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John Riordan: Krieger and Rapinoe face off to secure NWSL Championship before retirement

It will be their final opportunity to win the NWSL Championship.
John Riordan: Krieger and Rapinoe face off to secure NWSL Championship before retirement

FINAL FACE OFF: Ali Krieger and Megan Rapinoe will be on opposing sides of the effort to secure the greatest prize of US domestic soccer.

Four years ago almost to the day, I was passing some time at the nearest watering hole to an event happening later that evening when into the bar walked a World Cup champion couple, Ali Krieger and her soon-to-be-wife Ashlyn Harris.

The pair were enjoying the wave of possibly their greatest year. The US Women’s National Team’s almost rabidly determined will to succeed in France was satisfied pretty perfectly and the squad established itself as legit sporting superstars and societal influencers.

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