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at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on December 16, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Abby Wambach’s career ends with first USWNT loss at home in 11 years

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This wasn’t quite the storybook ending for Abby Wambach’s career and I’m sure the USWNT will want to redo this game again. They lost to China in New Orleans 1-0 and lose their first game at home since 2004, a run of 104 games. Since it was Abby Wambach’s final game, the USWNT was focused […]

in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 Final at BC Place Stadium on July 5, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada.

Which current player could closest replace Abby Wambach as the face of the USWNT?

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Abby Wambach will play her 255th and final USWNT game tonight against China. Wambach and her 184 goals will no doubt go down in history as one of the greatest United States soccer players of all time (regardless of gender). When I thought about who would take over as “replacing” Abby Wambach as the face of […]

KANSAS CITY, KS – OCTOBER 15: Abby Wambach #20 of United States attempts gain control of a pass in the Trinidad & Tobago box late in the first half of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship USA 2014 on October 15, 2014 at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)

How Abby Wambach criticizing Jurgen Klinsmann is more serious than any previous Klinsmann criticism

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In case you haven’t known, tonight is Abby Wambach’s final game as a soccer player. By now, I’m sure you have heard Wambach’s comments on how firing Jurgen Klinsmann would help the U.S. Men’s National Team. In case you haven’t heard, this is her full quote from The Bill Simmons Podcast on the one thing […]

PITTSBURGH, PA – AUGUST 16: Abby Wambach #20 of the United States in action against Costa Rica during the match at Heinz Field on August 16, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

Abby Wambach’s legacy is much more than just being a soccer player

0 comments by on 10/28/2015

Yesterday, arguably the greatest US Soccer player ever, Abby Wambach announced her retirement and will play her final game on December 16. Looking back on her career, it became clear that she wasn’t just a soccer player. Yeah, she spent most of her life playing soccer and the title of “soccer player” is an accurate […]

in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 Final at BC Place Stadium on July 5, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada.

VIDEO: Abby Wambach gives us final words before World Cup final

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Abby Wambach and her 183 career international goals will say goodbye to the world game following Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final. She won’t start, but is likely to come off the bench. Wambach is also still the emotional leader of this team and the 35-year-old gave us one of the most poignant moments of this […]

in the Group D match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 at BC Place Stadium on June 16, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada.

2015 Women’s World Cup Recap: Day 9

0 comments by on 6/16/2015

Four more teams had an opportunity to punch their tickets to the knockout stage of the expanded FIFA Women’s World Cup on Tuesday. With Group’s C and D in action there were a lot of intriguing storylines on the line. Could an African nation make it to the knockout stages of a Women’s World Cup […]

WINNIPEG, MB – JUNE 12: Abby Wambach #20 of the United States looks on in the second half against Sweden in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 match at Winnipeg Stadium on June 12, 2015 in Winnipeg, Canada. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Abby Wambach Blames Turf For Lack Of U.S. Goals

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USWNT forward Abby Wambach has said in an interview following a training session that she believes that if the Women’s World Cup were to be played on grass, the United States would have more goals scored. “In the previous game, I don’t lay out and commit to those headers and that’s why they glance off […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 12: FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year nominee Abby Wambach of USA and Western New York Flash attends a press conference prior to the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2014 at the Kongresshaus on January 12, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Abby Wambach Calls Out Teammates In Recent Interview

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Abby Wambach recently was interviewed by the New York Times about the upcoming World Cup next month and how she feels going into the tournament. In this interview, Wambach has controversially stated that her teammates are scared to play the ball in fear of creating turnovers that will lead to goals, and that is why the […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 12: FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year nominee Abby Wambach of USA and Western New York Flash attends a press conference prior to the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2014 at the Kongresshaus on January 12, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)

Report: FIFA turned down free offer to replace artificial turf for Women’s World Cup

0 comments by on 5/8/2015

Oh FIFA, the gift that keeps on making us shake our heads in shame and disbelief. Let’s just say the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada hasn’t exactly gone off without a hitch. There were threats of a boycott after FIFA decided that they would allow artificial turf fields to be used in all […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 07: Abby Wambach of United States receives her FIFA womens player of the year trophy by Joseph Blatter, FIFA president (R) during the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala 2013 at Congress House on January 07, 2013 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)

Players end turf lawsuit against FIFA for Women’s World Cup

0 comments by on 1/21/2015

Today, top female players have dropped their lawsuit against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association about artificial turf at the Women’s World Cup. The group, represented by notable players like Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, Heather O’Reilly and others, dropped the lawsuit after filing in August. The players made the claim that FIFA was discriminating against […]

After Advancing to Women’s World Cup, USWNT Wins CONCACAF Championship

0 comments by on 10/27/2014

In what seemed like an letdown after already advancing to the Women’s World Cup in the semis, the US Women’s National Team put the cherry on top of their CONCACAF sundae by defeating Costa Rica 6-0 in Philadelphia Sunday to win the CONCACAF Women’s Championship. They cap off a tournament in which they didn’t allow […]

Will the USWNT Win Tonight Against Guatemala?

0 comments by on 10/17/2014

After a rather inauspicious win against Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, the United States has a chance to virtually advance to the knockout round tonight against Guatemala in Chicago. The United States and Haiti are tied with three points and Trinidad and Tobago and Guatemala have zero in Group A. In what was supposed to […]

What We Learned: USWNT 1-0 over Trinidad & Tobago

0 comments by on 10/16/2014

For fans of the men’s version of the United States national team, seeing an actual World Cup qualifying tournament with games nearly 48 hours apart had to seem strange. Yet, on Wednesday night that’s exactly what CONCACAF pulled off as 2015 World Cup qualifying got underway in Group A. The USWNT won 1-0 over Trinidad […]

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