Weekend Highlights: Soccer Star Wambach Aims for Century Club
The United States' Abby Wambach by Andy Mead/ WireImage.com
" The U.S. women's soccer team hasn't had a crossover superstar since Mia, Brandi and Julie retired, but the team's latest scoring sensation is on the verge of a major breakthrough.
Abby Wambach - who came of age at the 2004 Olympics, scoring the
gold-medal game-winning goal - is looking for the 100th score of her international career. Only eight other women have ever reached that milestone. Wambach's next chance comes against Brazil - the team that humiliated the Americans in the
semifinals of the 2007 Women's World Cup - this
Sunday in Commerce City, Colorado (July 13, 4 pm/ET, ESPN). If she's held scoreless in that game, she gets another chance on
Wednesday, also against Brazil, in San Diego (July 16, 10 pm/ET, Fox Soccer Channel)
" Arena Football League is down to its final four. On Saturday the
National Conference championship game features the Cleveland Gladiators at Philadelphia Soul (July 12, 1 pm/ET, ESPN). Later, the Grand Rapids Rampage visit defending ArenaBowl champion San Jose Sabercats for the
American Conference title (July 12, 3:30 pm/ET, ESPN). The winners play for ArenaBowl XXII on July 27 (3 pm/ET, ABC)
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Mad Money motormouth
Jim Cramer hosts a Sunday special,
The American Dream, from Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte (July 13, 7 pm/ET, NBC). Several NASCAR stars - including defending Cup champion
Jimmie Johnson and 2008 season leader Kyle Busch - will be on hand. The show focuses on the economy and investment ideas, and how it relates to the NASCAR scene, which, per a network press release, is "an environment brimming with investment ideas." (Who knew?!) Sprint Cup drivers
Carl Edwards,
Casey Mears and
Jeff Burton will also appear.
