Football’s global governing body was accused of “not caring” about the women’s game by World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe after including a previously little-known Venezuelan striker on its female player of the year shortlist.
The 18-year-old Deyna Castellanos, who does not play in a professional league, found herself in the running for the 2017 Best FIFA women’s player of the year award at the London Palladium on Monday alongside the likes of established internationals Carli Lloyd of the United States and the Netherlands’ European Championship-winning forward Lieke Martens.
A potentially embarrassing situation for FIFA was averted when Martens took the award, with Dutch boss Sarina Wiegman named Women’s Coach of the Year in further recognition of tournament hosts the Netherlands’ achievement in winning their first major female football title at the 2017 Women’s…
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