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Abi Kim
Abigail Kofi Kim (born July 19, 1998) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for French Division 1 Féminine club Bordeaux. Born in Liberia, she has represented the United States internationally up to under-23 level. Having played college soccer for California Golden Bears, she has since appeared for LA Galaxy OC in United Women's Soccer, Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League and in Italy for Serie A team Fiorentina. Early life Born in Monrovia, Liberia, Kim grew up with an adopted family in Vashon, Washington. Kim attended Seattle Christian High School and helped lead the school's soccer team to the 1A state championship title in 2015, scoring 41 goals in 20 matches and was named MVP by the Washington State Soccer Coaches Association. She played club soccer for Pacific Northwest SC, winning the state championship in 2013 and 2014. Kim was also a track and field athlete for Seattle Christian, helping the team to three consecutive state t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie A (women's Football)
The Serie A (), also called Serie A Femminile TIM due to sponsorship by TIM, is the highest league of women's football in Italy. Established in 1968, it has been run by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) since the 2018–19 season, and currently features 10 teams. The most successful club in the league’s history is Torres, who have won seven times. The current Serie A champions are Juventus, who won each of the last four years. As of the 2021–22 edition, the Serie A is ranked ninth in the UEFA women's coefficient, and the top two teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The Serie A became fully-professional from the 2022–23 season, removing the salary cap and allowing teams to pay their players a higher wage. Women's footballers became the first female athletes in Italy to be fully professional. The number of teams also decreased from 12 to 10. History Clubs Champions Wins by year Below is a list of previous champions, including those belonging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Orlando Pride Season
The 2021 Orlando Pride season was Orlando Pride's sixth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Notable events On November 12, 2020, with the addition of Racing Louisville FC ahead of the 2021 NWSL season, the NWSL held the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft. Alanna Kennedy, who had been with the Pride since 2017, was selected as were the NWSL rights to Caitlin Foord which Orlando had acquired from Portland Thorns FC as part of the trade for Emily Sonnett in January 2020 but she had elected to sign outside the NWSL with English FA WSL team Arsenal instead. On January 12, Orlando announced Ian Fleming had joined from the Houston Dynamo and Dash group to become general manager of the Pride, filling the vacant role left by Erik Ustruck in January 2020. On February 25, the NWSL announced the list of federated players for the upcoming season. It included four Pride players: US internationals Ashlyn Harris, Ali Krieger and Alex Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Slavia Prague (women)
SK Slavia Praha Ženy is a Czech women's football team from Prague representing SK Slavia Prague. It competes in the Czech First Division. History Slavia was a pioneer in women's football in Czechoslovakia, and won the first three editions of the Czech SR Championship between 1970 and 1972. It subsequently won six more trophies until 1989, when a final between the Czech and Slovak champions was organized. Slavia were the Czechoslovakian champions in 1992 and 1993. However, rivals Sparta Prague gained the upper hand in the new Czech League following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. Slavia won the championship for the first time in 2003 and played the 2003-04 UEFA Women's Cup, where it was knocked out in the group stage by defending champion Umea IK. It has always been the league's runner-up since, ranking second to Sparta. In 2011 they were close to winning their first national Cup, but lost the final to Sparta in the penalty shootout. The same happened again in 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League Knockout Phase
The 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 9 December 2020 with the round of 32 and ended with the 2021 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, final on 16 May 2021 at the Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden, to decide the champions of the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase. Qualified teams The knockout phase involved 32 teams: 22 teams which received a bye, and the ten winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds#Second qualifying round, second qualifying round. Below are the 32 teams that participated in the knockout phase (with their 2020 UEFA coefficient#Women's Club coefficient, UEFA women's club coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span). Format Each tie in the Single-elimination tournament, knockout phase, apart from the final, was playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The competition was first played in 2001–02 under the name ''UEFA Women's Cup'', and renamed the Champions League for the 2009–10 edition. The most significant changes in 2009 were the inclusion of runners-up from the top eight ranked nations, a one-off final as opposed to the two-legged finals in previous years, and – until 2018 – playing the final in the same city as the men's UEFA Champions League final. From the 2021–22 season, the competition proper will include a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era. Lyon is the most successful club in the competition's history, winning the title eight times, including five consecutive titles from 2016 to 2020. They are currently the European champions, having bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Coppa Italia (women)
The 2020–21 Italian Women's Cup (''Coppa Italia di calcio femminile'') was the 48th edition of the Italian women's football national cup. Juventus were the defending champions from the 2018–19 season as the 2019–20 edition was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Coppa Italia was won by current holders Roma after beating Milan on penalties in the final.https://figc.it/media/136027/cu-143-finale-coppa-italia-timvision.pdf Format The competition is contested by 24 teams at the group stage by the 12 Serie A and the top 10 Serie B clubs, a preliminary round was held for the bottom four Serie B teams (3 actually promoted from the Primavera plus the lowest ranked Serie B team in the 2019–20 season) to decide the remaining two teams in the group stages. The top team from each group qualifies to the knockout stage. Calendar Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule: Preliminary round Group stage Group A Group B Group C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 National Women's Soccer League Season
The 2020 National Women's Soccer League season was the eighth season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the 14th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league was operated by the United States Soccer Federation and received major financial backing from that body. Further financial backing was provided by the Canadian Soccer Association. Both national federations pay the league salaries of many of their respective national team members in an effort to nurture talent in those nations and lighten the financial burden of individual clubs. The season was scheduled to start on April 18 and end on October 18. The top four teams were to advance to the NWSL Playoffs, with the two semifinal matches on November 8 and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 NWSL College Draft
The 2020 NWSL College Draft was the eighth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select newly eligible college players for the 2020 NWSL season. It was held on January 16, 2020 in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Format *NWSL teams took turns making their selections over four rounds, with nine picks per round. Draft order was determined by the final 2019 regular season standings. *The draft was broadcast live via the NWSL website, Facebook and YouTube. *Final list of registered players was released on January 15, 2020. Results Key Picks Notable undrafted players Below is a list of undrafted rookies who appeared in a competitive NWSL game in 2020. Trades Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: Round 4: Summary In 2020, a total of 27 colleges had players selected. Of these, four had a player drafted to the NWSL for the first time: Auburn, Bowling Green, NC State an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 United Women's Soccer Season
The 2019 United Women's Soccer season is the 25th season of pro-am women's soccer in the United States, and the fourth season of the UWS league. Changes from 2018 * Syracuse Development Academy joined the league and was placed in the East Conference. * AFC Ann Arbor joined the league and was placed in the Midwest Conference. * San Antonio Athenians SC joined the league and was placed in the Southwest Conference. * Queen City United SC (Regina, Saskatchewan) joined the league and was placed in the West Conference. * Indy Premier was renamed Indiana Union * Fort Wayne United FC Gryphons, Genesee FC, HAR FC, New York Surf, North Texas Image, Real Salt Lake Women, SoCal Crush FC and Western New York Flash left the league. Standings East Conference Midwest Conference Southwest Conference West Conference Playoffs East Conference Playoffs Top two seeds host semifinal games. Highest remaining seed hosts final and the winner will automatically qualify for the UWS nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
