7 Top Female Footballers In The World

Marta Vieira da Silva, or simply Marta, all great Brazilian soccer players go by just one name (born on February 19, 1986 in Dois Riachos, Alagoas).  At 21 years of age she is the worlds best women's soccer player.  She plays midfield for Sweden's Umea IK, and is a member of the Brazilian National Team, where she plays forward.  She is the 2006 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year.

Scored this amazing goal against the USA in the World Cup in China.

 Mia Hamm The most recognized female soccer player in the world, she broke the all-time international scoring record, for men and women, on May 16, 1999, against Brazil in Orlando, Fla. with her 108th career goal.

Julie Foudy Co-captain and nine-year veteran of the U.S. Women's National Team ... Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games...

 Michelle Akers A thundering center-forward, she dominated the Women's 1991 World Cup in China to earn the Golden Boot. She changed roles in the lead-up to the 1996 Olympics, dropping into midfield where her playmaking skills and composure with the ball could be more utilized while the beatings she took every game playing with her back to the goal would be greatly reduced.

 Brandi Chastain Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Started and played every minute of USA's five matches at the '96 Olympic Games ... Began training with the national team in September 1995 after spending two years away from the program ... Showed she still has excellent read of the game and came into camp at very high fitness level despite not having competed in an international match in two years ...

 Joy Faucett Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Had the assist on Tiffeny Milbrett's gold-medal-clinching goal v. China ... Started and played every minute of the USA's five matches at the `96 Olympic Games ... One of two players to play every minute of the United States' six games in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Championship in Sweden ...

 Shannon MacMillian Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Led the USA with 3 goals in five Olympic matches, including the match-winners versus Sweden and Norway ... Originally left off the roster for residential training camp leading up to the Olympics, she battled her way back onto the team and into the starting lineup ... The youngest member of the U.S. Women's National Team that won the silver medal that the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, NY, where she made her debut with the U.S. Team ...
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