Asking who the greatest soccer player is to a group of fans is a good way to get into a fight. But today, I think that the facts are on my side. Answer a question for me: Which player has the FIFA record for scoring more goals in international play than anyone else? Not Landon Donovan, certainly. Not David Beckham. Not Neymar. Not Christiano Ronaldo. Not even Pele. The answer is Abby Wambach. She is the greatest player not simply because of the numbers, but because she possesses extraordinary natural ability, strength, and skill. She is a pioneer for women in sports just by virtue of existing. She is hard-working and utterly fearless. She have got a large number of trophies, awards, and records than nearly any other athlete in history.…show more content… This family environment prepared her early on for professional sports. She had to struggle and compete for everything with six older siblings above her. But like on a great team, she always was surrounded by support. Abby began playing soccer with her siblings when she was only 4 years old. Her siblings were older, stronger, faster, and by all accounts better at the game. Did they go easy on young Abby? No. They played against her just as hard as if she were two, three, four, or even five times her own age. Her four older brothers also played hockey, and would routinely shoot pucks at her for target practice. But like a bar of iron that only gets stronger the more it is hammered, this treatment simply made Abby tougher and more
