Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Best Women’s Soccer Players In The World


I’m ashamed to admit that I’m out of the loop and had to do some digging to find out which ladies were rocking the soccer stage. Interestingly enough it’s a lot easier to find information on the “hottest soccer chicks of the world.” Although a lot of them make a dude say “Va va va voom”, they make a girl proud with their high skills, stamina and drive.
Brazil Marta Vieira Da Silva FIFA Women's Soccer Female Best
The Best Women’s Soccer Players In The World  
1. Brazil’s Marta Vieira Da Silva has won FIFA’s World Best Players/Ballon D’or five years in a row (2005-2010). As a child, she got her start on the streets of Dois Riachos where she showed the local boys that indeed a chick can play soccer. Marta, aka Pele in Skirts, played for Brazil in the 2007 World Cup and in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, helping her team finish in the silver spot each time. In league action, she played for Gold Pride last year; in 24 games she scored 19 goals! Her amazing footwork, extreme angled shots, powerful corner kicks and her uncanny ability to get past every defender, makes this forward a soccer force to be reckoned with. We’ll see more from Marta soon as her season with Western New York Flash starts April 17 and she will be representing Brazil in the World Cup this summer.
Check out these impressive Marta plays – how she stops the ball, just in the nick of time right on the end line, near the beginning of the video, is truly remarkable!
2. Almost 10 years older than Marta, Birgit Prinz is still managing to hold her own iconic soccer skills and profile. She won FIFA’s World Best Player title in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and has been the runner-up behind Marta since 2007. This German striker has been playing for her national team since the age of 16, starting in 1994, and holds the record for the most goals (14) scored in World Cup tournaments. Not to mention she helped lead her team to victory in World Cup 2003 and 2007. She is also the only female player to be offered a spot on a men’s professional team (AC Perugia), but she declined. Prinz hustles like a banchi, has amazing control of the ball and seems to intuitively know exactly where to be to receive assist passes. Prinz will be representing Germany in her fifth World Cup this summer.

3. Abby Wambach will represent the United States in her third World Cup this year. She helped nail the gold medal for her country at the 2004 Olympics and has scored an amazing 117 goals in 154 international matches. Wambach is also as tough as they come. In the 2007 World Cup, she managed to score 6 goals in 6 games despite an 11-stitch injury to the head after a brutal collision with a North Korean player, reaching the 100 cap mark later in the tournament.

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