Karen Ómarsdóttir

The Icelandic center-back combines brilliant defensive intelligence with surgical slide tackles that make her an impenetrable wall, despite her bizarre habit of discussing the next day's weather with her shin guards before every kickoff. Her ice-cold calm is legendary, even if teammates always roll their eyes when she desperately checks the forecast to whisper to her gear before the match. Her physique dominates in the air, but her inability to aim headers remains the team's constant riddle.