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    Hamm cements her legacy

    By Marc Connolly
    ESPN.com

    Thursday, December 9, 2004

    She began her career as Mia Hamm, and ended it as Mia Garciaparra, wearing the last name of her shortstop husband on the back of her jersey for the first time during the second half of her final match on Wednesday night. But for the overwhelming majority of her 18-year soccer career with the U.S. Women's national team, she was simply Mia. For a sport that has struggled to gain mainstream popularity in the United States on both the men's and women's sides, there was no mistaking who No. 9 was. T ...

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