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Wambach scored the equalizer in stoppage time and the Americans defeated Brazil in a penalty shootout. The team eventually progressed to the World Cup final against Japan. [15] Wambach's last-minute goal set a new record for the latest goal ever scored in a World Cup match [16] and was awarded ESPN's 2011 ESPY Award for Best Play of the Year. [17]
In 2013, Wambach's biography was the focus of a one-hour ESPN documentary, Abby Head On. [229] The same year, she appeared in the ESPN documentary series, Nine for IX . The Nine for IX documentary, The 99ers , in which Wambach appeared focused on the success and legacy of the national team that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup .
The first player to reach 100 international goals was Italian Elisabetta Vignotto. Abby Wambach scored 100 goals in 9 years, while Christine Sinclair reached the milestone in just under 10 years while Mia Hamm is the youngest player to score 100 international goals at the age of 26 years 185 days.
Abby Wambach. Net worth: $4 million. New Yorker Abby Wambach replaced Hamm as the face of American soccer in the early 2000s and also overtook her record for most international goals scored. In ...
Abby Wambach United States: 4 14 25 0.56 2003, 2007 2011, 2015 Sun Wen China: 4 11 20 0.55 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 Bettina Wiegmann Germany: 4 11 22 0.50 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 Mia Hamm United States: 4 8 23 0.35 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 Kristine Lilly United States: 4 8 30 0.27 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 Julie Foudy United States: 4 4 24 0.17
She still is Abby Wambach, the world-record holder for international goals, male or female; the 2015 Women’s World Cup winner; the two-time Olympic gold medalist; the 2012 FIFA World Player of ...
Abby Wambach: FW 255 184 September 9, 2001 Germany: December 16, 2015 China: Marcie Ward [cq] MF 3 0 March 7, 2001 Italy: March 13, 2001 Portugal: Kealia Watt [cr] FW 3 1 October 23, 2016 Switzerland: November 13, 2016 Romania: Morgan Weaver * FW 2 0 November 27, 2021 Australia: November 30, 2021 Australia: Saskia Webber: GK 28 0 August 14 ...
Early in her career with the national team, Alex Morgan found herself sharing a hotel room with Abby Wambach, who was then the second-leading scorer in U.S. soccer history.As Morgan gushed over ...