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Contents 1 Points 2 What was her number? 3 Hamm's Position 4 Error in statistics 5 Siblings 6 Role Models 7 is she a redneck

[edit] Points

My excellent deductive qualities tell me the 'points' are goals*2 + assists, but would it be possible with a link/explanation of how and why a 'points' category is necessary and what its function is? Coming from Europe, I haven't seen this attempt to 'mix' the two functions, goals and assists, before, and in Europe the assists don't even figure in any statistics (however unfairly to the supporting players), other than the extremely devoted sources, so I take it it's an American tradition? Poulsen 14:36, 20 December 2005 (UT i suck!!!!!!!!

Just put it down to an American fascination with applying a huge amount of stats to all sports. Assists are commonly recorded in Basketball. Just be glad they don't also give you the yards gained, number of shots made / missed / on target, etc etc as they do in American Football!--Richardb43 03:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What was her number?

In the picture it looks like #9, and that's the same as I remember from having watched her on TV, but was she always #9? Did she have different numbers in WUSA, with the National Team, at UNC, etc.? A short discussion of this would be helpful, since athletes are often paid tribute to & recognized by their numbers. (E.g. Michael Jordan #23) --Jefs 15:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Mia was number 19 at UNC. I believe it has since been retired.

She was #9 when in the WUSA and #9 whenever I saw her on the national team, which doesn't include her earliest years. Kevinwparker 16:44, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hamm's Position

Given that this is an encyclopedia article, shouldn't Hamm's position be in the summary? I'm assuming she was a striker, but really such fundamental information should be in there.

[edit] Error in statistics

"Hamm retired with 158 international goals, more than fifty ahead of any other player (male or female)". That is currently incorrect as Iranian footballer Ali Daei currently has 109 international goals, only 49 goals less than Hamm's total goal count. I know its a small error, but it is an error nonetheless.

[edit] Siblings

Hello. User:71.155.237.145, just changed the number of siblings that Mia has. Can anyone provide any references to back-up the changes? Without references, it is difficult to know whether the old version is in error, or the new version. Please see WP:V and WP:RS for our policy on the need for information to be verifiable, and for guidelines on what constitutes a reliable source. Thanks, Johntex\^talk 01:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

• • • • I know when Mia just started on the National Team, her brother, Garret died from complications related to aplastic anemia.

A good website is [1]

[edit] Role Models

 If you were a child who would you look up to? besides your parents? Why? What have they over come? What have they done that is role model whorthy? And what is they name? I thought that would be implied.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 167.86.1.221 (talk) 17:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] is she a redneck

shes from alabama and has a military background. thats 2 strikes. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.139.244.220 (talk) 12:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC).