Two legends of women's soccer were officially inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Sunday. Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals from 1991 to 2004 and helped pioneer soccer in the United States and around the world."There's not a more humbling experience to walk into a stadium and to see so many girls wearing your jersey," the soccer great said. "I am so proud of that and I hope you can see that every time I took the field."
Hamm spoke Sunday before a record crowd of 4,800, many of them youngsters, at the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Hamm entered the shrine with Julie Foudy. The two were the bedrock of the U.S. team that won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals from 1991 to 2004.
The other inductees are Alan Rothenberg, who helped launch Major League Soccer and organize the 1994 World Cup as president of the U.S. Soccer Federation from 1990 to 1998, and defender Bobby Smith, who played alongside Pele for the Cosmos in the North American Soccer League.
Soccer Greats Enshrined in Hall of Fame - AOL Sports
08-27-2007, 04:24 PM
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