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	Mia Hamm
		Mia is thin, five-feet five-inches tall, and a star on the women's US National Team.
		Mia Hamm has played on the National Team for 17 years.
		Mia's team played and won all the way to the gold medal that year in Atlanta.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_33_115.html (211 words)

	Mia Hamm - MSN Encarta
		Mia Hamm, born in 1972, American soccer player, one of the greatest female players in the history of the sport.
		Mariel Margaret Hamm was born in Selma, Alabama.
		Hamm’s great success led her to become an ambassador for women’s soccer, and she has appeared in a number of high-visibility commercials and product endorsements.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_461510918/Hamm_Mia.html (610 words)

	Mia Hamm
		Mia Hamm (born March 17, 1972) is a participant of the sport of women's soccer.
		A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Hamm has been able to garner the respect of soccer experts and build a large fan base in the United States, where she plays in the women's national soccer team.
		As of 2002, Hamm, who loves to meet and greet fans and sign autographs for them, is still a member of the USA women's national soccer team.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Mia_Hamm.html (396 words)

	The My Hero Project - Mia Hamm
		Mia Hamm was what is known as a "military brat," always traveling and moving around the world.
		Hamm was in pain when he died because she looked up to him and he was one of her heroes.
		Hamm looks up to these people because of they way they act towards her, or because each person has a different talent in playing and it makes her want to become a part of that and be better for herself.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=m_hamm (1240 words)

	Mia Hamm Biography \| Pictures & Photos \| Soccer Player \| Kids Sports \| Mia Hamm Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mia Hamm has scored 149 goals in international soccer - more than any other female player - and is still considered the greatest female soccer player in the world.
		But Mia Hamm has done more than just score goals and win world titles, she's also helped raise the popularity of women's soccer and inspired thousands of kids to play the game.
		Mia Hamm is married to Chicago Cubs shortstop, Nomar Garciaparra.
	www.kidzworld.com /article/4656-mia-hamm-biography (387 words)

	ESPNsoccernet - US - Mia Hamm's legacy
		She began her career as Mia Hamm, and ended it as Mia Garciaparra, wearing the last name of her shortstop husband on the back of her jersey for the first time during the second half of her final match on Wednesday night.
		Not only was Mia Hamm the most important female soccer player to ever lace up cleats, she also can be thrown in the same sentence with powerful women such as Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Billie Jean King, as the most important female athletes in history.
		It was Hamm's patented move to her right foot down to get behind the defense and quickly cross the ball into the box that resulted in the team's 2-1 victory over Germany in the semifinals and put them into the gold-medal game where they beat Brazil 2-1.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /feature?id=318773&cc=5901 (1648 words)

	Learn about soccer and Mia Hamm.
		Mia Hamm is the most successful woman’s soccer player in the world, and has shown that women’s soccer, which has often taken a back seat to men’s soccer, is a sport worth watching in the coming years.
		Mia Hamm is known for her dynamic offensive moves and her nimble footwork.
		Mia Hamm was born on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama.
	www.history1700s.com /store/mia-hamm.shtml (300 words)

	Mia Hamm \| Champion Soccer Player
		Hamm's father was in the military and the family moved to several places around the world.
		Hamm also was influenced by her older brother who took part in various local sports and helped her develop soccer skills.
		Mia Hamm, through her work on the soccer field and off, has proven to be an excellent role model for women around the world.
	usa-hero.com /hamm_mia.html (305 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		The most dominant women's football player of the 1990s, Mia Hamm joined the U.S. national team at the age of 15 and scored her first international goal (against Norway) at 18.
		Hamm's ankle was still so sore that she was unable to join her teammates in the post-match victory lap around the field.
		Hamm did not want to take part, but she was chosen anyway and made the fourth of five goals that won the Americans the title.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=96933 (302 words)

	The New York Times > Sports > Soccer > Mia Hamm, Soccer Star, to Retire Tonight
		Tonight, after the United States women's national team faces Mexico in Carson, Calif., Hamm will retire, having influenced millions of people, including the young girls who greeted her with the dolphin shriek of adulation and a sportswriter in Tehran, where women are forbidden to play outdoors in shorts and T-shirts.
		Hamm is only 32, but she retires after having spent 17 years on the women's national team.
		That was the moment, Hamm said during a telephone conference call on Monday, when she realized that women's soccer had finally begun swimming in the mainstream.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/12/08/sports/soccer/08hamm.html?ex=1260248400&en=3bee7cab07f40bc3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (1113 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Mia Hamm is the world's best and most recognized all-around women's soccer player.
		Hamm was a member of the historic 1999 Women's World Cup team that took home the championship for the USA in front of 40 million viewers, in this country alone.
		Hamm's jersey No. 19 was retired when she completed her degree in political science (1994).
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=581 (552 words)

