KAHN: "Women's football depends on you to survive. KAHN: After the team's disappointing loss to host France last World Cup, her impassioned plea to Brazil's girls went viral. Undeterred, she's most outspoken about Brazil's poor investment for younger generations, a big reason the national women's team long relied on older players. She caused a stir wearing the Avon product during the last World Cup, with talk of violating FIFA's ambush marketing rules. KAHN: "Women's football is here to stay, so play it like a woman," she hypes. KAHN: Wearing its bright-red lipstick she also sports during matches. KAHN: In this ad, she's plugging Avon cosmetics. KAHN: On and off the field, Marta defies typecasts. JULIA BELAS TRINIDADE: She's not only talented, brilliant player, the best we've ever had, but also she has been such an important voice in the women's game. Julia Belas Trinidade is a sports journalist and studies women's soccer. Within a few years, she was playing in Europe and, at 17, scored in her first World Cup. At 14, she boarded a bus out of her dusty, impoverished town in Brazil's northeast for a chance to join an all-female team. She was bullied by many but outplayed most. KAHN: Born just years after Brazil lifted its ban against women playing soccer, Marta grew up playing with boys. KAHN: Asked recently by Brazil's Sport TV what a sixth World Cup means, Marta says it's the pinnacle of a lifetime's work achieved with great teammates, love and affection. UNIDENTIFIED JOURNALIST: (Speaking Portuguese). Now 37, she says this will be her last World Cup, the only major prize not on her list. She has two Olympic medals, and she holds the record for most World Cup goals, man or woman. KAHN: Marta Vieira da Silva has been named FIFA's World Player of the Year six times. KATE NEAL: She brought something we weren't expecting and - besides experience, it's is also Marta. But fan Kate Neal says signing Marta was epic. KAHN: Especially when she effortlessly tapped the penalty kick over the head of the goalie to tie the game. We're very proud of her, so that's why we cheer for her. Brazilian expats like Bruna Palma were out in full force at a recent home game.īRUNA PALMA: It's really fantastic. KAHN: They've treasured her since the NWSL franchise signed her six years ago. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports.ĬARRIE KAHN, BYLINE: You don't have to tell Orlando Pride fans how great Marta is. And though she's won many trophies in the sport, Marta has not won a World Cup yet. She's making her sixth, and possibly final, World Cup appearance. But Brazilian superstar Marta is also in the spotlight. team and its quest for a record third world title in a row. At the Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Australia and New Zealand, a lot of focus is on the U.S.
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