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I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards.

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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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Friends
Sodas
Soda
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Soccer

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