Abby Wambach

Abby Wambach (born Mary Abigail Wambach, 1980) is an American author, speaker, and retired soccer player, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup champion. The 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year, she was long the world's all-time leading international goal scorer. She writes and speaks on leadership, equality, and LGBTQ+ advocacy, and is the author of the memoir Forward and the bestseller Wolfpack.