6/23/2023 0 Comments Marta brazil![]() The American’s cynical tug at the sacred yellow and green jersey seemed an affront to the footballing deity, for which her team was then punished accordingly.Ĭat Whitehall, a ten-year, 134-game veteran, was the next defender to step into the ring. With her next deft touch, she flicked the ball over her shoulder and had spun round Ellerston before she had taken her first step. The ball dropped back down, she pounced.īut Marta, with coiled spring legs and a matador’s instinct, was already gone. With the ball suspended in mid-air from Marta’s first touch, Ellerston seemed locked in perennial, agonising doubt. As she received the ball on the edge of the box, with her back to goal, USA defender Tina Ellerston must have wondered what she’d done in a past life to deserve the task of shutting down the greatest female footballer to have ever lived. Marta Vieira da Silva had already scored six goals at the 2007 World Cup. ![]() If Osbourne’s own goal, an inadvertent looping header into her own net, was one that Scurry could’ve dealt with, then Brazil’s fourth was in brutal, beautiful contrast. US coach Greg Ryan had decided, to confusion beforehand and vehement anger after, to drop young goalkeeping starlet Hope Solo, replacing her with experienced veteran Briana Scurry. Thankfully for the Seleção, however, today would not be one of those days.Ī Leslie Osbourne own goal, and a red card for midfield powerhouse Shannon Boxx, left the USA in a precarious position as they traipsed into the changing rooms at half time 1-0 down. A country that has had every reason to consider itself the best, and one where despair at the fortunes of the national side can spread like wildfire. On the other side of the ledger were Brazil who, much like their male counterparts in recent times, feared crumbling under the immense weight of domestic expectation. Almost three years of swatting aside anyone in their path and countless successes before that, including the 2004 Olympic title and two World Cups in the decade before. More than your average domestic football season, more than The Invincibles managed – and this was an international side. It’s been difficult getting back into match shape, she said, but “the feeling to be back and be here in this environment, doing what I love, it’s like, incredible.On 27th September 2007 – a warm, muggy night in Hangzhou, China – a USA side sauntered into the Dragon Stadium on the back of a 51-game unbeaten run. While Brazil was unable to secure a win against Canada in the next round, Marta played more minutes. Four minutes after entering the match, the midfielder set up Debinha’s game-winning goal in the 1-0 victory. Marta sustained a season-ending ACL injury in March 2022 while playing with the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League, resulting in a 327-day absence.īrazil’s opening SheBelieves match against Japan in Orlando was her first match back. “She’s just one of those individuals that can just single-handedly change a game,” Sinclair said. ![]() Canada tied the match late, and Marta came back and scored the winning goal. “I think she deserves every applaud, every ‘great Marta,’ because the way she’s been doing good things for the women’s game is something that I admire,” Sundhage said.Ĭanada star Christine Sinclair remembers playing against Marta before the 2012 Olympics. She also holds the record for the most goals scored in either the men’s or women’s World Cup with 17. Marta is the all-time leading international goal scorer for Brazil with 115 goals. ![]() The 37-year-old, who has played in five World Cups, is regarded as one of the greatest female football players of all time.
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