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Houston Dash
The Houston Dash is a professional women's soccer team based in Houston, Texas. It joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the 2014 season, and is affiliated with the MLS team Houston Dynamo FC. History Establishment On November 19, 2013, the Houston Dynamo began talks in the initial stages with the intention of bringing a top flight women's professional soccer franchise to Houston. Just a week later, the effort was bolstered when the Dynamo began accepting refundable deposits for a potential NWSL expansion team. On December 11, 2013, the National Women's Soccer League awarded the Houston Dynamo and the city of Houston an expansion franchise. Team name, crest, and colors During a press conference on December 12, 2013, Houston Dynamo president Chris Canetti announced that the club would be named the Houston Dash and would share similar colors to the Dynamo: orange, black, and sky blue. The crest features a soccer ball along with the words "Houston Dash" with sky b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PNC Stadium
PNC Stadium (formerly BBVA Compass Stadium then BBVA Stadium) is an American multi-purpose stadium located in Houston, Texas that is home to Houston Dynamo FC, a Major League Soccer club, the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League, and Texas Southern Tigers football. The stadium is the result of combined commitments of $35.5 million from the city of Houston and $60 million from the Houston Dynamo. Harris County agreed to pay for half of the land in exchange for the ability to jointly own the stadium after its completion date in May 2012. The naming rights to the stadium were formely held by BBVA USA; the name has since changed to that of PNC Financial Services due to BBVA's acquisition by PNC. The stadium is located on a tract of land bordered by Texas, Walker, Emancipation, and Hutchins in East Downtown and east of Interstate 69/ U.S. Route 59 and Downtown Houston. Construction history: 2009–2011 In June 2009, negotiations and financing began to fall into pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Harden
James Edward Harden Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Harden is regarded as one of the greatest scorers and shooting guards in NBA history. He played college basketball for the Arizona State Sun Devils, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder and helped the team reach the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Miami Heat in five games. Unhappy with the failure of the Oklahoma City Thunder to offer him a max contract, he refused their contract extension offer when it was substantially under the max. The Thunder subsequently traded him to the Houston Rockets before the 2012–13 season. In his first season with the team he set or matched several team records and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Singer (soccer)
Alexandra Erika Singer (born November 18, 1987) is an American sports executive and former professional soccer player who played as a defender. She is currently the general manager of Houston Dash. Playing career Singer has played for Washington Freedom in the Women's Professional Soccer before she was waived during the 2010 season. Singer was signed by Perth Glory in Australia's W-League to bolster their defensive stocks and spent the latter part of 2009 playing for the Perth based side. In 2011, she left Perth Glory for the Swedish team Dalsjöfors GoIF in Damallsvenskan. In January 2012 she transferred to the German club Turbine Potsdam and signed a contract until 2014. In June 2014, she signed with the Washington Spirit in the NWSL. She was waived by the Spirit on June 17, 2015. Singer was rostered with Avaldsnes IL of Norway's Toppserien in 2015. In 2019 Singer was a founding member of Alexandria Soccer Association's Women'semi-pro level futsal team The team went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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—since the 2023 season. The league is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Major League Soccer is the most recent in a series of men's premier professional national soccer leagues established in the United States and Canada. The predecessor of MLS was the North American Soccer League (NASL), which existed from 1968 until 1984. MLS was founded in 1993 as part of the United States' successful bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The inaugural season took place in 1996 with ten teams. MLS experienced financial and operational struggles in its first few years, losing millions of dollars and folding two teams in 2002. Since then, developments such as the proliferation of soccer-specific stadiums around the league, implementation of the Desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBVA Compass Stadium, North Facade
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (), better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and is present mainly in Spain, South America, North America, Turkey, and Romania. The bank was founded as Banco de Bilbao, on May 28, 1857, in Bilbao. BBVA's operational headquarters are located in Madrid, in the "Ciudad BBVA" complex. It is Spain's second largest bank after Banco Santander. It is listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and on the Mexican Stock Exchange. It is also a part of the IBEX 35 as well as the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50. As of December 31, 2018, BBVA's assets amounted to around €676 billion, making it the second largest Spanish financial institution by volume of assets. At that same date, it had 7,963 offices, 125,627 employees and 74.5 million customers, and was present in more than 30 countries. 5] On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Amorós
Juan Carlos Amorós López (born 3 June 1984) is a Spanish football manager who is currently the head coach of NJ/NY Gotham FC of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). He previously managed NWSL club Houston Dash, Spanish club Real Betis, and English club Tottenham Hotspur. Managerial career Tottenham Hotspur Amorós began his coaching career at Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women in 2011, as co-manager with Karen Hills. Following the club's promotion to the top-flight Women's Super League after the 2018–19 season, Hills and Amorós signed two-year deals to continue in their roles. However, they were both fired seven matches into the 2019–20 season and replaced with England women's national football team assistant Rehanne Skinner. Real Betis On 16 January 2021, Primera Iberdrola club Real Betis Féminas signed Amorós to a contract until 30 June 2021, with an option to extend by one year. However, Amorós and the club mutually ended the contract in May 2022 followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tottenham Hotspur F
