
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Girl literally went from the Storm game at Climate Pledge straight to Lumen Field for the Reign game AND scores that’s a power move hahah https://t.co/KM0PTKJj27
— chelsea (@chelsealeite) August 7, 2022
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While unfortunately both their teams lost the match, the day proved to show a lot of emotional significance for the couple. As Sue Bird stated once, they have put their wedding on hold until Rapinoe’s schedule clears, which they assume would be after the 2023 World Cup. The fans eagerly await what the future holds for the couple.
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