Wambach, Sol's Marta Among Five WPS Nominees for FIFA World Player of Year
But Torrance's Shannon Boxx is not among the 10 female players on the FIFA short list this year.
Marta has won the award three times in succession.
Here's FIFA's list of the male and female nominees as announced today.
And here's the WPS press release heralding the accomplishments of the players nominated who play in the league:
Sonia Bompastor FRA/Washington Freedom - Led the league in assists (6) while tallying four goals and was selected as WPS Player of the Month for May.
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