Right now, Brazil is playing with much more quickness than they ever have before. When they beat Argentina four years ago 7-0 at RFK, Brazil did not play this kind of football (Argentina were OTCs on the day) and only won because the Albicelestes were the little sisters of the poor. Brazil now has a lot of quickness and technical ability and it will be difficult to beat them ... unless you have a Wombat at the other end.
I'm sorry, but some of those Brazilian girls look like they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
hope is a great keeper, the one player we took the longest to adequately replace, and i can't understand why or how greg doesn't start her today... but i've seen talked to her in person and wasn't struck by any overpowering foxiness... aly wagner was rather pretty though.
Yes, the Brasilian women are playing like the men. They make me proud to be a Brasilian. They make this game that I live my life for, so beautiful. It was a complete massacre this morning. Brasil destroyed any conception of USA women advancement in international football, and Brasil has shown once again their dominance in international futebol, and now with the women. And these girls learned to play on the street and with their brothers..not at any fancy club. The plays of Martha remembered me of Pele. Martha is without any question, and without any doubt, the greatest woman ever to play the game, and there may never again be another like her. My God did you see her plays today??!!
Team by team (going by the official photos on FIFA's site): Argentina = Fabiana Vallejos Brazil = Michele U.S.A. = Hope Solo Canada = Kara Lang (bad picture on FIFA though, by those pics probably Tanya Dennis) Nigeria = Cynthia Uwak Ghana = Gladys Enti Germany = Fatmire Bajramaj (in a landslide. yowza...) England = Alex Scott or Eniola Aluko (from the live games Scott, from the pics Aluko) Denmark = Julie Rydahl Bukh Sweden = Hanna Marklund (tough call, lots of hot Swedes) Norway = Leni Larsen Kaurin (Norway's got some too, but Kaurin is clearly tops) China = Zhou Giaoping North Korea = Ri Un Gyong Japan = Tomomi Miyamoto Australia = Joanne Burgess (Burgess is the hottest of a very hot team) New Zealand = No Pics!!! Final Four: Fatmire Bajramaj - Germany Hope Solo - U.S.A. Joanne Burgess - Australia Leni Larsen Kaurin - Norway The Finals: Fatmire Bajramaj vs. Leni Larsen Kaurin The Winner: Fatmire Bajramaj. Bajramaj is official smokin' hot.
lol. IF you ask me it's better to have a team that "play like men" and make it to the finals then a team of model wannabees who get sent home.... Did anyone watch the game of Brazil vs. the USA today??? What great sportmanship from the Americans: hitting the Brazilians so they can't score. I guess that din't work
I just hope this transitions into more exposure and dollars for Brazil's women's programs! ...but in the machismo world, I doubt it. Come on NIKE!!!
I hope you are talking about the WORLD, not about Brazil. Never saw a popular Women´s NFL championship. Btw, there is some women clubs championship going on in Brazil at this exact moment. The women volleyball championship is popular. And many other women sports. I hate when people say brazilian are machists. There are more pro-gay laws here than in US.
They play beautiful.. beautiful passes... great form.. and OMG Cristiane,Daniela, Marta were awesome these girls can play! ...
the laconic match report said play was "haché" meaning the rhythm being broken by frequent fouls... i assumed that it was the brazilians doing that, because a) that's what they did in the recent friendly against the US b) it's a lot more logical to play like that when you're ahead than behind and c) as has been said, they grew up playing in the street with boys. it can be maddening, whether men or women do it, but there's nothing illegal about it, and when you end up winning 4-0, there's nothing more to be said. if it had gone to penalties after 0-0 then you could have a gripe. about point c, which was the original topic: topflight girls generally do grow up "playing like men"... even more then the boys do! ever seen U-13 girls against U-10 boys (which is what they need to do to find suitable local friendlies)? they're a head taller, 5-8kg heavier and they bulldoze.
What do you mean any conception of USA women advancement in international football? They have showed that for over a decade, and brazilian women "Internationaly" have just "NOW STARTED TO SHOW ADVANCEMENT, they still dont dominate cause germany outclassed them as well" Thats shown to be even more truthful in reflection of this morning with the coach not pulling out marta when they where beating the US, and them suffering as a team condition wise because of it against Germany This is Brazils first yr showing any kind of powerhouse quality, doesnt the yrs and yrs we dominated still mean something? Look at the last wwc, and see if we have not dominated this "Futbol" for over a decade Dominance! Next wwc we will have younger girls that are better than what was on the field for us this wwc Besides their was something looming in our backdrop that didnt help us paint a pretty picture like we americans usually love doing ..controversy and distractions Now that brazil has "some" kind of lime light, we will see how they will handle it in the yrs to come as a "international team". Cause it will happen and they will face adversity as the sport progresses... I herd somewhere someone said.... "Its not the mistake..but how you recover that matters" We will see if thats true. 54 or something like that 54-1 is not a bad record
Brazilian women may play like men, but the U.S team plays like robots. (RoboCop Team) The term i've heard.
If you ask me Santeria, "thats all they needed to win" Their is a new age of players that are "not" robots, and show skill,creativity,heart and class. Next world cup you will see, also during international matches in the meanwhile. I give the women far more respect than our men, and I also seriously respect and admire the Brazilian womens game, when I said "are they playing like the men" I was complimenting them, and was not trying to degrade them in any way, but rather illustrate the superiority over our women in that match, with ball skills and creativity. We have to give the young girls their chance or else we will continue to loose the creative aspect it takes to become great in football and remain without progress.