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Dd11 wants to be a professional soccer player. When I mentioned that soccer players might not last too long, she said that she would make so much money she could retire when she got too old to play. When asked what she would do then, she said "play video games." So we looked up salaries for professional women's team players and it turns out that the average salary is about $8,000/year So now she wants to be on the Olympic soccer team and then be a scientist!