What They're Saying: Megan Rapinoe

• by Soccer America , May 29, 2019

“I don’t think she’s anywhere near the level to be on or train with a professional team. I don’t think we’re at a position in women’s soccer to have the systems and structures set up to facilitate the growth of such a young player in the professional environment.”

-- U.S. national team star Megan Rapinoe on 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie, who signed an endorsement deal with Nike and has foregone her college eligibility while moving to Portland to train with the NWSL's Thorns. Rapinoe said at Moultrie's age she wasn't able to keep up physically and would have fared terribly -- "I wouldn’t have fared, period." (SI.com)