...has 23 goals in 2012, leaving her and Morgan with a combined 51 ? four short of the record for an American duo.Michelle Akers and Carin Jennings scored 55 goals in 1991."It just came very natural for us, playing together, as I continued...
...flying over the goal.Wambach is the third-leading scorer in U.S. history with 117 goals, and is second only to Michelle Akers with nine World Cup goals. However, she has scored just once this season, and her shortcomings in the tournament...
...Wambach's four goals in Germany give her 13 in three World Cup appearances. That's the most by an American, topping Michelle Akers by one, and puts her third on the all-time World Cup scoring list. "When she's on top of her game," U.S...
...Sapowicz. It was Wambach's third goal of the tournament and 12th of her career, tying her with fellow American Michelle Akers for third on the all-time World Cup scoring list.Alex Morgan added an insurance goal in the 82nd, the first for...
...Veronica Zepeda and Sara Randolph, who are all 17, and Michelle Akers, who has a dislocated shoulder and may need surgery...Pryce, Danielle Slaton, Kate Sobrero. Midfielders: Michelle Akers, Aleisha Cramer, Lorrie Fair, Julie Foudy, Jena...
...which lost for the first time in 22 games -- played without several members of the 1999 World Cup-winning squad: Michelle Akers, Lorrie Fair, Cindy Parlow and Tisha Venturini. "The United States has had a tough time over the last months...
...progress the game has made. "It's been like going from the middle of the Sahara Desert to New York City," said Michelle Akers, the U.S. team's oldest player at 34. "Now we're all under a magnifying glass -- how we behave, who we...
...Keller was picked as the men's player of year by the U.S. Soccer Federation for the second time Saturday and Michelle Akers won the women's award for the third time. Keller, a goalkeeper from Lacey, Wash., who plays for Rayo Vallecano...
...locker room to grab her teammates and celebrate. Michelle Akers needed an IV after leaving the game because of heat...teammates," U.S. coach Tony DiCicco said. "Michelle Akers inspires me and I know she does her teammates...
...Saturday's final against the Chinese. " The people were very warm and accommodating, especially the children." Michelle Akers would like her donation to go to a children's village in Israel, while Carla Overbeck chose one in Haiti. The...
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