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Brazilian star Marta is staying with the Orlando Pride. The six-time FIFA world player of the year has re-signed with the defending National Women's Soccer League champions through 2026. Along the ...
In 2017, the Brazilian Football Confederation fired head coach Emily Lima, which sparked protest among the team's players. The dispute evolved into an argument for greater wages, and more respect and recognition for the country's female football players.
On 26 July 2007, Marta and the Brazilian women's team beat the US U-20 national team to win the Pan American Games at the Estádio do Maracanã in front of a crowd of 68,000. She was compared, by the Brazilian fans, with Brazilian great Pelé, being called "Pelé with skirts." Pelé himself agreed with the comparison.
For the last seven years, Brazilian soccer legend Marta dreamed of playing in a National Women's Soccer League championship game.. Things seemed promising when she joined the Orlando Pride in 2017 ...
Adriana Leal da Silva (born 17 November 1996), commonly known as Adriana or Maga, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil women's national team.
Marta is Brazil’s all-time record goalscorer, male or female, and has appeared in six World Cups. In Tokyo 2020, she made history by becoming the first player to score in five straight Olympics.
Brazil had a tournament called Taça Brasil de Futebol Feminino (Women's Football Brazil Trophy, in English) played between 1983, and 1989, followed by Torneio Nacional (1990 and 1991) and Taça Brasil de Clubes (1993). A competition also named Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino which was a forerunner of the current tournament, was ...
After 185 appearances for Brazil, including six World Cups and six Olympics, one of the sport's greats had one more shot at a major international title on Saturday. Olympic gold eluded her, again.