Some Soccer News for Dec 17, 2015
du Nord, December 17, 2015
Abby Wambach left in a cloud of NOISE. She played her last game as a professional player on Wednesday, for the USA, a 0-1 home loss to China. -A couple things to note: 1) She had 255 international caps. 2) Scoring 184 goals! 3) 77 of them header goals! 4) It was the first USA loss in the USA in 11 years. 11 years. 5) Wambach did a lot of interviews in the run up to the game (a round-up from SI), and in every one she pointed out 2 things: The USA women deserve to paid the same as the men. And the men need a new coach cuz the one they have has failed. (Just search around, the interviews/articles are all over the place.) 6) Exit stage right. (I doubt that is the last we will hear from her.) Mix Diskerud replies to Wambach's call for "foreign" players to be removed the USA team: Wow Abby, I guess there are pros and cons in limiting the base for selection. You have just singled out a few of us. But why? Why are we your single oddballs? Think about who you try to disenfranchise. Because if you see us as the group