Nowhere to go

On her way into the locker-room after the 0-0 game against Australia, Abby Wambach - who has tallied 47 goals in just 61 international games, and is currently eighth on the all-time US scoring chart - was forthright about the lack of competitive soccer available to the US players since the demise of WUSA at the end of their 2003 season

After some time playing in Southern California for Ajax America Women, at the end of the short WPSL season she had no other resources at hand, other than to train by herself.