Winning the Gatorade Player of the Year award can be a significant step in the path of many young athletes. Halpern, who played for Rutgers Prep in Rochester, N.J., finished her high school career ...

U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach draws from the Wild Card deck. She tells NPR's Rachel Martin why she see success as a daily practice and why she's comfortable with the idea of being forgotten. Most of ...

Abby Wambach is leaving her game just the way she wanted to: As a champion. The leading career scorer -- male or female -- in international soccer, Wambach announced her retirement on Tuesday shortly ...

Abby Wambach is, by far, one of the best players on the U.S. women's soccer team. The 32-year-old from Rochester, N.Y. unfortunately couldn't compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to a broken leg, ...

Most of us watching the Olympics from our couch at home can only dream about what it would be like to stand on the medal podium. But our next guest has lived it. Abby Wambach helped the U.S. women's ...