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2021 Atlético Ottawa Season
The 2021 Atlético Ottawa season was the second season in the history of Atlético Ottawa. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship. Season review Pre-season On 29 March 2021 the club announced their pre-season training camp plans in Spain. The training camp began on 1 April 2021 and took place at Los Angeles de San Rafael in Segovia before continuing at Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares in Alcalá de Henares. On June 3, after nine weeks in Spain, the club returned to Canada to begin quarantine before returning to training. Regular season The Kickoff On 7 June 2021 the Canadian Premier League announced that the beginning of the 2021 regular season would occur in a bubble environment in Winnipeg, Manitoba. "The Kickoff", as it was branded, would occur between 26 June and 24 July and all matches would take place at IG Field. The club began training in Winnipeg on 17 June before playing in the season's inaugural m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlético Ottawa
Atlético Ottawa is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at TD Place. The team was founded in 2020 by Spanish club Atlético Madrid. History From 2014 to 2019, Ottawa Fury FC competed in American-based soccer leagues, most recently the USL Championship. The Fury dissolved after the 2019 season due to sanctioning issues associated with competing in the United States with the emergence of the domestic Canadian Premier League. This left Ottawa without a professional soccer team heading into the 2020 season. On January 29, 2020, it was announced that Ottawa had been awarded the Canadian Premier League's first expansion team to be owned by Spanish club Atlético Madrid with Ottawa businessman Jeff Hunt as a strategic partner. The club debuted in the 2020 Canadian Premier League season under the name Atlético Ottawa. The club's identity, including name, crest, and colours, was un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá De Henares
Centro Deportivo Wanda Alcalá de Henares, is the new training ground and youth academy base of the Spanish football club, Atlético Madrid. Occupying an area of 70,000 m² in the town Alcalá de Henares at the northeast of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ..., it was officially opened on September 24, 2019. Facilities In addition to the service centre, the complex is home to: *Main Stadium of natural grass, with a capacity of 2,700 seats. *4 regular size pitches with artificial turf. *1 regular size pitch with natural grass (under construction). *1 seven-a-side artificial turf training pitch. *Multipurpose indoor sports hall. References {{Community of Madrid Sports Atlético Madrid Football training grounds in Spain Football venues in the Community of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon John
Evan Brandon John (born January 5, 1995) is a Vincentian footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team. Club career Early career In 2012, John played with SC Toronto in the Canadian Soccer League. He was part of the Toronto FC Academy program before joining German club FC Erzgebirge Aue where he played for their under-23 team. Seattle Sounders FC 2 On April 29, 2016, he signed with USL club Seattle Sounders FC 2. He made his debut for the club two days later in a 1–1 draw against Oklahoma City Energy. In August 2016, John announced that he had torn his ACL and would be out for the rest of the 2016 season. He made a total of nine appearances that year. Vaughan Azzurri In 2017, John played for League1 Ontario side Vaughan Azzurri, making twelve league appearances. SIMA Águilas In 2018, John played for American USL League Two side SIMA Águilas, making eight appearances. Orlando City B On February 20, 2019, John signed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Buxoro
FK Buxoro () is an Uzbek professional football club based in Bukhara. Founded in 1989, the club competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. History The club was founded in 1960 under name ''Bukhoro''. In 1989 club was renamed to ''Nurafshon''. During the 1990 season the club played in the Soviet Second League, zone "East", finishing in 4th position. Buxoro played its first ''Oliy League'' season in 1992. The best club performance in ''Oliy League'' is runners-up of 1994 season after Neftchi Farg'ona. FK Bukhoro played three times in semi-final of Uzbek Cup. In 2005 Cup semi-final club lost to Neftchi Farg'ona in two legs by 1–3 and in 2012 lost to ''Nasaf'' with a 3–5 score. After the 2013 season had finished, on 10 November 2013 Edgar Gess became new head coach of Bukhoro, replacing Tachmurad Agamuradov in this position. Name changes * 1960–67: FC Bukhoro * 1967–80: Fakel Bukhoro * 1980–88: FC Bukhoro * 1989–97: Nurafshon Buxoro * 1997–2021: FK Buxoro * 2021 (si ... [...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] |
Milovan Kapor
