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Katelyn Rowland
Katelyn Morgan Rowland (born March 16, 1994) is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League. Rowland previously played for FC Kansas City and the Western New York Flash in the NWSL. She is a three-time NWSL Champion. Rowland has represented the United States on various youth national teams including the under-20 and under-23 teams. Early life Born in Walnut Creek, California, Rowland attended Vacaville Christian High School where she played on the varsity basketball and volleyball teams and earned all-league honors in both sports. She played club soccer for San Juan and helped the team win a national championship in 2008. At the tournament, she was awarded the Golden Gloves Award. The same year, Top Drawer Soccer named her a "Player to Watch". UCLA Bruins, 2011–2014 Rowland attended the University of California, Los Angeles where she played for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team from 2011 to 2014. A ... [...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] |
Hermann Trophy
The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top men's and women's college soccer players. History In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the NPSL's successor, the North American Soccer League, established a trophy to annually recognize the top men's collegiate soccer player. The trophy, named the Hermann Trophy, has been awarded each year since 1967. In 1988, a second Hermann Trophy was inaugurated to recognize the top women's collegiate player of the year. In 1986, the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) began naming an annual player of the year as a rival to the Hermann Trophy. Then in 1996, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) initiated its own annual player of the year award. These three competing awards began merging three years later when the NSCAA and MAC agreed to cooperate on naming a combined collegiate pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. It was the seventh edition of the tournament, took place from 5–24 August 2014 in Canada, which was named the host nation for the tournament in conjunction with its successful bid for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Canada was the first country to stage this tournament twice, after hosting the inaugural edition in 2002. Germany beat Nigeria 1–0 after extra time in the final. Germany won its third title while Nigeria lost their second final. Host selection As in 2010, the rights to host the 2014 U-20 Women's World Cup were automatically awarded to the host of the following year's Women's World Cup. Two countries, Canada and Zimbabwe, initially bid to stage the events. However, on 1 March 2011, two days before the official voting wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Williams (soccer)
Lynn Raenie Williams (born May 21, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She previously played for the Kansas City Current, Western New York Flash in NWSL and Western Sydney Wanderers and Melbourne Victory in the Australian A-League Women. Early life Born in Fresno, California to Christine and David Williams, Lynn attended Bullard High School where she played on the varsity team and earned all-league and all-area honors all four years. Williams set the school record in scoring with 117 career goals (for boys or girls) and finished her high school career with 47 assists. As a senior in 2011, she was named to the ESPN RISE All-American third team and scored 50 goals. The same year, she helped the team to win county and section titles and was the runner-up at the regional final. She was also named Player of the Year by the Fresno Bee. Pepperdine Waves, 2011– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Rodriguez
Amy Joy Rodriguez Shilling (; born February 17, 1987) is an American retired professional soccer player who last played as a forward for North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for NWSL teams Utah Royals FC, FC Kansas City, and Boston Breakers, as well as Philadelphia Independence of the WPS. A former member of the United States women's national soccer team, Rodriguez was a world champion in 2015. Currently, Rodriguez is an assistant coach at the University of Southern California’s women’s soccer team. Early life Born in Lake Forest, California, to parents John and Lori, She grew up in Lake Forest, California and attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, where she was a ''Parade'' All-American in 2003 and 2004 and the Gatorade Player of the Year in 2005. Her paternal grandparents were from Cuba and immigrated to the United States in the 1950s. She has a sister named Lauren and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Hamilton
Kristen Marie Hamilton (born April 17, 1992) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League and for Western Sydney Wanderers FC (W-League), Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian W-League (Australia), W-League. Early life Hamilton grew up playing club soccer for the Colorado Storm. She attended Columbine High School from 2006 to 2010. University of Denver Pioneers, 2010–2013 Hamilton attended the University of Denver from 2010 to 2013 where she played for the Denver Pioneers and became the school's all-time leader is points (138) and goals (51). She was one 25 NCAA players, in all divisions, to have 30+ goals and 20+ assists in their career and the only NCAA Division I athlete in history to be named player of the year in three different conferences. Hamilton finished her career ranked third at Denver in all-time assists with 36 and fifth nationally. She ranked fourth in career points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailie Mace
