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Rapinoe is the fourth U.S. woman to win FIFA women's player of the year honors, following in the cleats of Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd and Mia Hamm.
U.S. coach Jill Ellis won the Best Women's Coach 2019 award. Five of her players -- Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz, Rose Lavelle and Kelley O'Hara -- were also named to the FIFA FIFPro Women's World11, a team of the best players worldwide as selected by their fellow players.
.@roselavelle is all of us. #TheBestAwards pic.twitter.com/CqDd5Fj9ha
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) September 23, 2019
It was a breakaway goal from Lavelle and a penalty kick from Rapinoe that pushed the USWNT to win their fourth World Cup title in a 2-0 finish over the Netherlands in July. Rapinoe was awarded the tournament's two biggest awards, Golden Boot, for top scorer, and Golden Ball, as the best player in the tournament.
Since then, the soccer pro has scored a book deal, won at the ESPYs with her teammates and led the team in walking out of mediation talks with the U.S. Soccer Federation in their fight for equal pay.
She's got the trophy. She's got the bling. She's also barefoot now.@mPinoe a relatable 👑 pic.twitter.com/WTG8IyFDPM
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) September 23, 2019
\"We won't accept anything less than equal pay,\" Rapinoe said on \"Good Morning America\" last month. \"We show up for a game, if we win the game if we lose the game if we tie the game, we want to be paid equally, period.\"
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