As soon as we got that second goal, and definitely the third goal, I knew I wasn’t coming in, and that was fine with me.” “What happens on a day like today is you balance between wanting to stay sharp and also understanding that another day’s rest is going to help,” she said. “Not at all,” she replied when asked if she was upset, then elaborated. Hamm was in two minds about the decision. “I wouldn’t want to be the one that shut the faucet off, that’s for sure.” “If you take Mia Hamm out, you run the risk of turning the faucet off,” she said Saturday. “But she’s always the first to celebrate this team’s success.”Īll the same, the decision to rest Hamm, the world’s all-time leading goal scorer, went directly against what Heinrichs had said the day before. So I’m sure it’s a disappointment for her not to get to play.
Nomar was here tonight, which may be his only opportunity to watch her during the Women’s World Cup. “I’m sure she’s a little disappointed,” Heinrichs said. It was the first World Cup game that Hamm has sat out, ending a 20-match streak dating to 1991. The surprise starting lineup and subsequent substitutions created a little bit of U.S. Instead, they first got Foudy, as a halftime replacement for Kristine Lilly, then Shannon MacMillan as a 55th-minute replacement for Wambach, and, finally, Danielle Slaton, who made her World Cup debut in the 72nd minute when she came on in place of Kate Sobrero. Still, leaving Hamm out entirely came as a shock, particularly to the fans, who began chanting “We want Mia!” midway through the second half.
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