Column: Abby Wambach hasn’t kicked a soccer ball in anger in more than three years. But if she’s missing the game, she’s been too preoccupied to notice, kbaxter11 writes.
Abby Wambach hasn’t kicked a soccer ball in angerSince retiring from the national team in December 2015, five months afterAdvertisement
“People don’t realize that when you’re training for a World Cup it’s not all peaches and cream,” she said. “You actually have to win. And getting to that top podium at the end of the World Cup is one of the most difficult things that a human being, I think, can do. The title was inspired by a TED Talk about how wolves, once thought to be a threat to Yellowstone National Park’s ecosystem, actually saved the park after being reintroduced to the environment. The wolves in Wambach’s story are women, also thought by some to be a threat to their ecosystem, but who may ultimately prove to be its salvation if they can band together.
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