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Almost 20 years have passed since the likes of Michelle Akers, Carin Jennings, Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm forever etched their names into soccer’s history book by winning the inaugural Women’s World Cup in China in 1991.
Now, two decades later, another U.S. team will set out on a similar quest, and on Monday, Coach Pia Sundhage named the 21 players she will take to Europe next month to compete in the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
Had Kristine Lilly not decided to retire earlier this year, there would have been a direct link between “the ’91ers” and the 2011 side, and Lilly would have become the first player in soccer
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