She took the World Cup gold with her USA last year and had hoped that the Olympics would be one of her last championships.

But, like most things, the Olympic Games were canceled and moved for a year.

- If you are going to be crass then I think the Olympics are in danger next year too. For everyone to travel from different parts of the world and gather without a vaccine, I think that is unlikely, she tells CNN.

If the Olympics do not turn out next year, Rapinoe, like the girlfriend and basketball player Sue Bird, has made her last Olympic game.

- If we can't play football for years, or whatever it may be, the situation is what it is. I think we will be able to accept that as well. But we both hope the Olympics get rid of.

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