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Date of Birth: March 17, 1972 (1972-03-17)

Husband Name: Nomar Garciaparra (MLB player)

Hometown: born in Selma, Alabama, United States

Birth name: Mariel Margaret Hamm

Career: soccer Career -

Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team

and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom.

Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player

male or female, in the history of soccer (158).

She was named the women's FIFA World Player of the Year the first two times that award was given

and is listed as one of FIFA's 125 best living players

She retired from the sport in 2004, when she played her last game in the 2004 Fan Celebration Tour

to commemorate the U.S. women's national team's victory in the 2004 Olympics.

In 2007, her first year of eligibility, she was selected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame

by having 137 votes of the 141 ballots cast. Women's Professional Soccer

a professional soccer league that launched in 2009, features Hamm's silhouette in its logo.

David Beckham meets Mia Hamm Video

Personal life:Garrett Hamm, Mia's brother, had aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease. He died of complications from this disease on April 16, 1997

Mia established the Mia Hamm Foundation in part to support patients and their families who benefit from bone marrow transplants.

Hamm was first married on December 17, 1994, to her college sweetheart Christian Corry

a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot, but they divorced in 2001.

Hamm married then-Boston Red Sox shortstop, Nomar Garciaparra on November 22, 2003, in Goleta, California in a private ceremony

children:On March 27, 2007, Hamm gave birth to twin girls, Grace Isabella and Ava Caroline.

each girl weighed over 5 pounds (2.3 kg) at birth.

Twins run in both Hamm and Garciaparra's families.