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Women's World Cup joy: Abby Wambach and her wife are 'just another couple celebrating' Women's World Cup joy: Abby Wambach and her wife are 'just another couple celebrating'
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If the image of Brandi Chastain – kneeling, jersey in hand, her arms lifted in victory after sealing World Cup victory in 1999 – marked a change in US soccer, then Abby Wambach, one of the game’s greatest players, running to the stands to kiss her wife after helping the team win on Sunday marked a change in America.If the image of Brandi Chastain – kneeling, jersey in hand, her arms lifted in victory after sealing World Cup victory in 1999 – marked a change in US soccer, then Abby Wambach, one of the game’s greatest players, running to the stands to kiss her wife after helping the team win on Sunday marked a change in America.
Fans reacted to the celebratory embrace between Wambach and her wife, Sarah Huffman, after the US’s 5-2 defeat over Japan with the hashtag #LoveWins, which was adopted after the US supreme court affirmed the legal right of same-sex couples to marry. Or, as one user put it, “just another American couple celebrating”.Fans reacted to the celebratory embrace between Wambach and her wife, Sarah Huffman, after the US’s 5-2 defeat over Japan with the hashtag #LoveWins, which was adopted after the US supreme court affirmed the legal right of same-sex couples to marry. Or, as one user put it, “just another American couple celebrating”.
Watching Abby Wambach kiss her wife after winning the World Cup on repeat. Look how far we've come. #LoveWins #USWNT https://t.co/UHtqpXKNnjWatching Abby Wambach kiss her wife after winning the World Cup on repeat. Look how far we've come. #LoveWins #USWNT https://t.co/UHtqpXKNnj
Of all the enduring images from the match – Carli Lloyd celebrating her first goal; Lloyd celebrating her second goal; Japan’s goalkeeper, Ayumi Kaihori, after Lloyd scored a third goal – it was Wambach and her wife’s Spider-Man-style kiss that tugged at fans’ heartstrings. Of all the enduring images from the match – Carli Lloyd celebrating her first goal; Lloyd celebrating her second goal; Japan’s goalkeeper, Ayumi Kaihori, after Lloyd scored a third goal, US head coach Jill Ellis suspended in celebration – it was Wambach and her wife’s Spider-Man-style kiss that tugged at fans’ heartstrings.
“Nothing encapsulates the last few weeks in America like this image,” said one fan on Twitter; “the kiss heard round the world”, a journalist commented. It was called “groundbreaking”, “very sweet” and “epic”. It was called “groundbreaking”, “epic” and “very sweet”. “Nothing encapsulates the last few weeks in America like this image,” said one fan on Twitter; “the kiss heard round the world”, a journalist suggested. But for everything it was, it was also just an American couple celebrating a mighty achievement 14 years in the making.
For the entire Team USA, the on-field joy was swift:For the entire Team USA, the on-field joy was swift:
Champions. pic.twitter.com/secWNrqDXCChampions. pic.twitter.com/secWNrqDXC
For Wambach, USA’s fiery leader, the victory couldn’t have been sweeter. The game was probably Wambach’s last World Cup match ever, and before the game she had admitted that she was aware it migh be her last chance to take gold.For Wambach, USA’s fiery leader, the victory couldn’t have been sweeter. The game was probably Wambach’s last World Cup match ever, and before the game she had admitted that she was aware it migh be her last chance to take gold.
When Wambach stepped on to the field during the second half of the game, her team-mate Lloyd – the hat-trick star of the game – trotted over and gave her the captain’s armband, a show of respect for the player who has scored more international goals than anyone in history.When Wambach stepped on to the field during the second half of the game, her team-mate Lloyd – the hat-trick star of the game – trotted over and gave her the captain’s armband, a show of respect for the player who has scored more international goals than anyone in history.
Photos of the women’s team celebrating the win graced the cover of newspapers around the country.Photos of the women’s team celebrating the win graced the cover of newspapers around the country.
The Miami Herald stated the obvious:The Miami Herald stated the obvious:
While the Chicago Tribune got it very, very wrong – because we all believed:While the Chicago Tribune got it very, very wrong – because we all believed:
And the New Orleans Advocate invoked Prince, which was more like it:And the New Orleans Advocate invoked Prince, which was more like it:
Click here for a gallery of more front pages celebrating Team USA from around the world.Click here for a gallery of more front pages celebrating Team USA from around the world.