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Ji So-yun
Ji So-yun (, ; born 21 February 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League and the South Korea national team. Club career Ji started her career in Japan, playing for Nadeshiko League champions INAC Kobe Leonessa between 2011 and 2013. In November 2013, Ji was subject to a transfer bid from English club Chelsea. She agreed to a two-year contract in January 2014. When the transfer was officially confirmed later that month, Chelsea manager Emma Hayes said of Ji: "She is one of the best midfielders in the world and our fans will love her." In one of her final matches for the Japanese club, Ji scored against her soon-to-be new club, Chelsea, in the International Women's Club Championship final. Ji was named Players' Player of the Year after her first season in England, as Chelsea narrowly missed out on the FA WSL 1 title on the last day of the season. She was named PFA Women's Players' Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji (Korean Name)
Ji, also spelled Jee, Chi, or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name As a family name, Ji may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "wisdom" (), and the other meaning "pond" (). Each has one ''bon-gwan'': for the family name meaning "wisdom", Pongju Village, Pongsan County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and for the family name meaning "pond", Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean census found 147,572 people with this family name. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 79.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ji in their passports. Another 9.0% spelled it as Jee, and 8.5% as Chi. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 3.0%) included Gi, Chee, Je, and Jy. For the Koryo-saram from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international women's football tournament in Asia competed by the national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). India was selected as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee in June 2020. It was the first time that the country hosted the competition since 1980. On 28 January 2021, the AFC confirmed that the tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, instead of the original scheduled dates of late October and early November. For the first time in the competition, the final tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve. It served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (Regulations Article 4.6), with Australia qualifying automatically as co-hosts. Five teams qualified directly for the World Cup via the knockout stage and two more advanced to the inter-confederati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji So-yun 2014 (cropped)
Ji may refer to: Names and titles * Ji (surname), the pinyin romanization of several distinct Chinese surnames * Ji (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names (including lists of people with the name) * -ji, an honorific used as a suffix in many languages of India * J.I the Prince of N.Y, American rapper J.I. * Ji (or Hou Ji), the legendary founder of the Zhou dynasty Places in China * Jì (冀), pinyin abbreviation for the province of Hebei * Jí (吉), pinyin abbreviation for the province of Jilin * Ji (state in modern Beijing), an ancient Chinese state * Ji (state in modern Shandong) * Ji City (other), several places * Ji County (other), several places * Ji Prefecture (Shandong), a prefecture in imperial China * Ji Province, one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China * Ji River, either of two former rivers Organizations * Jamaat-e-Islami (other), several organizations * Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a Southeast Asian militant Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Super League). The league comprises 14 teams (16 in 2026). It is owned by the teams and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. The NWSL is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The NWSL was established in 2012 as the successor to Women's Professional Soccer (WPS; 2007–2012), which was itself the successor to the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA; 2000–2003). The league began play in 2013 with eight teams, four of which were former members of WPS (Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, and Western New York Flash). Through the 2024 season, seven teams (one now defunct) have been crowned NWSL Championship, NWSL Champions, awarded to the playoff winner, and six teams (one defunct) have claimed the NWSL Shield, awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)
The 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was an association football tournament organized by the East Asian Football Federation. It was the 8th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women), EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the football championship of East Asia. The finals were originally scheduled to be held in China, but it was announced on 19 April 2022 that Japan would host the finals. It was Japan's third time hosting the tournament. There were no preliminary rounds conducted. After North Korea women's national football team, North Korea withdrew from the competition, the remaining slot for the participating teams was awarded to Chinese Taipei women's national football team, Chinese Taipei based upon the FIFA rankings as of 31 March 2022. The other teams were China women's national football team, China PR and South Korea women's national football team, South Korea. Table Matches ---- ---- Goalscorers See also * 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (men) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
