Happy Retirement, Mia.

After a long and varied career in amateur and professional soccer, Mia Hamm is hanging up her cleats, but not before she inspired a generation of girls (and maybe some guys too!) to get involved in the sport.

As team sports go, I like soccer. I can understand the rules, and I am able to play the game (unlike basketball, which I find both confusing and also physically taxing -- I don't dribble well). In fact I did play for a few years, defense for Prospect Lake, and looking at their website, it appears I played in the first year they had girls' teams.