Marta, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Amandine Henry and Kadeisha Buchanan are some of the highlights of the sport in the 2016 Games.
Brazilian Marta wants gold in what may be his last Olympic participation
The world's top football players take the field in Rio 2016 between 3 and 19 August, during which will be played the women's tournament mode. Brazilian players like Marta, five times voted the best in the world by FIFA, and the American Carli Lloyd, current owner of the award, parade in seven Brazilian stadiums receive mode games. To leave the fans salivating, present five superstars who should come to Brazil in August.
Marta, greater than Pelé
At 30, the Brazilian Marta have special motivation to shine in Rio 2016. After all, compete inside that what may be his last appearance at the Olympics. "I do not know if I can play another," admitted the Brazilian in February this year. Individually, Marta is the most awarded soccer player in history: was elected five times in a row the world's best, between 2006 and 2010, made never equaled by women or men. Also scored over a hundred goals for Brazil, a number that even Pele reached. Collectively, won the Olympic silver medals in 2004 and 2008 and second place in the FIFA World Cup in 2007. To achieve the unprecedented Olympic gold, Marta is inspired by the Gold Pan 2007, also in Rio de Janeiro.
Carli Lloyd, the world's best
Carli Lloyd: the best player in the world collects important and remarkable goals (photo: Getty Images / Mitchell Leff)
She knocked Brazil with a goal in overtime in the Olympic end of the Beijing Games 2008. Also scored twice Olympic gold US on Japan at London 2012. Later, scored three times before the Japanese in the final of World Cup FIFA in 2015 in Canada. In that game, one of the three goals was epic, with a shot from midfield that engulfed the Japanese goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori. "It was definitely my best goal, especially coming in the final of the World Cup," US playmaker to Rio 2016. The performance in the World Cup boosted the candidacy of Carli Lloyd to award the best player in the world by FIFA, she won the right to vote of the Brazilian Marta, five times awarded.
Alex Morgan, luxury supporting
Alex Morgan: supporting weight on the US team, always favorite to gold (photo: getty Images / Harry How)
The American attacker collects made early. At 22, was the youngest player of the US team in the FIFA World Cup in 2011. The following year, to score over Canada who led his country to the Olympic final at the London 2012 Games that year, was a finalist the best in the world by FIFA and finished the voting prize third behind compatriot Abby Wambach and Marta Brazilian. Hampered by injuries, he had to interrupt their careers more than once, but always gave back on top. After returning to the pitch on the eve of the FIFA World Cup in 2015, has in the Rio 2016 Games one more chance to shine individually. And the fact of acting on the US team four times gold medalist in the Olympic Games, is an advantage and both.
Amandine Henry, legitimate French
Amandine Henry helped turn France into a superpower (Photo: Getty Images / Andre Ringuette)
The midfielder, who honors the tradition of Platini and Zidane recently changed Lyon, France, twice European champions, the Portland Thorns, the United States. The animation of Americans with the transfer, exalted as one of the most important in the history of women's football, is justified. Amandine Henry was Silver Ball in the FIFA World Cup in 2015 in Canada, helped transform his former club in one of the strongest in the world, with three straight European finals, and stood out on the walk of the French selection for the post of superpower of women's football. The next step would be to win a title with the national team.
Kadeisha Buchanan, future star
Kadeisha Buchanan: young talent from Canada, on the rise in women's football (photo: Getty Images / Tom-Szczerbowski)
Kadeisha Buchanan is a precocious talent. Convened to Team Canada for the first time when he was still in high school in 2013, she became a star to be voted the best young player of the World Cup in 2015 in his country. bronze medal in London 2012 and twice champion of CONCACAF, Team Canada is strong the Rio 2016 Games, and the young defender, whose parents were born in Jamaica, has football to be his main star.
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