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Sober since April, Abby Wambach says she secretly abused alcohol and drugs for years
Retired soccer star Abby Wambach calls being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence earlier this year “one of the best things that has ever happened to me.”
In an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the release of her memoir “Forward,” the former World Cup champion said that incident finally forced her to face a problem she had hidden from the public for years — her abuse of alcohol and prescription pills.
“If I don't get so publicly shamed and publicly humiliated, I don't think I wake up,” said Wambach, whose 184 goals in international soccer are the most ever by a male or female player.
“I think I...
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Sober since April, Abby Wambach says she secretly abused alcohol and drugs for years
Retired soccer star Abby Wambach calls being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence earlier this year “one of the best things that has ever happened to me.”
In an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the release of her memoir...
Big-game failures don't add up for Messi, Ronaldo
David Sumpter has spent decades studying math and years watching soccer, passions he recently melded in an attempt to explain how and why things happen as they do on the playing field.
And that led him to a rather unscientific conclusion for how and...
Host France hoping Euros pomp can overcome circumstances
Usually it’s love that’s in the air in Paris. But last week love was overwhelmed by the stench of rotting trash, the result of a garbage collectors’ strike.
Airlines pilots and rail workers also went on strike, crippling travel all over France –...
U.S. women take a stand over pay equity, sending ripples through soccer's world
After practicing law for more than three decades, Rich Nichols has developed a feel for which cases are going to fly and which are going to die. So he admits he had some trepidation about a plan for members of the women's national team to file a...
Published in Los Angeles Times on May 08, 2016 — Print headline: "Playing catch-up - U.S. women soccer players challenge the national federation over pay, reflecting an effort to move the game ahead, not just here but globally"
Former World Cup champion Abby Wambach arrested on suspicion of DUI in Oregon
Retired World Cup soccer champion Abby Wambach was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday.
Portland police Sgt. Peter Simpson said in a statement Sunday that a sergeant stopped the 35-year-old Saturday night after she...
United States and Canada will face off in women's Olympic qualifying final
With wins in Friday's semifinals, the U.S. and Canadian women's soccer teams both achieved their main objectives in the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship by earning berths in this summer's tournament in Brazil.
But there is still one piece...
Published in Los Angeles Times on February 21, 2016 — Print headline: "United States, Canada to play in final - The Canadian women's soccer team has not beaten the U.S. in 15 years."
Alex Morgan's hat trick leads U.S. to 5-0 win and Olympic berth
Alex Morgan scored three goals and the United States secured a spot in the Olympics this summer with a 5-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago on Friday night in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.
The World Cup champions, ranked...
Published in Los Angeles Times on February 20, 2016 — Print headline: "U.S. women roll into Olympics - Morgan has a hat trick as World Cup champions continue regional domination. - UNITED STATES 5 TRIN. AND TOBAGO 0"
Crystal Dunn scores five goals in a 10-0 victory by the U.S. against Puerto Rico
Crystal Dunn tied a national team record with five goals and U.S. women defeated Puerto Rico, 10-0, on Monday night to win Group A in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The U.S. scored three times within 1 minute 56...
Published in Los Angeles Times on February 16, 2016 — Print headline: "Dunn ties a U.S. record with five goals in a rout - Olympic-qualifying tournament game proves a bonanza for the forward. - U.S. 10, PUERTO RICO 0"
Sydney Leroux's pregnancy leaves U.S. soccer team short heading into Olympic qualifying
Six months after coaching one of the deepest teams in U.S. history to a Women's World Cup title, Jill Ellis is beginning to run out of warm bodies, with Sydney Leroux announcing she is pregnant and will miss the entire year.
"Surprise! My plans have...
U.S. women's soccer team and Coach Jill Ellis take first step on road to the Olympics on Saturday
SAN DIEGO — Jill Ellis, the newly minted women's world coach of the year, says she isn't superstitious. Which is too bad because she has a lot of omens working in her favor heading into the U.S. women team's first game of the year, an exhibition...
Published in Los Angeles Times on January 23, 2016 — Print headline: "U.S. women start down road to Rio - Ellis and her World Cup champions open 2016 campaign with exhibition vs. Ireland."
Carli Lloyd of the U.S. is named FIFA world player of the year, and Jill Ellis is coach of the year
Carli Lloyd has won just about everything there is to win during her 11 years with the U.S. women's soccer team. A World Cup title, two Olympic gold medals, three tournament MVP awards.
What she's never gotten, however, is the recognition she thinks...
Published in Los Angeles Times on January 12, 2016 — Print headline: "Lloyd, Ellis have the world at their fete - U.S. midfielder is chosen international player of year; coach also honored by FIFA."
World Cup champs Carli Lloyd and Jill Ellis win FIFA awards
U.S. national team star Carli Lloyd won FIFA's women's player of the year award and her coach, Jill Ellis, was named the women's coach of the year Monday, giving the World Cup champions a sweep of international soccer's top individual prizes.
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U.S. women's soccer team will rely on several players to assume Abby Wambach's role
When Jill Ellis gathers her national team in Carson for the start of its winter training camp Tuesday, it will mark the first time since 2001 that the U.S. women will go into a new year unable to count on Abby Wambach.
And that leaves Ellis with a couple...
Published in Los Angeles Times on January 03, 2016 — Print headline: "Life after Abby - The iconic Wambach has retired, and it will take a number of players to fill the many roles that she had with the U.S. women's team"
U.S. women's team and FIFA led soccer's highlights and lowlights in 2015
It has been a year of celebration and controversy in world soccer. The U.S. won the largest and most competitive Women's World Cup in history but FIFA, the sport's world governing body, was embroiled in chaos after the U.S. Justice Department unsealed...
Published in Los Angeles Times on December 30, 2015 — Print headline: "U.S. women, FIFA scandal were top stories"
American Pharoah's Triple Crown run is AP's story of the year
American Pharoah's sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for horse racing's first Triple Crown since 1978 was selected the sports story of the year Thursday in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press.
Eighty-two ballots...
Other countries are scouting young U.S. soccer talent
When Brad Friedel was growing up in suburban Cleveland a generation ago, youth soccer was more an afterthought than an organized activity.
"There was nothing there," he remembers.
So he was a bit surprised when he moved back to the U.S....
Published in Los Angeles Times on December 20, 2015 — Print headline: "The world is watching U.S. youths - Other countries are drawn to top young American talent by sheer numbers."
U.S. women's home win streak ends in Abby Wambach's last game
Abby Wambach walked off the field for the final time like a rock star — mic drop and all.
It sounded as if she was ready to party like one too.
She wasn't able to leave with a victory in her final game with the U.S. national team. But China's 1-0...
Published in Los Angeles Times on December 17, 2015 — Print headline: "Wambach's final game is rare loss"
Career highlights for Abby Wambach, who plays her final match Wednesday
The U.S. women's soccer team plays China on Wednesday night in New Orleans, and it's not only the final match of its U.S. World Cup champions' victory tour, it is the final match ever for Abby Wambach, one of the greatest soccer players in U.S. history. A...
World Cup champions Carli Lloyd and Jill Ellis among finalists for FIFA honors
Carli Lloyd, whose hat trick in the final against Japan gave the U.S. its first Women's World Cup title in 16 years, is one of three finalists for player of the year award, FIFA announced Monday.
Jill Ellis, who coached the U.S. team to the title, is a...
Abby Wambach announces her retirement from soccer
Abby Wambach is going out on top, just like she said she would.
Before the women's World Cup this past summer, Wambach said a U.S. championship in the prestigious tournament would make her career complete.
She got her wish, and Tuesday -- just after she...