All Entries Tagged With: "Marta"
Bye bye LA Sol. Hello F.C. Gold Pride
The Women’s Professional Soccer League here in the US is going into its second year, and things are not going nicely for some. LA Sol, last season’s most popular team, got shut down because they could not find any owners to… uh… own the team. Yeah, that bad.
The league had to dispense all LA [...]
Messi and Marta: 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year
As expected, Messi and Marta are 2009’s FIFA World Player of the Year.
Messi took his first FIFA World Player award home by beating C. Ronaldo (who had 352 points against his 1,073). Xavi was third, Kaka fourth and Iniesta fifth. Very well deserved.
Marta took the award for the fourth consecutive time, something never achieved [...]
Santos wins women’s Libertadores.
If Santos’ fans are not so happy with the men’s team in the Brasileirão, the Santos’ ladies are giving fans total happiness: the team took home on Sunday the title for the women’s Libertadores Cup. This is the first edition of the tournament and Santos brought in big names such and Marta and Cristiane to [...]
Video: Marta Debuts at Santos Like a Rockstar
Wednesday night marked the debut of the best woman footballer at Santos. In a friendly match, her club defeated Comercial from Mato Grosso 10-0, and she scored twice. The most remarkable, however, was how she drove fans crazy, as if she belonged to The Beatles. Even the players of Comercial took pictures with her, as [...]
Photo: Now, Santos Has the King and the Queen
Marta was introduced to Santos fans today. She will be the main name of the side in the women’s version of Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores. She will be on loan for 3 months from Los Angeles Sol. The Copa Libertadores will be from the 4th to the 18th of October. The Copa do [...]
FIFA Award: Marta is, again, number 1. Oh.. and so is C. Ronaldo.
Marta is the queen. For the third consecutive year, the Brazilian took home the FIFA award for best player in 2008. Very well deserved. On the men’s side, also no big surprises: C. Ronaldo beat Messi, Kaka and Fernando Torres to take home the trophy of FIFA’s best in 2008. Also deserved (even if I [...]
Marta going to LA. Hooray!
The female version of Pele is joining the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) league. Marta is leaving Sweden’s Umea and bringing a lot of good football to America. She’s joining Los Angeles Sol (the female equivalent of LA Galaxy), and will be like the Beckham of women’s football. Her contract is good for 3 years and [...]
FIFA Gala: who is the C. Ronaldo who will take best player?
Today FIFA unveiled the very short list of players who will watch C. Ronaldo win best player on January 12th. We are all very sure he will win so there are no other expectations there. The men’s nominees are: Kaká (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Fernando Torres (Spain), and Xavi (Spain).
On the women’s [...]
Unfair. Brazil 0 – 1 USA.
It was unfair. Unfair in so many levels. But we all know football is not fair. Brazil lost the Olympic title to the US today, 1 – 0 on overtime. The Brazilian ladies played with heart, passion and skill. A true portrayal of Brazilian football (something yet to be seen from coach Dunga’s team). Marta [...]
Brazil women’s beat Germany with beautiful football.
Ronaldinho who? I didn’t get to see Pele play. Instead I saw Marta and Cristiane. Today I watched one of the most beautiful football matches of my life. On the pitch were the women’s teams of Brazil and Germany playing for a spot on the Olympic games final. Brazil had never won a single official match [...]
