She won the WUSA title in 2003 and played five matches in the Women’s World Cup. Wambach made her debut with the American team in 2001 and by the following year, she was the second overall pick for the WUSA draft.

She would then go to the University of Florida, where she won several gongs including the conference Player of the Year that she won two times. She got interested in sports as a child and often played football with the boys. Still it was not all smooth sailing for Wambach as she had worked hard to get there. In 2012, FIFA named Wambach the Women Player of the Year. Playing for the United States, she helped her team win the 2015 World Cup and the 20 Olympic gold medals.

Far more than a sports memoir, Forward is gripping tale of resilience and redemption-and a reminder that heroism is, above all, about embracing life’s challenges with fearlessness and heart.Abby Wambach is an American soccer player that has made her name as one of the sport’s greatest forwards to ever play the game. With stunning candor, Abby shares her inspiring and often brutal journey from girl in Rochester, New York, to world-class athlete. Called an inspiration and “badass” by President Obama, Abby has become a fierce advocate for women’s rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world.Īs she reveals in this searching memoir, Abby’s professional success often masked her inner struggle to reconcile the various parts of herself: ferocious competitor, daughter, leader, wife. At age thirty-five she would become the highest goal scorer-male or female-in the history of soccer, capturing the nation’s heart with her team’s 2015 World Cup Championship. At age seven she was put on the boys’ soccer team. “This is the best memoir I’ve read by an athlete since Andre Agassi’s Open.” -Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and TakeĪbby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. 'Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves.' -Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times Bestselling author of Lean In

'Lucid and wrenching.Forward puts achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor.' -NPR

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