Abby Wambach is EVERYTHING that a great soccer forward should be...great personality that is not afraid of the spotlight
fearless and mentally tough
strong
mobile
soft feet
goal thirsty
great celebrations!
We have been huge fans of Abby's since her playing days at Florida. And, in our opinion, she is one of the top 3 or 4 players in the world. She was a big and strong forward and has added many other dimensions to her game through hard work.
We work hard with our forwards here at the U. And we try to emulate the things that Abby is able to do in front of the opponent's goal. We have some great young forwards such as Lauren Hair and Erin Dalley.
We celebrated this weekend when Abby scored her 100th goal for the U.S. team in a 1-0 victory over Canada. What an incredible accomplishment. Even better, she got the goal in her hometown of Rochester, New York.
She has scored with her head, with long shots, by dribbling through the defense, PK's, both feet, incredible collections in the box...Wow!
She scored one of the most important goals in the history of U.S. soccer with her overtime goal in the 2004 Olympics gold medal game against Brazil...
Check it out here: 2004 USA vs. Brazil Olympic Final
And Abby grew even more in our eyes with this comment after breaking her leg in a warm-up game for the 2008 Olympics and being knocked out through injury:
“I want to thank all the fans, the doctors, the players on the team and Tasha Kai for scoring the winning goal,” said Wambach from the emergency room. ”Obviously, it’s devastating, but above everything else, I’m only one player, and you can never win a championship with just one player. I have the utmost confidence in this team bringing home the gold.”
“I’m excited to watch them and cheer them on during this challenge they’ve been presented with,” said Wambach. “It’s really going to take everyone coming together. I love them all so much, and appreciate so many people involved with this game and the team. I put my heart and soul into this game every day, but sometimes accidents happen. I’ve gotten so many calls already, and I just want to say how much I appreciate that.”
We think that her comments laid the foundation for the 2008 US Olympic team incredibly winning the Gold Medal without her. She told the team publicly that she will be okay and that she had confidence that they could win...wow!
Okay...so watch this great compilation of some of her 100 goals for the U.S. team...
Great job, Abby!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZdu04ziO6s
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