Soccer, the unlevel playing field – Deutsche Welle

World in Progress: Women’s soccer in Brazil
08.03.2017

Brazil is known as a football powerhouse. It’s the home of Pelé, Ronaldo and Neymar. But do you also know Marta? She’s scored more goals for the Brazilian national team than Pelé, and she’s the only player ever to have won five golden balls, the highest honor in football. Even so, Brazil’s football federation considered disbanding its national women’s team after the Rio Olympics.