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Canada Women's National Under-20 Soccer Team
The Canada U-20 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the Canadian Soccer Association. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the full women's national team. Their most recent major competition was the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. History Canada hosted the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2002 (U-19 prior to 2006). They won silver led by future star Christine Sinclair, finishing runner-up to the United States in a close 0–1 extra time defeat. Two years later, Canada won the 2004 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, again on home soil in another final contested against the Americans. They would repeat the feat four years later in Mexico, defeating the United States to capture their second CONCACAF Women's U-20 title. At the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Canada lost a critical third place match to Costa Rica, eliminating them from World Cup qualification for the first time. Fixtures and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Soccer Association
The Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides (U-20 and U-17 for men and women). Within Canada, it oversees national professional and amateur club championships. Organization and governance Canada Soccer's objectives, as described in its by-laws, are to: # promote, regulate and control the game of soccer throughout Canada, particularly through youth and development programs; # organize competitions in Association Football in all its forms at a national level, by defining the areas of authority conceded to the various leagues of which it is composed; # draw up Association Football regulations and provisions, and ensure their enforcement; # protect the interests of its Members; # respect and prevent any infringement of the statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of FIFA, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Ward (soccer)
Holly Ward may refer to: * Holly Ward (softball) Holly Chase Ward (born April 15, 1996) is an American softball player who is currently the Assistant Head Coach at Troy. She attended Haleyville High School in Haleyville, Alabama. She later attended Mississippi State University, where she pla ..., American softball player * Holly Ward (artist), Canadian interdisciplinary artist {{Hndis, Ward, Holly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Guzmán
Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * german: Tatjana * el, Τατιάνα, Tatiána * pl, Tacjana * russian: Татья́на, Tat'yána, Tatiana * sr, Татјана, Tatjana * uk, Тетя́на, Tetyána Origin Tatiana is a feminine, diminutive derivative of the Sabine —and later Latin— name Tatius. King Titus Tatius was the name of a legendary ruler of the Sabines, an Italic tribe living near Rome around the 8th century BC. After the Romans absorbed the Sabines, the name Tatius remained in use in the Roman world, into the first centuries of Christianity, as well as the masculine diminutive Tatianus and its feminine counterpart, Tatiana. While the name later disappeared from Western Europe including Italy, it remained prevalent in the Hellenic world of Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaila Novak
Kaila may refer to: People with the surname Kaila: * Eino Kaila (1890-1958), Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher * Erkki Kaila (1867–1944), Finnish theologian, Archbishop of Turku * Lauri Kaila, Finnish entomologist and researcher of biodiversity * Osmo Kaila (1916–1991), Finnish chess master People with the given name Kaila: * Kaila Charles (born 1998), American basketball player * Kaila Holtz (born 1981), Canadian softball pitcher * Kaila McKnight (born 1986), Australian athlete * Kaila Methven (born 1994), American fashion designer * Kaila Mullady (born 1993), American musician * Kaila Murnain, Australian politician * Kaila Story (born 1980), African-American podcaster * Kaila Yu (born 1979), Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter Other: *Chinese e-zine ''Kaila'' (开啦), edited by actress and director Xu Jinglei See also * ''Kaila'' (genus), an insect genus in the tribe Empoascini * Cala * Kaila devi * Kala * Kayla * Kila * Kíla * Kyla (given name) Kyla is a giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keera Melenhorst
''Keera'' is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders containing the single species, ''Keera longipalpis''. It was first described by V. T. Davies in 1998, and has only been found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References Desidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Valerie Todd Davies {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Football Federation
