Megan Rapinoe plays final USWNT match, hopes impact helped 'create more space for you to be who you are'

The USWNT won 2-0 over South Africa in Rapinoe's farewell and she was honored after the match

Megan Rapinoe said farewell to fans of the U.S. women's national team after playing her 203rd and final time in the team's 2-0 win over South Africa on Sunday -- but promised it will not be the last we hear from her.

"I just want to say thank you. It feels like I've been able to grow up in front of all of you," Rapinoe said on the pitch at Chicago's Soldier Field after playing 54 minutes.

"When I think of what it means to represent this team and this country, we're just a little snapshot of all of you. I think this team has always taken so much pride in that and showing up as our whole selves … to continue to create more space for ourselves to be who we are, but hopefully in turn to create more space for you to be who you are. It has been such an honor to wear this shirt and play with all these players and live out my childhood dreams, just casually in front of the whole world."