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Article: Lilly links '99 team to present; Holdover is symbol of women's success.(SPORTS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- April 13, 2007
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Byline: Rich Garven
FOXBORO - Mia Hamm is dealing with twins. Julie Foudy is doing television. Brandi Chastain is coaching collegians.
Most of the members of the U.S. women's soccer team that made history in the summer of 1999 have hung up their cleats. They had a ball together for so many years, but one by one decided the time was right to stop chasing a white ball around a green field.
It has, after all, been eight years since the Americans stormed their way to the World Cup title, defeating China in a shootout before 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl. Their play captured a country's attention, culminating with a spike in the sale of sports bras ...
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