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Kayla McCoy
Kayla Jay McKenna (; born 3 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF. Born in the United States, she plays for the Jamaica women's national team. Club career Houston Dash In April 2019, McCoy signed with the Houston Dash ahead of the 2019 season. Rangers In May 2021, McCoy started training with Rangers, leading to her signing with the club three months later. Villarreal In July 2023, McKenna signed with Villarreal in Spain. International career McCoy made her debut for Jamaica in a 1–0 friendly win against Chile on 28 February 2019. She was named to the 23-player Jamaica squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. However, because of a knee injury prior the tournament, she had to be replaced by Mireya Grey. Personal life McCoy's grandparents were born in Jamaica. Her grandfather is Pearnel Charles. In June 2022, Kayla McCoy married Ciaran McKenna in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. Career statistics Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jamaica Women's National Football Team
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international Women's association football, women's football. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago women's national football team, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti women's national football team, Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament#Group A, group stage of Olympic Qualifying, which notably featured the United States women's national soccer team, United States and Mexico women's national football team, Mexico. The program was restarted in 2014 after a nearly six-year hiatus, finishing second at the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup after losing 1–0 against Trinidad and Tobago in the final. The team is backed by ambassador Cedella Marley, the daughter of Bob Marley; she helps raise awareness for the team, encourages development, and provides f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rangers F
A ranger is typically someone in a law enforcement or military/paramilitary role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called "ranging" or "scouting". The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands and forests. ** National Park Service ranger, an employee of the National Park Service ** U.S. Forest Service ranger, an employee of the United States Forest Service ** Ranger of Windsor Great Park, a ceremonial office of the United Kingdom ** Includes the Keepers of Epping Forest who are charged to Range about the Forest in their duties. Ranger or Rangers may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Publications * Ranger's Apprentice, a series of novels by John Flanagan * '' Ranger Rick'', a children's nature magazine published by the United States National Wildlife Federation * ''Ranger'' (magazine), a former British comic magazine Fictional entities * Rangers (comics), a Marvel Comics sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
The 2022–23 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup was the 20th edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League's league cup competition, which began in 2002. It was sponsored by Sky Sports and officially known as the Sky Sports Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. The competition was contested by all 16 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2). First round The draw for the First round took place on Saturday, 25 August 2022 at Hampden Park. Second round The draw for the First round took place on Saturday, 20 September 2022 at Hampden Park. Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals took place on Tuesday, 4 October 2022 at Hampden Park. Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals took place on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 at Tynecastle Park Edinburgh. Final The venue for the final was announced on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 References External linksScottish Women's Premier League [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
The Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, currently known as the Sky Sports Cup due to sponsorship and commonly shortened to the SWPL Cup, is a league cup competition in women's football in Scotland. The cup is open only to the teams in the Scottish Women's Premier League. There are four rounds, including the final. The competition was launched in 2002–03 along with the Scottish Women's Premier League, and the first winners were F.C. Kilmarnock Ladies, Kilmarnock. It supplanted the Scottish Women's Football League Cup (Kilmarnock were also its last winners) which continued as a lower-division competition. The SWPL Cup changed to run on a summer schedule played in a single calendar year (from around March to November) from the 2009 edition until the COVID-19 pandemic ended the 2020 season prematurely (leaving 2020 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, that year's edition unfinished) and caused the SWPL to revert to a winter format in all competitions for the following season, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League
The 2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 21st season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. The season was played with 10 teams; original participants Forfar Farmington resigned suddenly in August 2021 and Partick Thistle were elevated to SWPL 1 to maintain an even number of teams (leaving SWPL 2 one short). The league season started on 5 September 2021 and ended on 15 May 2022. The competition was known as the ''Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League'' for sponsorship reasons, then as the ''Park's Motor Group Scottish Women's Premier League'' from November 2021. Glasgow City were the defending champions of 14 consecutive seasons. In February 2022, Glasgow City lost 3–1 away to Rangers in a pivotal fixture; a 0–0 draw in the reverse fixture on 8 May gave Rangers the SWPL 1 championship, their first Scottish women's title. The ''Gers'' finished seven points ahead of Glasgow City and only dropped four poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Scottish Women's Premier League
