 Wambach was a three @-@ year captain for the Rochester Spirit club team and named All @-@ Greater Rochester Player of the Year in 1995 and 1997 . She was a member of the Olympic Development Program ( ODP ) U @-@ 16 National Team in 1996 , the 1997 National U @-@ 20 Player Pool , and trained and played with the U.S. women 's national soccer team while competing in the 1997 U.S. Soccer Festival in Blaine , Minnesota . In 1997 , she traveled to Beijing , China , as a member of the first American youth soccer team to ever compete there . 
