Emma Hayes first met Megan Rapinoe before she was Megan Rapinoe.
Or, rather, just as she was becoming Megan Rapinoe.
Rapinoe was not even a professional soccer player back then, not quite.
In 2008, she had been appointed head coach and director of soccer operations of the Chicago Red Stars, one of the inaugural franchises in the start-up league Women’s Professional Soccer.
The Red Stars drafted Rapinoe second overall ahead of the league’s first season.
Persons:
Emma Hayes, Megan Rapinoe, Rapinoe, Hayes
Organizations:
Chicago Red Stars, Women’s Professional Soccer, University of Portland, Red Stars
Locations:
California, Chicago, Lake Michigan