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July 20, 2023
Edited Oct. 30, 2023
The Women's Soccer World Cup is an international tournament organized by FIFA where the best athletes in the world meet to measure their skills.
Exactly like its men's version, this tournament takes place every four years and is developed in the same way: the teams qualify through their continental confederations, they must go through a first group stage to go on to a second elimination stage directly until playing the final of the tournament.
The tournament has had four champions since it started: the United States, Germany, Japan and Norway.
The tournament has expanded its number of participants for this year and will host 32 national teams that will compete in the World Cup that will take place in two countries.
Australia and New Zealand are the nations chosen for this world cup, being the first time that a joint candidacy wins the venue for a women's world cup, and the first time that the cup is held on the oceanic continent.
On July 20, the ball began to roll at the Eden Park stadium in Auckland, Australia, kicking off this great party for women's football.
The stars
Even though it is often underestimated, the truth is that women's soccer has always been very competitive and is indeed a place that saw the birth and growth of incredible talents, true prospects, who promise to become great sports figures worldwide.
In this tournament we will have the incredible opportunity to appreciate the future stars of women's soccer in more detail.
This year's World Cup will also be the perfect occasion to see already consolidated great figures, such as the American athlete Alex Morgan and the Brazilian Marta Vieira da Silva.
Right below we present the protagonists of the 2023 Women's Soccer World Cup:
Marta Vieira da Silva
At the age of 37, the goal scorer who won 6 Ballon d'Ors will play her sixth World Cup with the aim of continuing to make history and win her first World Cup.
The Brazilian scored 17 goals in the five World Cups she has played; this record makes her the top scorer in the Women's World Cup.
He is considered the best soccer player in the world.
She currently plays for the Orlando Pride of the NWSL, which is the professional women's soccer league in the United States.
The star is regularly compared to Neymar for his physical and technical conditions, Marta has great speed and is characterized by his ability to define.
Until now, with his National Team he has not been able to realize the great World Cup dream. Among their achievements, the two gold medals they obtained in the Pan American Games, three Copa América and two silver medals in the Olympic Games stand out. In addition, she is the winner of six Ballon d'Ors and The Best award.
Alex Morgan
Known for her incredible speed and her ability to finish and finish on goal, Alex is one of the top scorers in women's soccer and is, without a doubt, one of the most recognized faces internationally.
The forward of the North American team was already world champion twice, in 2015 and in 2019.
She currently plays as a striker for the San Diego Wave of the United States Women's Soccer League.
With $7.1 million, the star of the United States team tops the list of the highest paid soccer players today.
Despite never having won the French Ballon d'Or since it was first awarded to female athletes in 2018, her accumulated trophies include a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and two World Cups in 2015 and 2019 with your selection.
She also has great individual distinctions, such as the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete in 2019, two US Soccer Athlete of the Year awards (2012, 2018) and four CONCACAF Player of the Year awards (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018). . In addition, he received the FIFPro World 11 award in 2016, 2017 and 2019.
Aitana Bonmatí
Another face that will ultimately be the protagonist of this new generation of female talents. We are talking about the Spanish Aitana Bonmatí Conca who is currently a teammate of Alexia Putellas at Barcelona F.C. She currently plays as a central midfielder for Barcelona in the F League and for the Spanish women's team. She is considered one of the best players in women's soccer.
Bonmatí has been in Barcelona's youth team since 2012. The talented midfielder was quickly promoted to the first division before the 2016-17 season and made substitute appearances for the club until her breakthrough year in the 2018-19 season.
In 2019, she started the first UEFA Women's Champions League final in Barcelona's history and, that same year, was elected Catalan Player of the Year for the first time.
The path that the Spaniard has been forging on the soccer field is being recognized by soccer institutions. Her outstanding participation in the Spanish team at this year's Women's World Cup made her the star of the event and earned her the Adidas Golden Ball at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Having passed three months after the end of the World Cup, the talented midfielder became the winner of the French Ballon d'Or, breaking her teammate's streak at the Catalan club.
Alexia Putellas
The Spanish is considered the best player today and has become a benchmark in the sport. She is the player who had the most impact on goals last season.
He won the Ballon d'Or again at the end of 2022, the second in a row after the one obtained in 2021. A recognition of his spectacular performance with Barcelona in the 2021/22 season, where he won the Copa de la Reina, the First Iberdrola and was a finalist in the Women's Champions League.
The athlete plays as a midfielder, in the left inside position, in the women's Fútbol Club Barcelona of the First Division of Spain.
The best player in the world, despite arriving fresh from a torn ligament, is postulated as the engine of the Spanish team in this World Cup.
She is the only non-American soccer player who is in the top 10 of the best paid in the world. $4 million is the salary of the Ballon d'Or winner in 2021 and 2022.
Sam Kerr
This amazing girl is one of the new talents that offers us this world-wide one. Sam Kerr is Australia's all-time leading scorer and the only player to have won three Golden Boots in three different leagues.
This talented young woman is the first woman to be on the cover of FIFA 23 worldwide.
Kerr is the all-time top scorer for her team, and in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States, where she played with Sky Blue FC and Chicago Red Stars. There he won the Golden Boots of 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Kerr also helped her team win the 2022 FA Women's Cup with another pair of goals in the final against Manchester City, among other achievements including a third successive Barclays FA Women's Super League title.
She made her debut with Chelsea FC in England, at the beginning of 2020. And there her career continued (and continues) to rise. She currently plays as a striker for this team.
Although she has achieved almost everything, she says she still has to win a Champions League "one of the main reasons why I came to Europe," she told a magazine.
In addition to that goal, Sam Kerr also dreams of lifting the 2023 Women's World Cup on home soil.
Ada Hegerberg
The Norwegian striker is the first woman to win the Ballon d'Or and joins the list of these great athletes who promise to offer us a great football show during this World Cup.
In 2014 she was signed by Olympique de Lyon. In his first year at the French club, he scored more goals than games played - they were 34 in 32 - and created a great impression. After eight seasons in the French team, his numbers are stratospheric: he has 243 wins in 219 duels.
Currently, she continues to play as a striker at Olympique de Lyon. She is the highest paid soccer player in France, with an annual salary of 420,000 euros.
She walked away from the national team for five years (returned in 2022) after criticizing the structures of women's football in Norway.
The athlete's impressive goal scoring ability and commanding presence on the pitch are key pieces for the Norwegian team.
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