Becky Sauerbrunn Announces Retirement
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
Becky Sauerbrunn finished her career with the Portland Thorns in 2024.
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Two-time World Cup champion, Olympic gold medalist, and three-time National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) champion Becky Sauerbrunn announced her retirement from professional football.
“This isn’t the end. I’ll be around. I love this game too much to leave it for good,” the USWNT legend wrote.
“But for the first time in sixteen years I’m going to find a quiet moment and close my eyes for a bit.”
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A titan on and off the field for 16 years, Sauerbrunn joins a wave of major retirements in women’s soccer in 2024 including Alex Morgan, Kelley O’Hara, and Canada legend Christine Sinclair.
Sauerbrunn will forever be known as part of a generation of players that founded the NWSL and successfully fought for equal pay for the USWNT.
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“I learned early on that we were all just renting our jerseys,” Sauerbrunn said in US Soccer statement.
“That I got to wear the U.S. Soccer crest once was an honor and privilege for which I’m forever grateful.”
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