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaica national football team and the Jamaica National Premier League. History Early history (1893–1962) According to the JFF, the Football Association was formed in 1910 and controlled all games in Jamaica. In 1925, Jamaica's national team had its first international match against Haiti and won all three games 1–0, 2–1, and 3–0. In 1926, Jamaica hosted Haiti at Sabina Park and won 6–0. The Haitians remained frequent opponents, and it was not until 1932 that their run of defeats was broken with a 4–1 home win in Port-au-Prince. From 1925 to 1962, Jamaica had regular games with teams from Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, and Cuba, as well as with clubs like the Haitian Racing CH and Violette AC, the British Corinthians, and the Argentinean Tigers. Many of the games were played at Sabina Park and many clubs were established, including Melbourne, Kingston, Kensin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odette Hamilton
Odette may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Odette'' (play), an 1881 play by Victorien Sardou ** ''Odette'' (1916 film), an Italian silent drama film based on the Sardou play ** ''Odette'' (1928 film), a German silent drama film based on the Sardou play ** ''Odette'' (1934 film), an Italian drama film based on the Sardou play * ''Odette'' (1950 film), a British war film about Odette Sansom * Odette, heroine of Tchaikovsky's ballet ''Swan Lake'' * , an 1847 ballet by Jules Perrot * Odette, a character in Marcel Proust's ''Swann's Way'', volume 1 of ''In Search of Lost Time'' People * Odette (given name), people with the given name Odette * Odette (musician) (born 1997), British-born Australian musician * Odette Sansom (1912-1995) French Special Operations Executive agent * Edmond George Odette (1884–1939), Canadian politician * Mary Odette, stage name of Marie Odette Goimbault (1901–1987), French-born British actress * Terrance Odette, Canadian film director and screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miya Grant-Clavijo
Miya may refer to: Places in Japan * Mikawa-Miya Station in Aichi * Miya, Gifu * Miya-juku, one of the stations of the Tōkaidō * Miya River (Mie) * Miya River, a river known as the Jinzū River after if flows from Gifu to Toyama Prefecture People People from Japan * Miya (born 1979), musician and guitarist of rock band Mucc * Miya (born Haruka Miyauchi, 1995), singer and member of South Korean girl group GWSN * Miya Sato (born 1986), volleyball player * Miya Serizono, voice actress * Miya Tachibana (born 1974), Olympic silver medalist in synchronized swimming *, Japanese footballer * Shiro Miya (1943–2012), enka singer * Miya Cech (born 2007), American actress People from elsewhere * Miya (actress) (born 1992), Indian actress * Miya Ando, artist * Miya Folick, American musician * Miya Hisaka Silva, Founder/Director of El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador * Miya Masaoka (born 1958), Japanese-American musician and composer * Miya Muqi (born 1987), Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Soccer Federation
The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is a full member of FIFA and governs American soccer at the international, professional, and amateur levels, including: the men's and women's national teams, Major League Soccer, National Women's Soccer League, youth organizations, beach soccer, futsal, Paralympic and deaf national teams. U.S. Soccer sanctions referees and soccer tournaments for most soccer leagues in the United States. The U.S. Soccer Federation also administers and operates the U.S. Open Cup and the SheBelieves Cup. History U.S. Soccer was originally known as the United States Football Association. It formed on 5 April 1913, at the Astor House Hotel in Lower Manhattan and on 15 August of that year was accepted as one of the earliest member organizations of FIFA and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Penso
Mary Victoria Penso (; born 1985/1986) is an American soccer referee. In 2020, she became the first woman to referee a Major League Soccer regular season match in 20 years. Career Penso was raised in Stuart, Florida, and began refereeing in high school alongside her older brothers. She was invited to an Olympic Development Program refereeing camp in Alabama at the age of 18. Penso graduated from Florida State University in 2008 with a digital marketing degree. She worked in marketing for Coca-Cola and Red Bull until relocating to Ohio to earn a Master of Business Administration in 2015 from the Case Western Reserve University. Penso joined the United States Soccer Federation as a referee in 2013 and was assigned to women's collegiate tournaments and later the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Following the 2019 Generation Adidas Cup, she was invited to join the Professional Referee Organization's PRO2 development program. Penso later served as an assistant or fourth official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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