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Thu 06 Jun 2000US seek primary soccer position
If July is nearly upon us, it must be time for women's soccer. Almost a year has passed since the US women's team defeated China on penalties to win the distaff version of the World Cup in California's Rose Bowl, and Brandimania has scarcely abated.
In a country where virtually any member of the men's national team could walk down the street of a major city unnoticed and unmolested, the likes of Brandi Chastain and Mia Hamm remain bona fide sports celebrities, regulars on the talk-show circuit and familiar faces to viewers of television commercials.
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