Alex Morgan & Megan Rapinoe on Winning the World Cup & Equal Pay

On Sunday, our next guest and their teammates knocked off the lands of Nether to win their second consecutive, and they celebrated too. Please welcome co-captains of the team, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe. It's kind of funny that the World Cup isn't a cup. I know, right? I know, we were looking forward to drinking out of it with us. Yeah, you can. The best you can do is maybe hit each other over the head with it, I guess. Is it fun to win the World Cup? It seems like it must be. It's okay. At times. At times, yeah. Well, it's fun after we win it. Yeah. When you're in the thick of it, it's a lot. We're like, we better win this. That's what it feels like when you're in the thick of it. You're celebrating just non-stop, right? Is that correct, or is that just seen that way? Yeah. No, that is actually very correct. That is correct. Yes. Yes. Yes. Is it more exhausting to play in the tournament or to celebrate winning the tournament after the tournament? I think, like, during the tournament, it's more emotionally exhausting. After, we actually are, like, so sleep-deprived. So, like, it's physically exhausting. I'm going to go after. Yeah. Yeah, you're going to go after. The rigors, the rigors that we're putting our bodies through, it's not good right now. Megan, when did you decide your hair seems to be changing color? Is that correct, or is my TV just wrong? Because it seems like your hair started pink, and now it's purplish. I don't know. Was that your plan going in that you would do, like, a little kind of Dennis Rodman deal? I don't plan anything. You don't? Literally not a thing. So, where did you get the dye, for instance? Oh, goodness. I dyed my hair pink the day before I left for the World Cup, and then it was fading so quickly. So, I had to get more, and then I took it with me, and then I was doing it myself, which is... Didn't your sister bring it? Yeah, my sister brought over a second batch of it. It was a bit of a mess, to be honest. But from afar, which is where the camera catches us during the games, it's fine. You can't see the detail. It worked out quite well, though, I guess. So, you answered this question because I was thinking about this, and I was wondering, why is the American team, your team, so dominant? Why are you guys so much better than everyone else? It's a good question. I mean, it's interesting, isn't it? I mean, it's not like that with the men's team, right? I mean, nothing against them, but it isn't. They're not dominant. By the way, I just want to say something. Show that clip from after the parade there at the rally. U.S. soccer has invested more in women's soccer than any country in the world. And we will continue to invest... So, that's the president of U.S. soccer. This has become a big topic of conversation. You want equal pay, which I think... By the way, I think it's a mistake. Shouldn't you be paid more because the tournament is a bigger umbrella overall? But when it comes to the U.S. teams, how many World Cups has the men's team won? None of them, right? We're taking you to mediation. I would love to go to mediation. You're invited. I think I would be an effective spokesman on your behalf. Is it a situation where you would consider boycotting the next World Cup if this is not remedied properly? I mean, we worked our entire lives... You have to say yes, or else you have no... You have to say yes. No leverage. Yes, we're not going back. We know about leverage, okay? Yeah, right, yeah. Yeah, I mean, we are working towards that. But I think also our fans and everyone is speaking for us on our behalf right now. Yeah, well, that is nice. Yeah, the world kind of is rallying around, especially... And it seems like this victory came at the perfect time for this country, doesn't it? I mean, it's almost like a storybook type of thing. It seems like we needed this right at this time for like six different reasons. I mean, I think success helps just drown out all of the other bad things. Yeah. Winning helps everything. You beat Thailand 13 to nothing. Do you think you'll ever be allowed to go to Thailand? I think so. I hope so. Yeah, it's speculative. I think so, right? You think so? I don't know. I have no idea. I don't know. I don't know how they're feeling about it. I think they're okay. I think they took the loss as a respectful one. You do? Yes. When you guys, when you're on the field and you're, you know, really jostling each other, does anybody ever go like, oh, sorry? You know, is it more polite than men's sports? No. No, not at all. It's more like, sorry. Oh, like against each other or opponents? Well, against each other. I wonder if the competition, because your team is so dominant, if the competition in your practices, the inter-squad practices, is more, is bigger, is stronger. It's insane. You know what the sorry's are in practice? It's like, oh my God, I'm so sorry. It's like, you've done that 17 times and said sorry in the exact same way every single time. You don't mean it. Yeah. You don't mean it. Do you think if you split up your team into two teams, you would win first and second place? I mean, our teammate Allie Krieger said it. Listen, and it must be true. What comes out of her mouth? Yeah. This is the cover of Sports Illustrated this week. Did you know that? That's pretty great, huh? That's got to be exciting. Will you blow this up and, like, hang it in your homes? Yeah, above the bed, likely. Yeah, just like a full, right there, no matting or anything. With your phone? Did you get, like, a million calls and e-mails and texts and everything that you felt like you had to respond to in some way? It was crazy. My inbox is hanging on for dear life. It's out of control. It is, yeah. It's causing me total anxiety. I can't even look at it. Are you one of those people that likes to make sure you're, yeah. I'm keeping my eyes, like, up on the screen for my phone, and I'm like, I just can't even look down there. It's too bad. It's wild. I mean, people I haven't talked to in years. You know, you're like, do you respond? Oh, to the people you haven't talked to in years? Lots of numbers with no contacts attached to it. Oh, really? Like, thank you so much. Who is this? Yeah, right, yeah. Maybe I think a lot of those people just want to tell their friends that they texted you and that you responded to them. The tap back feature in iOS right now is just killing the game. That's a real envy for you. The heart is great. Yeah, the heart. Thanks. The heart is actually more useful than the actual human heart, I think. Yes, it is. All right, so President Trump, making you quite famously now, said that you were not interested in visiting the White House. He said he was going to invite you guys to the White House. He hasn't invited you to the White House yet. I'm guessing you won't go to the White House if he does invite you, unless he asks really nicely. But I also don't want to cheat you out of the experience of visiting the White House, so we prepared something special for you. And if you would just go ahead and throw open those curtains. And ladies, this is for you. This is yours. This is 5,000 chicken nuggets and a couple of actors pretending to be Secret Service guys. And I'm going to tell you something. If you really are the champions, we know you are. The three of us will eat all of these before the night is done. That's right. Every last one of us. Well, congratulations. I know I'm walking around like Phil Donahue or something. But thank you for coming. It's really great to have you here. And congratulations. Everybody's so happy. Rarely have I seen people so emotional. Alex has a show on ESPN Plus, and you can see what happened behind the scenes at the World Cup, which seems like it was a lot of fun. It's called The Equalizer on ESPN Plus. Check that out. Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, everybody.