have compared her to Ronaldinho and Kaká.

let her play soccer with them.

made her wear a skirt.

never played soccer with her.

thought that soccer was too difficult for Marta.

wanted to move to Rio de Janeiro.

had played soccer when she was young.

didn't have a lot of experience in soccer.

didn't want marta to play soccer.

left home when Marta was little.

grew up without her father.

didn't have enough money to play soccer.

was too skinny to play soccer.

chose a few women to play on her soccer team.

didn't think she was powerful enough to play soccer.

played for her first professional team for only three days.

didn't live far from her first professional team.

traveled by bus to three countries.

has played for teams that no longer exist.

earns as much as male soccer stars.

became a UN ambassador to make women's soccer popular.

has never played at the Olympics.

has scored 111 goals for Brazil.

stopped playing soccer in 2010.

helped Brazil's Olympic women's soccer team come second twice.

Because she is too tall to play soccer.

Because she is short and plays very well.

Because she is short but too strong and beautiful to play soccer.

Because she plays soccer like Maradona.

Because she is rich and plays football like Pele.

Because she plays extremely well.

She sells coconut at the beach.

She plays soccer.

She sells sandwiches in a burger bar.

try, taste

show something is true

lack of experience

quality of being clever, original and inventive

gave a role to (someone)

noted down