	Nomar Garciaparra to wed Mia Hamm
		Garciaparra, a two-time American League batting champion, proposed to Hamm, the top scorer in the history of the U.S. women's national team, during the Thanksgiving holiday, the Boston Herald reported Friday.
		Mia is widely recognized as the world's best all-around women's soccer player.
		Mia also started her own foundation, the Mia Hamm Foundation which raises funds and awareness for bone marrow disease research.
	www.latinosportslegends.com /2002/garciaparra_to_wed_mia_hamm-120902.htm (232 words)

	Mia Hamm - America's Deadly Weapon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hamm began her career with Anson Dorrance and the national team in 1987 at the tender age of 15.
		Hamm's next stop is the US Womens' Cup, that is if she gets to the airport on time.
		Hamm is known throughout the world as one of the deadliest soccer players going.
	www.soccer.com /euro/features/hamm2.html (634 words)

	Mia Hamm
		Mia is considered to be one of the best to have played the game of soccer - she was twice named FIFA World Player of the Year (2001 and 2002), and is listed as one of FIFA's 100 best living players.
		In the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics, Hamm helped lead the U.S. women's national team to gold medals, and she was also chosen by her fellow U.S. Olympians to carry the American flag at the Athens Closing Ceremonies.
		Hamm retired with 158 international goals, at the time more than fifty ahead of any other player (male or female), and 276 caps, second only to Kristine Lilly.
	www.athletesforhope.org /miahamm.html (291 words)

	Mia Hamm
		Mariel Margaret Hamm was born on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama.
		If you were to speak with Mia you would never believe that the soft-spoken, sincere person you were talking to was one of the fiercest strikers in the game of soccer today.
		Mia is an incredible player who's presence is felt on the field.
	library.thinkquest.org /3776/Mia_Hamm.html (331 words)

	Mia Hamm, World Class Soccer Champion - A talented young woman athlete's rise to fame
		Mia Hamm had talent and a burning desire to win, but another factor may have played an important role in her rise as an athlete.
		Mia Hamm was first scouted as an athlete when she was only 14 years old and playing in Texas.
		Mia's foundation also works to ensure that the next generation of young women will have even greater opportunities to participate, excel and be recognized for their talent in sports.
	www.johnshepler.com /articles/miahamm.html (1447 words)

	Mia Hamm Trivia - Mia Hamm Facts - Mia Hamm Notes
		Mia and her teammates all wore fl sweatbands at their next game in his memory.
		Hamm, one of four daughters of an Air Force pilot, was born in Alabama and lived in several different places before her family settled in Wichita Falls, Texas.
		In March 2004, Hamm and former U.S.A. teammate Michelle Akers were the only two women, and the only two Americans, named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living soccer players selected by Pelé and commissioned by FIFA for that organization's 100th anniversary.
	www.tv.com /mia-hamm/person/142748/trivia.html (837 words)

	1st Person: Mia Hamm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mia Hamm has scored more career goals in international soccer competition than any other man or woman.
		Hamm was a starter on the victorious U.S. side in the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in China in 1991.
		By 27, Mia Hamm already was one of the world's best-known athletes -- the greatest scorer ever in international soccer, man or woman.
	www.readingeagle.com /krt/sports/1phamm/html/2.htm (362 words)

	United States National Soccer Players Association - Mia Hamm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Mia Hamm retired from soccer in December of 2004, she was the most recognizable name and face in Women's Soccer history.
		Hamm not only holds the US Women's National Team record for goals (158), but she also holds the international scoring record for men and women.
		Hamm grew up in the Washington, D.C. area where she was an NSCAA All-American at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va.
	www.ussoccerplayers.com /women_players/mia_hamm (799 words)

	mia foundation
		That night I decided I wanted to write to Mia Hamm and let her know what Thomas had done for me and to thank her for donating the jersey to the party.
		Mia was friendly, funny, caring and even did a special corner kick dance while the US National Team head coach, April Heinrichs, caught it all on tape for me. Whenever I need a good laugh, I watch the tape and by the end, I’m rolling on the floor laughing.
		If I were ever able to talk to Mia again in person, I would thank her so much for all the inspiration, hope, and encouragement she has given me. I know she inspires girls around the world, but she inspired one especially that day in October.
	www.miafoundation.org /heroes.asp (2010 words)

