Very OT: (link) Abby Wambach announces retirement
http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/13985610/abby-wambach-…
Abby Wambach, the leading career scorer -- male or female -- in international soccer, announced her retirement from soccer on Tuesday shortly after the U.S. national team celebrated its Women's World Cup victory at the White House.
Wambach, 35, said before the World Cup this past summer in Canada that she wanted to cap her 15-year career with the game's most prestigious championship. She got her wish.
Wambach, who grew up in Rochester, New York, has appeared in 252 international matches with 184 goals.
She will play the final four matches of the national team's 10-game victory tour before stepping away from the team. Her final match will be Dec. 16 against China in New Orleans.
October 28th, 2015 at 8:25 AM ^
(nothing against it, just never played and didn't grow up around it).However, as in any sport, there are some people who have so much talent that I can say, "This person is good, and good in a different way", even if I can't really describe or contextualize that goodness. Wambach is definitely in that group of athletes.
October 28th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
She's tall for a woman at 5'11" and not skinny, but solidly built. She had great timing, so could often get her head to a ball and put it on frame (except for recently when age and rust caught up with her). Also other teams didn't body up on her much on set pieces, so she'd have a free run to meet the ball. If another player would get in her way, being smaller they'd suffer more in a collision and usually not want to have another one. She had a pretty good shot, too.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:34 AM ^
She did her team and country proud. She was a great athlete. And a great roll model for up and coming soccer players.
October 28th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
watches girl's soccer? Is this seriously a thing?