Abby Wambach became the all-time leading goal scorer in international men's or women's football Thursday with four goals to secure a 5-0 friendly triumph for the United States over South Korea. The 33-year-old striker broke the old all-time world mark of 158 goals set over 275 matches from 1987 through 2004 by former US team-mate Mia Hamm, scoring four first-half goals in her 207th cap to stand on 160 career goals, 69 of them coming on headers.
"It's surreal to begin with," Wambach said. "The whole first half was crazy. My team-mates were trying to get me those goals. It was clear. I'm so thankful." Wambach, the 2012 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, opened the scoring in the 10th minute with a right-footed blast and matched Hamm's mark in the 19th minute on a header, stretching her US record for multi-goal games to 39. The record-setting 159th goal for Wambach came in the 29th minute, when Megan Rapinoe fired a corner kick into the area and Wambach nodded home a header.
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