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...Hamm was about a mile from the stadium Sunday when the United States fashioned the second-greatest moment in the history of American women's soccer.But the passion on ESPN 's set in downtown Dresden was not far removed from those on the field - not with three...
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Newsday
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...D.C. WHAT: 4th Annual Mia Hamm & Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting the Mia Hamm Foundation & Children's National Medical Center. WHO: Soccer Legend Mia Hamm, Baseball Great Nomar Garciaparra invite celebrity...
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Evelyn playing Soccer
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... Mission Skincare, founded by tennis star Serena Williams and soccer professional Mia Hamm, will launch "Active Lifestyle Skincare Destinations" in the beauty aisle of all CVS/Long's pharmacy locations nationwide beginning this week. The lip,...
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On having daughters, playing games, and life after soccer.
Even non-soccer fans know who Mia Hamm is: She captained three consecutive U.S. Olympic soccer teams to three consecutive medals (two gold and one silver), she scored more international goals
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The book centers on a New Jersey suburb where the mothers of young soccer players struggle with their involvement in the game. A description of the book notes:
The women of Montclair were mostly of that pre-Title IX generation, and many of them had
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AfterEllen.com
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...of the year back in 2001 and has brought home gold medals for the United States for the last two summer Olympic games. Mia Hamm was an obvious choice for FIFA as she has single handedly brought more attention to soccer as a professional sport in the United...
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...- In this Dec. 8, 2004, file photo, Mia Hamm, of the United States Women's National team, celebrates a goal against Mexico during a soccer game in Carson, Calif. Former U.S. captain Mia Hamm, a two-time world player of the year, has been appointed international...
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FRANKFURT -- Former U.S. captain Mia Hamm, a two-time world player of the year, has been appointed international ambassador for the 2011 women's World Cup in Germany. Hamm's appointment was announced Thursday, ahead of an exhibition between United
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The Washington Post
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...between United States and Germany in Augsburg. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) - AP FRANKFURT Former U.S. captain Mia Hamm, a two-time world player of the year, has been appointed international ambassador for the 2011 women's World Cup in Germany. Hamm's...
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Academy of Champions: Soccer is an upcoming over-the-top arcade style soccer game by way of Ubisoft. It's set to offer a ton of features and also stars legendary soccer star Pele along with Mia Hamm.
Academy of Champions: Soccer is out on November 3
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Academy of Champions: Soccer is an upcoming over-the-top arcade style soccer game by way of Ubisoft. It's set to offer a ton of features and also stars legendary soccer star Pele along with Mia Hamm.
Academy of Champions: Soccer is out on November 3
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Soccer star teams with Breaking Ball Films for movie.
Soccer star Mia Hamm is teaming with Breaking Ball Films to produce a screen version of "Alive and Kicking: When Soccer Moms Take the Field," a book by New York Times sportswriter Harvey
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The Wrap
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Mia Hamm is teaming with Breaking Ball Films to produce a screen version of "Alive and Kicking: When Soccer Moms Take the Field," a book by New York Times sportswriter Harvey Araton.
Hamm will produce with Scott Abramovitch and Lonny Dubrofsky, and
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Variety
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by: Charles Husemann
NEWS - As part of the launch of Academy of Champions for the Wii in a few weeks, Ubisoft has sent us a few mini-soccer balls signed by US Women Soccer star Mia Hamm. We'll be giving them away this week in a few contest on the site
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Icons of greatness are everywhere you look in woman's sports. It was hard to narrow it down to five. Still these are the top ones when I think in terms of role models for girl's sports everywhere.
The biggest icon for woman athletes around the world,
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Associated Content
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My buddy, celebrity autograph collector John Alexander, tells me that Mia Hamm comforted a lost child Saturday at the Target Children's Book Festival. Alexander, a training consultant in real life, was waiting for his wife, Genesis, and their
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This Families Fighting Flu PSA features soccer legend and mom, Mia Hamm who talks about the importance of getting a seasonal flu vaccination this year and every year. The goal of the PSA is to encourage families to get their kids, and themselves, vaccinated against the seasonal flu, which is the single best way to stay healthy. For more information, go to www.familiesfightingflu.org.
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US soccer player Mia Hamm is best known for having scored the most international goals in her career than any other player, male or female. Aside from her sports prowess, we also know Mia for her pretty face and laid back style. She arrives to the
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Robin Roberts , Doug Flutie, David Robinson, Mia Hamm, Andre Agassi, Lucy Garvin and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pose for a photo during the Opening Ceremony of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Aug. 31
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Miami Herald
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NEW YORK, N.Y. -
The Opening Night Ceremony schedule Monday, August 31 for the 2009 United States
Tennis Open will celebrate athletes who give back and will feature University of North Carolina women's soccer legend Mia Hamm.
The event also highlights
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University of North Carolina
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The USTA announced today that the 2009 US Open will feature a special Opening Night ceremony on Arthur Ashe Stadium court with a celebration of athletes who have devoted their energies to "giving back" in supporting a number of
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US Olympic Team
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...morning on the brutally early "Wake Up with Al" (WUWA!), Al Roker celebrated his 55th birthday with U.S. Soccer legends Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain, the first in-studio guests on the young show. The two are promoting the "Don't Play with the Flu" effort....
