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2024 Copa América Qualifying Play-offs
The 2024 Copa América qualifying play-offs or play-in round were contested by four CONCACAF teams to earn the final two places in the 2024 Copa América. It was the second time that a qualifying tournament was organized for CONCACAF teams to enter into the Copa América. Both play-off matches were held at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, United States. Background Following the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement between CONCACAF and CONMEBOL in January 2023, six CONCACAF teams will be permitted to join the ten member nations of CONMEBOL in the 2024 Copa America. The four winners of the two-legged 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League quarter-finals qualified for the Copa América, while the losing quarter-finalists were then paired to play in two single-legged qualifying play-off matches for final qualification into the tournament. Qualification via CONCACAF Nations League League phase Quarter-finals Seeding The play-off pairings were determined based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Athletic
''The Athletic'' is a subscription-based sports website that provides national and local coverage in 47 North American cities as well as the United Kingdom. ''The Athletic'' also covers national stories from top professional and college sports (National Football League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, NCAA football, NCAA basketball (U.S. only), National Hockey League, mixed martial arts, Major League Soccer (U.S. and Canada only) and association football (U.K. edition only). ''The Athletic''s coverage focuses on a mix of long-form journalism, original reporting, and in-depth analysis. Its business model is predicated on dis-aggregating the sports section of local newspapers and reaching non-local fans not reached by a local newspaper. History ''The Athletic'' was founded by Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, former coworkers at subscription-based fitness company Strava, with the mission of producing "smarter coverage for die-hard fans." The compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Copa América Group A
Group A of the 2024 Copa América was one of four groups in the first stage of the tournament. The tournament involved List of men's national association football teams, national teams from CONMEBOL (South America) but also includes invited teams from the CONCACAF region (North, Central America and the Caribbean), that qualified via the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League. The group was made up of 2021 Copa América final, defending, eventual, and 2022 FIFA World Cup final, incumbent world champions Argentina national football team, Argentina, Peru national football team, Peru and Chile national football team, Chile, all three from CONMEBOL, and Canada men's national soccer team, Canada from CONCACAF. The draw for the groups was conducted on December 7, 2023, with Argentina being previously Seed (sports), seeded into the group. The group's matches, which include the opening match of the tournament between Argentina and Canada, took place from June 20–29 at six venues in six U.S. c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Sirois
Jonathan Sirois (born June 27, 2001) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal. Early life Born in LaSalle, Quebec, Sirois grew up in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, where he played youth soccer with CS St-Hubert before moving to the Montreal Impact Academy in 2015, where he played for the U15, U17, and U19 teams. He was invited to the Generation Adidas International Elite Soccer Program in 2018. Club career CF Montréal After his time in the academy, he signed a first team contract with the Montreal Impact to serve as the team's third goalkeeper on 6 March 2020. He became the 18th academy player to sign a Homegrown Player Contract with the club. On 22 July 2020, Sirois joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a one-day emergency loan, to serve as the team's backup goalkeeper against Chicago Fire FC during the MLS is Back Tournament. Vancouver was left with only third string goalkeeper Thomas Hasal available after the team's othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayne St
Given name * M. Dayne Aldridge, former Dean of the School of Engineering at Mercer University *Dayne Beams (born 1990), professional Australian rules football player *Dayne Crist (born 1989), American football quarterback *Dayne Kelly (born 1990), Australian tennis player * Dayne Kinnaird (born 1982), motocross rider for Zoo York Skateboard Company *Dayne Pratzky, Australian anti-fracking activist * Dayne Robertson (born 1988), Scottish football midfielder * Dayne Sherman (born 1970), American writer of fiction and journalism * Dayne Walling (born 1974), mayor of Flint, Michigan * Dayne Wescott (1850–1929), member of the Wisconsin State Senate * Dayne Weston (born 1986), Australian rugby league player *Dayne Zorko (born 1989), professional Australian rules football player Surname *Bella Dayne, German actress * Blanche Dayne (1871–1944), American vaudeville actress *Ron Dayne (born 1978), former American college and professional football player *Taylor Dayne (born 1962), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iké Ugbo
Iké Dominique Ugbo (born 21 September 1998) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for club Cardiff City, on loan from Ligue 2 club Troyes. Born in England, he represents the Canada national team. Ugbo grew up in Canada and played youth soccer there before returning to England, where he played with the youth team of Chelsea. He had loan spells at Barnsley, Milton Keynes Dons, Scunthorpe United, Roda JC and Cercle Brugge, before signing for Genk in 2021. He represented England at under-17 and under-20 youth levels, before making his senior international debut for Canada in 2021. Early life Ugbo was born in Lewisham, Greater London, to Nigerian parents. He moved to Canada with his family when he was four or five. In Canada, he played youth soccer with Brampton East SC and Woodbridge Strikers, winning an international under-10 tournament at Disney in 2008 with the latter. Upon his return to the UK, he joined the Chelsea Academy at under-10 level. He won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan David
