Abby Wambach

Recent Q & A

Question:

Any advice for kids just starting out?

Answer:

Yeah. It’s not going to be easy. It’s not simple. It’s hard work. The sport itself is difficult to learn. I mean, look at us. We’re still making mistakes and we’ve been at it for the past 20 years. My advice to any newcomer is just to be patient and to work as hard as you can, because if you work as hard as you can, you won’t be able to look back with regrets. That’s how the women on this national team got here.

Question:

Have you thought about what you want to do after you’re done with soccer?

Answer:

I want to do a lot of things. I want to travel the world in a different capacity. Not as a soccer player but as a humanitarian, a philanthropist. I want to own restaurants, own real estate, stuff that I’m working now to afford and achieve.

Question:

Do you enjoy the travel?

Answer:

The travel is easy. When you’re younger it’s easy. The older you get, the more you start wanting to get a family and settle down. I’m not there yet. I’m really loving this whole experience. It’s not going to last forever. That’s something I’ve known since I got here, that I’m not going to be a soccer player forever. This is a very short time in the lifespan of a person. Soccer has given me a lot. All I can do now is keep playing well and hopefully give back to my country what it’s given me.

Question:

Who are some of the people who were influential in helping you advance in your career?

Answer:

I had a trainer at Florida named Randy Brower. Jerry Smith, the Santa Clara University coach, he was my Under-21 National Team coach. These people gave me the tools to be successful. It was then up to me, because at some point you have to accept the information and all the help you’re getting from the outside world and internalize it and put it into a product on the field. Obviously, as role models, the people I looked up to were Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Brandi Chastain, and obviously Kristine (Lilly). They paved the way for me to have an opportunity.

Question:

Was there a point at which you realized you had a special talent?

Answer:

I didn’t realize until late in my college career that it was actually something I could do after college, maybe for a living and as a career. Even then, you still had to be the best in the world. I was afforded the opportunity to play in the WUSA, which gave me the environment to learn at the next level what to do to achieve the success that you need to be on the national team. From there it steamrolled.

Updates

Mon, Aug 17th 2009, 13:10

Freedom's Season Comes to an End

For one month the Washington Freedom had played its best soccer, coming together as a team just in time to put together a streak that not only booked it a trip to the playoffs but also a home game.

But despite the confidence the team had shown in the past four weeks — a span of six games during which Washington lost just once — the Freedom floundered on Saturday afternoon in the game that mattered most, seeing its season end with a 2-1 loss to Sky Blue FC (8-8-5) in front of 4,217 at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds.

The loss ended the Freedom’s inaugural season in Women’s Professional Soccer and came at a time when the team seemed to finally be coming together and getting healthy.

The Freedom (8-8-5) struggled to match the form it had shown the previous week when it downed this same New Jersey team, 3-1, to win the No. 3 seed.

U.S. international Natasha Kai punished Washington for a mistake in its box in the 55th minute to put Sky Blue FC up 1-0, and it seemed as though the Freedom would fall by that score.

Comments

andrea hernandez | on 3/10/09

Im realy impresed with Abby Wambach. She is my idol

ashleigh | on 18/9/09

damn striker?! you’re in DC? where have I been, I’m still in Philly! find me, I know Audrey is down your way, Meaghan is my way (with child!), let’s make it happen. Congrats on all that this site tells me you’re doin..sorry, I’ll be a better fan. love ya kid. xoxo

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Sun, Jul 18th 2010, 22:37

Abby Scores Twice as U.S. Defeats Sweden 3-0
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Wed, Jun 30th 2010, 09:48

Wambach a leader in more ways than one
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Mon, Jun 28th 2010, 09:57

Who should Abby Pick?
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Wed, Jun 23rd 2010, 16:13

Abby Wambach's body of work
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Fri, Jun 11th 2010, 11:42

Abby is top vote getter, selected to WPS All-Star Team
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