Road to Vancouver: Brazil's Formiga picked for sixth time
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, May 26, 2015
Formiga was picked to play in her sixth Women's World Cup for Brazil as she was included in Coach Vadao's squad for Canada 2015.
Formiga, 37, will join Japan's Homare Sawa as the only players to be picked for six Women's World Cups. Formiga, who played played in WPS along with Marta, Cristiane and Maurine, played in 21 games for Brazil in the Women's World Cup and 24 games in the Olympics. She had participated in all five Olympic tournaments.
All but Marta and 21-year-old Beatriz among Vadao's 23 players have been in residency in Brazil since the beginning of the year as they prepare for the Women's World Cup and next year's Olympics hosted by Rio de Janeiro.
Poliana and Rosana were signed to play for the NWSL's Houston Dash but entered residency before playing for the second-year club. The same thing happened to Andressa Alves with the Boston Breakers.
Rafaelle Souza attended the University of Mississippi and played for 12 games for the Dash in 2014.
Brazil Roster:
GOALKEEPERS: Barbara (Kindermann), Leticia Izidoro (Sao Jose), Luciana (Ferroviaria).
DEFENDERS: Gessica (Ferroviaria), Monica Hickmann (Ferroviaria), Tayla (Ferroviaria), Erika (Centro Olimpico), Fabiana (Centro Olimpico), Poliana (Sao Jose), Rafaelle (Sao Francisco do Conde), Tamires (Centro Olimpico).
MIDFIELDERS: Andressa (Kindermann), Formiga (Sao Jose), Thaisa (Ferroviaria), Andressa Alves (Sao Jose), Maurine (Ferroviaria), Bia (Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC/KOR), Darlene (Centro Olimpico), Gabi Zanotti (Centro Olímpico), Marta (FC Rosengard/SWE), Rosana (Sao Jose), Raquel (Ferroviaria).
FORWARDS: Cristiane (Centro Olimpico).
Road to Vancouver: Germany's Neid picks deep squad
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The loss of 2014 FIFA Women's Player of the Year Nadine Kessler, who is injured, and Fatmire Alushi, who announced the day after the UEFA Women's Champions League final she is pregnant and will miss the Women's World Cup, won't prevent German coach Silvia Neid from taking a star-studded team to Canada.
The squad includes four players each from European champion FFC Frankfurt and Frauen-Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich. Nadine Angerer of the Portland Thorns will play in her last international tournament, having announced plans to retire at the end of the NWSL season, and Lena Petermann, who attended UCF and now plays for Freiburg, and 19-year-old Pauline Bremer were promoted from the German team that won the 2014 Under-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.
Angerer was the player of the tournament when Germany won Euro 2013 and is one of six all-tournament players on Germany's 2015 Women's World Cup roster along with Saskia Bartusiak, Dzsenifer Marozsan and Celia Sasic of FFC Frankfurt, Annike Krahn of Paris SG and Lena Goessling of Wolfsburg.
Germany Roster:
GOALKEEPERS: Nadine Angerer (Portland Thorns), Laura Benkarth (Freiburg), Almuth Schult (Wolfsburg).
DEFENDERS: Saskia Bartusiak (FFC Frankfurt), Bianca Schmidt (FFC Frankfurt), Tabea Kemme (Turbine Potsdam), Jennifer Cramer (Turbine Potsdam), Annike Krahn (Paris St. Germain/FRA), Josephine Henning (Paris St. Germain/FRA), Leonie Maier (Bayern Munich), Babett Peter (Wolfsburg).
MIDFIELDERS: Melanie Leupolz (Bayern Munich), Melanie Behringer (Bayern Munich), Lena Lotzen (Bayern Munich), Sara Daebritz (Freiburg), Lena Goessling (Wolfsburg), Simone Laudehr (FFC Frankfurt), Dzsenifer Marozsan (FFC Frankfurt).
FORWARDS: Pauline Bremer (Turbine Potsdam), Anja Mittag (FC Rosengard/SWE), Lena Petermann (Freiburg), Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg), Celia Sasic (FFC Frankfurt).
