Rapinoe was one of the first athletes to join Colin Kaepernick's protest against police brutality by kneeling during the American national ·¹Çø®Ä«¼îÇÎ=·¹Çø®Ä«¼îÇÎ anthem. After team regulations ÀºÆò±¸¿ë´ÞÀÌ»ç changed, she now protests by refusing to sing the national anthem and does not put her hand on the badge. She has said she will probably never sing the national anthem again.
Before the 2012 Olympics, I decided ¸íÁö´ë¿ë´ÞÀÌ»ç to come out. It felt weird that I was not out.
Fast forward to 2016 and I'm watching the Colin Kaepernick stuff unfolding and immediately I felt like: 'I do not know exactly what it is like to be you but I believe you and what you are saying.'