There is no better time than NOW for our US soccer players to begin travelling and playing Brazil. No other Brazilian national team has developed as much in the nineties as the Women's National football team. After finishing in ninth place as little more than a participant in the first two FIFA World Championships in 1991 and 1995, the team seems to have shifted up a few gears and has never looked back since. Actually the women's game developed very quickly after the success of the 1996 Olympcs. As a result, club support was prevalent from that moment as well as plenty of experienced coaching.
Today there are girl's teams all over the country.
Nene, the National Team's right back comes from Roraima one of the smallest and most distant states in Brazil. S o Paulo FC, Juventus, Portuguesa, Flamengo, Palmeiras all now have youth teams and apprentice teams built on the traditional club model. It is not unusual to go to Flamengo in Rio and see 50 girls trying out for the team on any given day. Club teams and University teams here in the States should really look to travel and play against the best in Brazil.