The 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup was the fourth edition of EAFF Women's East Asian Cup. There were three competition rounds. The final round was won by North Korea. In August 2012, Australia accepted an invitation to take part. Rounds Preliminary round 1 All matches were held in Guam (UTC+10:00, UTC+10). Matches ---- ---- Awards Goals ;4 goals * Paige Surber * Chan Wing Sze * Ng Wing Kum ;2 goals * Anjelica Perez * Fung Kam Mui ;1 goals * Andrea Odell * Arisa Recella * Simone Willter * Cheung Wai Ki * Lau Mung King * Po Ching Ying * Wong Ka Man (footballer), Wong Ka Man ;1 own goal * Jeralyn Castillo Preliminary round 2 All matches were held in Shenzhen, China (UTC+8). Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goals ;4 goals * Katie Gill ;3 goals * Kyah Simon ;2 goals * Lisa De Vanna * Ma Xiaoxu * Wang Chen (footballer), Wang Chen * Wang Shanshan * Zhang Rui (footballer), Zhang Rui * Lai Li-chin ;1 goals * Tameka Butt * Stephanie Catley * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
The third edition of the EAFF Women's Football Championship was held in 2010, with a preliminary qualification tournament held in 2009. Rounds Semi-final competition The semi-final competition was held in Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), Taiwan from 22–30 August 2009. The winner of the group advanced to the Final Competition. ---- ---- ---- ---- Awards Final competition The final competition was held in Tokyo, Japan in February 2010. The North Korean women's team withdrew from the tournament in January 2010, and were replaced by the Chinese Taipei side, the runners-up from the semi-final tournament. ---- ---- Goals ;2 goals * Han Duan * Mana Iwabuchi * Lee Jang-mi * Yoo Young-a ;1 goals * Ma Xiaoxu * Pang Fengyue * Yuan Fan * Yukari Kinga * Shinobu Ohno * Megumi Takase * Mami Yamaguchi * Jeon Ga-eul * Ji So-yun Awards See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links Official website of East Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)
EAFF E-1 Football Championship (to be rebranded as the EAFF W-Cup in the 2025 edition) is an international football competition in East Asia for national teams of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). The competition between women's national teams is held alongside men's competition. History In 2005 there was also a combined points competition in 2005, where the results of the men's and women's teams were added together (not including qualifiers). In April 2012, the competition was renamed to the "EAFF East Asian Cup". In December 2015, the new competition name "EAFF East Asian Championship" was approved, but later changed to "EAFF E-1 Football Championship". On 2 May 2024, it was confirmed that the new format would come into effect from the 2025 edition, with the name of the competition changing to EAFF W-Cup. Results Tournament winners Summary Final (2005–2022) Preliminary (2008–2019) Awards Winning coaches Comprehensive team results by tournament Numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 was the fifth edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was held from 1 to 12 August in Wuhan, China. The top 3 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Qualification Qualified teams Direct entry * ( Defending champions) * (2007 runners-up) * (2007 3rd place) Via qualification * : Qualification Group A winners * : Qualification Group A runner-up * : Qualification Group B winners * : Qualification Group B runner-up * : Qualification Group A third-placed Venues Seeding # # # # # # # # Group stage The draw for the AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 took place in Kuala Lumpur on February 27, 2009. * All times are China standard time ( UTC+8). Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage All times are China standard time ( UTC+8) Semi-finals ---- ---- ---- Third-place play-off ---- ---- Final ---- ---- Winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
The AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup is an association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. It was first played in 2002 as the AFC U-19 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 19. Starting from the 2022 edition, the age limit was raised to 20. Moreover, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup". The current champion is North Korea, which won the 2024 final 2–1 against Japan. Japan is also the most successful team in the tournament, having won six times. Format In 2002 and 2004 no qualifying round was played, with all teams directly participating in the group stage. Qualifying rounds were introduced starting from the 2006 edition, with eight teams qualifying to the final tournament. The eig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2018 Asian Games – Women's Tournament
The women's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 16 to 31 August in Palembang, Indonesia. North Korea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. The host team was eliminated in the group stage. Competition schedule Venues The tournament was held in two venues in Palembang, the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium and the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium. Squads Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 5 July 2018. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2014. The hosts Indonesia were automatically assigned into position A1. Group stage The top two teams in each group, and the two third-placed teams among three groups advanced to the quarter-finals. ''All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).'' Tiebreakers Teams in a group were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
