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She was born in Selma, Alabama.
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The happy ending was the end of the cold war.
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Mia was the third player to score at least 100 international goals.
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In 1995 Oklahoma City was bombed which that started a war.
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Soon after the olympics, Mia experienced tragedy and pain. Her older brother, Garrett, died at age 28 from troubles due to a rare blood disorder.
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Her brother Garrett, died at age 28. Garrett was a very special person to her. She believed that when he died, and she played a game he was right there for her.
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Mia created a foundation to raise money for awareness of bone marrow disease and research.
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Mia played golf with the great basketball player Michael Jordan. She says that he respects his team mates and encourages them to give all they got.
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She won her fifth consecutive u.s. soccer female athlete of the year award in 1998 and had a career-high 20 goals and 20 assists.
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Christian Corry, her husband, has supported her all the way through her ups and downs.
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She suffered a bad ankle sprain in the team's second game, a 2-1 victory over sweden. The injury was so bad, their coach Tony Dicicco decided to keep her out of the next game.
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In 2001 a tragedy that happened killed a significant amount of people. That tragedy was 9/11, the twin towers were demolished by terrorist in a plane.
