Abby Wambach, the most prolific player in women s international football history, has announced she will retire at the end of 2015.
The 35-year-old striker will bring the curtain down on her extraordinary career in December, having scored a record 184 goals in 252 appearances for United States.
Wambach, part of the side that won the 2015 World Cup, confirmed in a statement on Tuesday: After much deliberation and talking with my friends, family, team-mates and our coaching staff, I ve decided to finally bring my soccer career to an end.
While we still have more work to do for women s soccer, after bringing the World Cup back to the United States this summer, I m feeling extremely optimistic about the future of our sport. It s been an amazing, wonderful ride a…