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Marlene Escalona

This friendly Venezuelan striker mesmerizes crowds with a velvet first touch and pinpoint finishing, despite being inexplicably abysmal from the penalty spot. Before every match, she forces teammates to take turns braiding her hair with thin metal wires to channel the "energy of the net," a ritual they now accept with a sigh but begrudging devotion. Her lack of explosive pace is more than compensated by her imposing aerial dominance and silky technical grace.