USA forward, Abby Wambach, was named the Associated Press 2011 Female Athlete of the Year. During the 2011 FIFA World Cup Wambach showed a great deal of leadership along with scoring many goals to help the USA team make it as far as they did in the tournament in Germany this past summer. Wambach was the first soccer player, man or woman, to receive this award which began in 1931. She scored four goals total during the 2011 World Cup games, in every game they played in she contributed one goal at least. She has scored 13 career goals in World Cup games this puts her third on the all-time World Cup scoring list. Wambach has scored a total of 125 career goals for the seasons she has been playing on the US National Team. Abby is all about being one as a team and getting through obstacles together while being role models for younger soccer players.
"We, as a team, did something that no team since Mia Hamm was able to do," Wambach told the AP. "Even the team that won the (Olympic) gold medal in 2008 wasn't able to inspire and get people excited about women's soccer. It goes to show you the impact drama can bring." -Abby Wambach
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