ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan experts are available to discuss topics related to Sunday’s women’s World Cup soccer match featuring the United States vs. Japan.They include:Andrei Markovits, the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, has conducted research about gender and sports, as well as women sports fans. He recently returned from watching all five U.S. games leading to the final. Although World Cup is a huge event, “its lasting power in the day-to-day life of American and European sports will be marginal,” he said. He can be reached at: [email protected] Robertson, professor of anthropology and art history, can discuss the significance of the game for the Japanese, who are desperate for a morale boost in the wake of the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that have ravaged parts of the country. Robertson, who teaches courses in Japanese culture and society, has just returned from Japan and has been closely following the World Cup and how the Japanese media have been covering it. She also recently wrote an essay for American Interest on the multiple disasters in Japan. Robertson can be reached at: [email protected].