Hamm Named as 2011 World Cup Ambassador
October 30, 2009 by Jyle Dupuis
Filed under FIFA Women's World Cup
Mia Hamm of the United States has been named as ambassador for the 2011 Women’s World Cup Games in Germany. The prestigious honor means that Hamm will be going around the world to represent the games and help promote women’s soccer. She was named world player of the year back in 2001 and has brought home gold medals for the United States for the last two summer Olympic games.
Mia Hamm named 2011 Women's World Cup ambassador
Mia Hamm was an obvious choice for FIFA as she has single handedly brought more attention to soccer as a professional sport in the United States than David Beckham. Despite what people say about soccer in North America she has shown everyone that they are competitive and are the team to beat in any world competition. With the US Womens national team missing Mia many are wondering if they will be able to bring it. I guess we’ll just have to see in 2011 in Germany.
Image: TSN.ca