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NEW YORK, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- MedImmune, Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) today officially launched "Don't Play with the Flu,"((TM)) a national health awareness campaign that aims to highlight the
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As so often befalls women in today's society, especially women in sports, a list of the best players is not complete without Marta Vieira da Silva, or as she is commonly referred to as Marta. If you are talking about all around players, or
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Associated Content
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U.S. Women’s National Team
Notes from Charleston, S.C.
July 21, 2009
U.S. WOMEN LOOK FOR SWEEP OF THREE-GAME SERIES WITH CANADA: Coming off a 4-0 win in Toronto on May 25 and a 1-0 victory in Rochester, N.Y., on July 19, the U.S. Women’s National
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US Soccer.com
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ROCHESTER, New York (July 19, 2009) - Abby Wambach scored her 100th career goal in her hometown to lead the U.S. Women's National Team to a 1-0 victory against Canada in front of 8,443 wildly appreciative fans at Marina Auto Stadium.
Wambach, who was
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) Abby Wambach scored her 100th international goal Sunday in the United States' 1-0 win over Canada in her hometown, where Mia Hamm reached the century mark in 1998.
The goal in an exhibition before a crowd of 8,433 at the home of
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U.S. WOMEN TO FACE CANADA TWICE TO CLOSE OUT SUMMER SCHEDULE: The U.S. Women’s National Team finishes what is basically a three-game summer series against northern rival Canada with matches on July 19 at Marina Auto Stadium in Rochester, N.Y. (Live on
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US Soccer.com
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..."Girls soccer is one of the largest youth participant sports in the USA and there is no bigger name in women's soccer than Mia Hamm. We will be marketing the three DVD set across the USA through direct response advertising in a TV Network Campaign this fall."...
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Borrowing on his college coaching experience, Boston Breakers president and general manager Joe Cummings recruited Kelly Smith over dinner in London. Before the two-time finalist for FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year would commit to the Breakers,
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Boston Globe
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All six U.S. matches at the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup certainly stand out in our memories for different reasons.
The opening game in East Rutherford, New Jersey was truly historic. The final group game in Foxborough, Massachusetts signaled something
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When Heather O'Reilly was 14, she and her East Brunswick Dynamite soccer teammates headed to Giants Stadium in New Jersey, admittedly a little more excited about the *NSYNC performance than the opening match of the 1999 Women's World Cup-Team USA vs.
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US Olympic Team
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In 1999, I was 15 years old and had been playing soccer for a decade at that point in my life. As a kid and a teenager I was a complete soccer nut. I was playing on two select teams for my club JB Marine so at that point in my life, like today, soccer
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US Soccer.com
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Marta's magical touch on the ball keeps fans coming to WPS games and has her Los Angeles Sol in first place.
That magical summer of 1999 did not touch Marta Vieira da Silva directly but in many ways it did.
She was 13, living in Dois Riachos, a town
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USA Today
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Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra arrive for the premiere of the HBO sports documentary "Dare to Dream" in New York on Nov. 29, 2005.
I knew this wouldn't be like any other soccer game I had ever covered when I arrived at the sold-out Rose Bowl on July 10,
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USA Today
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After not playing in the first two matches of the 1999 Women’s World Cup, Tisha Venturini came off the bench to start the third group match and left her indelible mark on the tournament with two goals and one flip.
Entering the USA’s third round
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US Soccer.com
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A relaxed atmosphere, happy memories and the prospect of the next global showdown in 2011 characterised a meeting between OC President Steffi Jones and two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Mia Hamm on Friday 3 July 2009 in Manhattan Beach, 30
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team pool. She was part of a World Cup controversy in 2007 when she replaced Hope Solo against Brazil, letting in three goals and prompting Solo to complain. Scurry is a member of the Washington Freedom of WPS.
Mia Hamm: The face of the 1999 team and
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The San Jose Mercury News
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Mia Hamm brings the ball up field at the opening game of the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer against Denmark at Giants Stadium.
The 1999 Women's World Cup captivated the nation 10 years ago when the U.S. won an epic final in front of 90,000 fans at the
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USA Today
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At a Women's Sports Foundation meeting five years ago the conversation turned to perhaps female athletics' greatest triumph, the 1999 Women's World Cup.
"Were you pioneers?" a board member asked Julie Foudy, a standout midfielder on the triumphant 1999
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The Orange County Register
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remembering '99. Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett were honored for their achievement at the 1999 Women's World Cup a decade later. They defeated China in a penalty kick shootout for the WWC title in front of over 90000 fans- the biggest crowd ever at a women's sporting event.
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By now, most
folks know celebrity chef Emeril Lagassee's signature expression,
"Bam!" To celebrate the 10th anniversary of his line of products,
B&G Foods this week launched a digital marketing effort that
asks consumers to submit their best Emeril
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The players will be honored in a halftime ceremony. Additionally, Fawcett and two Gold Pride players who were also members of the 1999 U.S. team, Brandi Chastain and Tiffeny Milbrett, are scheduled to sign autographs after the match in Sol City.
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Mia Hamm will be back on the soccer field later this month, but don't expect a comeback.
As part of a tribute to the U.S. team that won the 1999 Women's World Cup, considered the most significant moment in women's team sports history, Hamm and 10 of
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USA Today
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Ubisoft announced a new addition to its sports portfolio, Academy of Champions, an arcade soccer game featuring legendary sports icons Pelé and U.S. soccer champion Mia Hamm. Developed for the Wii system from Nintendo, the game will deliver an
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