23 Aug 2002, 05:00 PM
My 5 HEROS1. Luis Hernandez (La Galaxy / America) showed me to never give up and to always try my hardest and in soccer thats not that easy..2.Cuauhtemoc Blanco (America) Made me see the fun side of soccer and to always be spectacular and to be good at playing it.3.Jared Borgetti (Santos) Showed me that if you stay cool and calm miracles can happend on the field i learned to never loose my coolness with him.4. Fransico Palencia (Cruz Azul) Showed me that to always try harder then the next person and to like it5.Christian Vieri (Inter) He showed me the skill of determination
(http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-9537.html)
National Team: Mia Hamm: First-ever three-time U.S. Soccer athlete of the year, male or female (1994-1996) ... Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Sprained her ankle against Sweden in the first round of the Olympic Games, but fought through the injury to lead the U.S. To victories over Norway (semifinal) and China (final) ... Named U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year for three consecutive years from 1994-96, becoming the first player honored three times ... Generally considered the best all-around woman soccer player in the world ... Led the team in scoring in 1996 with 19 goals and 18 assists ... MVP of the Women's World Cup in Sweden in 1995 where she scored three goals on long range free-kicks including the equalizer against Norway in the championship game ... Played several minutes at goalkeeper against Denmark in the World Cup in Sweden when regular `keeper Briana Scurry was ejected and the U.S. Had to use all its substitutes ... Tied with Michelle Akers as the second-leading goal scorer at the 1994 CONCACAF qualifying tournament with six goals, including a four-goal and two-assist performance in the USA's 11-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago ... Voted by fans the MVP of the 1994 Chiquita Cup ... The youngest member of the 1991 women's world championship team, at the age of 19, she started five of six games and scored a pair of goals for the USA in China in 1991 ... The youngest woman ever to play with the U.S. National Team at the age of 15 ... Played in three Olympic Festivals, winning gold medals in 1989 with the South and 1990 with the North and a silver in 1987 with the South
http://www.womensoccer.com/biogs/hamm.html
At the age of 14, Adu became the youngest American athlete in over 100 years to sign a major league pro contract - in any team sport - when he was chosen by DC United as the number one overall pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, and won the MLS Cup title with them that year.
In order to allow Adu to play close to home, MLS assigned him to D.C. United on November 18, 2003, working a deal with the Dallas Burn, who owned the top pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. Dallas was compensated with a player allocation. Having already signed with D.C. United, Adu effectively became the first player selected in that draft, two months before it officially took place. D.C. United had previously signed American youngsters Bobby Convey in 2000, aged 16, and Santino Quaranta in 2001 at 16 years and four months — each at the time the youngest MLS player.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Adu
Briana Scurry (born September 7, 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup (3rd place), 1996 Olympics (gold medal), 1999 World Cup (champions), 2003 World Cup (3rd place) and 2004 Olympics (gold medal). She was a founding member of the WUSA, playing three seasons as starting goalkeeper for the Atlanta Beat (2001-2003).
Her current (October 20, 2007) career total of 167 international appearances is the eleventh most of any American woman, and the eighteenth most among all women. Among goalkeepers, only Bente Nordby of Norway has more caps, with 171.
On June 23, 2008 United States Women's Olympic soccer coach Pia Sundhage announced that Scurry would not be on the Olympic team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briana_Scurry
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