Fifa Awards 2019: Megan Rapinoe wins FIFA Women’s Player of the Year ahead of Alex Morgan

Megan Rapinoe has been named the best women’s footballer of the year at a Fifa ceremony in Milan after leading the USA to the World Cup in France.

Megan Rapinoe, who helped lead the U.S. women’s soccer team to their fourth Women’s World Cup title this summer, was named FIFA’s Best Women’s Player in the World on Monday in Milan, Italy.

The women’s soccer star accepted the top individual women’s prize at FIFA’s best gala, beating out her U.S. women’s soccer teammate Alex Morgan (who came in 2nd) and England’s Lucy Bronze (who came in 3rd).

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The 34-year-old has been a noted advocate for pay equality between women’s and men’s soccer and was one of 28 players who sued the United States Soccer Federation for gender discrimination.

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Rapinoe gained national attention during the Women’s World Cup for speaking out against President Donald Trump. “Your message is excluding people.

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You’re excluding me, you’re excluding people that look like me, you’re excluding people of color, you’re excluding, you know, Americans that maybe support you,” Rapinoe, who is gay, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in July when asked about her message to the President.

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She is the fourth American to win the FIFA Best Women’s Player in the World award following Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, and Carli Lloyd.

Fifa Best awards 2019:

Men’s player – Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)

Women’s player – Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC and the United States)

Men’s coach – Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)

Women’s coach – Jill Ellis (United States)

Men’s goalkeeper – Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil)

Women’s goalkeeper – Sari Van Veenendaal (Atletico Madrid and Holland)

Puskas award – Daniel Zsori (Debrecen/Fehervar)

Fan award – Silvia Grecco (Palmeiras)

Fair play award – Marcelo Bielsa and the Leeds squad

FIFPro men’s world XI – Alisson; Matthijs De Ligt, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Virgil Van Dijk; Frenkie De Jong, Eden Hazard, Luka Modric; Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi

FIFPro women’s world XI – Sari Van Veenendaal; Lucy Bronze, Nilla Fischer, Kelley O’Hara, Wendie Renard; Julie Ertz, Amandine Henry, Rose Lavelle; Marta, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe