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2022 Austin FC Season
The 2022 Austin FC season was the club's second season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. Austin FC played in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, play began February 26, 2022, about a month earlier than normal, and concluded October 9, 2022. Outside of MLS, Austin FC competed in the USSF's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the first time in its history. Background Austin FC started their first season by building their roster with their first ever signing, Rodney Redes, on July 6, 2020. The club continued to build their squad by signing their first Designated Player, Cecilio Dominguez, on August 24, 2020. Austin FC continued to build on Dec 13, 2020 by trading for five more players using General Allocation Money. On Dec 15, 2020, the club obtained five more players through the 2021 MLS Expansion Draft. By the end of the year, Austin FC added five more players to the roster. Austin FC started 2021 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin FC
Austin FC is an American professional soccer club based in Austin, Texas. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 2018, the club began play in the 2021 season. Their home stadium is Q2 Stadium in north Austin. They are the first major professional sports league team to play in Texas' capital, which prior to 2021 was the largest city in the United States without such a team. History Austin FC is the first top-division major professional sports team in the Austin area, a market that had been previously overlooked by the major professional sports leagues due in part to the state capital's traditional support for the Texas Longhorns collegiate teams. The city's previous experience with professional soccer includes the Austin Aztex FC, which moved to Orlando in 2008 and eventually became MLS side Orlando City SC; the 2011 reincarnation of the Austin Aztex, which went on indefinite hiatus following the 2015 Memorial Day f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Designated Player
The Designated Player Rule, nicknamed the Beckham Rule, allows Major League Soccer franchises to sign up to three players that would be considered outside their salary cap (either by offering the player higher wages or by paying a transfer fee for the player). The rule, which was adopted ahead of the 2007 MLS season, enables teams to compete for star players in the international football market. The rule is one of two mechanisms by which MLS teams may exceed their salary cap, the other being allocation money. As of December 2019, there have been 209 Designated Players in league history. The rule is informally named after David Beckham, in anticipation of MLS teams signing lucrative deals with internationally recognized players, after Beckham entered into negotiations to join the league. Beckham was the first player signed under this rule, signing a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy with a guaranteed annual salary of $6.5 million. History The team salary cap was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brady Scott
Brady Canfield Scott (born June 30, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew. Youth Born in Petaluma, California, Scott began playing recreational soccer at the age of six. He first began playing with the Sonoma County Alliance before joining Marin FC. While at Marin FC, Scott also occasionally played striker. Club career Scott then joined De Anza Force before moving to Germany. While with Sonoma County Alliance, Scott had a trial with Dutch Eredivisie side Vitesse and prior to moving to Germany, he was offered a scholarship to play college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers. 1. FC Köln In July 2017, Scott signed with German Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln. He made his first appearance for the first-team on August 12, 2017 in the DFB-Pokal against Leher TS. He was an unused substitute as Köln won 5–0. Scott then made his competitive debut for the club's reserve side, 1. FC Köln II in the Regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Schoenfeld
Aaron Maxwell Schoenfeld ( he, אהרון מקסוול שוינפלד, born April 17, 1990) is an Israeli-American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Early life Schoenfeld is Jewish, and was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Robert and Sherry. Schoenfeld's family are members of Temple Beth El in Knoxville. In an interview, Schoenfeld described his Jewish upbringing as being very traditional with his family regularly attending synagogue, keeping kosher, and respecting the Shabbat. For high school, Schoenfeld attended Bearden High School and had an outstanding soccer career there, highlighted by a Tennessee state championship and a state championship final appearance. He played on the collegiate level at East Tennessee State University, scoring 20 goals with 10 assists in 72 games for the East Tennessee State Buccaneers. Club career Schoenfeld was originally drafted by the Montreal Impact in the second round (20th pick overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aedan Stanley
Aedan Stanley (born December 13, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship. Born in Columbia, Illinois, Stanley began his career with St. Louis Scott Gallagher before starting his professional career with United Soccer League side Saint Louis FC in 2016. In 2018, Stanley began attending Duke University and played college soccer for the Duke Blue Devils. After two seasons with Duke, Stanley joined Portland Timbers 2, playing one season with them before joining Sporting Kansas City II. Shortly after signing, Stanley was drafted in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft by expansion club Austin FC. Early career Saint Louis FC Born in Columbia, Illinois, Stanley was part of the academy at St. Louis Scott Gallagher. On May 21, 2016, Stanley signed a USL amateur contract with United Soccer League side Saint Louis FC, which allowed him to play professionally while maintaining NCAA eligibility. On June 16, he was called into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NK Maribor
