Article 6DD4P ‘I’m still gonna bust your ass’: Rapinoe happy with bench role at final World Cup

‘I’m still gonna bust your ass’: Rapinoe happy with bench role at final World Cup

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Jeff Kassouf in Auckland
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At the age of 38, Megan Rapinoe was never going to be a starter at this World Cup, and that is fine with her. The objective, she said on Sunday, is winning an unprecedented third straight title for the US.

When the time is right and the situation in the game is right, then I'll be ready," she said two days before her team's decisive Group E match against Portugal in Auckland.

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