Saturday, July 9, 2011

Beautiful Players of The Beautiful Game

Football is the most popular sport in the world. One of the reason is because it’s simplicity makes everybody can enjoy and/or play it. Football breaks any kind of boundaries such as age, social class, race, religion, and even gender and sexuality. Yes, gender and sexuality…. Well, for a guy like me, the question is, “why do women like to watch football?”. I’m sure that most men will agree that the answer is because they like to watch the players, NOT from their technique or skill or for what team they play for, but from how do they look. Need a proof? Check out Exhibit A below and see how he has influenced the euphoria in Indonesian football, especially for girls.

Yeah, that’s one reason and ONE evidence why women or girls like to watch football, men’s football.

But hey,,, why don’t we guys do the same thing as a reason to watch women’s football. The fact is, just like men’s football, women’s football has its own good-looking players. If girls like to watch Bachdim, Villa, Cesc or any other handsome players,, well.. surely, women’s football also has it! Sorted by their positions and by their attractiveness towards my viewing ;) , from the Women’s World Cup Germany 2011, here are some of the beautiful players of the beautiful game:
GOALKEEPERS:

Melissa Barbieri (Australia)

Date of Birth: 20 January 1980

Height: 168 cm

Shirt number: 1
Current club: Melbourne Victory (AUS)
Captain of the Australian National Team for Women’s World Cup Germany





Almuth Schult (GER)

Date of Birth: 9 February 1991

Height: 180 cm
Shirt number: 21
Current club: Magdeburger FFC (GER)

Hope Solo (USA)

Date of Birth: 30 July 1981

Height: 175 cm
Shirt number: 1
Current club: Boca Raton magicJack (USA)














DEFENDERS:

Rachel Unitt (ENG)

Date of Birth: 5 June 1982

Height: 172 cm
Shirt number: 3
Current club: Everton (ENG)



Bianca Schmidt (GER)

Date of Birth: 23 January 1990

Height: 173 cm
Shirt number: 2
Current club: FFC Turbine Potsdam (GER)











Natalia Gaitan
(COL)


Date of Birth: 3 April 1991

Height: 164 cm
Shirt number: 3
Current club: Univ. Toledo (USA)
Captain of the Colombian National Team for Women’s World Cup Germany 2011









Natalie Garcia (MEX)

Date of Birth: 30 January 1990

Height: 169 cm
Shirt number: 6
Current club: Univ. San Diego (USA)




Alex Krieger (USA)

Date of Birth: 28 July 1984
Height: 168 cm
Shirt number: 11
Current club: no club affiliation (UNK)




Corine Franco (FRA
)
Date of Birth: 5 October 1983
Height: 178 cm
Shirt number: 7
Current club: FCF Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)



















MIDFIELDERS:

Nayeli Rangel (MEX)

Date of Birth: 28 February 1992
Height: 171 cm
Shirt number: 11
Current club: Tigres (MEX)
(one of) MY FAVOURITE!!






Tatiana Ariza (COL)

Date of Birth: 21 February 1991
Height: 160 cm
Shirt number: 15
Current club: Austin Peay State Univ. (USA)
(one of) MY FAVOURITE!!



Collette McCallum (AUS)

Date of Birth: 26 March 1986
Height: 165 cm
Shirt number: 14
Current club: Perth Glory (AUS)




Laure Bolleau (FRA)

Date of Birth: 22 October 1986

Height: 159 cm
Shirt number: 3
Current club: Paris St-Germain (FRA)





FORWARDS:
Lotta Schelin (SWE)

Date of Birth: 27 February 1984

Height: 179 cm
Shirt number: 8
Current club: FCF Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
(one of) MY FAVOURITE!!




Amy Rodriguez (USA)

Date of Birth: 17 February 1987

Height: 163 cm
Shirt number: 8
Current club: Philadelphia Independence (USA)
(also, one of) MY FAVOURITE!!




Alex Morgan (USA)

Date of Birth: 2 July 1989
Height: 170 cm
Shirt number: 13
Current club: Western New York Flash (USA)
(hey, she’s one of) MY FAVOURITE (too)!!


Jonelle Filigno (CAN)

Date of Birth: 24 September 1990
Height: 169 cm
Shirt number: 16
Current club: Rutgers Univ. (USA)






Gaetane Thiney (FRA)

Date of Birth: 28 October 1985
Height: 169 cm
Shirt number: 17
Current club: Juvisy (FRA)




*Players’ profile and some photos are courtesy of http://es.fifa.com/womensworldcup/index.html