If you’re a soccer fan, this Abby Wambach commercial will make you sob

By Kira Terry reviewjournal.com

9 years ago

Dec 10, 2015; San Antonio, TX, USA; United States forward Abby Wambach (20) reacts after missing an attempt on goal during the second half against the Trinidad & Tobago at Alamodome. United States won 6-0. (Soobum Im/USA Today Sports)

Dec 13, 2015; Glendale , AZ, USA; United States of America forward Abby Wambach (20) salutes fans after the second half against China at University of Phoenix Stadium. USA won 2-0. (Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports)

Dec 13, 2015; Glendale , AZ, USA; United States of America forward Abby Wambach (20) enters the game against China during the second half at University of Phoenix Stadium. USA won 2-0. (Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports)

Dec 10, 2015; San Antonio, TX, USA; United States forward Christen Press (23) celebrates with forward Abby Wambach (20) after scoring a goal against the Trinidad & Tobago during the second half at Alamodome. United States won 6-0. (Soobum Im/USA Today Sports)

Oct 25, 2015; Orlando, FL, USA; United States forward Abby Wambach (20) waves to the crowd prior to an exhibition match in the women‘s soccer post World Cup tour against Brazil at Citrus Bowl. (Kim Klement/USA Today Sports)

Jun 16, 2015; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; United States forward Abby Wambach (20) celebrates after scoring a goal against Nigeria during the first half in a Group D soccer match in the 2015 FIFA women‘s World Cup at BC Place Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports

United States Women’s soccer forward Abby Wambach will step foot on the pitch tonight for one last time as the U.S. Women’s National Team plays its final World Cup Victory Tour game. Then, she’ll hang up her cleats.

Wambach announced her retirement on Oct. 27 saying she had decided to bring her soccer career to an end.

And if that announcement didn’t make U.S. soccer fans sob, Gatorade’s new commercial titled “Forget Me” released Wednesday, featuring the soccer star, will.

The commerical shows Wambach sitting in a locker room emotionally reflecting on her career, clearing out her U.S. Women’s National Team locker and then throwing her nameplate in the trash as she exits.

“Forget me. Forget my number, forget my name, forget I ever existed,” Wambach says in the commercial. “Forget the medals won, the records broken and the sacrifices made. I want to leave a legacy where the ball keeps rolling forward. Where the next generation accomplishes things so great that I am no longer remembered. So, forget me. Because the day I’m forgotten is the day we will succeed.”

Wambach, the all-time leading goal scorer in international soccer, has tallied 184 goals in 253 matches for the USWNT.

Tonight’s match against China kicks off at 5 p.m. PST at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

Check out the video above.