On Thursday evening, Seattle Reign FC’s Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. Women’s National Team face Thailand in an international friendly. The match, which kicks off at 5:00 p.m. PT on ESPN2, was meant to be the first in a post-Olympic Victory Tour, had the USWNT earned a medal in Rio.
Instead, it has turned into an opportunity to thank one of the hardest-working and most-capped players in U.S. national team history, Heather O’Reilly, who announced her national team retirement two weeks ago.
O’Reilly—given the nickname HAO by her teammates—debuted on the national team in 2002 at the age of 17.