U.S. women’s national team midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who plays for the Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League, wrote about her protesting during the playing of the national anthem before NWSL games.
I am kneeling because I have to do something. Anything. We all do.
I am the same Megan Rapinoe you have known for years now. I am the same woman who has worn the Stars and Stripes across her chest, proud and beaming. I am one of the women you have called an American hero, and not just once.