- Engels Nederlands
- announce = aankondigen
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FIFA announced its decision: There must be a clear separation between men's and women's football.
aankondigen
- centre forward = midvoor
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She joined a club called Celaya, which was looking for a centre forward.
midvoor
- club = club
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In 2005 she joined a second-division club called Celaya.
club
- confess = bekennen
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“I tricked them for years,” Maribel confesses.
bekennen
- courageous = moedig
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She's very courageous – she's not afraid of anything.
moedig
- division = divisie
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In 2005 she joined a second division club called Celaya.
divisie
- found out = ergens achter komen
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They only found out I wasn't a boy when they saw my picture in the newspaper.
ergens achter komen
- goal = doelpunt
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She's scored 46 goals in 49 international matches.
doelpunt
- junior = junior / junioren-
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As a teenager Maribel got into a junior national team.
junior / junioren-
- knock = verslaan
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The men's team were knocked out in the first round.
verslaan
- match = wedstrijd
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She's scored 46 goals in 49 international matches.
wedstrijd
- poisonous = giftig
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Those mushrooms are poisonous so you mustn't eat them.
giftig
- pretty = behoorlijk
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They were pretty shocked when they found out Maribel was a girl.
behoorlijk
- professional = professioneel
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Maribel was soon playing for a professional women's team in Atlanta.
professioneel
- qualified = kwalificeren
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Maribel scored the goal which qualified Mexico for the 2011 World Cup.
kwalificeren
- quarter-finals = kwartfinale
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The Mexican women's team reached the quarter-finals of the Olympics.
kwartfinale
- round = ronde
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The men's team were knocked out in the first round.
ronde
- score = scoren / een doelpunt maken
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She's scored 46 goals in 49 international matches.
scoren / een doelpunt maken
- separation = scheiding
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FIFA announced that there must be a clear separation between men's and women's football.
scheiding
- short-haired = met kort haar
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The short-haired new arrival was soon accepted into the group of boys.
met kort haar
- superstitious = bijgelovig
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People who believe in magic are often superstitious.
bijgelovig
- surprisingly = verrassend
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Nora Herrera says that Maribel is surprisingly strong.
verrassend
- trick = voor de gek houden
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“I tricked them for years,” Maribel confesses.
voor de gek houden
- wasteland = braakliggend veldje / terrein
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She started to play football on wasteland near her home in Mexico City.
braakliggend veldje / terrein
- well-known = bekend
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Bill Bryson is a well-known author of books about travel.
bekend
- whereas = terwijl
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Maribel got £600 a month, whereas a top male player got £60,000.
terwijl