Is she the lady to turn female football around for good?

[GG of G]

Young amateur made FIFA list and causing uproar.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41718874

But for this goal against our plantain eating friends - she deserves it

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[bushboy]

For what? A lucky goal? Just boot the ball up and hope? Nah, not impressed.

[GG of G]

For what? A lucky goal? Just boot the ball up and hope? Nah, not impressed.

Say d truth Bruv.....

Just kidding. I am more amused by the noise around her FIFA nomination. But that goal sweet sha.

[Thunder]

Deyna is a fantastic player. Watched played in the last U17 Women’s WC. Baring injuries, she’s headed for glory.

[Kabalega]

The old lesbians are pissed off by all the attention, the young "easy on the eye" Venezuelan is getting.

[paj]

Does Rapinoe have a point?

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41718874

Megan Rapinoe: 'Fifa doesn't care about women's football'


Fifa has shown it does not care about the women's game by naming a little-known striker on its female player-of-the-year shortlist, World Cup-winner Megan Rapinoe says.

The nominees are US midfielder Carli Lloyd, Dutch forward Lieke Martens and Venezuelan Deyna Castellanos, 18, who does not play in a professional league.

"The award just doesn't hold a lot of weight when you've got someone on the list I've never heard of," said USA's Rapinoe, who has 127 caps and won 2012 Olympic gold and the 2015 World Cup.




Rapinoe, 33, told BBC Sport that the inclusion of rising star Castellanos on the Best Awards shortlist was patronising to the women's game.

"It signals to us and it signals to the rest of the world that Fifa doesn't really care," she said.
Deyna Castellanos - the student up for more awards than Messi

Fifa said the award was shortlisted with input from national team coaches, national team captains, media representatives and fans, with each group getting a one quarter weighting.

"The process is clear and transparent and we are not involved in the final selection of nominees," Fifa said in a statement.

"However, we have taken note of the concerns raised by the football community and our fans and will take this feedback on board in future editions of The Best Awards."

But Rapinoe said football's world governing body should have stepped in.

"If some random male player, who was not even a full professional, was nominated, I'm sure they would step in for that, so it's disappointing that the same hasn't been done for us," she said.

Castellanos plays for the Florida State university team and has never represented Venezuela at senior or even under-20 level.

She has 14 goals in 15 games so far for Florida State this season and six in nine for Santa Clarita Blue Heat - the Californian pro-am outfit she turned out for in the off-season.

The awards recognise performances between November 2016 and August 2017, and the winner will be announced at a ceremony at the London Palladium on Monday evening.

Conspicuous by their absence from the shortlist are players like Australia forward Sam Kerr, who became the all-time leading scorer in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States, and England striker Jodie Taylor, who was top scorer at Euro 2017.

Kerr also criticised the nominations saying: "Not surprised really, it's Fifa"

Lloyd, 35, is a two-time World Cup winner and Martens, 24, was player of the tournament at Euro 2017.

Rapinoe, who plays for Seattle Reign, said the shortlist is indicative of an organisation that's "old, male and stale".

Nominated for the men's award are Barcelona's Lionel Messi, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Paris St-Germain's Neymar.

[folem]

FIFA sees women's football as a distraction. No women's best 11 @ The best? An unknown shortlisted for women's player of the year. It's all a joke. And the secretary general is a woman.

[FATHER TIKO]

I think it would be more "patronising" if women football is "given more pizzazz" than it currently deserves just to satisfy political correctness...

Let the women's game earn it on its own merit...
And it surely shall...simply a matter of time

See how quickly the women's game has come within the past decade...

[Tbite]

I think they should consider hosting the Women's World Cup with the Men's World Cup. And brand it appropriately...still call it the World Cup.

I.e. use the Olympic effect to attract new attention. Haven't you ever caught yourself flicking through random sports in between Mo Farah and Usain Bolt? "Hey what's this they're doing here, oh pole vaulters strutting their stuff, ain't that something"

In between the men's group stage and the knockout round, you could equally find yourself thirsting for more football, and lo and behold.....MORE FOOTBALL, albeit of the women variety. But when your thirst for football is that high, do you really care?

