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FC Cincinnati
Football Club Cincinnati, commonly known as FC Cincinnati, is an American professional soccer club based in Cincinnati. The club plays in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The team succeeded the lower-division team of the same name and was announced on May 29, 2018, when MLS awarded an expansion franchise to Cincinnati. The team began MLS play on March 2, 2019, with its first match against Seattle Sounders FC. The club's ownership group is led by Carl H. Lindner III with Jeff Berding serving as Co-CEO. Currently, the role of general manager is held by Chris Albright. History The owners of the USL club began negotiations with Major League Soccer over a potential expansion franchise in early 2016, and Cincinnati was announced as one of ten cities that had expressed interest in the slots for teams 25 to 28. MLS Commissioner Don Garber visited Cincinnati in December 2016 to tour Nippert Stadium and meet with city and club officials, complimenting the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Cincinnati (2016–18)
Football Club Cincinnati, commonly known as FC Cincinnati, is an American professional soccer club based in Cincinnati. The club plays in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The team succeeded the lower-division team of the same name and was announced on May 29, 2018, when MLS awarded an expansion franchise to Cincinnati. The team began MLS play on March 2, 2019, with its first match against Seattle Sounders FC. The club's ownership group is led by Carl H. Lindner III with Jeff Berding serving as Co-CEO. Currently, the role of general manager is held by Chris Albright. History The owners of the USL club began negotiations with Major League Soccer over a potential expansion franchise in early 2016, and Cincinnati was announced as one of ten cities that had expressed interest in the slots for teams 25 to 28. MLS Commissioner Don Garber visited Cincinnati in December 2016 to tour Nippert Stadium and meet with city and club officials, complimenting the city an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End, Cincinnati
West End is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, located northwest of downtown, east of Queensgate, west of Over-the-Rhine, and southeast of Fairview. The population was 6,824 at the 2020 Census. History The historic West End was largely razed in the 1950s and 60s which lead to a very large drop in population from 68,000 in 1950 to 18,000 in 1970. This razing was done as part of a series of urban renewal projects and the construction of Interstate 75. The largest of these urban renewal projects was the Kenyon-Barr Renewal Plan. This plan formed the industrial neighborhood Queensgate through razing of the Lower West End from 1959-1973. The Queensgate project was undertaken in phases over roughly four decades. Queensgate I resulted in an undistinguished but successful industrial park, which includes service industries, light manufacturing, transportation facilities and warehouses as well as offices, hotels and restaurants. I-75 and Queensgate I together made up the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Marshall
Tyrone Everton Marshall (born 12 November 1974) is a retired Jamaican footballer and current head coach of FC Cincinnati 2, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's FC Cincinnati. Career Youth and College Marshall moved to the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area when he was twelve years old. He attended Lindsey Wilson College from 1994 to 1995 before transferring to Florida International University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1996 to 1997. Professional Colorado Rapids Marshall was drafted by Colorado Rapids with the 11th overall pick of the 1998 MLS College Draft. He played only one game for Colorado, then was dealt, along with Jason Boyce, to Miami Fusion on 14 August 1998 in exchange for David Vaudreuil. Miami Fusion and LA Galaxy Marshall would spend the next three and a half seasons in Miami, starting as a forward and eventually drifting to the midfield and then defense. After the Fusion folded following the 2001 season, Marshall was selected by Los A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said Bakkati
Said Bakkati ( ar, سعيد بقّاتي; born 23 March 1982) is a Dutch former footballer of Moroccan descent. He was a defender who played as a rightback. Playing career Club Bakkati's career began when he signed a professional contract with SC Heerenveen, making his first first-team appearance in 2000, at the age of 18. After five-and-a-half years with the team from Friesland he joined fellow Eredivisie participants ADO Den Haag during the 2005–06 season. After playing for Go Ahead Eagles and PEC Zwolle, Bakkati ended his playing career with FC Emmen. He was then appointed trainer in the youth academy of Ajax. Managerial career On 13 June 2016, Bakkati was appointed as an assistant manager to Jaap Stam at English Championship side Reading. Bakkati left the club on 23 March 2018. On 29 December 2018, Bakkati joined Dutch club PEC Zwolle as assistant manager, where he once against is assisting Jaap stam. On 6 March 2019, it was announced that Bakkati would be joining Feyen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaap Stam
Jakob Stam (; born 17 July 1972) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a centre-back and is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. Stam played for several European clubs including PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Lazio, Milan and Ajax before retiring in October 2007. As well as club trophies, he won several personal awards, including being voted the best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, as well as being included in three consecutive PFA Team of the Year sides from 1999 to 2001. Stam played 67 international matches for the Netherlands, scoring three goals. He was in their squads for three UEFA European Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After retiring as a player, Stam worked as a coach at PEC Zwolle and Ajax before making his managerial debut with Reading in 2016. He later managed Feyenoord in 2019 and FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer. Club career Early career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Nijkamp
Gerard Nijkamp (born 1970) is a Dutch soccer player and manager. He worked in various coaching and managerial roles for Dutch club PEC Zwolle from 1998 until 2019, when he started in his role as general manager of FC Cincinnati. He continued in that role until 6 August 2021. Managerial career PEC Zwolle Nijkamp was an assistant coach and academy director at PEC Zwolle from 1998 to 2007. He was appointed as the club's interim coach in September 2003 after Peter Boeve was fired. He coached for two matches before Hennie Spijkerman was hired as a permanent replacement. Nijkamp became the technical director of PEC Zwolle in 2012. He was responsible for hiring Ron Jans as Zwolle's coach in 2013. Zwolle won the KNVB Cup in 2014 during Nijkamp's tenure. FC Cincinnati On 30 May 2019, FC Cincinnati of the American league Major League Soccer announced that they had hired Nijkamp as their general manager. The previous holder of the position, Jeff Berding, retained his position on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Jans
