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With her 159th goal, Wambach replaced Mia Hamm as the top female scorer in the world. She broke the record during a friendly against South Korea.
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An effort toward rapprochement is abruptly cut off as North and South Korea both complained about the status of the other country's chief negotiator.
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The talks are the first in two years on the divided peninsula, where tensions in recent months have threatened to spark armed conflict.
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Pyongyang and Seoul have agreed in principle to negotiations aimed at easing tensions, but the two have yet to decide on how the talks will be structured or where they will be held.
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North Korea says it's willing to have a dialogue with South Korea on reopening a jointly run factory complex and hints at the possibility of discussing broader bilateral issues.
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The launch comes at a time when tensions had been ebbing, following months of escalating tensions, including threats of nuclear strikes. All three missiles landed in the waters off the country's east coast.
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The president says he has never spoken directly to the North Korean leader, but that he and South Korean President Park Geun-hye remain open to talks.
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Southern California is home to one of the largest Korean populations in the United States. Some in this community have been especially alarmed by North Korea's latest threats of a nuclear attack, but many think the North's provocations are a lot of bluster.
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Sokeel Park assists refugees from North Korea adjust to their new lives in the South. He hears first hand accounts of everyday life in the oppressive country — a life that can be poor, dangerous and rigidly controlled by the state.
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An American tourist held in North Korea is accused of trying to bring down the country's regime, according to the North's official news agency. The move comes as tensions grow on the Korean peninsula between the isolated North and the South's Western allies.