Luckily, there are still a few international players who are doing well in overseas games, and Tu Linli is one of them. Tu Linli has made a name for herself in the NCAA league in the United States before moving to Iceland last year and joining the FHLL club. So far this season, she has scored 15 goals in 16 rounds of the league, leading the scorers' list and is expected to win the league's Golden Boot. Her team is also in fifth place in the table with 26 points.
In contrast, China's women's soccer team is booming in terms of staying at home, while China's men's soccer team's international players have returned home. With Wu Lei's departure from Espanyol and his return to Shanghai Harbour, almost all local players, except for the naturalized ones, are competing in the Chinese Super League. Currently, only Li Lei remains at Grasshopper, a Swiss club with Chinese capital.
The attention of the current Chinese Super League has dropped dramatically, and the competitiveness of the league has fallen to the level before 2010. With many men's international soccer players staying in the country, it has become an open question as to whether the strength of the national soccer team can be improved.