Hailie Jenae Mace (born March 24, 1997) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League. She debuted for the United States women's national soccer team in 2018. Early life Mace was born and raised in Ventura, California, where she attended Buena High School (California), Buena High School. She played youth club soccer for Eagles SC in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL). UCLA, 2015–2018 In 2015, Mace led all Bruin freshmen in games played at 19. In 2016, she started all 22 games for UCLA and helped the team record 9 shutouts. In 2017, she was a Hermann Trophy semifinalist, First-team All-American, All-West Region and All-Pac-12. Mace led the team with four game-winning goals and once again started every game for the Bruins. UCLA advanced to the College Cup final in 2017, where they would lose 3–2 to rival Stanford. Club career Melbourne C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest municipality in North Carolina, and the 148th largest in the United States. In 2021, the town's population had increased to 176,987. Cary began as a railroad village and became known as an educational center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Kelly Lally Molloy (December 2000).Cary Historic District (pdf). ''National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory''. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015. In April 1907, Cary High School became the first state-funded public high school in North Carolina. The creation of the nearby Research Triangle Park in 1959 resulted in Cary's population doubling in a few years, tripling in the 1970s, and doubling in both the 1980s and 1990s. Cary is now th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Railhawks
North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games at the 10,000-seat WakeMed Soccer Park since 2007. The team's colors are Atlantic blue, cardinal red, and Southern gold. On December 6, 2016, the Carolina RailHawks announced a name change to North Carolina Football Club in pursuit of becoming a Major League Soccer franchise. The club's home attendance record had been broken earlier that year when 10,125 attended a match against West Ham United of the English Premier League. History Club formation and play in the USL first division The expansion of the USL to Cary, North Carolina, was announced on January 26, 2006, at a press conference at SAS Soccer Park, since renamed WakeMed Soccer Park. After a few changes in the 2008 off-season, the RailHawks ownership group consisted of Wellman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Wys
Kelsey Laine Wys (born February 4, 1991) is an American soccer coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. She currently serves as an assistant coach for the Appalachian State Mountaineers. Playing career College Wys attended Florida State University and played for the Seminoles from 2010 to 2013. Club Western New York Flash In January 2014, Wys was selected by the Western New York Flash in the second round (18th selection overall) of the 2014 NWSL College Draft. She made her debut for the team on May 11, 2014, during a home match against Sky Blue FC. During the game, Wys provided a direct assist to striker Abby Wambach, a first for a goalkeeper in the league. Washington Spirit In 2015, Wys was traded to the Washington Spirit in exchange for goalkeeper Chantel Jones. She made her debut for the Spirit during a 3–1 defeat to Seattle Reign FC in Seattle on 2 May. Wys started in 11 games for the Spirit in 2015. The Coral Springs, Fla native tallied 35 saves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 W-League
The 2016–17 W-League season was the ninth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Clubs Stadia and locations Personnel and kits Transfers Foreign players The following do not fill a Visa position: AAustralian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team; RInjury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players; Regular season The regular season commenced on 5 November 2016 and concluded on 29 January 2017. League table Fixtures Finals series Semi-finals Grand final Regular-season statistics Top scorers Own goals Attendances End-of-season awards The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2016–17 Dolan Warren Awards night held at the Star Event Centre in Sydney on 1 May 2017. * Julie Dolan Medal – Sam Kerr (Perth Glory) * Penny Tanner Media MVP Award – Sam Kerr (Perth Glory) * Young Player of the Year – Remy Siemsen (Sydney FC) * Golden Boot Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Spirit
The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and continues to field both an amateur WPSL team and a youth team, both under the Spirit name. History Establishment The foundation of the National Women's Soccer League was announced on November 21, 2012, with Washington selected as a host for one of the eight teams selected for the inaugural season. In December 2012, the team's name was announced as the Washington Spirit. D.C. United Women head coach Mike Jorden was kept on as well as assistant coach Cindi Harkes. Harkes is married to the former U.S. international and D.C. United star John Harkes. Bill Lynch, the original Washington Spirit's owner when the National Women's Soccer League launched in 2013, sold the majority of the team to tech executive Steve Baldwin in late 2018. Several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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