Wambach breaks leg, will miss Olympics

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The Daily Sweeper (July 17)
Published 7/17/2008 by Tom Dunmore at Pitch Invasion
Today, MLS Commissioner Don Garber gets nasty, grassroots football is thriving in Liverpool, and we find out just how many people actually attend MLS games in Columbus. Americas The big news in world football today is that Abby Wambach — one of the two or three best players in the world — broke her leg. This is a disaster for the United States Women’s National team, and everyone looking forward to good soccer at the Olympics. That leaves Wambach on 99 goals in 127 appearances. The U.S. still beat an understrength Brazil 1-0, thanks to a goal by Natasha Kai. American clubs got their ...

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