Growing up a military brat, Mia fell in love with soccer while her father was serving in Italy. By the age of 14, she was dominating women’s soccer in Texas and attracting attention from around the country.

brat：（口語(yǔ)）小家伙；米婭·哈姆出生在軍人家庭，從小愛(ài)上了足球。
dominate：統(tǒng)治。
attention：注意，關(guān)心。

After a scouting trip to watch Mia play, coach Anson Dorrance made Mia the youngest member of the national team at age 15. Following an All-American high school career, Mia decided to continue to play for Dorrance at University of North Carolina. She led the Lady Tar Heels to NCAA championships in all four years she played, while setting conference scoring records.

scouting：偵察，守候；在15歲的時(shí)候，小米婭就被教練多倫絲請(qǐng)進(jìn)了美國(guó)國(guó)家隊(duì)，她成為了國(guó)家隊(duì)中年級(jí)最小的隊(duì)員。
NCAA：National Collegiate Athletic Association (美國(guó))全國(guó)大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會(huì)；在北卡羅萊納大學(xué)里，米婭四次帶領(lǐng)足球隊(duì)奪取NCAA冠軍，并且創(chuàng)造了全聯(lián)盟的進(jìn)球紀(jì)錄。

“I have always been uncomfortable talking about my personal accomplishments, but I must say that scoring my 100th career international goal was surprisingly emotional for me,” she said. “When I really stop and think, I have to admit that I’m a bit in awe and even thankful for the opportunity to play enough times for my country that I could score so many goals.

emotional：情緒激動(dòng)的；米婭在訪談中說(shuō)在她為國(guó)家踢進(jìn)第一百個(gè)球的時(shí)候感到異常的激動(dòng)。

“For a school or team to retire your number is the ultimate compliment, and being there with Kristine [Lilly] made it even more emotional, if that’s possible. My number was retired at halftime of Duke vs. Carolina basketball game. Basketball is a huge social and sporting event in North Carolina to begin with, but when interstate rival Duke is the visiting team, the ‘Dean Dome’ takes on the raucous trappings of a championship game. To have the ceremony at halftime of the Duke game underscored how much the university cared about us and our achievements.

retire：退休，退役；在北卡和杜克大學(xué)籃球賽的球場(chǎng)休息時(shí)間，北卡大學(xué)為米婭的球衣舉行了退役儀式，紀(jì)念她對(duì)大學(xué)做出的貢獻(xiàn)。
interstate：州際的。
underscore：強(qiáng)調(diào)，重視。