Three cheers for Team USA! The U.S. women's soccer team won the FIFA Women's World Cup final in Vancouver Sunday, beating Japan by a score of 5-2. It marked a record third World Cup title for the U.S. women's national team. U.S. team captain Carli Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes and set a record for the fastest goal. She is the first woman to score a hat trick in the World Cup final and the third American woman to score a hat trick in any World Cup match, joining Michelle Akers and Carin Jennings Gabarra from 1991. "It just didn't feel real," the 32-year-old midfielder told Today's Matt Lauer Monday morning. "I don't know why. I don't know if it was...
- 7/6/2015
- E! Online
Retired soccer star Michelle Akers scored 105 goals in 153 games for the Women’s U.S. National Soccer Team, making her a pivotal member of a groundbreaking team that captured two World Cup titles and the first women’s soccer gold medal in Olympic history at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and now, Akers desperately needs our help to save her and her rescued horses.
When Akers retired nine years ago, she began rescuing horses. One rescue led to another and before long she traded in her Florida home for an eight-acre spread in northwest Atlanta. She eventually established Michelle Akers Horse Rescue.
“I beef ’em up, love on ’em, then adopt them out,” she explains, “There’s something divine about them. Horses choose you. You have to earn it. You have to prove it to them every day. You have to get them to say, ’You’re cool. I like you. I want to be with you.
When Akers retired nine years ago, she began rescuing horses. One rescue led to another and before long she traded in her Florida home for an eight-acre spread in northwest Atlanta. She eventually established Michelle Akers Horse Rescue.
“I beef ’em up, love on ’em, then adopt them out,” she explains, “There’s something divine about them. Horses choose you. You have to earn it. You have to prove it to them every day. You have to get them to say, ’You’re cool. I like you. I want to be with you.
- 12/18/2009
- Look to the Stars
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