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Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach (born June 2, 1980 in Rochester, New York) is an American female professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003, and is the third highest scorer for the U.S. national team with over 100 goals in international play. Of her goals, Wambach may be best known for scoring the gold-medal-winning goal in the 2004 Olympics and for her last-minute game-saving goal scored against Brazil in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.