Friday, July 08, 2011

Brazil superstar Marta rose from humble beginnings


At first they didn’t let little Marta, 6 years old and with the hint of a shy smile, play with the boys. It wasn’t that she was too small, or because she wasn’t good enough, but for the simple fact that she was a girl. And in the impoverished town of Dois Riachos, and indeed across Brazil, soccer was not only the national game, but a game for men.

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