Mia Hamm: Before There Was a Path

Mia Hamm played for the U.S. Women's National Team for 17 years. She won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals. She scored 158 international goals. But here's what I keep thinking about: for most of her career, there was no professional league. No endorsement deals. No sold-out stadiums. She played when almost no one was watching. In this episode, I'm talking about what it must have been like to be THE pioneer — to carry women's soccer on your shoulders before anyone cared. To build something from nothing. To be the first, so that players like me could have a path to follow. This one's different. It's about gratitude. It's about understanding where women's soccer came from. And it's about saying thank you to the player who changed everything.