The Bloodied & Broken in the Quest for the Title

My previous post talked about Abby Wambach and the blood and the stitches. I felt it necessary to include a visual and a few words of relevant note:



This is what it means to be a competitor...

CHENGDU, China (AP) - Abby Wambach's bloody head has been stitched, and her toe needs to be numbed before games.

Don't worry about her, she insists. What really matters is if she and her American teammates fail against Sweden in the Women's World Cup.
"The toe is not an issue," she said. "Toe, head, whatever. I don't really care. I'll play with a broken bone."

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