![]() ![]() ![]() She ranks third in the history of the U.S. Hamm held the record for most international goals scored until 2013 and remains in third place behind former teammate Abby Wambach and Canadian striker Christine Sinclair as of 2017. She completed her international career having played in 42 matches and scored 14 goals at these 7 international tournaments. She led the team at three Olympic Games, including: 1996 in Atlanta (the first time women's soccer was played), 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. ![]() She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team and helped the team win four NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship titles.ĭuring her tenure with the national team, Hamm competed in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: the inaugural 1991 in China, 1995 in Sweden, 19 in the United States. Hamm was the face of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's soccer league in the United States, where she played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 to 2004. Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra ( née Hamm born March 17, 1972) is an American former professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 29, 2007 And that’s what we’ve been striving for, isn’t it? The ability to make our announcements without hesitation or fear and to be celebrated and loved the same as anyone else.”Ĭongratulations, Marta and Toni from all of us at Outsports!įollow Marta on Instagram by clicking here, and for her fianceé Toni Deion Pressley click here.*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 28, 2007 Some players still do today, but you get the sense that more and more, it’s coming from a simple desire to remain private rather than out of fear. The years when LGBTQ female players went to such great lengths to obscure their identities to the point where even privately whispering about it between individuals felt hushed and taboo - those years grow increasingly distant. Marta’s own NT teammate Cristiane got married and is having a baby with her partner. Players are kissing their girlfriends in the stands during World Cups in front of hundreds of cameras. “But as more players have come out, the landscape has changed. Players stay in the closet for a variety of reasons, a lot of them societal and systemic.” ![]() women’s national team stars Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris, who married one another one year ago.Īs SB Nation’s Stephanie Yang wrote in All For XI, “It feels like this would have been unimaginable ten, maybe even five, years ago. Once married, Marta and Pressley will become the second lawfully wedded couple currently playing on the Orlando Pride, joining the U.S. Both Marta and Pressley play together for the NWSL’s Orlando Pride, which recently welcomed back Pressley after she overcame her breast cancer diagnosis last year. A post shared by martavsilva10 is widely considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time, and last year she became the first player - man or woman - to score in five different FIFA World Cups. ![]()
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