Marta - Los Angeles Sol - 2009 Sports Illustrated card # 422
Launched in 1989 SI Kids is a monthly spin-off of the weekly US sports magazine Sports Illustrated. In each issue of the magazine there was a page of 9 sports cards (perforated) featuring athletes from all fields. I thought the inclusion of extreme sports, college athletes, olympians and soccer made this a great set of cards. Of course there are many baseball, football, hockey and basketball cards as well.
The first soccer card featured Ricky Davis, card # 58, Jul 1989. Soccer is well represented with 114 cards published from 1989 through 2012, with Mia Hamm being featured 7 times; Abby Wambach Kristine Lilly, Tony Meola, Julie Foudy, Preki and Landon Donovan 3 times each. Wayne Rooney even got 2 cards!
The first soccer card featured Ricky Davis, card # 58, Jul 1989. Soccer is well represented with 114 cards published from 1989 through 2012, with Mia Hamm being featured 7 times; Abby Wambach Kristine Lilly, Tony Meola, Julie Foudy, Preki and Landon Donovan 3 times each. Wayne Rooney even got 2 cards!
