WSW USA National Team News

December 22, 2004

Abby Wambach is the 2004 Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year for second consecutive year

Abby Wambach led the team in scoring in 2004 with 31 goals in her last 30 matches, including the winning header in overtime of the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal match. Her 31 goals and 13 assists is the second highest point total for a single year in U.S. history.

Abby Wambach quote

There is a group of amazingly talented women on this team and winning this award two years in a row just shows what type of support I have around me and how this team is made up of winners. I want to thank the fans, media and U.S. Soccer representatives for voting for me. I also want to thank Chevy for once again sponsoring the award and of course the U.S. Soccer Federation for giving me a chance to play the game I love.

U.S. Olympic Team arrives in Greece

The squad arrived today and will spend a few days at the Athlete's Village. The temperature there is normal for this time of the year, low humidity and in the mid nineties Fahrenheit.

Their team media has sent the following first impressions.

U.S. captain Julie Foudy at her third Olympics.

It's awesome. The USOC did a great job of putting together the ACG for our athletes, although I lost a game of UNO there this afternoon. The Athlete's Village is great. We went to the cafeteria and there are lots of desserts, tons of chopped fruit, and more desserts. They even have ice cream to-go and I think it's open 24 hours. What more could you want? You see people everywhere walking around in their national team gear. Some of the rookies had no idea it was this big. They asked me if the Olympic experience got old. I told them it never gets old, first time or third time around.

U.S. forward Abby Wambach at her first Olympics.

It's overwhelming. It feels good to finally be here and feel what it's like. We have had so many different things and visions in our minds, but nothing compares to the reality of being here. It is thrilling to see so many different athletes and feel how much hard work everyone has put in to get here.