Abby Wambach earned her spot as a TIME 100 Icon
Even with an expanded field of 24 teams for this summer’s Women’s World Cup, Abby Wambach and the U.S. team will generate most of the star power for the tournament. Even with sensational stars in Canada’s Christine Sinclair or Sweden’s Caroline Seger or France’s Eugenie Le Sommer, …
TIME 100 2015: Abby Wambach
By: Mia Hamm Abby Wambach has always been fearless. Even as a rookie on the U.S. women’s national team, she would score goals that made me say, “Gosh, if she doesn’t win the ball, she’s probably going to get crushed.” She never blinked. If it …
Abby Wambach, Sydney Leroux traded in NWSL blockbuster
U.S. women’s national team stars Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux were traded by their National Women’s Soccer League teams, the league announced Monday. The Western New York Flash acquired Leroux and defender Amanda Frisbie, while Seattle Reign FC get the rights to Wambach, midfielder Amber Brooks and the Flash’s 2016 first-round college …
Abby Wambach would trade it all for World Cup crown with USA
The world’s all-time international leading goalscorer says she would swap all of her individual accolades to lift the World Cup with the USA this summer. Abby Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and former Fifa Player of the Year, will make this year’s World Cup in Canada her last. …