FIFA Women's World Stars v China

FIFA Women's World Stars v. China to open programme

The festivities surrounding the final draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 in Wuhan (China) on 22 April will get off to a flying start on the eve of the draw with a showcase match between the China women's national team and the FIFA Women's World Stars at the Wuhan Sport Center Stadium, one of the five venues for the final competition itself in September 2007. It promises to be a fine way to open the event!
The FIFA Women's World Stars will largely be made up of players from teams that have already qualified for the final competition (cf. list below). Notable names among the invited players are Marta (Brazil, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year for 2006), Kristine Lilly (USA, runner-up to Marta in the 2006 vote) and Birgit Prinz (Germany, a three-time winner of the same award in 2003, 2004 and 2005). Current England coach Hope Powell and the former coach of the reigning world champions Germany, Tina Theune-Meyer, have been invited to put this "dream team" through its paces.

Having claimed their eighth Asian crown in Australia in July 2006, China will certainly want to show their fans their potential with just a few months to go until they host the four-yearly Women's World Cup, the biggest event in women's football.

FIFA Women's World Stars

Coaches
Hope Powell England
Tina Theune-Meyer Germany

Goalkeepers
Rachel Brown England
Bente Nordby Norway

Defenders
Laura Georges France
Monica Gonzalez Mexico
Katrine S. Pedersen Denmark
Cheryl Salisbury Australia
Hiromi Isozaki Japan
Adjoa Bayor Ghana

Midfielders
Kristine Lilly USA
Marta Brazil
Lotta Schelin Sweden
Christine Sinclair Canada
Mariela Coronel Argentina
Mia Jackman New Zealand

Forwards
Kum Suk Ri Korea DPR
Cynthia Uwak Nigeria
Birgit Prinz Germany
Portia Modise South Africa


Fifa.com

WTF is Brown doing there and where are Smith, Wambach and Lingor?


World Stars to win!

I reckon the Stars will win Should be a good game, if the big stars are playing eg Marta, Lilly, Prinz etc
Should be interesting to see how they work together etc Nice idea by FIFA

China because they are used to play together while the world star not really.

Kelly will be on a plane from Umea to London at this time !

And Marta will for sure NOT play this game either unless this game is played a week before the actual draw.

Brown is the best

i think they took one girl of each country otherwise Hanna have to be in it (be honoust )

World stars will win easy

YEAH go Brown and Hope!!!

wooo go rach.. will be a huge boost for her. all stars to win...kelly isnt in it cos of the uefa cup final otherwise i would of thought she wud of been in it.

I too think the All Stars will win it, wonder if it will be televised anywhere.

Han Duan will sort them out.

But what is Marta doing on that list , she also have a Uefa Cup Final to play then.

she is the FIFA player of the year, I bet they want her to be there

I bet they want her to be in Umea at the same time

I hope they'll postpone the All Stars game then.

What a lack of organisation skills
Couldn't they make sure there's nothing important going on on that day?

All stars to win for me , too much talent

It seems like Umeå's manager Roland Arnqvist alreday pretty sue he will not relase Marta (brazil & Umeå) for it
http://dandal.webblogg.se/

It is possible that Bente Nordby (Norway & DIF/Älvsjö) and Lotta Schelin (Sweden & Linköping) will be relased from their teams and the leauge for this game but it will likely meet some protest from the clubs.

That would be a big blow for Umea to release Marta and very unfairand they cannot force them to let her go as well.

I want to watch Marta too in the final, she can't go

She's not going anywhere

BTW, a bit offtopic (or maybe not):
don't you think it's slightly unfair that 3 major events this year,
take place in China?
I can't afford to go there (cos of money and lack of time),
I can only go to European stadiums
and I'm sure many of the Europeans as well
- I'd love to see the 4 Nations or that All Stars game
but everything, including the World Cup, takes place in China
OK, there's Algarve - but that has always been in Portugal
Why couldn't they organise the All Stars game in Germany for example
- world stars against the world champions or so? Not fair

It is annoying when it's so far away , and I doubt there televise it. The Four Nations I think has always been played In China , they won the right to hold the World Cup but the All Star Game I agree should be played somewhere in Europe , it's only fair , plus the event would get more support.

Just look forward to the Olympics , at least that's in England , a long way off I know