Because if I don't get so publicly shamed and publicly humiliated, I don't think I wake up," Wambach told the Associated Press on her book tour that September. "That night getting arrested was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Her personal life, however, was a bit more all over the place. Her natural talent, discipline and drive made her one of the best athletes playing in any sport. Name a lofty height in soccer, Wambach has achieved it. (In 2003, they tied for highest scorer in the league, with 33 goals apiece.) women's team won their second straight Olympic gold medal, she was named FIFA World Player of the Year-only the fourth woman ever to be given the honor, and the first since the previous face of women's soccer, her former Washington Freedom teammate Mia Hamm, in 2002. She went on to be an All-American selection in high school and college and she led the University of Florida Gators-where she remains the school's all-time goal scorer-to their first women's soccer championship as a freshman in 1998. In her first year as a professional, Wambach was named WUSA's Rookie of the year, and she is a six-time U.S. The youngest of seven kids, she started playing soccer at 4 in her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., after her mom checked out a book about the sport from the library for her. Wambach, the leading all-time goal scorer for the USWNT, had known very little besides winning all of her life.
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