This Summer, the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup [1] will be taking place across four cities in France. A total of 24 countries will be represented, with teams from every continent facing off in the huge tournament from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, July 7. One of the most exciting parts of the tournament is getting to see the very best female players [2] in the world team up and face off against each other in an all-star international matchup nearly on par with the Olympics [3].

With so many big names on the rosters, there are a ton of stories to follow. We've rounded up over two dozen of the most interesting players to keep an eye on during the tournament, from big-name stars [4] to talented up-and-comers — check out our picks.

Sole Jaimes (Argentina)

• Age: 30
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: Scoring five goals in the 2018 Copa América Femenina

Sam Kerr (Australia)

• Age: 25
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: Selected as the team captain for the Australian national team after becoming the all-time best scorer in the National Women's Soccer League.

Marta (Brazil)

• Age: 33
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: Holding the record for the most goals scored in the FIFA Women's World Cup, she was named the Best FIFA Women's World Player in 2018.

Christine Manie (Cameroon)

• Age: 35
• Position: Defender
• Career Highlight: Manie scored a goal in added time at the CAF 2018 Africa Women's Cup of Nations, sending her country's team to the 2019 World Cup.

Christine Sinclair (Canada)

• Age: 35
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: Sinclair is currently second place in all-time international goals scored for players of any gender.

Yanara Aedo (Chile)

• Age: 25
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: On the way to qualifying the Chilean team for the World Cup, Aedo personally scored three goals out of the team's thirteen.

Wang Shuang (China)

• Age: 24
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: In 2018, she became the first Chinese player to score a goal in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Fran Kirby (England)

• Age: 25
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: In 2018, she won the Professional Footballers' Association Women's Player of the Year and the inaugural Football Writers' Women's Footballer of the Year awards.

Amadine Henry (France)

• Age: 29
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: Henry was awarded the Silver Ball Award as the tournament's Second Best Player at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Dzsenifer Marozsan (Germany)

• Age: 27
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: In 2018, she was nominated for the prestigious Ballon d'Or Féminin.

Cecilia Salvai (Italy)

• Age: 25
• Position: Defender
• Career Highlight: Along with her teammates, Salvai's goal-scoring helped get Italy's team to their first World Cup since 1999.

Jody Brown (Jamaica)

• Age: 17
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: In the tournament that sent Jamaica's team to the World Cup, Brown was named the Concacaf Best Young Player of the tournament.

Yuka Momiki (Japan)

• Age: 23
• Position: Forward/midfielder
• Career Highlight: At the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Momiki scored four times in six matches to help Japan to a third-place finish.

Sherida Spitse (Netherlands)

• Age: 28
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: Spitse was so in-demand that, in 2014, her transfer from one team to another became the first paid swap in Dutch soccer history.

Rosie White (New Zealand)

• Age: 25
• Position: Forward/striker
• Career Highlight: Back in 2008, White scored back-to-back World Cup hat tricks: the first against Colombia in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and a second against Chile in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup two weeks later.

Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria)

• Age: 19
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: In 2017, she was named the most promising young soccer player on the African continent.

Lisa-Marie Utland (Norway)

• Age: 26
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: In the European qualifiers, Utland scored seven goals, putting her in a tie for the second-highest number in the whole tournament.

Erin Cuthbert (Scotland)

• Age: 20
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: At the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship, Cuthbert scored Scotland's historic first-ever goal at a major women's tournament.

Kim Little (Scotland)

• Age: 28
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: In 2016, she was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year.

Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa)

• Age: 23
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: Kgetlana is the reigning CAF African Women's Player of the Year.

Ji So-Yun (South Korea)

• Age: 28
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: Ji is the all-time top goal scorer on the South Korean women's national team.

Jennifer Hermoso Fuentes (Spain)

• Age: 28
• Position: Forward/attacking midfielder
• Career Highlight: During the qualifying rounds for the World Cup, she made an impressive nine assists and seven goals.

Stina Blackstenius (Sweden)

• Age: 23
• Position: Forward/striker
• Career Highlight: Blackstenius scored a goal in the gold-medal match at the 2016 Olympics, where Sweden ultimately won the silver medal.

Kanjana Sungngoen (Thailand)

• Age: 32
• Position: Forward
• Career Highlight: Sungngoen helped secure her team's berth in the World Cup with a key goal during the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Lindsay Horan (United States)

• Age: 24
• Position: Midfielder
• Career Highlight: In 2018, she was named the year's Most Valuable Player by the National Women's Soccer League.

Megan Rapinoe (United States)

• Age: 33
• Position: Midwinger/forward
• Career Highlight: At the 2012 London Olympics, she became the first player ever to score an "Olympic goal" (a goal direct from a corner kick) at Olympic Games.