Valéria Barros

With a silky first touch and quiet, stinging aggression, she glides through the midfield, though she notoriously struggles to keep her engine running past the final whistle. Her composure mirrors the time she famously dribbled past her neighbor’s entire pack of dogs before sliding a goal beneath their kitchen table as a kid. She lets her refined technical ability do the talking, effortlessly dismantling defenses while maintaining an impenetrable, reserved silence.