7 Contents Seeing Red A Rousing Start SOCCER PRODIGY 8 11 12 THE FIRST BRIGHT STAR 15 ONE NAME MANY RECORDS 16 Brandi Comes Up Big 17 A HEAD FOR THE GAME 22 Ms. Goliath Meet Ms. David 23 GREAT FROM AN EARLY AGE 25 Two Trophies Back-to-Back but Then 27 MAKING HER MARK ON AND OFF THE FIELD 29 FIFA Women's World Cup Winners 31 Index 32
9 8 0 Seeing Red The United States faced Denmark in the 1995 Women's World Cup soccer tournament With three minutes left in the game the U.S. led 2 Then the referee ruled that U.S. goalkeeper Brianna Scurry had handled the ball a step or two outside the penalty area He gave her a red card She was ejected Usually red cards are given only after especially vicious fouls U.S. manager Tony DiCicco protested Scurry hadn't hurt anyone Making the problem worse DiCicco had already used the three substitutions he was allowed to make He couldn't put in another goalkeeper He shifted forward Mia Hamm into the goal She had never played that position She put on Scurry's goalkeeper jersey and substitute goalkeeper Saskia Webber's oversize gloves For some reason the referee allowed an unusually long eight minutes of stoppage time That is additional additional time tacked on at the end of regulation time It was the longest 11 minutes of my life Hamm said She was up to the challenge She made two saves to preserve the U.S. win After the final whistle Webber joined her on the field Here are your gloves back Hamm said I don't ever want to touch them again
9 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Being in the goal was the longest 11 minutes of Mia Hamm's life
