Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is an American former professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the United States national team from 1987 to 2004. Hamm was the face of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's soccer league in the United States, where she played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels and helped the team win four NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship titles.
Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is an American former professional soccer player. She was a member of the United States women's national team for 23 years and is the most-capped football player in the history of the sport, gaining her 354th and final cap against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier in November 2010. Lilly scored 130 international goals for the US national team, making her the team's fourth-highest goal scorer behind Carli Lloyd's 134, Mia Hamm's 158 goals, and Abby Wambach's 184.
Birgit Prinz is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. In 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Mexico competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twentieth appearance at the Olympics, since its debut in 1900. Comité Olímpico Mexicano sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 109 athletes, 59 men and 50 women, competed in 20 sports. Football was the only team-based sport in which Mexico had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in fencing, shooting, and weightlifting.
Patricia Pérez Peña is a Mexican former footballer who played for the Mexico women's national football team. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team finished in eighth place.
Mónica Vergara Rubio is a Mexican professional football manager. Vergara is the former manager of the Mexico women's national football team. Before her manager career, Vergara was a member of the senior Mexico women's team, playing as a defender. Vergara also held positions as manager for the U-15, U-17, and U-20 Mexico women's national teams, leading the U-15 squad to a third-place finish at the Youth Olympic Games and, most notably, leading the U-17 team to the championship game of the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Alma Socorro Martínez Torres is a former footballer who played as a forward. Born in the United States, Martínez represented the Mexico women's national team, earning nine caps for the team in 2004 and scoring one goal. She competed for Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team finished in eighth place.
Jennifer Marie Ruiz Brown, known in the United States as Jenny Ruiz-Williams, is a US-born Mexican football coach and former professional player who played as a defender. She is currently the head coach of the UNLV Rebels women's soccer team. As a player, Ruiz-Williams played for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Mexico women's national football team.
Teresa Guadalupe "Lupita" Worbis Aguilar is a Mexican architect and a former footballer who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Mexico women's national team.
Rita Nwadike is a Nigerian former football midfielder who played for the Nigeria women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Rivers Angels. She scored Nigeria's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup goal against Canada in the 1995 tournament in Sweden.
Blessing Igbojionu is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a forward for the Nigeria women’s national football team.
Yinka Kudaisi is a Nigerian former football defender who played for the Nigeria women's national football team. She was also part of the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Pelican Stars.
Nkechi Egbe is a Nigerian former football forward who played as a forward for the Nigeria women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Delta Queens.
Elizabeth Patricia 'Lisa' Gómez Randall is an American-born Mexican former footballer who played as a defender for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the collegiate level, she played for the University of Miami in the United States.
Juana Evelyn López Luna, known as Evelyn López, is a Mexican retired football midfielder who played for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the club level, she played for Necaxa.
Iris Adriana Mora Vallejo is a Mexican former footballer who played as a forward. She has been a member of the Mexico women's national team.
Nancy Gutiérrez Vásquez is a former footballer who played as a defender. Born in the United States, she was a member of the Mexico women's national team.
Dioselina Valderrama Reyes is an American-born Mexican former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Mexico national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Bonita Rebel.
Konstantina Katsaiti is a Greek football defender who played for the Greece women's national football team. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Aegina.
Anastasia Papadopoulou is a retired female Greek football player. She was part of the Greece women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Kavala 86 and Amazones Dramas.