	CNN Programs - People in the News
		Hamm was among those eager to develop their sports ability, but first she had to overcome the birth defect of a partial clubfoot.
		Hamm discovered soccer as a toddler, when the family moved to Italy, a country enamored with the sport.
		Hamm said her older brother was a playmate and an athletic role model for her.
	www.cnn.com /CNN/Programs/people/shows/hamm/profile.html (1727 words)

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		Mia Hamm waves during a ceremony to honor her career in which she set the American record with 158 goals.
		As much as she liked to say that she was just a part of a team, Hamm was clearly top of the pyramid, the focus of fans, media and opponents for more than a decade.
		Hamm, 32, has played for the national team for more than half her life and has become one of the more recognizable female athletes in the world.
	www.lycos.com /info/mia-hamm--teams.html?page=2 (413 words)

	Mia Hamm - Best All-around Women’s Soccer Player - Nationwide Speakers Bureau
		EARLY DISCOVERY While in high school, Hamm was told by Anson Dorrance, a former U.S. national team coach (1985-1994) and the current head coach at the University of North Carolina, that she could be the best soccer player in the world.
		They declared: “Mia Hamm Drinking Fountain,” “Mia Hamm Supply Closet,” and “Mia Hamm Thermostat.” During the actual dedication, Hamm shed tears when talking about her teammates, but kept the mood light by matching the wit of co-captain and team jokester Julie Foudy.
		In 1994, Hamm graduated from UNC with a degree in political science and her No. 19 jersey was retired.
	www.nationwidespeakers.com /speakers/mia_hamm.html (716 words)

	SOCCER.COM \|\| mia_hamm Feature
		Hamm invited us to her house on the day she was to depart for the inaugural US Women's Cup.
		Her quickness, speed and will to succeed have earned Hamm the right to be called one of the best female athletes in the world.
		Since there were no other allowable substitutions to be made (the US had previously used their allotment of three) Mia Hamm was chosen to step into goal.
	www.soccer.com /channels/features.php?story=mia_hamm (911 words)

	Mia Hamm
		Hamm was the youngest person ever to play for the U.S. National Team when she debuted for the USA in 1987 at the age of 15 Years, 140 days.
		The Mia Hamm Foundation will be dedicated to raising funds and awareness for two very personal issues for Hamm: research for bone marrow diseases and the encouragement and empowerment of young female athletes.
		Recognizing how fortunate she is to have had the opportunity to play soccer, and the tremendous impact it has had on her life, the second objective of the Mia Hamm Foundation will be to further the development of programs and initiatives for young women in sports.
	www.womensoccer.com /biogs/hamm.html (2010 words)

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		ATHENS, Greece - Mia Hamm, 32, is the face of America's soccer team, the most famous woman's player on the planet.
		Today, in his office in the Mia Hamm building at Nike headquarters, Lotti is holding his most radical design for 2002.
		Hamm, in the soccer semifinals against Germany, is down to her last two games after an international career that's already covered 265 games, with 153 goals, since her debut 17 years ago.
	www.lycos.com /info/mia-hamm.html (431 words)

	Mia Hamm's life after soccer uncertain - Soccer - MSNBC.com
		Mia Hamm wants to start her own family with husband Nomar Garciaparra, shortstop of the Chicago Cubs.
		Hamm planned to do whatever possible to revive the WUSA and didn’t rule out returning to play in the league, but it’s clear that’s not her top priority.
		Hamm never appeared at ease discussing personal matters, and she gently chided reporters for showing more interest in her private life than the upcoming game.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5742963 (977 words)

	Mia Hamm Biography (Soccer Player) — Infoplease.com
		Hamm's talent, good looks and an endorsement deal with Nike combined to make her a familiar face and a popular sports idol.
		Hamm graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1994 with a political science degree.
		Hamm was married to Marine Corps pilot Christian Corey, her college boyfriend, from 1994 until their divorce in 2001...
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/miahamm.html (432 words)

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