Inside Abby Wambach's Relationship With Her Wife Glennon Doyle
In addition to her illustrious career as an athlete, which includes two Olympic gold medals, a World Cup, and a spot in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, retired soccer star Abby Wambach is also known for her strong opinions and not holding back. Unsurprisingly, her 2016 autobiography, "Forward," went on to become a New York Times bestseller, as noted on the Abby Wambach website, foreshadowing a promising career in writing as evidenced by her newer books.
Wambach's outspokenness also extends to her personal life. When she married her first wife, fellow soccer player Sarah Huffman, in Hawaii in 2013, she publicly dismissed media attempts to politicize her love life, as Fox Sports reported at the time. "I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made," she said, affirming that her civil union to Huffman was a choice she made "to marry not only my best friend and teammate, but the love of my life," she said.
Wambach and Huffman, however, were only married for three years. In her memoir, Wambach discussed her decision to seek divorce in the wake of her DUI arrest, which led her to acknowledge her issues with alcohol, the Democrat and Chronicle detailed. The soccer icon has since found love again. Keep reading to learn the details of her marriage to Glennon Doyle.
Abby Wambach married mommy blogger Glennon Doyle in 2017
In November 2016, two months after the release of her memoir "Forward," in which she discussed her intention to divorce Sarah Huffman, Abby Wambach announced she was in a relationship with blogger and author Glennon Doyle, who's known for her mom blog Momastery and books such as "Love Warrior" and "Untamed," per the Washington Post reported. Their relationship blossomed quickly and, by February 2017, Wambach had announced she and Doyle were engaged on Instagram. The pair was married three months later, per the Daily Mail.
Their relationship came on the heels of not just Wambach's divorce, but also Doyle's. In August 2016, Doyle announced she was divorcing the father of her three children and husband of 14 years, Craig Melton (per Momastery), whose infidelity she discussed in "Love Warrior," as the Washington Post detailed. "When I fell in love with Abby, I was scared. I thought that my fear might be bigger than my courage, and that because of that size difference, I might miss out on my chance at happiness," Doyle wrote on her Instagram days after their wedding.
Doyle met Wambach at a literary event in 2016 and fell in love with her quickly. As Doyle told People, "The decision about whether to stay in my broken marriage or go with Abby didn't feel just about love. It was about am I going to abandon myself or be wild enough to abandon everyone's expectations of me?"