Mia Hamm and U.S. soccer win gold

Mia Hamm and her United States team beat Brazil 2-1 to win Olympic gold in the women's soccer tournament. For Hamm, widely regarded as the best ever female player, it was a fitting end to a glittering 17-year career. At the age of 32 she has said this was to be her last international game. Mia, who helped the U.S. win the World Cup in 1991 and 1999, has scored154 goals in 266 international games. Mia Hamm is from Fairfax, Virginia. But the star of this game was Abby Wambach, who hit a header in the 22nd minute of extra time to give the U.S. their second Olympic title after winning at the 1996 Atlanta Games. It was Wambach's 18th goal in her last 20 games. The U.S. team was a disappointing Silver winner in Sydney in 2000 and was not favored to win in Athens this year. The U.S. beat Germany, also winning in extra time, in the semi-final earlier this week. Lindsay Tarpley scored the first goal for the U.S. to give then a 1-0 lead going into the second half. But Brazil scored late to force the game into overtime.