Soccer: Trump criticises Rapinoe for spurning potential White House invite

Paris: Fearless and ferocious, Megan Rapinoe finds herself facing battles on and off the field as US co-captain at the women's World Cup.

Rapinoe showed she is the United States' go-to-woman as she scored the goals that put the holders in the quarter-finals where they face a mouthwatering clash with France on Friday.

As she prepared on Wednesday for the biggest match of the tournament – perhaps the biggest ever in women's football – she found herself facing unfriendly, but not unexpected, fire from her own president.