Abby Wambach sendsout it to charges: Women’s World Cup Moment No. 2

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It’s tough to choice which was more remarkable about the United States’ objective vs. Brazil in the 2011 FIFA Wprophecy’s World Cup quarterfinals: Megan Rapinoe’s cross or Abby Wambach’s header.

On one hand, Rapinoe couldn’t have played a muchbetter ball in if she attempted. It flew over Brazil’s back line and to the far post to Wambach. On the other hand, Wambach had to get up and over her protector and out-stretched arms of the goalkeeper — no little accomplishment, even for a gamer of Wambach’s quality.

Whatever your choice is, there is no incorrect response. Rapinoe’s cross is so renowned that it’s now merely understood as “The Cross,” and Wambach’s 122nd minute surface is the newest objective in World Cup, males’s on females’s.

The U.S. went on in to win in charges thanks to a huge conserve from Hope Solo and a clutch objective from Ali Krieger.