Repeat for multiple World Cups, and suddenly you're hooked, not to mention they get to share from the financial pot and use those funds to further develop their game.

Costs? I am sure it will be inflated, but not incredibly, I think in the Olympics, multiple sports is one of the biggest killer, but expanding the events for a single type of sport, there should be a lot of overlap. Perhaps increased maintenance, more hotels, more traffic....but not a deal breaker?

Just something to ponder.

[Mr. Piffington]

I think they should consider hosting the Women's World Cup with the Men's World Cup. And brand it appropriately...still call it the World Cup.

I.e. use the Olympic effect to attract new attention. Haven't you ever caught yourself flicking through random sports in between Mo Farah and Usain Bolt? "Hey what's this they're doing here, oh pole vaulters strutting their stuff, ain't that something"

In between the men's group stage and the knockout round, you could equally find yourself thirsting for more football, and lo and behold.....MORE FOOTBALL, albeit of the women variety. But when your thirst for football is that high, do you really care?

Repeat for multiple World Cups, and suddenly you're hooked, not to mention they get to share from the financial pot and use those funds to further develop their game.

Costs? I am sure it will be inflated, but not incredibly, I think in the Olympics, multiple sports is one of the biggest killer, but expanding the events for a single type of sport, there should be a lot of overlap. Perhaps increased maintenance, more hotels, more traffic....but not a deal breaker?

Just something to ponder.

Not a bad idea actually, it's useful to think about at least.

[Tbite]

I've just found one hole in the logic though. Clubs are already nervy about scheduling as it is. Sandwiching the events, will lead to stretching out the time frame.

It would have to be neatly packed to still come before August! You are left with some serious logistical challenges. If you build more stadia, costs go up, if you pack in two many consecutive games at a time, the pitches will suffer, if you stretch it out too much, club football start screaming.

Perhaps a partial overlap of the events. It would be nice to have the two finals near, but that might not be possible.

[GG of G]

I've just found one hole in the logic though. Clubs are already nervy about scheduling as it is. Sandwiching the events, will lead to stretching out the time frame.

It would have to be neatly packed to still come before August! You are left with some serious logistical challenges. If you build more stadia, costs go up, if you pack in two many consecutive games at a time, the pitches will suffer, if you stretch it out too much, club football start screaming.

Perhaps a partial overlap of the events. It would be nice to have the two finals near, but that might not be possible .

Good idea there Tbite and those holes can easily be plugged. You should think of sending it across to FIFA

[Kabalega]

I've just found one hole in the logic though. Clubs are already nervy about scheduling as it is. Sandwiching the events, will lead to stretching out the time frame.

It would have to be neatly packed to still come before August! You are left with some serious logistical challenges. If you build more stadia, costs go up, if you pack in two many consecutive games at a time, the pitches will suffer, if you stretch it out too much, club football start screaming.

Perhaps a partial overlap of the events. It would be nice to have the two finals near, but that might not be possible .

Good idea there Tbite and those holes can easily be plugged. You should think of sending it across to FIFA

Let's see, play the women's WC first and crown it all with Messi lifting the men's World Cup.

OR

Play the men's first and have the women's come in second.

Then have everyone forget about top international footie for four years as opposed to 2 years.

This is a non-starter.

[Mr. Piffington]

I've just found one hole in the logic though. Clubs are already nervy about scheduling as it is. Sandwiching the events, will lead to stretching out the time frame.

It would have to be neatly packed to still come before August! You are left with some serious logistical challenges. If you build more stadia, costs go up, if you pack in two many consecutive games at a time, the pitches will suffer, if you stretch it out too much, club football start screaming.

Perhaps a partial overlap of the events. It would be nice to have the two finals near, but that might not be possible .

Good idea there Tbite and those holes can easily be plugged. You should think of sending it across to FIFA

Let's see, play the women's WC first and crown it all with Messi lifting the men's World Cup.

OR

Play the men's first and have the women's come in second.

Then have everyone forget about top international footie for four years as opposed to 2 years.

This is a non-starter.

