Mia Hamm Trivia Questions

Mia Hamm was born in Selma, Alabama, on March 17, 1972, not in California.

The match ended 0–0 after extra time; the United States won the penalty shootout with Brandi Chastain’s decisive kick. Mia Hamm did not score in the final.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has not retired any jersey numbers; players still wear number 9, and Hamm herself wore it as a tribute to her brother.

FIFA named her the Female Player of the Century in 2000, alongside Pelé as Male Player of the Century, though many fans expected a different choice.

Hamm scored 158 international goals, the most by any soccer player (male or female) until United States teammate Abby Wambach surpassed her in 2013.

Mia Hamm's 158 international goals were surpassed by Abby Wambach's 184, so Hamm no longer holds the record for most goals by an American.

Mia Hamm was 19, not 20, when she scored her first World Cup goal. She netted against Brazil on November 19, 1991, in the inaugural Women's World Cup; her 20th birthday was in March 1992.

In the 1999 World Cup semifinal against Brazil, she played with a fractured scaphoid bone in her wrist, which she hid from coaches until after the match.