USA wins as Abby Wambach plays in her 200th match – News

Updated Feb 13, 2013 10:30 PM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)

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Abby Wambach scored on a diving header in the 51st minute, and the U.S. women’s soccer team beat Scotland 3-1 on Wednesday night to give Wambach a victory in her 200th international match.

Wambach became the eighth American to play at least 200 games for the national team, and she served as captain for the game in honor of the milestone. Her teammates kept trying to set up the 2012 FIFA player of the year, and Wambach finally converted when Sydney Leroux passed to Wambach just in front for her 153rd career goal and 63rd on a header.

Megan Rapinoe and Christen Press also scored to help the Am…

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