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bullsky
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Posted: 02/25/09 4:06 pm ::: Marta takes on new challenge in U.S. |
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-marta-soccer25-2009feb25,0,3945955.story
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Her incomparable skills were evident long before she left home to try her luck first with a Brazilian club for two years and then with one of Europe's leading women's teams, Umea IK of Sweden, for the last five years.
"They say that my father was a very good soccer player, but I never saw him play," said Marta, who, along with two older brothers and an older sister, was raised, in humble circumstances, primarily by her mother. |
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BCBG25
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bullsky
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Posted: 02/26/09 7:54 pm ::: |
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Brazil's Marta comes to U.S. to build game
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Still, she's well aware of the dearth of playing opportunities for elite women's soccer players around the world.
"It is important because the United States is known to be the center of women's soccer," she said. "Definitely what we understand is if we can really help this league go to a new level, I'm positive other countries will follow the model that is being done in the United States." |
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bullsky
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Posted: 02/26/09 7:55 pm ::: |
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Brazilian star key to women's soccer league
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She doesn’t speak English. She may not possess the hype of Mia Hamm. But the Brazilian is every bit a phenomenon on the soccer field, perhaps the best ever.
Her style is wildly entertaining, a blend of fast-paced attacking, tricks and step-over dribbles. And with those moves — harnessed during childhood pickup games on a makeshift field — women’s soccer standards are redefined.
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BCBG25
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Posted: 02/26/09 8:59 pm ::: |
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Thanks for the articles, bullsky. I see the expectations for her are high as they should be. I have no doubt she'll deliver.
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hoopladreams
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Posted: 03/06/09 1:25 pm ::: |
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Kobe is excited to have Marta in LA...
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p_d_swanson
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Posted: 03/07/09 7:53 am ::: |
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Marta bringing star power to LA Sol
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Before she arrived, general manager Charlie Naimo helped pin down her future residence in Redondo Beach. She's only been in town for 15 days but she already has a car and her driver's license.
"She drives great," Naimo said. |
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