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She's one of the most powerful women in football.A proud mother of seven-year-old twin girls and a baby boy, Hamm was for the best part of two decades America's foremost footballer.Though the World Cup winner and double Olympic gold medalist -- described as "the biggest U.S.-born soccer star of all time" "I'm just a former player that every day has to wake up, get my kids to school and figure out what I'm making them for lunch and dinner," the 42-year-old Hamm said.

"I never stand up there and say 'I'm doing this to get more women in football,'"But I take pride in the fact and I look at it as a great responsibility to make sure I do the best job I can."I personally didn't say yes just to tick a box. I think they will soon learn.

Her parents lived in the city for over four years when she was younger, with her father -- an Air Force pilot -- working at the U.S. embassy in Rome.So my holidays, Christmas and a couple of weeks over summer were spent over in Rome. 

"I wasn't allowed to play organized soccer until I turned five," says Hamm. "I had an older brother and a sister that were a year apart. They were on the same team and my dad happened to be coaching them. 

"I just remember standing on the sidelines, collecting balls for them when they went wide of the goal.

As far as Hamm is concerned, the future of U.S. soccer is bright -- regardless of gender.

"I'm always hopeful, I love the game too much," she says. "It doesn't mean I'm naive, but I want the game to succeed in this country and the women's side is a huge part of that."

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