Mia Hamm

Hamm during a match against Germany, 1997

Hamm during the third-place match against Canada at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Hamm with husband Nomar Garciaparra, 2010

Hamm (second from left), with members of the United States delegation at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final in Vancouver, Canada

American retired professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion.

- Mia Hamm

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Washington Freedom

American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Germantown, Maryland, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer.

Washington Freedom players and coaches pose with the Founders Cup at RFK Stadium after winning the 2003 WUSA championship

The team's "founding players" (players from the national team allocated three to each WUSA team) were Mia Hamm, Siri Mullinix and Michelle French.

North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer

The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I soccer.

North Carolina Tar Heels celebrate winning the 2006 Women's College Cup.

Mia Hamm won numerous awards with the Tar Heels

Yael Averbuch, ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006

Mia Hamm – 1992, 1993

FIFA World Player of the Year

Association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015.

Ronaldo, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it three times.

Marta, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it five times.

Birgit Prinz won three times in a row and Mia Hamm won twice in a row.

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Held in Sweden and won by Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup.

Qualifying countries and their results of the 1995 Women's World Cup

With all three substitutions used, U.S. manager Tony DiCicco called upon striker Mia Hamm to play goalkeeper.

United States women's national soccer team

The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer.

USWNT at a parade in their honor after the 2019 Championship

A ticker tape parade in Manhattan celebrating the USWNT's 2015 World Cup victory

Dorrance gave national team appearances to teenage players, including future stars Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, and Kristine Lilly, instead of the college players preferred by the federation, and called into camp the first African-American player on the team, Kim Crabbe.

National Soccer Hall of Fame

Private, non-profit institution established in 1979 and currently located in Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.

Former National Soccer Hall of Fame Museum in Oneonta, New York

Giant ball going out of the former National Soccer Hall of Fame Museum

Rendering of building for the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco, Texas. The opening was October 20, 2018. Image release by Hall of fame.

Mia Hamm’s cleats.

College soccer

Played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities.

An NCAA tournament game between Indiana University and the University of Tulsa in 2004

Fans at college soccer games (here at Indiana University in 2004) can number in the thousands between top teams

Hermann Trophy winners who have starred for the U.S. national teams at multiple FIFA World Cups include Tony Meola (1989), Alexi Lalas (1991), and Claudio Reyna (1993), Michelle Akers (1988), Shannon Higgins (1989), Kristine Lilly (1991), Mia Hamm (1991–92), Tisha Venturini (1994), Shannon MacMillan (1995), Cindy Parlow (1997–98), Aly Wagner (2002), Kelley O'Hara (2009), Christen Press (2010), Crystal Dunn (2012) and Morgan Brian (2013–14).