Mia Hamm

Sofia Viñas, Lauren Shapiro, and Jake Shpiner

Why We Chose Mia

We think that Mia Hamm is a great example for "Give it All You've Got" because she is one of the best womens soccer players in history, and we think you will enjoy reading every single slide we have for you. Mia Hamm is an inspiration for all of us and really has made an influence in our lives and it will make an influence in the reader's life also.

Becoming A Soccer Legend

Mia Hamm is a soccer legend and an inspiration to a lot of people because of her great achievements.

Mia Hamm has inspired so many girls, women, boys, and even men to achieve many things in life and to play soccer. Only very inspiring people can touch people's lives like that.

Mia Hamm's Early Years

       Mariel Margaret Hamm, also known as Mia, was born in Selma, Alabama on March 17, 1972 to William and Stephanie Hamm. She was born with a Club Foot of both feet which is a disease that makes a foot locked in a fixed position. Because of this she had to wear casts on both feet when she was a baby.

Mia Hamm As A Child

After her casts came off, her dad joined the Air Force, so she had to move around a lot.  When they moved to Italy, Mia learned how to play soccer. When her family moved to Texas, Mia started to play soccer at the age of 5. When the girl turned 14, she was destroying the other teams.

Mia's Early Sports

 Mia's mother started her out with ballet but Mia hated it. So that's when she started playing soccer!

Mia played other sports like baseball and golf, but she didn't like them as much as soccer.

Mia Hamm Early Soccer Life

When Mia was 15 she became the youngest U.S. Womens Soccer player ever. She started playing on a team for Texas. Then she played for UNC. Mia had learned a lot from her soccer coach Dorrance.

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Mia plays for USA

Mia Hamm has always dreamed of playing for USA and one day a scout came to her practice and asked her to play for USA! Shocked Mia decided to join and that's how her career began.

Mia's Soccer Uniforms

These are some of the uniforms Mia had while playing for these elite teams. Mia  played for the UNC, Texas, and for USA.

USA plays for the Olympics

Shortly after Mia joined team USA, they played in the world olympics. They played for the USA and Mia won at least 2 gold medals!

Mia's World Cup and Foundation

    In the year 1991 Mia Hamm, Julie Foudie (Mia''s friend who played for USA too), and USA had made it to the finals in the Women's World Cup. If they won this game the would have won the World Cup. The other team was Norway and they were very good. They won though 2-1! They video you see next to this is many of Mia Hamm's goals in World Cups. Mia Hamm started her foundation with the money they have won.

Mia's Charity 

Mia Hamm has founded a charity called the Mia Hamm Foundation. She had founded this charity after her brother had died of a bone marrow disease. Today Mia Hamm Foundation has saved many lives.

Mia Hamm Beginning-to-End of her Soccer Career

Here we have a video to show the beginning and last of Mia playing for the famous USA!

Mia Hamm as a Retired Soccer Player

After Mia retired from playing soccer, she became the founder of the Mia Hamm Foundation, and helped the sick kids feel important to the world, and is still is an inspiration to her teammates, her fans, and the universe.