Women S World Cup 2015

Pitch Perfect

More than 500 players will compete in Canada with their national teams for the Women's World Cup. So which stars stand out above the rest? The experts at espnW and ESPN FC ranked their top players to help determine the best 10 players in the Women's World Cup. Forwards lead the way,

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 making up half of the list, while seven countries are represented. Did we miss someone? Is our ranking in the right order? Head to social media and let us know what you think by tagging @espnW and using #WWC10.

(Andrea Canales, Jeff Carlisle, Julie Foudy, Ben Gladwell, Graham Hays, Kristine Lilly, Kate Markgraf, Doug McIntyre and Graham Parker participated in the voting panel.)

You could say Sydney Leroux is a social media darling. She keeps fans and followers abreast of all her comings and goings, whether that includes jumping off a cliff in Hawaii with friend and teammate Alex Morgan or posting a family portrait with her husband, Major League Soccer player Dom Dwyer, and longtime companion, Boss (her adorable Chihuahua who is no social media slouch himself with nearly 9,000 followers on Twitter).
But Leroux will be the first to tell you she likes to let her actions speak the loudest for her, and on the field, it's her hustle and beastly determination that do most of the talking.
And while all of social media awaits how she'll celebrate a goal (think back to her reaction after scoring in the 2012 Olympics), what matters most to Leroux is helping her team bring home a World Cup title to the United States.
Before she headed to Canada for the start of the tournament, Leroux chatted with espnW about when she developed her all-out playing style, why she wears the No. 2 and what she'd tell a teenage version of herself.
espnW: First off, how's Boss?
Sydney Leroux: Boss is currently with my husband in Kansas City, so he's doing pretty well.

source:http://espn.go.com