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Timeline: Abby Wambach
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Freshman helps Merch reach semifinals
As a freshman, helps Mercy reach Section V Class A semifinals, but team loses 6−1 to Greece Athena. -
Sophomore year at Mercy
The sophomore scores twice and goes in to play goalie with 1 minute, 23 seconds left to stop a Greece Athena penalty kick in Mercy's 3−2 victory in Section V Class A championship match. -
AGR Player of the Year
Mercy (21−2−1) loses 3−2 on penalty kicks to Rockland in state semifinals. Also named All−Greater Rochester Player of Year with 34 goals, 8 assists. -
Under-16 national team
Selected to practice with U.S. Under−16 national team. -
Mercy wins third title in six years
As a senior, scores to give Mercy a 1−0 win over Greece Athena for its third Section V title in six years. -
University of Florida
Announces she'll attend the University of Florida. -
National Player of the Year
Named national Player of the Year among high school girls. -
NCAA title
Helps Florida (25−1) upset North Carolina, 1−0, to win NCAA title. Named All−SEC and conference's Rookie of Year. -
Picked to senior national team
Chosen to play for senior national team in Nike U.S. Cup after impressive performance for gold−medal winning Under−21 U.S. team in Nordic Cup. -
Plays for national team
Becomes first Rochester female to play for national team, playing 14 minutes in a 4−1 Nike U.S. Cup win against Germany in Chicago -
Second pick in WUSA draft
Selected by Washington Freedom with second overall pick in WUSA draft. -
WUSA Rookie of the Year
Named WUSA Rookie of the Year with 10 goals, 10 assists, but Washington loses title match, 3−2, to Carolina. -
All-Star MVP
Has two goals, one assist and is named MVP of WUSA All−Star Game. -
Called up
Initially disappointed when left off U.S. roster for Gold Cup, the qualifying tournament for 2003 World Cup, but is called up to replace an injured teammate. -
7,664 at Frontier Field
Scores a goal and has her No. 21 Mercy jersey retired at a 2−2 WUSA exhibition tie with New York Power before a crowd of 7,664 at Frontier Field. -
WUSA Title and MVP
Scores both goals, including OT winner, as Washington beats Atlanta 2−1 for WUSA title. Named match MVP. -
Named to World Cup team
Named to Women's World Cup roster for U.S., her childhood dream. -
World Cup goal
Comes off bench to score her first World Cup goal, a six−yard header, in a 5−0 rout of Nigeria in Philadelphia. -
Decisive goal
Scores the decisive goal as U.S. edges rival Norway, 1−0, in Foxborough, Mass., to reach World Cup semifinals. -
First Olympic goal
Scores a goal in Olympic debut, a 3−0 win over Greece. -
Olympic gold
Scores on a leaping header from 10 yards off Kristine Lilly's 112th−minute corner kick to give U.S. 2−1 OT victory over Brazil and Olympic gold. -
US Soccer's Player of the Year
Named United States Soccer's Player of Year for first time. -
Two goals vs. Mexico
Scores two goals in a 3−1 win over Mexico in Rochester. -
99th goal
Scores her 99th goal in international competition in 4−0 win over Norway in Fredrikstad, Norway. -
Injury
Breaks left leg in a 1−0 win over Brazil in San Diego in United States' final tuneup for the Beijing Olympics. Misses the Olympics as U.S. wins gold. -
Abby returns
Returns from broken leg to play in inaugural game of Women's Professional Soccer as Washington Freedom lose to Los Angeles Sol in Carson, Calif. -
100th goal
Scores her 100th goal on 15−yard shot in a 1−0 exhibition win over Canada in Rochester. -
Player of the Year again
Named U.S. Soccer's Player of Year for a fourth time (2003, '04, '07). -
World Cup header
Scores the latest goal in Women's World Cup history, a leaping header in 122nd minute of quarterfinals, to tie Brazil. The U.S. eventually won 5−3 in penalty kicks. -
Best Play of 2011
Scores winning goal on header in 79th minute to power United States to 3−1 win over France and a berth in today's World Cup championship. Later that night, received an ESPY Award for Best Play of 2011 for her goal against Brazil three days earlier. -
Record attendance
Abby Wambach and her team, the magicJack, took on the Western New York Flash in a Women's Professional Soccer matchup, while Brock was on hand at Frontier Field for an autograph session. The soccer game set a WPS attendance record of 15,404 and a crowd of 5,328 was at Frontier Field. -
142 goals
Scores twice but Mercy squanders a 3−0 lead and loses 4−3 in OT in state title game. Wambach has 34 goals, 9 assists to finish high school career with 142 goals. See more at http://rocne.ws/ot4 -
AP Player of the Year
The Pittsford native's heroics in the Women's World Cup make her the first individual soccer player — male or female — to be an AP Athlete of the Year.
