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Soccer/Football

miyazaki

(2,381 posts) Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:18 PM Jan 2012

Japan's Homare Sawa wins FIFA Women's Player of the Year

Japan's Homare Sawa was named 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the year Monday. The playmaker took home best player honors at last summer's FIFA Women's World Cup, and won her first player of the year award at Monday's star-studded gala, according to FIFA.com.

Sawa earned 28.5 percent of the votes cast, edging out fellow finalists Marta (Brazil) and Abbby Wambach (U.S.) for the award. National team coaches and captains, as well as journalists from around the globe vote on the award.

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Japan's Homare Sawa wins FIFA Women's Player of the Year (Original Post) miyazaki Jan 2012 OP

Congratulations Homare! MrCoffee Jan 2012 #1

MrCoffee

(24,159 posts)

1. Congratulations Homare!

Reply to miyazaki (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 11:42 AM

Jan 2012

I admit to being surprised that she won, I thought Marta was going to take it (again).

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