People.com Entertainment Sports World Cup Star Megan Rapinoe Engaged to Girlfriend The soccer star announced her engagement on Instagram Friday By Sheila Cosgrove Baylis Sheila Cosgrove Baylis Sheila Baylis is an Editor for PEOPLE's Health vertical; she contributes to print features and directs the digital Health team on stories ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to body image and women's health. She has a Master's Degree in Gender Studies. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 7, 2015 06:00 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Adam Pretty/FIFA/Getty U.S. Women’s Soccer team star Megan Rapinoe is getting married. The player, 30, got engaged to girlfriend Sera Cahoone and posted the news to Instagram on Friday. https://instagram.com/p/6EOTtdQLuU/ Cahoone, a singer-songwriter, attended the ESPYs earlier this month with the World Cup champ, who posted a cute shot from the evening to Instagram. https://instagram.com/p/5NGa_nQLlA/ Rapinoe came out as gay publicly in 2012, telling OUT Magazine, “I feel like sports in general are still homophobic, in the sense that not a lot of people are out,” she says. “I feel everyone is really craving people to come out. People want – they need – to see that there are people like me playing soccer for the good ol’ U.S. of A.”