Former Olympians visit UW-Stevens Point with their Team First Soccer Academy
7/22/2017

​Mia Hamm demonstrates soccer skills as part of the Team First Soccer 
Academy at UW-Stevens Point.

WJFW Channel 12 Wausau


Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Tisha Venturini won five Olympic Gold Medals, five World Cup Championships and 12 NCAA titles between the three of them. 

Now that their soccer careers have come to an end, they now travel the US teaching the next generation of players. This weekend, their camp called Team First Soccer Academy is in Stevens Point.

So what exactly is it like for a junior soccer player from Wisconsin Rapids to not only meet her soccer idols, but to play with them?

"They've always been an inspiration to me. Mia Hamm, you watch soccer, if you watch soccer, you know who Mia Hamm is, you know who Kristine Lilly is, you know who they are. It's amazing that they're ten feet in front of me teaching me how to do soccer drills, it's awesome," said 15-year-old Hannah Nyman

Kristine Lilly knows how to handle that excitement but she uses the camp as a way to show kids that she's also a regular person, not just a player.

"Wow! She's not really that tall, she's not really that big, but she's good," said Lilly.

The soccer stars are trying to visit all 50 states with their camp.


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