VANCOUVER, Canada — Now Abby Wambach has only Mia Hamm to surpass.
The veteran striker scored twice Sunday night, moving into second place on the international scoring list, and the U.S. women's soccer team beat Canada, 4-0, in the championship game of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament.
Wambach and Alex Morgan accounted for all of the goals in a game that was for bragging rights only because both teams already had wrapped up berths in the London Olympics with their semifinal victories Friday.
Wambach's head-flick provided the assist on Morgan's goal in the fourth minute, then Morgan assisted in the 24th and 28th as Wambach pushed her total to 131 goals, one ahead of longtime U.S. captain Kristine Lilly. The 31-year-old forward said last week that it's only a matter of time before she or Canada's Christine Sinclair topples Hamm's record of 158.
Wambach did not play in the second half, but Morgan did, scoring in the 56th minute.
Wambach and Sinclair started the game tied with 129 goals, but Sinclair, who had nine goals in her first four games in the tournament, found herself bottled up by defenders. The better scoring chances were left to Christina Julien, who was twice stymied point blank by goalkeeper Hope Solo in the first half.
Solo played every minute of the tournament despite a slight pull of her right quadriceps suffered before the second game. The Americans outscored their opponents by a combined 38-0 over five games.
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