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2019 Hartford Athletic Season
The 2019 Hartford Athletic season is the club's inaugural season and their first in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. The season covers the period from the founding of the club to the start of the 2020 USL Championship season. Roster Non-competitive Preseason Although a preseason schedule was not officially announced ahead of time, Hartford played four preseason matches ahead of the club's inaugural season. After opening preseason in Farmington, Connecticut and playing a behind closed doors friendly against New York Red Bulls II, Hartford announced three matches to be played while the club trained in Melbourne, Florida. Hartford played matches against USL League One club Orlando City B, National Premier Soccer League club Miami FC, and collegiate program Eastern Florida State College. Exhibition Competitive USL Championship Standings Results by round Match results The league announced home openers for every club on December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford Athletic
Hartford Athletic is an American professional soccer team based in Hartford, Connecticut. The club was founded in 2018 and started play in the USL Championship in 2019. It is the only pro soccer team in Connecticut. History On June 8, 2021, Hartford Athletic announced they will be fielding a women's side to compete in the new USL W League beginning in 2022. Stadium The club plays on the grounds of Trinity Health Stadium, with a capacity of 5,500. The 1935 stadium was renovated and reopened on July 13, 2019, despite the fact the stadium was not completely finished. Lights were completed and first used for the stadium's first night game on September 14, 2019 (Hartford Athletic vs. Louisville City FC). During the construction of Trinity Health Stadium, Athletic played home games at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field. They played their first home game in front of more than 11,000 supporters. Hartford's first U.S. Open Cup match in 2019, which was also the first wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis 901 FC
Memphis 901 FC is an American professional soccer team based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. Stadium The club currently plays on the grounds of AutoZone Park, a baseball stadium which is also home of the Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League. The club also played at Mike Rose Soccer Complex for a U.S. Open Cup game against Hartford Athletic on May 29, 2019, and for a U.S. Open Cup game against Orlando City SC on June 12, 2019. On October 18, 2022, the club announced plans for a new soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of 10,000. The stadium is planned to open in time for the 2025 USL Championship season and will be constructed at the current site of the Mid-South Coliseum, which closed in 2006. Ownership The club is owned by Peter Freund, principal owner of Trinity Sports Holdings, Craig Unger, and former United States men's national soccer team goalkeeper Tim Howard. Trinity Sports Holdings' por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999 and beginning play in 1999, the club plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Since 2013, the Riverhounds have played their home games at the 5,000-seat Highmark Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium located in Station Square. Their current head coach is Bob Lilley. Saint Lucian international David Flavius currently holds the club records for most appearances and goals which he set over his eight seasons with the Riverhounds between 1999 and 2006. In June 2017, the Riverhounds entered into a developmental partnership with the Ocean City Nor'easters of the Premier Development League, running through the 2018 season. In 2013, the Riverhounds organization announced its intentions to join Major League Soccer by 2023; but have never submitted a formal bid during any of the league's rounds of expansion. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Lee (soccer)
Raymond Lee (born April 26, 1993) is an American professional soccer who plays as a defender for the Kansas City Comets in the Major Arena Soccer League. Career Amateur Lee played four years of college soccer at the Saint Louis University between 2011 and 2014. Prior to college, Lee played for the academy of Sporting Kansas City. Professional On January 20, 2015, Lee was picked 71st overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union. Lee signed with Philadelphia on March 3, 2015. Lee signed with United Soccer League side Bethlehem Steel on January 29, 2016, but was released by the club before the start of the season after falling down the depth chart at left back. He instead joined Tulsa Roughnecks on March 25. Lee joined USL side Rochester Rhinos Rochester New York FC, formerly known as the Rochester Rhinos, are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either side to their left and right, but can be played in threes with or without full-backs. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-back, sweeper, full-back, and wing-back. The centre-back and full-back positions are essential in most modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised for certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-backs are usually tall and positioned for their ability to win duels in the air. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the Midfielder#Centre-half, centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Curinga
Kyle Curinga (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for KPV. Career College Curinga played college soccer as a midfielder at Florida Atlantic University for a single season in 2012. Professional Curinga moved to Finland, originally with GBK, and spent the 2016 season with FF Jaro. He moved back to the United States in 2017, signing with United Soccer League side Real Monarchs in March. Curinga was released by the Monarchs at the end of the 2017 season. On January 9, 2018, Curinga was signed by his hometown team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Curinga had trialed with the Rowdies in early 2017, starting in the team's first preseason match of the year against VfL Wolfsburg as part of the 2017 Florida Cup. On 30 January 2019, Curinga joined USL Championship expansion club Hartford Athletic. Ahead of the 2020 season, Curinga joined Finnish team KPV. He scored his first goal in a 2020 Finnish Cup group stage match vs. FF Jaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn FC
