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FILE - This is a March 3, 2015, file photo showing retired women's soccer star Mia Hamm poses during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome. Former U.S. soccer stars Abby Wambach and Mia Hamm are offering support to an 8-year-old Nebraska girl who says her team was disqualified from a youth soccer tournament because she says she looks like a boy. Hamm has invited Hernandez to one of her soccer camps. (AP Photo/ Andrew Dampf, File)

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Former U.S. Soccer player Mia Hamm and Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant watch from the sidelines during a charity soccer match Sunday in the District. "Washington comes out and gets involved," Ms. Hamm said.

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Mia Hamm, left, and Kobe Bryant, right, watch the action from the sidelines during the Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge, at Washington Kastles Stadium, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, July 31, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Mia Hamm's brother Garrett died from a rare blood disorder less than a year after she won a gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. His battle inspired the creation of the Mia Hamm Foundation and its largest annual charity event, the Celebrity Soccer Challenge. (Associated Press)