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Sean Okoli
Sean Ugochukwu "Ugo" Okoli (born February 3, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for Orange County SC in the USL Championship. Career Early career Born in Federal Way, Washington, Okoli was a part of the Seattle Sounders FC Academy before attending college at Wake Forest University in 2011. While playing for the '' Demon Deacons'' Okoli earned All-ACC honors in all three seasons he attended the college and scored 24 goals with 9 assists during his time there. While playing at Wake Forest, Okoli also played in the USL PDL with the Seattle Sounders FC U-23 side in 2012 and 2013. He was also one of the first Academy players to play for the Seattle Sounders reserve side in the MLS Reserve League in 2011. Professional In January 2014, Okoli, along with academy teammate Aaron Kovar, signed a professional contract with Seattle Sounders FC. He made his debut for the Sounders on March 8 in the team's Major League Soccer opener against Sporting Kansa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Way, Washington
Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. One of the most recently incorporated cities in the county, its population was 101,030 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Federal Way is the List of municipalities in Washington, tenth-largest city in Washington and the fifth-largest in King County. History Originally a logging settlement, the area was first called "Federal Way" in 1929. The name derived from U.S. Route 99#Washington, Federal Highway U.S. 99 (now Washington State Route 99, State Route 99 or Pacific Highway (United States), Pacific Highway South), which ran from Everett, Washington, Everett and Seattle to Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma. The name "Federal Way" was first used in 1929 when five existing schools consolidated operations into Federal Way Public Schools, School District #210 and planned construction of Federal Way High School, which opened in 1930 and gave its name to the school district. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USL Championship
The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, placing it under Major League Soccer (Division I) in the hierarchy. The USL is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The league is owned and operated by United Soccer League and was formed as result of the merger of their USL First (USL-1) and Second Divisions (USL-2), following the 2010 season which saw neither the USL-1 nor the North American Soccer League (NASL) receive Division II sanctioning from the USSF, resulting in the temporary USSF Division 2 Pro League. United Soccer Leagues stated that the merger would strengthen the league's position within the American professional soccer landscape through stability, commercial growth and the professional development of soccer in four main regions throughout the United States and Canada. Five U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Soccer League
United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a Association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the USL Championship, USL League One, USL League Two, and the youth Super Y League. A new women's league, the USL W League, began play in 2022. It is directly affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation and the United States Adult Soccer Association. The USL is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. History Year by year * 1986 - The original USL is established as the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. * 1989 - An outdoor league, known as the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League is added. * 1990 - The indoor and outdoor leagues merge, becoming the Sunbelt Independent Soccer League. * 1991 - The SISL is renamed the United States Interregional Soccer League. * 1995 - The USISL is renamed the United States International Soccer L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Miller (soccer)
Tyler Austin Miller (born March 12, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club D.C. United. Miller grew up in Woodbury, New Jersey and attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory School. College career Miller spent his entire college career at Northwestern University. He made a total of 77 appearances for the Wildcats and finished with a school record 36 shutouts. He also played in the Premier Development League for Ocean City Nor'easters and Chicago Fire U-23. Club career On January 15, 2015, Miller was drafted in the second round (33rd overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Seattle Sounders FC. Four days later however, Miller signed with German Regionalliga side SVN Zweibrücken where he made 10 appearances. On July 9, 2015, Miller signed with USL club Seattle Sounders FC 2. He made his debut three days later in a 4–0 victory over Arizona United SC. Los Angeles FC On December 12, 2017, Miller was selected by Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLS SuperDraft
The MLS SuperDraft is an annual college draft for teams of Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada. It takes place in January and is used by teams to select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The SuperDraft was first instituted in 2000, as a combination of the MLS College Draft, in which players having graduated from college were selected, and the MLS Supplemental Draft, in which all other players were chosen. The draft is divided into three rounds in which each club has a selection, the order of which is determined by a combination of the teams' playoff and regular season positions, with the last placed team (or expansion teams) getting the first pick. History From 1996 to 1999, all American players graduating college were entered into the MLS College Draft, and were eligible to be selected by all Major League Soccer teams. Players who had already graduated from college were entered into a separate MLS Supplemental D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamar Neagle
Lamar Neagle (born May 7, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays for the Tacoma Stars in the Major Arena Soccer League. He has spent most of his career with the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer over the course of several stints; Neagle has also played for Montreal Impact and D.C. United in Major League Soccer, as well as Mariehamn in Finland. Career Youth and college Neagle attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where he was a three-year starter and helped them to a 16-2-4 record and the State 4A championship as a senior. He also broke a 31-year-old school record by scoring six goals in one game as well as being the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencers pick for High School All-Star Team during his senior year. As a youth, Neagle also played for the Norpoint Chivas soccer club located in Northeast Tacoma. Upon graduating high school, Neagle attended and played college soccer for the University of Nevada Las Vegas. At UNLV he played on the three-time fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CenturyLink Field
Lumen Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located in the city's SoDo neighborhood, it is the home field for the Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ... of the National Football League (NFL), the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL (2020), XFL, the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), and OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Originally called Seahawks Stadium, it was renamed Qwest Field in June 2004 when telecommunications carrier Qwest acquired the naming rights. The stadium became known as CenturyLink Field following Qwest's June 2011 acquisition by Lumen Technologies, CenturyLink and was nicknamed "The Clink" as a result; it received its current name in November 2020 with CenturyLink's reb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and practice facilities are located in Kansas City, Kansas, near Children's Mercy Park. The club competes as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS), having returned in 2015 after spending ten seasons in the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. Sporting KC began play in 1996 as a charter team in the league, then known as the Kansas City Wiz. The team was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1995. Since moving across the state line, they have been the only major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, major professional sports league franchise to play their home games in Kansas. Starting in 1997, the franchise was known as the Kansas City Wizards. The te ... [...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] |
Aaron Kovar
Aaron Kovar (born August 14, 1993) is a retired American professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Career Early career Kovar was part of Emerald City FC from 2009 to 2010, and then the Seattle Sounders FC Academy between 2010 and 2012, before moving to Stanford University, where he played college soccer for two years. In 2013, Kovar also appeared for Seattle Sounders FC U-23 in the USL PDL. Seattle Sounders FC On January 9, 2014 it was announced that Kovar, along with fellow academy teammate Sean Okoli, had signed a professional contract with the Seattle Sounders FC through the Homegrown Player Rule. Kovar was loaned to USL Pro club Orange County Blues on June 10, 2014. In January 2017, Kovar went on trial at English side Coventry City. Los Angeles FC On January 23, 2018, Kovar was loaned by Seattle to MLS expansion side Los Angeles FC for the 2018 season. On May 22, 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in a friendly against Borussia Dortmund Ballsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLS Reserve League
The MLS Reserve League was a soccer league for the reserve teams of Major League Soccer with teams in both the United States and Canada. It was inaugurated on April 9, 2005, with the first official reserve game being a 2–0 victory by Chivas USA over the host San Jose Earthquakes. The reserve division disbanded after the 2008 season but returned in 2011 with 18 clubs split into East, Central, and West divisions. Each club played ten games consisting of home-and-away matches versus each of its five divisional opponents. In 2013, the schedule of the MLS Reserve League was integrated with the schedule of the USL Pro, with teams from each league playing each other. Format 2005–2008 * Each MLS franchise fielded a reserve division team and played a 12-game schedule (six home, six away). All teams played a minimum of seven opposing reserve division teams at least once throughout the year. The reserve division standings consisted of a single table with the team that finished in fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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