Index4INDEX Card 296: Abby Wambach 1
I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.
-- Abby Wambach
For more about Abby Wambach, keep reading....
About the Quote
Even solo performing artists can't put out the hits without help from others. Phil Collins was the drummer for the band Genesis during the 1970s, but when he became a solo performer in the 1980s she still needed a band for his performances. He needed the assist from other professional artists in order to perform his craft.
Scorers of all kinds-- Pele in futbol, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James in baseketball, Wayne Gretzky in hockey, just to name a few-- needed to be fed the object by a teammate before they could put points on the board.
As great as these leading scorers were when they played, they needed help from their teammates to be in positions to scorer. That's why in hockey an assist has equal value to a goal (1 point each). A scorer is nothing without the playmaker providing the assist.
Some Information about Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail Wambach was born in Rochester, New York, US on 1980-June-2.
Better known as Abby Wambach, she was a futbol player for the United States national team and one of the pioneers of women's futbol in the United States.
Wambach helped the US Women's National Team (USWNT) win Gold Medals at the 2004 Athens Summer Games and at the 2012 London Summer Games. She also helped lead the USWNT to the 2015 FIFA World Cup. In 2012 FIFA named her WOmen's Player of the Year.
Wambach was athletically inclines since she was a child. Even though she was a girl, she was allowed to play futbol on boys' teams. She went to college at the University of Florida, which is a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC); there she was named All-SEC Player of the Year twice. During her career at University of Florida, she set school records with 96 goals, 49 assists, 241 points, 24 game-winning goals, and 10 hat tricks.
In 2001, at age 21, Wambach made her debut for the USWNT. In 2002 she was drafted second overall by the Washington Freedom of the then-recently formed Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). Among her teammates on the Washing Freedom was Mia Hamm. In 2003 the Washington Freedom won the WUSA championship; Wambach and Hamm combined to score 66 points that season.
As a result of the season she had, Wamback was named US Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year in 2003. She would earn this honor 5 more times in her career (2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2013).
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