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US Soccer’s Megan Rapinoe Named Top-Rated Women’s Player in FIFA 21
Steve Luciano/Associated PressU.S Soccer Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe is receiving the full treatment from EA Sports this year. Ahead of FIFA 21’s October 6 release date, EA Sports announced Rapinoe is the highest-rated women’s player in the game, coming in with an overall score of 93. She’s joined on the list of the top 15…
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U.S Soccer Women's National Team star Megan Rapinoe is receiving the full treatment from EA Sports this year.
Ahead of FIFA 21‘s October 6 release date, EA Sports announced Rapinoe is the highest-rated women's player in the game, coming in with an overall score of 93. She's joined on the list of the top 15 women's players by USWNT teammates Tobin Heath (No. 10, 90 overall), Alex Morgan (No. 11, 90) and Julie Ertz (No. 15, 88).
EA SPORTS FIFA @EASPORTSFIFA
.@mPinoe 🔥
@samkerr1 🙌
@WRenard 💯All the world's best are here 💪
See the highest-rated women in #FIFA21: https://t.co/NHPMb2ZQxa https://t.co/RMoySqKVbH
Rapinoe was quick to deflect away from the honor, tweeting that while she feels she's one of the top players in the world, she's not the best:
Megan Rapinoe @mPinoe
Yes! I agree 💯. I am not the best (1 of them tho 😏) this is another example of the underinvestment, resourcing, and attention paid to women’s football. We need more games on TV, bigger budgets, and fairer coverage by the media. #equality https://t.co/83A97bSzu2
The stats from last year don't exactly agree.
Rapinoe tied Morgan and England's Ellen White with six goals during the 2019 Women's World Cup and added another goal and assist in the 2020 SheBelieves Cup.
Australia's Samantha Kerr (92 overall) is the No. 2 women's player in the game followed by France's Wendie Renard (92). The Netherlands' Vivianne Miedema (91), France's Amandine Henry (91) and Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan (91) round out the top five.
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