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Berlin-when the host country Germany faces Canada tonight in the second match of World Cup 2011, they will be playing in front of a sold-out crowd of 70,000 at Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
World soccer's Board of Directors of Germany and FIFA football national associations hope that the sixth edition of the tournament will Boost the popularity of a sport that is constantly â € "and often unfavorably â €" than the menâ € ™ s version.
Sixteen teams compete on a course of four weeks. Champion in Germany and in the United States, both two-time winners of the Cup, are favorites to win the trophy again, but there are a number of other contenders.
MONITOR QUIZ: weekly news Quiz for 19-25 June 2011
Brazil claims to Marta, which many consider the best player in the world. Norway, who took the title in 1995, he played a solid qualifying, and everyone agrees that the two Asian teams – Japan and North Korea--could represent a serious threat.
Canada have yet to beat the Germans in nine previous matches, but coach Carolina Morace is optimistic for the opening game. "The Germans might suffer from stage fright, given in particular all supporters will be there to encourage them," ms. Morace told reporters. "If we play well in the opening game, anything is possible."
Coach Canada may have a point when she reinterprets the home advantage as a weight as possible.
German team faces pressure to the female of performGermany football, players are expected to repeat nothing less than the "fairly-tale of summer 2006" when the country hosted the men's Cup and the entire nation was delighted by the performance of the German team – and the ability to expose national pride without moderation just found.
Suddenly, it was perfectly OK to correct the German car antenna flag or paint their faces black, red and yellow-acts that previously would have been frowned upon as an embarrassing display of nationalism, unbecoming a country with a violent past of Germany.
German women's team may be difficult to raise this type of excitement.
A player's name, only an oneIn nationwide poll this week, more than half of respondents couldn't name a single national team player.
This must be frustrating for someone like record forward Birgit Prinz, who played 212 League appearances in Germany (his debut was in 1994 against Canada), 128 goals and participates in its fifth World Cup. Compare that to its counterpart on the men's team, Miroslav Klose, who is a junior year, he played 109 caps and 61 goals. Mr Klose has an estimated annual income of EUR 7 million (10 million dollars), ms. Prinz is about 130,000 euro ($185000).
"We hope that this tournament gives the decisive Boost to the professionalization of football of women," says Steffi Jones, former German footballer and currently Chairman of the Committee organising the 2011 World Cup. "Female players Want to be able to live out their sport and not be forced to have a day job."
This can be away in a country that doesn't have the Football League, a professional women.
Until 1970, Germany Football Association explicitly banned women from playing soccer, arguing that "as a combative sport is basically alien female nature," and that "display of the female body violates etiquette and decency."
MONITOR QUIZ: weekly news Quiz for 19-25 June 2011
World soccer's Board of Directors of Germany and FIFA football national associations hope that the sixth edition of the tournament will Boost the popularity of a sport that is constantly â € "and often unfavorably â €" than the menâ € ™ s version.
Sixteen teams compete on a course of four weeks. Champion in Germany and in the United States, both two-time winners of the Cup, are favorites to win the trophy again, but there are a number of other contenders.
MONITOR QUIZ: weekly news Quiz for 19-25 June 2011
Brazil claims to Marta, which many consider the best player in the world. Norway, who took the title in 1995, he played a solid qualifying, and everyone agrees that the two Asian teams – Japan and North Korea--could represent a serious threat.
Canada have yet to beat the Germans in nine previous matches, but coach Carolina Morace is optimistic for the opening game. "The Germans might suffer from stage fright, given in particular all supporters will be there to encourage them," ms. Morace told reporters. "If we play well in the opening game, anything is possible."
Coach Canada may have a point when she reinterprets the home advantage as a weight as possible.
German team faces pressure to the female of performGermany football, players are expected to repeat nothing less than the "fairly-tale of summer 2006" when the country hosted the men's Cup and the entire nation was delighted by the performance of the German team – and the ability to expose national pride without moderation just found.
Suddenly, it was perfectly OK to correct the German car antenna flag or paint their faces black, red and yellow-acts that previously would have been frowned upon as an embarrassing display of nationalism, unbecoming a country with a violent past of Germany.
German women's team may be difficult to raise this type of excitement.
A player's name, only an oneIn nationwide poll this week, more than half of respondents couldn't name a single national team player.
This must be frustrating for someone like record forward Birgit Prinz, who played 212 League appearances in Germany (his debut was in 1994 against Canada), 128 goals and participates in its fifth World Cup. Compare that to its counterpart on the men's team, Miroslav Klose, who is a junior year, he played 109 caps and 61 goals. Mr Klose has an estimated annual income of EUR 7 million (10 million dollars), ms. Prinz is about 130,000 euro ($185000).
"We hope that this tournament gives the decisive Boost to the professionalization of football of women," says Steffi Jones, former German footballer and currently Chairman of the Committee organising the 2011 World Cup. "Female players Want to be able to live out their sport and not be forced to have a day job."
This can be away in a country that doesn't have the Football League, a professional women.
Until 1970, Germany Football Association explicitly banned women from playing soccer, arguing that "as a combative sport is basically alien female nature," and that "display of the female body violates etiquette and decency."
MONITOR QUIZ: weekly news Quiz for 19-25 June 2011
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