Who's the "everyone"? We still have continental tournaments scheduled in between and footballing countries can look to cheer on their teams, not every country is a Uganda.

[GG of G]

I've just found one hole in the logic though. Clubs are already nervy about scheduling as it is. Sandwiching the events, will lead to stretching out the time frame.

It would have to be neatly packed to still come before August! You are left with some serious logistical challenges. If you build more stadia, costs go up, if you pack in two many consecutive games at a time, the pitches will suffer, if you stretch it out too much, club football start screaming.

Perhaps a partial overlap of the events. It would be nice to have the two finals near, but that might not be possible .

Good idea there Tbite and those holes can easily be plugged. You should think of sending it across to FIFA

Let's see, play the women's WC first and crown it all with Messi lifting the men's World Cup.

OR

Play the men's first and have the women's come in second.

Then have everyone forget about top international footie for four years as opposed to 2 years.

This is a non-starter.

Who's the "everyone"? We still have continental tournaments scheduled in between and footballing countries can look to cheer on their teams, not every country is a Uganda.

Choi, see wickeding......Bros u harsh ooooo

[Oguleftie]

Deyna is a fantastic player. Watched played in the last U17 Women’s WC. Baring injuries, she’s headed for glory.

You can say that again.

[Bell]

I think they should consider hosting the Women's World Cup with the Men's World Cup. And brand it appropriately...still call it the World Cup.

I.e. use the Olympic effect to attract new attention. Haven't you ever caught yourself flicking through random sports in between Mo Farah and Usain Bolt? "Hey what's this they're doing here, oh pole vaulters strutting their stuff, ain't that something"

In between the men's group stage and the knockout round, you could equally find yourself thirsting for more football, and lo and behold.....MORE FOOTBALL, albeit of the women variety. But when your thirst for football is that high, do you really care?

Repeat for multiple World Cups, and suddenly you're hooked, not to mention they get to share from the financial pot and use those funds to further develop their game.

Costs? I am sure it will be inflated, but not incredibly, I think in the Olympics, multiple sports is one of the biggest killer, but expanding the events for a single type of sport, there should be a lot of overlap. Perhaps increased maintenance, more hotels, more traffic....but not a deal breaker?

Just something to ponder.

Not a bad idea actually, it's useful to think about at least.

WHAT I THINK IS THAT...

...the women should create their own ruling body to end all talk of discrimination. The women can make their own rules and keep all the money. How ridiculous some of these women are when the US women asked to be paid the same as the men, just because they go farther in tournaments.
Bell

[The Eagle]

Deyna is a fantastic player. Watched played in the last U17 Women’s WC. Baring injuries, she’s headed for glory.

You can say that again.

Wow, she must be the female Pele/Maradona/Okocha to elicit what might be the first "optimistic" post I believe I have ever read from Oguleftie.

[Benedict Iroha]

It depends how big her booty is.

[Cellular]

I think they should consider hosting the Women's World Cup with the Men's World Cup. And brand it appropriately...still call it the World Cup.

I.e. use the Olympic effect to attract new attention. Haven't you ever caught yourself flicking through random sports in between Mo Farah and Usain Bolt? "Hey what's this they're doing here, oh pole vaulters strutting their stuff, ain't that something"

In between the men's group stage and the knockout round, you could equally find yourself thirsting for more football, and lo and behold.....MORE FOOTBALL, albeit of the women variety. But when your thirst for football is that high, do you really care?

Repeat for multiple World Cups, and suddenly you're hooked, not to mention they get to share from the financial pot and use those funds to further develop their game.

Costs? I am sure it will be inflated, but not incredibly, I think in the Olympics, multiple sports is one of the biggest killer, but expanding the events for a single type of sport, there should be a lot of overlap. Perhaps increased maintenance, more hotels, more traffic....but not a deal breaker?

Just something to ponder.

Great idea! The chauvinistic nature of sports coupled with GREED will NOT let it happen.

What you suggested should be what the women should be advocating for. I suspect some in their ranks won't want the Men's game to overshadow the Women's event.

Games can be doubleheaders... Knockout stage played on rest days for the other teams...