NK may refer to: Businesses *Imerys (Euronext ticker code NK) *Nordiska Kompaniet, a department store in Stockholm, Sweden *Northrup-King Seed Company *Spirit Airlines (IATA code NK) *NK.pl, a Polish school-based social networking service Places *Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a ''de facto'' state in the Nagorno-Karabakh region *Nikšić, Montenegro (license plate code NK) *North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States **North Kingstown High School *North Korea, a common name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Other uses *Naik (military rank), rank in certain South Asian armies *Natural killer cell, in medicine *Neturei Karta, a group of anti-zionist orthodox Jews *Neue Kerze aka new candle, an old photometric unit of luminous intensity *Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, a classification society *Norwegian krone, a currency *NK (singer), a Ukrainian singer * NK, nogomentni klub, a football club in Croatian and Slovenian (e. g. NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žan Kolmanič
Žan Kolmanič (born 3 March 2000) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Austin FC. Career In March 2021, Kolmanič joined Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ... expansion club Austin FC on loan ahead of the 2021 season. He made 30 league appearances during his first season, and the club exercised their loan option in November 2021, acquiring Kolmanič on a permanent deal through 2024. Career statistics Honours Maribor * Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2018–19 * Slovenian Cup runner-up: 2018–19 References External linksŽan Kolmaničat NZS * 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Murska Sobota Men's association football fullbacks Slovenian men's footballers Slovenia men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Besler
Matthew Scott "Matt" Besler (; born February 11, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player. A left-sided central defender with the ability to play left-back. Besler spent the majority of his career in MLS with Sporting Kansas City. From 2013 to 2017, Besler represented the United States national team, including at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Youth and college Besler was a four-year All-Conference player at Blue Valley West High School in Overland Park within Johnson County, Kansas. He led Blue Valley West to the Kansas 5A State Championship as a senior, scoring 23 goals with 19 assists, and holds the season and career marks in total points (124), goals (40) and assists (44) at Blue Valley West. He was also a member of the KCFC Alliance club team and a key member of the Region II Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) which competed in the 2004 ESP All-Star game. Besler played college soccer at the University of Notre Dame, playing in 90 games (73 starts) and scoring 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise began play in 1996 as one of the charter members of the league. The Earthquakes took part in the first game in MLS history, defeating D.C. United 1–0. The Earthquakes have won two MLS Cup titles (2001, 2003) and two Supporters' Shields (2005, 2012). In 2002, the team played in its first CONCACAF Champions Cup (now called the CONCACAF Champions League), making it to the quarterfinals. The team holds a fierce rivalry with the LA Galaxy known as the ''California Clásico''. In 2005, the then-owner of the Earthquakes, Anschutz Entertainment Group, announced plans of the team relocating to Houston due to failing efforts to secure a soccer-specific stadium in San Jose. The organization in Houston would be considered an expansion team by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer would have to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft. MLS roster rules allow a team to sign players to contracts similar to Generation adidas contracts, which do not count against the MLS salary budget and may earn a much higher salary than the league minimum. MLS has since removed this wording from the roster rules. That means homegrown players will not count against the salary budget only if they are registered using supplemental roster slots, but will still count against the salary budget if they are registered using senior roster slots. There is, however, supplementary salary budget made by MLS only for homegrown players that are registered using senior roster sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moussa Djitté
Moussa Kalilou Djitté (born 4 October 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Major League Soccer club Austin FC. Professional career On 21 June 2018, Djitté transferred from the Senegalese club ASC Niarry Tally to FC Sion in Switzerland. He made his professional debut in a 2–1 Swiss Super League loss to FC Lugano on 22 July 2018. On 17 June 2019, signed with Grenoble Foot 38 in the French Ligue 2. On 30 June 2021, he signed with Austin FC of Major League Soccer under the league's U22 Initiative. On 14th September 2022, Djitte scored the first hat trick in Austin FC history in a 3-0 victory against Real Salt Lake. Austin FC clinched their first ever playoff berth in the win. International career Djitté represented the Senegal U20 at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie and scored in his side's debut. He also represented Senegal at the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations The 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations (also referred to as Ghana 2017) was an associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Pochettino
Tomás Pochettino (born 1 February 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fortaleza in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Club career Boca Juniors On 8 November 2015, Pochettino made his first team debut for Boca Juniors in a league game against Rosario Central, replacing Nicolás Colazo after 85 minutes. Talleres On 31 July 2018, Pochettino joined Talleres on a one-year loan with an option to make the move permanent. On 10 May 2019 Talleres confirmed, that they had acquired 50% of his rights and he would remain at the club. Austin FC On 11 February 2021, Pochettino signed for Austin FC of Major League Soccer ahead of their debut season. He made 31 appearances and 26 starts, scoring two goals and recording two assists. On January 10, 2022, the club announced it has loaned Pochettino to Argentina's River Plate for a one-year deal. Fortaleza On 6 January 2023, Pochettino transferred to Fortaleza for an undisclosed transfer fee. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
