Men in Blazers 03/10/16: Megan Rapinoe Pod Special

Men In Blazers

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🗓️ 11 March 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Rog talks with World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe about her recovery from an ACL injury, her chances of playing in the Olympics and a USWNT in transition. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to Men in Blazers ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:09.0	Don't Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondry that leans into our most absurd anxieties and defuses them with humor and actual advice.
0:20.0	Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondry app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.0	This is Rebecca Loa or Rebecca Loa if you listen to Suboptimal Radio and you are listening to Men in Blazers on the NBC Sports Network.
0:44.0	Welcome to a Men in Blazers pod special. Our guest today is Megan Rapinoe. A long time great friend of the pod.
0:54.0	Who's played a key role in so many of this nation's most thrilling moments on a football field over the course of the last decade.
1:03.0	Back in December, Megan tore her ACL and is now in a fight to regain her fitness and form ahead of the United States attempt to defend their Olympic title in Rio.
1:15.0	It's rare for a soccer player to talk about their rehab but Megan is and has never been a typical kind of soccer player.
1:24.0	And our conversation sheds light on the emotional, physical and mental aspects of an elite athlete race against time in the journey back to fitness.
1:34.0	We also explored the evolution of the US Women's National team with its influx of young talent post-world cup glory.
1:42.0	To the football.
1:48.0	Our guest today is a World Cup champion, Olympic gold medal winner and one of our favourite people on the planet.
1:57.0	We welcome to the pod a footballer who till the Swinton has already signed on to play in our 2015 World Cup byopic Women of Femvicktry, Men of Fem Germany.
2:08.0	Number 15 for the Seattle Rain, joining us via phone from Ithaca, New York.
2:16.0	Welcome to one and only, Megan Rapinoe.
2:19.0	Thank you. How are you guys?
2:24.0	Oh, so happy to speak to you. You're such a calming influence on my life.
2:29.0	But since we...
2:30.0	Everything okay?
2:31.0	Oh, now it is. Now it is, Megan. You're the only thing that let me hold it all together.
2:36.0	But since we last had you on the show during the last leg of the US post-world cup victory tour, you snapped the anterior crucial ligament on your right knee during a training session in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 4th.
2:52.0	As I mentioned these words, Megan, there's just talking about the memory. Does it make you wint?
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