Social activist and soccer icon Megan Rapinoe has been named Sports Illustrated's 2019 Sportsperson of the Year
Rapinoe has been named Sports Illustrated's 2019 Sportsperson of the Year. The midfielder, who captains the professional Seattle Reign FC, also won the Ballon d'Or award last week, given annually to the world's best soccer players. View this post on Instagram Sportsperson of the Year. While we do not get to choose what we see or what happens around us, and sometimes to us and others, we do get to choose how we bear witness to it.
— Sports Illustrated December 9, 2019 "This year, Megan Rapinoe was a galvanizing force on a team that is now looked up to by any woman who doesn't want to be told she's come far enough, who's taking matters into her own hands," Sports Illustrated said on Twitter.Read MoreRapinoe is a fierce advocate for women's rights, and has been one of the leading soccer player's in the fight for equal pay.
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