Players To Watch In Canada

Marta, Brazil 
There are few things more coveted in world football than wearing the No. 10 jersey for Brazil, and that honour remains as such in women's football. Now considered a veteran of the Selecao at 29, Marta will still be one of the players to light up this tournament and will be one of the most recognisable names to viewers. She is a five-time FIFA World Player of the Year and has been nominated for the award for the past 11
years, making it hard to deny that she is the greatest ever to have played the game. Her style of play is an advertisement for the eye-catching style of football for which Brazil is synonymous - Joga Bonito. In past tournaments, her pace left opponents in her wake and while she may not be as quick as she was in her early 20s, her awareness and technique has improved well beyond that of yesteryear. She's an artist in attack and the ability to make the impossible seem easy.

Louisa Necib, France 
So highly rated is the star of the rising powerhouse of women's football that is France that Louisa Necib is affectionately known back home as the "female Zidane". While such monikers are often made in good spirits, this one has good reasoning behind it. Not only is she a product of Marseille and born to Algerian parents, but there is an undeniable similarity in the incredible passing range, ball control and dribbling to "Zizou". In fact, it goes one further, she's dubbed "Ziza" but this tournament she might go one further and shake off that tag from fans and cement her own name with sports fans around the world. Primarily an attacking midfielder, Necib may be deployed on the wing in a 4-3-3 formation in the World Cup, which will free her of defensive burdens and allow her entertaining attacking flair to flourish.
Abby Wambach, US 
At 35, Abby Wambach will lead the attack of the most popular team at the tournament in what will surely be her swansong.  Her inclusion, however, is far from sentimental. She remains an incredible goalscorer, the world's best in terms of international games across both genders. She's scored an incredible 182 goals in 242 appearances for the USWNT and was listed by Time as one of the 100 most influential people on the planet and one of the main reasons tens of thousands of American are travelling north for this tournament. There is no striker better in the air than Wambach or a more natural goalscorer and if the US  go far, she'll take them there.
Dzsenefir Marozsan, Germany 
Their forwards Celia Sasic and Pauline Bremer might steal the attention of the World Cup favourites but if Germany are to go all the way then that will largely rest on the performance of Dzsenifer Marozsan. In the absence of reigning World Player of the Year Nadine Kessling due to injury, Marozsan will be heartbeat of this German side. She is a good mover of the ball, hard worker in the midfield and reliable goalscorer with a ratio most forwards would envy, let alone midfielders.  She was the youngest player to debut in the women's Bundesliga and score in Germany's top tier but the 2015 tournament will be where she raises her profile from one of the most promising players into a genuine star.  Now 23, there is little doubt she will do that in Canada .