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Andy Nesbitt

Megan Rapinoe hopes showdown with France is a ‘(expletive)-show circus’

Megan Rapinoe powered the USWNT to a 2-1 win over Spain on Monday in what wasn’t the prettiest win of all time, but it’s still a win and sets up a huge quarterfinal showdown with France on Friday.

Which should be quite a scene.

Rapinoe, who scored both goals on penalty kicks Monday, helped turn up the heat for Friday’s game by saying after the quarterfinal win over Spain that she hopes the game against France will be “a total (expletive)-show circus. It’s going to be totally awesome. This is what everybody wants and these are the games that you kind of dream about as a kid.”

Here’s her statement:

Yup, this is going to be a fun one.

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