There are few sporting events I get as excited about as the World Cup... Only one thing mars my enjoyment of watching the World Cup, and its the absence of one small word. Just a tiny qualifier in a statistic that really should be corrected as our mens team continues to gain respect internationally. So I ask the American commentators, please stop announcing that Landon Donovan is the all-time U.S. leading goal scorer. He is not. With 57 international goals, hes not even in the Top Five. The all-time U.S. leading goal scorer is Abby Wambach, with 167 goals, followed by Mia Hamm (158), Kristine Lilly (130), Michelle Akers (105) and Tiffeny Milbrett (100). In fact, Abby Wambach is the all-time leading goal scorer in the world, among all soccer players, male or female... I dont want to take anything away from what Landon Donovan has achieved. It is commendable. But every time he sits there, silently allowing that phrase to be rattled off — all-time leading U.S. goal scorer — without pointing out that he is the all-time leading mens goal scorer, it does take away from what Abby Wambach and Mia Hamm have achieved — total world domination... And next time someone on national TV refers to Landon Donovan as the all-time leading goal scorer for the U.S., it would be great if he displayed some of the dignity and grace we know he possesses and say, All-time leading mens scorer. There are seven U.S. women higher on the list than me. -- Valerie Alexander You can read Valerie Alexanders post on Jezebel via the link below. If you have a soccer-loving Mighty Girl, weve collected our favorite books, toys, posters, and t-shirts about girls love of the game in our recent blog post The Beautiful Game: A Mighty Girl Celebrates Soccer at amightygirl/blog?p=6838 For Mighty Girl stories about girls and women excelling in sports of all types -- both in real-life and fiction -- visit our Sports & Games section at amightygirl/books/general-interest/sports-games And, if your Mighty Girl is an athlete, you can find girl-empowering t-shirts that show off her love of sports in our Sports/Hobbies t-shirt section at amightygirl/clothing?clothing_themes=145
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:02:07 +0000
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