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USA’s players celebrate teammate Carli Lloyd’s goal during the Group C football match of the FIFA women’s football World Cup USA vs Colombia at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim near Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, on July 2, 2011. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLAND (via World Soccer - Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Sports)
Players of Colombian women’s soccer team Kelis Peduzine, left, and Yoreli Rincon challenge for the ball during the matchday -1 training of Colombia on the eve of the Group C match between Colombia and Sweden during the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Leverkusen, Germany, Monday, June 27, 2011. (via world cup Colombia - Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Sports)
Colombia’s midfielder Carmen Rodallega pours water over her head during the football match of the FIFA women’s football World Cup Colombia vs Sweden (group C) at Leverkusen’s BayArena, western Germany, on June 28, 2011. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (via Colombia’s Midfielder Carmen Rodallega Pours - Yahoo! Sports Photos)
Yoreli Rincon of Colombia is seen at half-time during the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Group C match between Korea DPR and Colombia at the Fifa Womens World Cup Stadium on July 6, 2011 in Bochum, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) (via World Soccer - Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Sports)
Except among a clique of female athletes in Medellín and at other elite training centers, the identities of the players are unknown. I ask almost every football fan I meet, man or woman, from Bogotá to Medellín to Popayán, if they recognize the name of Yoreli Rincón, the sublime 17-year-old midfielder who established herself at the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany in 2010, where Colombia reached a semifinal. The name draws a blank. Now having risen to the sport’s biggest stage, Colombia’s players are heirs to an undocumented history that few know or bother to ask about.
Colombia’s Orianica Velasquez jumps over United States goalkeeper Hope Solo during the group C match between the United States and Colombia at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, July 2, 2011. The US won 3-0. (via world cup - Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Sports)
Player of Colombia are seen after the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Group C match between USA and Colombia at Rhein-Neckar-Arena on July 2, 2011 in Sinsheim, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images) (via Player Of Colombia Are Seen - Yahoo! Sports Photos)
Supporters pose before the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 Group C match between USA and Colombia at the Fifa Womens World Cup Stadium on July 2, 2011 in Sinsheim, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images) (via world cup - Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Sports)
Tuesday in Women’s World Cup action, Sweden beat Colombia 1-0, no lightning strikes involved.
Sweden’s Jessica Landtsrom (2nd R) scores a goal past Colombia’s goalkeeper Yineth Varon (L) during their Women’s World Cup Group C soccer match against Colombia in Leverkusen June 28, 2011. (via Photo from Reuters Pictures)
