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Abby Wambach
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American soccer player (born 1980)
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Abby Wambach, born Mary Abigail Wambach on June 2, 1980, in Rochester, New York, is an American association football player, coach, and podcaster. She played as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and club sides including the Washington Freedom, Western New York Flash, and magicJack. Wambach began her professional work period in 2002 and competed in the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Educated at the University of Florida, Wambach has received the Associated Press Athlete of the Year award and is associated with the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. She is the spouse of Glennon Doyle and Sarah Huffman. Her published works include *Forward*, *Forward, Forward*, *We Can Do Hard Things*, and *Wolfpack (Young Readers Edition)*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 45 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1980
- Works
- 9
Top works
- We Can Do Hard Things
- Forward
- Forward
- Forward, Young Readers' Edition
- Wolfpack (Young Readers Edition)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Rochester, New York, USA
Known for
- Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer — Self (archive footage)2024
- Angel City — Self2023
- Under Pressure: The U.S. Women's World Cup Team — Self2023
- Gutsy — Self2022
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- Shine On with Reese — Self2018
- Undeniable with Dan Patrick — Self2015
- I Am Cait — Self2015
- The Men in Blazers Show — Self2014
- Abby Head On — Self2013
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 35
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Abby+Wambach">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2015 · cited 4,995x
- The
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Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions
· 2007 · cited 2,369x
- Pembrolizumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma previously treated with sorafenib (KEYNOTE-224): a non-randomised, open-label phase 2 trial
· 2018 · cited 2,125x
- Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults
· 2007 · cited 1,786x
- Pembrolizumab As Second-Line Therapy in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma in KEYNOTE-240: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase III Trial
· 2020 · cited 1,552x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- 2005
- Ajax America Women
- 2011
- magicJack
- Full name
- Mary Abigail Wambach
- Date of birth
- ( 1980-06-02 ) June 2, 1980 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Rochester, New York , U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Position
- Forward
- 1994 1998
- Our Lady of Mercy High School
- 1995 1997
- Rochester Spirit
- Years
- Team
- 1998 2001
- Florida Gators
- 2002 2003
- Washington Freedom
- 2009 2010
- Washington Freedom
- 2013 2014
- Western New York Flash
- 2001 2015
- United States
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Official website
Home - Abby Wambach
abbywambach.com →Link to the official site · 4,696 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abby
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rochester
- Spouse
- Sarah Huffman
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Educated at
- University of Florida
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Seattle Reign FC
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 81
- Official website
- abbywambach.com
- Image
- Abby Wambach at White House 01.jpg
- Height
- 180
- Residence
- Hermosa Beach
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Abby Wambach
- date of birth
- 1980-06-02
- nickname
- Abby
- birth name
- Mary Abigail Wambach
- sport number
- 20
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- social media followers
- 752784
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. She played for the U.S. women's national soccer team from 2003 to 2015. With 184 international goals, she ranks second on the all-time list of international goals scored by players of any gender. Wambach is a six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2012. She was included on the 2015 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
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