Abby Wambach
By Suzanna Bobadilla • @suzbobadilla • 8 years ago

Quick Hit: Happy Birthday, Abby Wambach!

It’s American soccer superstar Abby Wambach‘s 35th birthday! 

Abby Wambach has been a legendary soccer player for over two decades. Her skills as a forward (particularly those impeccable headers) have helped lead the national US Women’s National Soccer Team to victory since 2003. Throughout her career, Abby has scored over 159 career goals, won two Olympic Gold Medals, and won the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award six times. In 2012, was named the 2012 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year.

Off the pitch, Abby is also an ambassador for Athlete Ally, a national organization of athletes, coaches, and fans who are committed to making sports more inclusive for LGBTQ folks.

Have a great birthday Abby! Here’s a clip of her best shots:

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Suzanna Bobadilla is a writer, activist, and digital strategist. According to legend, she first publicly proclaimed that she was a feminist at the age of nine in her basketball teammate's mini-van. Things have obviously since escalated. After graduating from Harvard in 2013, she became a founding member of Know Your IX's ED ACT NOW. She is curious about the ways feminists continue to use technology to create social change and now lives in San Francisco. She believes that she has the sweetest gig around – asking bad-ass feminists thoughtful questions for the publication that has taught her so much. Her views, bad jokes and all, are her own. For those wondering, if she was stranded on a desert island and had to bring one food, one drink, and one feminist, she would bring chicken mole, a margarita, and her momma.

Suzanna Bobadilla is a writer, activist, and digital strategist.

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