The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Scotland. Its two divisions are SWPL (previously styled as ''SWPL 1'') and SWPL 2. The league was formed when the Premier Division of the Scottish Women's Football League (SWFL) broke away to form the SWPL in 2002. SWPL 2 was introduced in 2016. The divisions contain (in the 2022–23 season) 12 clubs in SWPL and eight in SWPL 2. Glasgow City have won 16 championships, including 14 in succession from 2007–08 until 2020–21. The champions and runners-up qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. From 2002, the league was owned and managed by Scottish Women's Football. Administration of the SWPL was taken over by the Scottish Football Association in 2007, then by the Scottish Professional Football League in 2022. The SWPL runs on the winter calendar but operated a summer-season format from 2009 until 2020. History 2002–2009 From the Scottish Women's Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
NWSL Challenge Cup
The NWSL Challenge Cup is an annual supercup competition organized by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), a division 1 women's league in the United States soccer league system. The current (2025) cup holder is the Washington Spirit, who defeated the Orlando Pride 1-1 (4-2 on penalties) on March 7, 2025. The NWSL Challenge Cup was first announced in 2020 as a one-off, league-wide tournament to mark the league's return to action from the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first top-tier professional sports league in the United States to restart after COVID-19 lockdowns began. Subsequently, the NWSL announced that it would return as an annual league cup tournament. Before the 2024 season, the NWSL announced that the Challenge Cup would change from a tournament to a single-game supercup. Format 2020–2023 For the first four years of the tournament, all NWSL teams began a group stage where they played four to six games, usually split geographically. The group stage was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
The 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. CONCACAF announced on 5 November 2019 that the United States would host the tournament between 28 January to 9 February 2020. The top two teams qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan as the CONCACAF representatives. The United States were the defending champions. Qualification The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: *Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, Mexico and the United States, who all qualified automatically as the only teams in the region. *Two teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) *Three teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edinburg, Texas
Edinburg ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 100,243 at the 2020 census, and in 2022, its estimated population was 104,294, making it the second-largest city in Hidalgo County, and the third-largest city in the larger Rio Grande Valley region. Edinburg is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. Edinburg is home to the main campus of University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. History In 1908, John Closner, William Briggs, Argyle McAllen, Plutarco de la Viña, and Dennis B. Chapin began to develop a new community at this site. The town square was located at the current crossroads of U.S. Highway 281 and State Highway 107. The town was named "Chapin" in honor of one of the developers. A local myth relates that Edinburg became the county seat of Hidalgo County in a dramatic, nighttime covert operation in which the county records were removed from the previous county seat. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
H-E-B Park
Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium (formerly H-E-B Park) is a stadium in Edinburg, Texas. It served as the home of Rio Grande Valley FC Toros of the USL Championship from 2017 to 2023, and currently serves as the home of the UTRGV Vaqueros football, UTRGV Vaqueros football team. The stadium has two stands with orange seats covered with a roof and a capacity of approximately 12,000. History The stadium was originally intended to be complete before the 2016 USL season. The stadium opened on March 22, 2017 with an initial capacity of 9,735, with the Toros playing C.F. Monterrey from Mexico to inaugurate their new stadium.. The Toros lost their exhibition match against Rayados 3–0 before a sellout crowd.. In February 2024, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced that it had acquired the stadium for use as the primary venue for the new UTRGV Vaqueros football, UTRGV Vaqueros football team, which begins play in 2025. It was renamed after longtime UTRGV donors Robert and Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ciaran McKenna
Ciaran Paul McKenna (born 25 March 1998) is a Scottish professional association football, footballer who plays as a Centre Back (association football), centre back or Right Back (association football), right back. McKenna has previously played for Falkirk F.C., Falkirk, Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle and Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South. Early life McKenna was born in Glasgow and was educated at Cardinal Newman High School, Bellshill, and St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch. McKenna played in the Celtic F.C. Under-20s and Academy, Celtic Academy, before turning down the offer of a three-year professional contract with the club, to accept the offer of a scholarship with Duke University in North Carolina. Club career Early career McKenna had 42 appearances with the Duke Blue Devils over three seasons and scored two goals. McKenna also spent a spell during 2017 playing for Jacksonville Armada U-23 in the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