Penn FC (formerly the Harrisburg City Islanders) was an American professional soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003, the team most recently played in the USL Pro, the second tier of the United States soccer league system. In October 2018, the club formally announced it will not participate in the 2019 season and would have resume play in 2020 as a member of USL League One, a league in the third tier. On November 15, 2017 the team was rebranded as Penn FC. The rebrand served in conjunction with a partnership with Rush Soccer youth development program. Penn FC served Rush Soccer's professional team and the club's most important piece to their extensive network. The team played its home games at FNB Field on City Island. The team's colors were blue, black and grey corresponding to Rush Soccer's branding established in 1997. In December 2019, ahead of the 2020 season, reports noted that the club had ceased operations and no longer had any e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Lissek
Jacob Lissek (born August 17, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. He played college soccer for Fairleigh Dickinson University, and set the Knights’ all-time career record for shutouts (26). After college, he was with Charlotte Independence, Oklahoma City Energy, FC Dallas (loan), FC Dallas, Penn FC, and Hartford Athletic. Lissek won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Early and personal life Lissek was born in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, to Dan and Ellyn Lissek, and is Jewish. He is tall. Career High school Lissek attended Rock Canyon High School. In 2008, he and the school's soccer team won the Colorado 4a state championship. That season he was named second team all-league. College Lissek spent all four years of his college career at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Management, '14) between 2010 and 2013, for the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. Lissek played goalkeeper, and the team won the Northeast Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Novotny
Michael Novotny (born March 17, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Chicago House AC in the National Independent Soccer Association. Career College Novotny played four years of college soccer at Eastern Illinois University between 2014 and 2017, where he made 65 appearances for the Panthers. During his time at Eastern Illinois, Novotny earned accolades such as Second Team All-Summit League in 2015 and 2016, and First Team All-Summit League and Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year in 2017. AFC Ann Arbor Following college, Novotny played with National Premier Soccer League side AFC Ann Arbor, where he made 8 regular season appearances, keeping 6 clean sheets to help the club to top the Great Lakes Conference. At the conclusion of the season, Novotny was named the club's Most Valuable Defensive Player for 2018. Stöde IF Novotny moved to Swedish third division side Stöde IF in August 2018 for the remainder of their season. Hartford Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randers FC
Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Randers Freja, a former three-time Danish Cup winning team. the club had won the Danish Cup twice in its history. Randers plays its matches at the 10,300-capacity Cepheus Park Randers. History The club was formed on 1 January 2003, as a collaboration between six local Randers-clubs; Dronningborg Boldklub (founded 1928), Hornbæk Sportsforening (founded 1945), Kristrup Boldklub (founded 1908), Randers Freja (founded 1898), Randers KFUM (founded 1920) and Vorup Frederiksberg Boldklub (founded 1930), continuing Randers Freja's (at the time) 1st division-team. First years and Cup success In the first season as a newly created club, Randers ended in fourth place in the Viasat Sport Division with 51 points. The captain of the Denmark na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting opposing shots on goal. Such positions exist in bandy, rink bandy, camogie, association football, Gaelic football, international rules football, floorball, handball, hurling, field hockey, ice hockey, roller hockey, lacrosse, ringette, rinkball, water polo, and shinty as well as in other sports. In most sports which involve scoring in a net, special rules apply to the goalkeeper that do not apply to other players. These rules are often instituted to protect the goalkeeper (being a target for dangerous or even violent actions). This is most apparent in sports such as ice hockey, field hockey, and lacrosse, where goalkeepers are required to wear special equipment like heavy pads and a face mask to protect their bodies from the imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Due (footballer)
Frederik Due (born 18 July 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Eliteserien club Sandefjord. Professional Due played in his native Denmark from 2010 to 2018 for HB Køge and Randers. On 23 January 2019, Due joined Hartford Athletic in the American USL Championship, becoming the fifth Dane to join the first-year team led by Danish head coach Jimmy Nielsen. Due was injured in pre season camp and did not make his debut with the team until May 25 when he started against the Ottawa Fury FC. He was transferd to Orange County SC on August 21, 2019 having made 15 starts for Hartford including the team's first ever clean sheet and first win at their home park of Dillon Stadium Trinity Health Stadium (formerly Dillon Stadium) is a multipurpose facility in Hartford, Connecticut. It has been host to concerts and sporting events. It was formerly the home of the New England Nightmare of the Women's Football Alliance, Wom .... He started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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