For the second straight Summer Olympics, the University of Portland will be represented by three Pilot alums on the pitch. Megan Rapinoe will once again wear the red, white and blue for the U.S. at the Rio Olympics, while Christine Sinclair and Sophie Schmidt will the dawn the red and white for Team Canada.
For Sinclair and Schmidt, their trip to Rio marks their third straight appearance in the Olympics. Rapinoe, who has spent most of the year recovering from an ACL injury, will be making her second consecutive Olympic appearance.
At the 2012 Olympics in London, Rapinoe registered three goals and three assists to help the Americans win the gold medal.