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 "I take full responsibility for my actions. This is all on me,"
Wambach said in a statement posted on social media.
Wambach, who helped the U.S. women's team to the 2015 World Cup
title and retired as the world's leading international goal-scorer,
was arrested late Saturday night in Portland after police saw her
run a red light in her 2014 Range Rover, according to a statement by
Portland police.
She failed field sobriety tests and was booked into the Multnomah
County Jail on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants
- alcohol. She was later released on her own recognizance.
"Wambach was polite and cooperative throughout the investigation,"
the police statement said.
In her statement, Wambach said she had been having dinner at a
friend's home before she was pulled over.
 She promised not to repeat her "horrible mistake" and apologized to
friends, family, fans, "and those that look to follow a better
example."
"Those that know me, know that I have always demanded excellence
from myself," she wrote. "I have let myself and others down."
On Sunday evening, CNBC reported that officials with the car company
Mini, which debuted an ad featuring Wambach and other celebrities
during the Super Bowl, are "re-evaluating" the company's
relationship with her and pulling ads featuring Wambach.
Company officials could not immediately be reached to comment.
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Wambach, 35, a former Olympic, professional and World Cup player,
scored more goals in international competition than any other soccer
player in history - male or female - before her October 2015
retirement.
She scored 184 goals in 252 matches in international play.
Wambach, a vocal supporter of women's sports, led the U.S. team in
scoring in every world championship she played until the Women's
World Cup in July 2015.
In that game, Wambach netted the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over
Nigeria in the final game of group play. The Americans defeated
Japan 5-2 in the championship match, winning their first World Cup
title in 16 years.
Having played in four women's World Cup tournaments, Wambach played
in two Olympics, winning goal medals in 2004 in Athens, and 2012 in
London. She missed the 2008 Olympics with a broken leg.
(Reporting by Karen Brooks in Fort Worth, Texas; Editing by Daniel
Trotta and Alan Crosby)
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