Décines-Charpieu (France) (AFP)

She assumes, on and off the field: Megan Rapinoe, captain of the "Team USA", has been named Golden Shoe (top scorer) of the World Cup won by his team. And this anti-Trump has promised, she will not go to the "p ... White House" to celebrate the coronation.

This is the second World Cup (after 2015) won by the pink haired striker, out of four won by US players in their history. This 34-year-old left-hander also leaves France with the title of best player of the World Cup. She did the show and the job.

"I'm getting older and still able to live these moments, it's just amazing, it's been a long adventure, there's so much going on behind the scenes that no one sees," she said. blown in a big smile at the microphone of Canal +.

"With age, I become a little more sensitive, I am moved, to see this team succeed, to live this moment is really special, there are all my family, my friends, I will let the night, celebrate all this" .

"It's really extraordinary, surreal," she told the micro TF1.

- "We're crazy" -

And the attacker who unlocked the match, did not pull the cover to her, paying tribute to her teammate Rose Lavelle, ten years her junior, scorer too in the final and revelation of the tournament: "She has dribbled very well , she opened the game. He's not a rising star, he's already a superstar. "

Then the US captain dropped at the microphone of Canal +: "We are crazy, that's what makes us different, we do not let go, we are united and we give everything to win."

In this tournament in France, this native of Redding (northern California) scored six goals, as his compatriot Alex Morgan and the English Ellen White. But it is she who gets the Golden Shoe (title of best attacker) because she scored as much as the other two by spending less time on the field.

The former player from Lyon (January 2013-February 2014), where the final was held, tipped the match on a penalty awarded - after recourse to video referee assistance - for a foul on Alex Morgan.

And to make his famous celebration, one arm waving up, another down, smirking on his face.

- "Lack of respect" -

The Seattle striker was then replaced in the 79th minute, as the match was bent to 2-0, earning applause from the 20,000 US supporters in Lyon.

Then, we saw President Emmanuel Macron talk to him at length when she headed for the mats of honor to raise the 2019 World Cup.

Although she feels "deeply American", she does not sing the anthem of the US to protest Donald Trump's policy at the expense of minorities. And this LGBT figure has always said she would not honor this fourth title of the USA at the White House if the president came to invite the selection.

"He is not fighting for the same things as us," she said, supported by her teammate Ali Krieger, and hearing from others in the US locker room.

But she is also vehement on other subjects such as differences in salary treatment between players and players.

At a press conference on Friday, she also did not hesitate to tackle FIFA - referring to "a lack of respect" - for having scheduled the final of the women's World Cup on the same day as those of the Copa America (South America) and Gold Cup (North, Central America, and Caribbean).

? 2019 AFP