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10MA TOPICS! [JAPAN FA] Nagasato: Rapinoe inspired my decision to join Hayabusa Eleven

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September 11, 2020

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Tokyo: Japanese women's football great Yuki Nagasato said she was inspired by Megan Rapinoe's fight for equality as she took the highly unusual step of joining a men's team on Thursday.

Nagasato, a FIFA Women's World Cup-winner in 2011, will play for Hayabusa Eleven, an amateur outfit in her home prefecture of Kanagawa, on loan from Chicago Red Stars in the US professional league.

The 33-year-old striker, who will return to the Red Stars for the 2021 season, will play as a professional with Hayabusa Eleven, the team of her older brother Genki.

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