Jonathan Christian David (born January 14, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in the United States to Haitian parents, David was raised in Ottawa, Ontario, and represents the Canada national team. David was born in New York City, but moved to Haiti when he was still a baby, and immigrated to Ottawa, Canada at the age of six. Raised in the Franco-Ontarian community of east-Ottawa, he played for several local youth clubs before moving to Belgium in 2018, where he recorded his professional debut for Gent. Two years later he joined French side Lille, where he aided in winning one Ligue 1 title and one Trophée des Champions. In 2019, David was named the male Canada Soccer Player of the Year. Early life David was born in New York City to Haitian parents, and moved to Port-au-Prince when he was three months old. At the age of six, he and his parents emigrated from Haiti to Canada and settled in Ottawa. Growing up, Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonso Davies
Alphonso Boyle Davies (born November 2, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a left-back or winger for club Bayern Munich and the Canada national team. He is regarded as one of the best full-backs in the world due to his pace, dribbling and creativity. Davies was the first player born in the 2000s to play in a Major League Soccer match. He joined Bayern in January 2019 from MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a contract lasting until 2023 for a then-record MLS transfer fee. Davies was named the Bundesliga Rookie of the Season for 2019–20. In that season he also was part of the team winning the continental treble after Bayern won the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League and the DFB-Pokal. In June 2017, Davies became the youngest player to appear for the Canadian men's national team. By scoring two goals in a 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against French Guiana, he became the youngest player to score for the Canadian men's national team, the youngest to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismaël Koné
Ismaël Kenneth Jordan Koné (born June 16, 2002) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Watford. Born in Ivory Coast, he plays for the Canada national team. Early life Koné was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. In 2010, he moved to Canada at age 7, growing up in Montreal. Two years later, he began playing youth soccer with the AS Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Panthers. When he was 16, he joined CS Saint-Laurent. With CS Saint-Laurent he earned the bronze medal at the 2019 Canadian Under-17 Championship. He went on trial in Belgium with Genk and Mouscron, but was unable to sign with Mouscron as they did not have the funds available to sign a non-European player. Soon afterwards, he was forced to return to Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where he began training with CF Montreal U23 and earned an invite to the first team's training camp in 2021. Club career CF Montréal After spending a few months training with the CF Montréal first team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shootout. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the side's general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, the captain usually leads the team up to collect their medals. Any trophy won by a team will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Eustáquio
Stephen Antunes Eustáquio ( ; born 21 December 1996) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Canada national team. After starting out at Nazarenos, he has spent most of his club career in Portugal with Torreense, Leixões, Chaves, Paços de Ferreira and Porto. He also played briefly in Mexico with Cruz Azul. Born in Canada, Eustáquio represented Portugal at youth level. However, in 2019 he committed to play for Canada and debuted for them in November of that year. He was part of their squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, also being selected for the 2022 World Cup. Club career Early career Born in Leamington, Ontario, to Portuguese parents, Eustáquio first played soccer with Leamington Minor Soccer, moving to Portugal at age 7. After beginning with amateurs Nazarenos, he spent two seasons in the third division with Torreense. Leixões On 7 June 2017, Eustáquio signed with Leixõe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajon Buchanan
Tajon Trevor Buchanan (born February 8, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge and the Canada national team. Club career Early career Buchanan was born and raised in Brampton, Ontario and is of Jamaican descent. His father died when Buchanan was seven years old. He began playing soccer with Brampton Youth SC, when he was eight. Buchanan won the 2014 IMG Cup with the Mississauga Falcons. At age 15, he moved with his best friend and his best friend's father (and his former coach), Chrys Chrysanthou, to Colorado where he joined the USSDA academy Real Colorado. Buchanan spent two years playing college soccer at Syracuse University between 2017 and 2018, making 33 appearances, scoring 12 goals, and tallying six assists. After two years with the Orange, Buchanan left early and signed a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. In summer 2018, Buchanan played for League1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Miller
Kamal Anthony Miller (born May 16, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF and the Canada national team. Early life Born in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Miller is of Jamaican and Trinadadian descent. He began playing youth soccer at age four with Malvern SC. Afterward, he played with North Scarborough SC and Vaughan Azzurri. College career Miller played four years of college soccer at Syracuse University between 2015 and 2018. He scored his first collegiate goal on September 22, 2015, against Binghamton. In 2018, he was named to the All-ACC third team and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region third team. Club career Early career While at college, Miller also played for League1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri and USL PDL sides K-W United FC and Reading United AC. Orlando City On January 11, 2019, Miller was selected 27th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Orlando City. He off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
