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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the roster of the Brazilian women's team. https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/squad/_/id/2752/brazil

There is some correlation showing callers players being Defender while mid-fielders and strikers being shorter.

However, I think the average height of female college soccer players in the US is a function of how amateur sports operates here in the US rather than it being a function of how the sport actually is.  Athletic girls tend to be more physically gifted and participate in more variety of sports during middle or high school, and thus these more physically gifted girls tend to form the majority of soccer players.

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I would say Athletically gifted. Athletes who perform at a higher level are a higher level of athlete. Rec players are athletes. Olympians are athletes.

The college game is a very physical game. Strength matters. If you're shorter, timing and leverage must be learned. College recruiters like height because height equals volume and volume equals mass.

However, a shorter player, while lacking height, can compensate with strength and leverage. [/quote]

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