Ron Jans (, born 29 September 1958) is a Dutch football coach and former player, he currently is the head coach of Twente. Coaching career FC Groningen Born in Zwolle, Overijssel, Ron Jans joined FC Groningen on 2002, and was the longest-serving head coach in the whole Eredivisie, being instrumental in the club's recent successes, including two consecutive UEFA Cup qualifications in 2005 and 2006. During his time at Groningen, Jans was known for his witty comments during press conferences and his positive attitude towards the press. He was formerly active as a German language teacher. He also appeared regularly in the Dutch television channel Nederland 3 as a UEFA Champions League analyst for the 2009–10 season. In November 2009 he announced he will leave FC Groningen at the end of the 2009–10 season, after eight years in charge of the club, citing his desire for a new experience as the main reason behind his choice. SC Heerenveen In February 2010 SC Heerenveen official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoann Damet
Yoann Damet is a French association football coach who is currently an assistant coach with the LA Galaxy in the Major League Soccer. He twice served as interim head coach of FC Cincinnati at ages 29 and 30, making him the youngest head or assistant coach in Major League Soccer. Early life Damet was born on 19 March 1990 in Marseille, France. He first started playing football at age 8 following the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which was both hosted in and won by France. At age 17, he says he played club football at the fifth tier of the French football league system. However, he did not think he was skilled enough to play professionally, so he turned his interests to coaching at age 16. In 2011, he earned a degree in sports training with a specialty in football from the University of Burgundy in Dijon, France. Career Damet began his managerial career at age 16 with the sixth-tier club Beaune FC, where he spent five years as the under-13 coach. He then moved on to the fourth division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Koch (soccer)
Alan Koch (born 30 April 1975) is a South African soccer coach who is the technical director for Olé Football Academy. Koch is a former South African youth national team player, professional player and coach. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University where he earned his bachelor's degree. He earned his master's degree from Midwestern State University in 2005. He was previously the head coach of FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer. Early life Koch attended Westville Boys' High School in his native South Africa. He was there selected as the captain of the South African Schoolboys team in 1992. He played for Reservoir Hills United in 1993 and was coached by Professor Ngubane in the OK League which is now known as the Mvela League. He left South Africa in 1995 to sign with KTSV Preussen Krefeld of the German Oberliga. He was also briefly with Wattenscheid 09 and Bayer Uerdingen of the 2.Bundesliga. He signed for Limerick of the League of Ireland in 2000. In 2001, on advice f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 MLS Expansion Draft
The 2018 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team FC Cincinnati that was held on December 11, 2018. Lists of protected rosters and draft-eligible players were released by MLS on December 10, 2018. Format The rules for the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft as laid out by Major League Soccer. * The five teams that had players selected by Los Angeles FC during the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft were exempt from the 2018 Expansion Draft: Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City, San Jose Earthquakes, Columbus Crew SC, and Toronto FC. * Existing teams were allowed to protect 11 players from their Senior, Supplemental, and Reserve Roster. Generation Adidas players and Homegrown Players on supplemental rosters were automatically protected and exempt from the expansion draft, though players who graduated from the Generation Adidas program to the senior roster at the end of the 2018 season were not exempt. * If the player’s contract expired at the end of 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Designated Player Rule
The Designated Player Rule, nicknamed the Beckham Rule, allows Major League Soccer franchises to sign up to three players that would be considered outside their salary cap (either by offering the player higher wages or by paying a transfer fee for the player). The rule, which was adopted ahead of the 2007 MLS season, enables teams to compete for star players in the international football market. The rule is one of two mechanisms by which MLS teams may exceed their salary cap, the other being allocation money. As of December 2019, there have been 209 Designated Players in league history. The rule is informally named after David Beckham, in anticipation of MLS teams signing lucrative deals with internationally recognized players, after Beckham entered into negotiations to join the league. Beckham was the first player signed under this rule, signing a five-year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy with a guaranteed annual salary of $6.5 million. History The team salary cap was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatai Alashe
Abdul-Fatai Alashe (born October 21, 1993) is an American professional soccer player. Career College and amateur Alashe spent all four years of his college career at Michigan State University where he made a total of 86 appearances for the Spartans and tallied eight goals and eight assists. He also played in the Premier Development League for Reading United and Portland Timbers U23s. Professional On January 15, 2015, Alashe was drafted 4th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. He made his debut on March 7 in a 1–0 defeat to FC Dallas, and scored the first league goal in Avaya Stadium history two weeks later in a 2–1 win over the visiting Chicago Fire. On July 30, 2018, Alashe signed a deal to join FC Cincinnati on loan from San Jose for the remainder of the 2018 season, then joining the team permanently for the 2019 season for $135,000 in allocation money. On August 17, 2020, Alashe was traded to Ohio rivals Columbus Crew in exchange for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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