Sophie Hirst
Sophie Hirst (born February 25, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Harvard Crimson. Early life Hirst was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, where she attended Seattle Prep for high school. With Seattle Prep, Hirst played as a forward and helped the soccer team win the 2015 state championship, where she was named the MVP of the tournament. She was a three-year letterwinner for her school. Hirst played her club soccer for Crossfire Premier Soccer Club, where she helped the team to two consecutive top-three finishes in the ECNL National Finals. College career Hirst played for the Harvard Crimson women's soccer team from 2018 to 2022. In her first year with Harvard, she appeared in 11 games and started all but one, contributing 3 goals and 3 assists to the team. Her first collegiate goal came on August 30, 2018, with Hirst netting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Houston Dash
The Houston Dash are an American professional soccer team based in Houston, Texas, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Dash began play in the 2014 season. The team plays its home games at Shell Energy Stadium. History Establishment On November 19, 2013, MLS team Houston Dynamo began the initial stages of bringing a top flight women's professional soccer franchise to Houston. 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, then-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 featured a soccer ball along with the words "Houston Dash" w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2000 Births
The following is a list of notable births in 2000. January–April * January 1 – Ice Spice, American rapper * January 8 - Noah Cyrus, American singer and actress * January 10 – Reneé Rapp, American actress and singer * January 20 – Selemon Barega, Ethiopian long-distance runner * January 27 – Bailey Zimmerman, American singer and songwriter * February 5 – Jordan Nagai, American retired child voice actor of Russell in Up (2009 film), Up * February 10 – Yara Shahidi, American actress, model and producer * February 23 – Femke Bol, Dutch hurdler and sprinter * March 9 – Khaby Lame, Senegalese-Italian social media personality * March 14 – Chrisean Rock, American rapper and reality television personality * March 21 – Jace Norman, American actor * March 25 – Jadon Sancho, English footballer * March 27 – Halle Bailey, American singer and actress * March 31 – Ruby Cruz, American actress * April 12 – David Hogg, American gun control activist * April ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Club América (women)
Club América Femenil, commonly known as América Femenil or simply América, is a Mexican professional Women's association football, women's football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX Femenil and has been the women's section of Club América since 2016. The team plays its home games at the renowned Estadio Azteca, with Cancha Centenario, situated within their Instalaciones Club América en Coapa, training grounds, serving as alternative venue. Club América Femenil is one of only five clubs to have clinched the Liga MX Femenil title, achieving this feat twice. América Femenil main rival is C.D. Guadalajara (women), Chivas. The matches between the two are known as El Súper Clásico (Mexico), El Clasico Nacional, and is regarded as one of the most intense rivalries in Liga MX Femenil. History Founding and first league tournament Club América Femenil was founded on 5 December 2016, on the same day that Liga MX Femenil was announced. Former Me ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CONCACAF W Champions Cup
The CONCACAF W Champions Cup is an annual continental women's football club competition organized by CONCACAF that determines the club champion for the region encompassing North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It is comparable to Champions League competitions on other continents. Involved are the top women's clubs from the region, and serves as the qualification tournament for the future FIFA Women's Club World Cup and FIFA Women's Champions Cup. It is the women's counterpart of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. History On 12 March 2024, CONCACAF announced the competition, which began in August 2024. The inaugural tournament was contested by clubs from seven nations: Canada, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Mexico, and the United States. It is scheduled to end with a knockout stage in May 2025. The second edition of the competition is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2025. Competition format The tournament consists of three stages. A preliminary rou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Corner Kick
A corner kick, commonly known as a corner, is the method of restarting play in a game of association football when the ball goes out of play over the goal line, without a goal being scored and having last been touched by a member of the defending team. The kick is taken from the corner of the field of play nearest to the place where the ball crossed the goal line. Corners are considered to be a reasonable goal-scoring opportunity for the attacking side, though not as much as a penalty kick or a direct free kick near the edge of the penalty area. A corner kick that scores without being touched by another player is called an ''Olimpico goal'',; or less commonly, ''Olympic goal''. Award A corner kick is awarded when the ball wholly crosses the goal line outside of the goal frame having been last touched by a member of the team defending that end of the pitch. For the purposes of this rule, it does not matter if this touch is deliberate; it is permissible to kick the ball ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Moorhouse
Anna Victoria Moorhouse (born 30 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the England national team. She previously played in England for Everton, Durham, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Arsenal and West Ham United, as well as French Division 1 Féminine team Bordeaux. Youth career At the age of 11, Moorhouse joined the Chadderton Grasshoppers boys' team where she spent three years before no longer being allowed to play on a boys' team. She switched to Chaddy End girls before spells with Rocs FC and Oldham Athletic. In 2011, Moorhouse was scouted by Manchester United at the age of 16 and spent a year with the team's Regional Talent Club. Club career Everton Due to Manchester United's lack of a senior women's team, Moorhouse moved to Everton to begin her senior career a year later. She did not make an appearance for Everton in two seasons behind Rachel Brown and Danielle Hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orlando Pride
The Orlando Pride are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Orlando, Florida, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Pride began play in the 2016 National Women's Soccer League season, 2016 season. They were the tenth team to be added to the league and play their home games at Inter&Co Stadium in downtown Orlando. The Pride are under the same ownership group as Orlando City SC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and were included in the sale of the club in 2021. The team won their first titles during the 2024 Orlando Pride season, 2024 season, claiming both the NWSL Shield and NWSL Championship. History 2015-2018: Establishment and early years Following the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season, 2015 NWSL season, it was rumored that the Orlando City SC ownership group would be adding an expansion team to the women's professional league. On October 20, 2015, a press conference was held at Lake Eola Park where Phil Rawlins ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Havana Solaun
Havana Marguerite Solaun (born 23 February 1993) is a professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Houston Dash of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica at international level. Solaun began her professional career with the NWSL's Seattle Reign FC in 2015. After two years, she was traded to the Washington Spirit. Solaun is a former United States youth international, most recently at the U23 level. Early life Solaun's family moved back to the United States when she was two. She attended Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida. From 2008 to 2010, she was named to the All-Area Girls Soccer first-team by ''The Gainesville Sun''. University of Florida Gators, 2011–2014 Solaun attended the University of Florida from 2011 to 2014 where she played soccer for the Florida Gators and was a four-year starting midfielder. Solaun earned All-Southeastern Conference first team honors in 2014 and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2017 NWSL College Draft
The 2017 NWSL College Draft was the fifth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select eligible college players. It was held on January 12, 2017 at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in Los Angeles, California. Format *Draft order was determined by the final 2016 regular season standings. Results Key Picks Notable undrafted players Below is a list of undrafted rookies who appeared in a competitive NWSL game in 2017. Trades Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: Round 4: Summary In 2017, a total of 22 colleges had players selected. Of these, five had a player drafted to the NWSL for the first time: Clemson, Harvard, Minnesota, Ohio State and UConn. Schools with multiple draft selections Selections by college athletic conference Selections by position See also * List of NWSL drafts * List of National Women's Soccer League draftees by college team * 2016 National Women's Soccer League season The 2016 Nat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |