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"The Thorns are always assholes," Megan Rapinoe said after beating her NWSL team's top rivals. "Everyone hates them. That's the general vibe."
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  • Megan Rapinoe scored her first National Women's Soccer League goal in 1,047 days Sunday afternoon.
  • The USWNT star netted a 25-yard free kick to help OL Reign past their rivals – the Portland Thorns.
  • Rapinoe went to "talk my shit" to fans and got "a big, double f–k you middle fingers up" in return.
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Megan Rapinoe scored her first club goal in more than 1,000 days.

And she had something to say about it.

The pink-haired OL Reign superstar netted a ninth-minute equalizer on a 25-yard free kick during her team's Sunday afternoon matchup against their top rival in the National Women's Soccer League – the Portland Thorns. And after she watched the ball sail past Portland goalkeeper Adrianna Franch – who doubles as her teammate on the US Women's National Team – Rapinoe jogged to the end line and addressed Thorns fans up close.

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Megan Rapinoe (right) competes with Lindsey Horan for a 50-50 ball.
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"Obviously the Thorns fans need no introduction – they're incredible," Rapinoe said after the game, per Equalizer Soccer's Jeff Kassouf. "They have one big problem, though. It's that they love me, so it's really difficult for them to cheer against me. So when I scored, I had to go right over and talk my shit."

"I was trying to talk shit and to [Portland fans] and they just did not know what to do," she added. "And then finally somebody gave me a big, double f–k you middle fingers up and I was like 'That's what I'm talking about! That's the kind of rivalry that we want!'"

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Portland Thorns fans - known as the Rose City Riveters - are amongst the most raucous in the NWSL.
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Portland is known to have some of the most passionate fans in the entire NWSL, but home-field advantage at Providence Park and plenty of heckling from the Rose City Riveters weren't enough to power the Thorns past Rapinoe and the Reign. OL secured a 2-1 win in the Cascadia Derby, giving the team its first victory of the 2021 regular season.

And it's safe to say Rapinoe was happy to have secured the road win in her squad's most heated rivalry.

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Megan Rapinoe.
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"The Thorns are always assholes," she said. "Everyone hates them. That's the general vibe. They're always good, they've got the best stadium, they've got the best fans, you know they always have incredible talent on the field, so everybody's always gunning for [them]."

Check out Rapinoe's goal and taunting celebration from the victory below:

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