Mia Hamm

Imagine a super-fast runner who's also amazing with a soccer ball! That's Mia Hamm. She was born on March 17, 1972, in the United States.

From a young age, Mia loved playing soccer. She was so good that she started playing on teams with older kids. Mia became a professional soccer player and played for the U.S.

Women's National Team. She was a forward, which means she was the one trying to score goals!

Mia Hamm was a goal-scoring machine! She played for many years, from 1987 to 2004. During her career, she scored an incredible 158 goals for her country.

That's more goals than most players score in their entire lives! She played in many big games, including the Olympics and the World Cup. She helped her team win the World Cup twice and win Olympic gold medals too.

She was so fast and skillful, it was hard for other teams to stop her!

Mia Hamm didn't just score goals; she showed everyone how exciting women's soccer could be. Before Mia, many people didn't pay much attention to women's soccer. But Mia and her teammates were so talented and played with so much heart that they changed everything.

They inspired millions of kids, especially girls, to play soccer and dream big. She proved that girls could be amazing athletes and sports heroes!

Mia Hamm was part of some of the greatest teams in soccer history. She helped the U.S. Women's National Team win the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991 and 1999. She also won Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004. She was named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year multiple times. Mia was so good that she was even named one of the greatest soccer players of all time by FIFA!