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USWNT captain from the 1991 World Cup team, as his successor. Her teams struggled to match prior success, and Heinrichs’s tenure saw the departure of legends Akers and Hamm, along with Parlow. She did bring on future stars, however, including goalkeeper Hope Solo in 2000, all-time leading scorer Abby Wambach in 2001, and midfielder Heather O’Reilly in 2002. STRUGGLING FOR RESULTS The Heinrichs made Foudy and Fawcett cocaptains in 2000, leading up to the team’s first major competition on her watch, the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The World Cup champions were the favorites to win gold. The group stage produced a similar result to 1996, with two wins plus a draw against China. This time the United States won the group to set up a semifinal against Brazil. Hamm scored the only goal of the match in the sixtieth minute.

Mia Hamm (#9) is shown here playing in her final FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2003. She retired the following year after leading the team to the first of three consecutive Olympic gold medals.

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