“Record for Most Yellows for Removal of Shirt”: Megan Rapinoe Leaves Fans in Frenzy With Her Celebration After Saving the Day for OL Reign

Megan Rapinoe had displayed exceptional skills throughout her career. She is one of the best midfielders on the United States Women’s Soccer team. Over the years, she has proved herself to be unstoppable regardless of the criticism that she faced.

Megan is often in the news for her no-nonsense attitude. Her popularity among the masses is not only due to her incredible skills on the field but also due to her fight for social issues. She has been relentless in her effort to end gender discrimination around the world. After filing a lawsuit against the United States Football Federation for gender-based pay bias, she has garnered worldwide attention to the suppressed topic.

Megan Rapinoe gets a yellow card

Megan Rapinoe is the captain of the OL Reign in the National Women’s Soccer league often referred to as NWSL. A particular moment from a recent match went viral on the internet. Fans put forward their opinion in no time. It became a trending topic on Twitter. The match referred to, was a thriller between the OL Reign and Orlando Pride.

The match was tied at 1-1 till the last minute of the game when Rapinoe sealed the victory for the OL Reign by scoring a magnificent goal in the final seconds of the match. Thereby Rapinoe’s team marched out victoriously with a score of 2-1. However, the moment which became the highlight of the match was not the goal, but it was Rapinoe getting a yellow card due to her celebration. 

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After scoring the goal, Megan removed her shirt and rushed to her teammates to celebrate her iconic goal at the last minute. She left her fans in a frenzy after saving the day for the OL Reign. Meg Linehan, a senior writer for the NWSL tweeted about this. “Megan Rapinoe about to set another #nwsl record for most yellows for removal of shirt and I’m here for it.”, read her tweet.

The reaction of her fans to the yellow card

After the tweet by Meg Linehan, it became a topic of discussion on Twitter. Fans joked about the fact that Megan Rapinoe had set another record in getting the most number of yellow cards. However, the incident received a mixed reaction from fans.

One fan joked about the number of yellow cards she received to set a new record.

While another user joked about how she did not know that having the most number of yellow cards was a stat category.

A fan wanted to know whether it was genuinely a rule which applied to both male and female soccer players.

Some of them appreciated her incredible performance and her presence of mind during the last moments of the game.

A user took a dig at the critics who called her ‘too old.’

Megan Rapinoe’s performance in the game got tainted by a slight controversy regarding the yellow card. However, her ardent fans did not miss a moment to appreciate their favorite player.

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