Milovan Kapor (born 5 August 1991) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Hamsik Academy in 3. Liga East. Club career In 2012, he played in the USL Premier Development League with Bradenton Academics, and the following season with Baltimore Bohemians. He made his professional debut for Dukla Banská Bystrica against Spartak Trnava on 6 March 2015. In 2016, Kapor joined ViOn Zlaté Moravce. On 10 August 2020, Kapor signed with Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa. He made his debut on August 15 against York9. International career On June 6, 2017 Kapor was named to Canada's 40-man preliminary roster for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF, and 24th CONCACAF regional championship ove .... References External links * * 1991 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso Locomotive
El Paso Locomotive FC is an American professional soccer team based in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. History First season In February 2018, the United Soccer League announced that El Paso was selected as an expansion team for the 2019 USL Championship season. The club will be run by MountainStar Sports Group. In June 2018, El Paso announced the signing of their first player, Omar Salgado. In July 2018, El Paso announced that their first head coach would be Mark Lowry, who had previously coached NASL's Jacksonville Armada FC. After a 34-game season, El Paso Locomotive FC qualified for the USL Championship play-offs, reaching the Western Conference finals before falling 2–1 to the Real Monarchs. 2020 With COVID-19 shutting down many organizations worldwide, USL followed suit on March 12, 2020, announcing the season would be temporarily suspended. In June 2020, USL Championship announced their return to play would be i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. 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 centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Beckie
Drew D. Beckie (born September 30, 1990) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who currently serves as the team manager for Canadian Premier League club Atlético Ottawa. Early life Beckie was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. When he was young, Beckie and his family moved to Denver, Colorado. Club career Youth At 15, Beckie was offered a contract with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program. From 2005 through 2006, he trained with several German Bundesliga clubs and second Bundesliga clubs such as Eintracht Frankfurt, and 1860 Munich. Also featured in a game vs. Bayern Munich which included Franck Ribery and Thomas Muller. He initially accepted, but ultimately decided to keep his NCAA amateurism and return to Denver, later committing to the University of Denver over several other programs. Columbus Crew Beckie was drafted 28th overall by the Columbus Crew in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. He appeared twice on the bench (vs. Chivas USA, vs. Vancouver Whitecap FC) in the 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodor Obadal
Teodor Obadal (born 8 September 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serbian club Lokomotiva Beograd. Early life Born and raised in Belgrade, Obadal joined the FK Lokomotiva Belgrad academy when he was nine years old. Afterwards, he joined the academy of FK Čukarički where he played for three years, before returning to the FK Lokomotiva Belgrad system when he was fourteen. Career Club After debuting at age 16 and more than 70 appearances for Serbian 3rd tier side Lokomotiva Beograd, Obadal left Serbia and signed with Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa. He made his debut for Ottawa on August 21 in a Canadian Championship match against Valour FC. International In 2019, Obadal was called up to the Serbia U-19 squad for three friendlies. He is also eligible for Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a association football positions, position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing football team, team from Scoring in association football, scoring a 'Football pitch#Goals, goal' (i.e. putting the football (ball), ball over the Goal_(sports)#Association_football, goal Goal line (association football), line). This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area, goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them (outside throw-ins) the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit (association football), kit from their teammates and opposition. The back-pass rule is a rule that disallows handling passes b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylon Powley
Dylon Justin Powley (September 5, 1996 – June 20, 2024) was a Canadian soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. Early life At age 4 or 5, Powley was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome. Powley played youth soccer with Edmonton Juventus SC and Edmonton Drillers SC. He also played with the Alberta provincial team at U15 and U16 level. University career In 2015, Powley began attending MacEwan University, where he played for the men's soccer team. He led the Canada West Conference in saves in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, he was named the team's Most Outstanding Player. Club career In 2016, Powley began playing with the Calgary Foothills in the Premier Development League. His penalty save against Seattle Sounders U-23 in the Northwest Division playoff game would begin Foothills' run to the PDL Championship that season, where they would ultimately lose out to the Michigan Bucks. He would be named the Foothills Rookie of the year, Foothills Fan Choice Award, and the PDL All Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
