U.S. beats Nigeria
Abby Wambach is used to scoring with her head. She’s not sure how she got her latest goal.
“I think it was my shin guard, to be quite honest,” she said. “I’m not 100 percent sure.”
It doesn’t really matter to Wambach. What does is that she scored Tuesday, pulling the U.S. national team to a 1-0 victory over Nigeria and into a first-place finish in its group at the Women’s World Cup.
That sends the United States to Edmonton, Alberta, for its opening match of the knockout stage Monday against an opponent to be determined.
It was Wambach’s first goal in Canada and her 14th overall in a World Cup, pulling her even with German Birgit Prinz for second on the all-time list behind Brazil’s Marta, who has 15.
“Getting that goal right before the half was big for us,” Wambach said. “Not taking too many injuries is also positive, and going out first in our group was absolutely what we set out to do.”
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