A narrow win in the third group game was enough to give the U.S. women top spot in Group D
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- This was a no brainer, in a lot of ways. Change the lineup and put on some veterans and let the game come to them. It’s what the U.S. needed. It’s what Abby Wambach needed -- though it turned out that Wambach didn’t need to use her head. Instead, the world’s all-time leading soccer goal scorer let her foot do the talking.
After much consternation about the lack of U.S. goal scoring in this 2015 Women’s World Cup, it was Wambach who lept to greet a Megan Rapinoe corner kick cross and got enough air underneath to get her boot on the ball. It took a lot longer than Wambach would have liked -- and not just because her goal came in the 45th minute to give the U.S. a 1-0 victory against Nigeria on Tuesday night.
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