DÉCINES-CHARPIEU, France — Most big-game press conferences are dreadfully dull. A humorless NFL coach barks out something about being “on to Indianapolis.” Or an athlete tries as hard as possible not to produce a bulletin-board quote for the upcoming opponent.
Megan Rapinoe, the U.S. left winger in every sense of the term, is basically the opposite of that. And so her press conference ahead of Sunday’s Women's World Cup final against the Netherlands (11 a.m. ET, FOX, Telemundo), had a little bit of everything. Laughter. Tears. Defiance. Excitement. Analysis. Singing.
The tears came when she was talking about her teammate Christen Press’s goal celebration honoring her late mother, Stacy, in the semifinal victory against England.