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I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.

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Mia Hamm
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 17
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Selma
Alabama
Mariel Margaret Hamm
Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra
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I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards.
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