Bad news for the U.S. women's soccer team. They will have to try to defend its Olympic title without leading scorer Abby Wambach (my girl). The star forward had surgery to insert a titanium rod in her left leg Thursday. Wambach, 28, broke the tibia and fibula in the first half of a 1-0 exhibition win over Brazil after a collision with a defender Wednesday night in San Diego. The Americans were playing their final tune-up match for the Olympics. The U.S. begins defense of its gold medal Aug. 6 against Norway. Wambach will be on crutches for about two weeks and then is expected to face 12 weeks of rehabilitation.
"I want to thank all the fans, the doctors, the players on the team and Tasha Kai for scoring the winning goal," Wambach said from the emergency room Wednesday night. "Obviously, it's devastating, but above everything else, I'm only one player, and you can never win a championship with just one player."
Sad ending to this player's career. Will she be back for 2012?
2 comments:
Your olympic GF won't be playing in the Olypmics. I was saddened and thought of you when I heard this news.
Yep, I'm sad too. She is a great one too. She's 28 but could come back in four years and also the next world cup. Dang, what do you do?
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