Megan Rapinoe and Maria Thayer bio
Megan Rapinoe, an American soccer player who has a net worth of $5 million is a well-known American. Megan Rapinoe achieved international fame when she was part of the United States' national team that took home gold medals at the Summer Olympics in 2012 as well as the FIFA Women's World Cups held in both 2015 and 2018. Outside of soccer Rapinoe is a household name worldwide for her advocacy, particularly her work with LGBTQ organizations. The US Women's National Team made $4 million when they won their place in the 2019 World Cup. Comparatively, the French male team took home the prize of $38 million for the win. The US women's team was awarded an additional $90000 reward for making it to the quarterfinals. For reaching this point and advancing to the quarterfinals, the US men could have received $550000. After negotiating for the best deal in 2017, today members of the Women's team earn $4950 for every tournament game they win. Average women's players earn around $167000 per year. Top players such as Megan generally earn approximately $400000 a year from a variety of sources. Megan Rapinoe earned these amounts in the 2019 World Cup. She was born in Redding California, on July 5th in 1985. Her parents are Denise (mother) and Jim (father). Rachael's fraternal sister is also one of Megan's five siblings. Rapinoe was also encouraged by her older brother Brian to take up soccer. Brian was addicted to drugs and was in the juvenile detention center and in prisons of the state. Rapinoe as well as her sister played soccer in order to avoid the substances that were prevalent in their community. The soccer player continued to play throughout the early years of her adulthood, with her father acting as her coach. Rapinoe was a student at Foothill High School as a teenager and played with local Elk Grove Pride of the Women's Premier Soccer League. Also, she played in the youth team of the Northern California state Olympic Development Program. Along with Rachael She enrolled in the University of Portland Oregon. In 2005, as a freshman she led Portland's Portland Pilots to an undefeated season, which culminated in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship title. Her success was not over as she entered her second season, becoming the leading scorer in the nation with 10 goals. But, the season was cut short due to an injury to her ACL. She was injured in 2007 and suffered exactly the same injury ending her season in only two games. Rapinoe following her recovery from injury suffered in 2007, helped Pilots achieve a record of 20-0.
Though she was originally born in Portland and her family stayed in the beginning of her childhood in Boring. They owned a honey farm despite her allergy to honeybees. The couple divorced and relocated to Montana after which they moved to Seattle where her mother changed jobs frequently. They did not run the bee farm long. Maria was educated at Apple Valley High School, as well as an organization called the National Forensic League. At high school, Maria was well-known. She was even named the Homecoming King. Early career and beginnings she was admitted to the Juilliard School, New York after the matriculation. The school was where she learned acting. Amy Sedaris, a well-known actress, who was also able to see her in a production said she'd create a character for her in Strangers with Candy. Maria was chosen to play her debut professional performance as a teen high school girl who becomes the friend of the ex-drug addict, prostitute and a former convict. In the following years, Maria had small roles in movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Accepted before performing alongside Will Smith in the 2005 film Hitch. Also, she was in music videos that have not been as well-known in recent times including the Sensitive Man and Friends of Friends. She appeared in numerous TV shows too, including Big Apple: The Learning of Max Bickford and Cougar Town. Portlandia was her most loved show even though she appeared only on the one episode.
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