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthamstow, across the River Lea, to the east, and Stamford Hill to the south, with Wood Green and Harringay to the west. The area rapidly expanded in the late-19th century, becoming a working-class suburb of London following the advent of the railway and mass development of housing for the lower-middle and working classes. It is the location of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, founded in 1882. The parish of Tottenham was granted urban district status in 1894 and municipal borough status in 1934. Following the Second World War, the area saw large-scale development of council housing, including tower blocks. Until 1965 Tottenham was in the historic county of Middlesex. In 1965, the borough of Tottenham merged with the municipal boroughs of Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Betis Féminas
Real Betis Balompié Féminas is the women's football club of Real Betis. Based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, the club competes in the Liga F, the top league in Spain. Home matches are played at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol. History The women's team of Real Betis was founded in 2011 after integrating local team Azahar CF into the structure of the club. In its first season, the club could not promote to Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ..., but achieved a vacant spot for playing in the league. Four years later, on 22 June 2016, Real Betis promoted to Primera División. Players Current squad Source:''/small> Season to season References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Real Betis Real Betis Women's foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Women's Soccer League Players Association
The National Women's Soccer League Players Association (often known as NWSL Players Association or NWSLPA) is the officially recognized union of players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). History The NWSLPA was formed in May 2017 under the leadership of Yael Averbuch and represented by lawyer and former WPS player Meghann Burke. The NWSLPA officially unionized in November 2018. Until the end of the 2021 season, the NWSLPA membership excluded United States federation players because those players were contracted with the US Soccer Federation (USSF) for their play in the NWSL. In December 2021, the USSF and the union representing the U.S. national team (USWNT) agreed to end the NWSL federation players system, which means that USWNT players playing in the NWSL are now contracted directly to their NWSL teams and that those players will also be represented in their club employment by the NWSLPA. Leadership the NWSLPA is led by executive director Meghann Burke and pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica O'Neill
Jessica may refer to: Given name * Jessica (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters with this name * Jessica Folcker, a Swedish singer known by the mononym Jessica * Jessica Jung, a Korean-American singer known by the mononym Jessica, former member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation * Jessica (''The Merchant of Venice''), a character in Shakespeare's play Animals * ''Jessica'' (spider), a genus of spiders * ''Catocala jessica'', a moth of the Noctuidae superfamily, described from Arizona through Colorado to Illinois and California * ''Perrona jessica'', a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''Jessika'' (opera), 1905 opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster Albums * ''Jessica'' (Gerald Wilson album), 1983 *''Jessica'' ( sv), 1998 debut album by Swedish singer Jessica Folcker Songs * "Jessica" (instrumental), a 1973 song by the Allman Brothers Band * "Jessica" (E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clarkson (football Manager)
James Andrew Clarkson (born 6 March 1972) is an English-American football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Career He previously served as academy director for Houston Dynamo as well as head coach of Dynamo PDL affiliate Brazos Valley Cavalry FC. On 11 December 2018, Clarkson was announced as the head coach of the Houston Dash. On 26 April 2022, Clarkson was suspended by the NWSL pending the completion of an investigation into abuse by multiple league personnel. On 9 January 2023, the NWSL announced that his return to the league was conditioned on the completion of anti-harassment training. Personal life Clarkson lives in Houston with his wife, Lizz, and two sons, Jack and William. He obtained American citizenship on 3 May 2013. Managerial honours * NWSL Challenge Cup ** Winners: 2020 * NWSL Community Shield ** Runners-up: 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Pauw
Vera Pauw (; born 18 January 1963) is a Dutch Women's association football, football coach and former player. She currently manages the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. She has managed several national women's football teams, including Scotland women's national football team, Scotland, Netherlands women's national football team, Netherlands, Russia women's national football team, Russia and South Africa women's national football team, South Africa. Playing career As a child, Pauw played football with her two brothers Street football, on the streets. When she was 13 years old SV Bredorodes started a women's team which Pauw joined, and at the age of 18 she moved to VSV Vreeswijk to play at a higher level. Soon she arrived at the Netherlands women's national football team and from 1983 to 1998 played 89 international matches, but never qualified for the final tournament of a World Cup or European Championship. She did become the first female Dutch player to play pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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