The most recognized female soccer player in the world, she broke the all-time international scoring record, for men and women, on May 16, 1999, against Brazil in Orlando, Fla. with her 108th career goal ... The second most capped player in the world behind teammate Kristine Lilly From 1997 to 1999, she scored 51 goals in her 63 matches ... Named U.S. Soccer's Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year an unprecedented five years in a row from 1994-1998 ... Ended 1999 as the world's all-time leading scorer with 114 goals and 93 career assists (by far a team record) for 321 points ... Because of her high number of assists, if she had never scored a goal, she would still be in among the top-10 scorers in U.S. history ... 1999: Helped lead the USA to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup title, scoring the opening goal of the tournament against Denmark in front of a sold-out crowd at Giants Stadium ... Also scored against Nigeria in the first round Both her World Cup goals were game-winners ... Named to the All-Women's World Cup Team ... Nailed the USA's fourth penalty kick against China in the World Cup Final ... Played in 26 matches for the USA in 1999, scoring 13 goals with 16 assists, the most on the team ... 1998: Had the highest scoring year of her brilliant career in 1998 with 20 goals and 20 assists ... Made soccer history on Sept. 18, 1998, in Rochester, N.Y., scoring her 100th career goal in a 4-0 victory over Russia, becoming just the third player to score 100 or more international goals ... Led the USA to the first-ever Goodwill Games gold medal by scoring five of her team's seven goals, including both goals in a 2-0 victory over China in the championship game ... Notched her ninth career hat trick against Denmark in the Goodwill games semifinal match on the heels of her eighth career three-goal game against Germany in Chicago, both on national TV ... 1997: Led the team in scoring three years in a row, with 19 goals and 18 assists in 1995, nine goals and 18 assists in 1996, and 18 goals and six assists in 16 games in 1997 ... Scored 39 seconds into the May 2, 1997, match against South Korea after missing the first two games of the Nike Victory Tour and then went on to score eight goals in four Victory Tour games ... MVP of U.S. Women's Cup '97, scoring six goals in three games including three against Canada ... Scored hat tricks on consecutive national TV games, against England on May 9, 1997 and then against Canada on May 31, 1997 ... 1996: Member of the gold medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Olympics, scoring just once but setting up both goals in the championship match ... Sprained her ankle against Sweden in the first round of the Olympics, but fought through the injury to lead the U.S. to victories over Norway in the semifinal and China in the final ... 1995: MVP of U.S. Women's Cup '95, where she scored three goals on long range free-kicks including the equalizer against Norway in the championship game ... Started all five games for the USA at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden, scoring twice ... Played several minutes at goalkeeper against Denmark in the World Cup in Sweden when regular 'keeper Briana Scurry was ejected and the U.S. had used all its substitutes ... 1994: Tied with Michelle Akers as the second-leading goal scorer at the 1994 CONCACAF Qualifying tournament with six goals ... MVP of the 1994 Chiquita Cup, the original U.S. Women's Cup ... Pre-1991: The youngest member of the 1991 Women's World Cup team at 19, she started five of six games and scored a pair of goals for the USA in China ... A 12-year veteran of the U.S. National Team, she was the youngest woman ever to play with the USA at the age of 15 ... First Appearance: Aug. 3, 1987, vs. China ... First Goal: July 25, 1990, vs. Norway.

Named to Soccer America's College Team of the Decade for the 1990's ... A two-time Missouri Athletic Club and Hermann Award winner (1992, 1993) ... Won four NCAA championships with the University of North Carolina (1989, '90, '92 and '93) ... A three-time NSCAA All-American, she completed her collegiate career as the ACC's all-time leading scorer in goals (103), assists (72) and points (278) ... Had her UNC jersey number 19 retired in 1994 ... She redshirted the 1991 college season to prepare for the 1991 Women's World Cup ... The NCAA's 1993-94 Broderick Award winner for all female college sports ... NSCAA All-American from Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Va., she also played at Notre Dame High School in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Full name is Mariel Margaret Hamm ... Graduated in May 1994 with a degree in political science ... Named by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in 1997 ... Featured on the cover of the second-ever Sports Illustrated for Women ... Received the prestigious honor of being named the Women's Sports Foundation Athlete of the Year for 1997 ... Won the 1998 ESPY Award for Outstanding Female Athlete at the ESPN Network's annual awards show ... Hobbies include cooking, golf and watching college basketball ... Started the Mia Hamm Foundation in 1999 to benefit Bone Marrow Research ... Honored by NIKE when they named the largest building at its World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. after her in 1999 ... Author of the inspiration/instructional book Go for the Goal: A Champions Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life.