
“She was literally on the front lines of this and was my biggest advocate, my biggest champion and was there for me in times when I didn’t even know I could be there for myself.Abby Wambach is an American soccer player that has made her name as one of the sport’s greatest forwards to ever play the game. “This whole struggle that I went through, she saw firsthand,” Wambach said of Huffman. “For me, this is really hard, obviously going through any divorce is difficult, but nothing but love for Sarah. “That moment was so iconic and something that I’m very, very proud of,” Wambach said of the kiss. The couple shared a high-profile moment after the 2015 World Cup when their victory kiss was captured on camera. In addition to her struggles with addiction, Wambach also revealed that she and her wife, Sarah Huffman, are divorcing. I know my family loves me, just sometimes for really deep feeling people it’s hard to actually feel that.”

She continued: “This is kind of one of those things that being inside my own skin and being scared and being in pain, I just really wanted to feel love. “Being gay and having some of these demons that I felt like I had to numb away and some of the pain I had throughout my career, it was part of who I am.” “I came from a fairly conservative, my family is Irish Catholic,” she said. Despite the accolades she earned over the course of her long career, she said she struggled to feel loved and find acceptance. Soccer Athlete of the Year award six times and was honored earlier this year at the ESPYs with the Icon Award. that was something that kind of evolved over the course of my career.” “The prescription stuff didn’t happen until late in my career and alcohol, you know I’ve been drinking alcohol since I was 21 years old. “This is something that happened obviously after games and during mostly off periods like off-seasons,” she said.

women's national team said she was never under the influence while on the soccer field. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup champion with the U.S. women's national team celebrated its 2015 World Cup victory at the White House. Wambach played her last official soccer game prior to her DUI, in December 2015, shortly after the U.S. This is like my call to people out there to not be ashamed of this, to ask for help.”

She added: “They’re upset because I was in so much pain and they didn’t really even know because I kept it private for so long, she said of her family, which includes six siblings.
