Women's association football are over 700 intercollegiate women's soccer teams playing for many types and sizes of colleges and universities. This includes colleges and universities that are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)." The majority of women footballers around the globe wear a traditional kit made up of a jersey, shorts, cleats and knee-length socks worn over shin guards. In 2004, FIFA President Sepp Blatter suggested that women footballers should "wear tighter shorts and low cut shirts... to create a more female aesthetic" and attract more male
2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or Lothar Matthäus, Pelé and FIFA president Sepp Blatter side-by-side with pop singer Shakira. The top three nominees for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or were: The following 20 men were also in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2011: The top three nominees for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year were: The following seven women were also in contention for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year: The day after the awards ceremony, Spanish newspaper "Marca" reported that none of the four captains of the Spanish women's national team had voted for the Women's World Player