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2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup Final
The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winner of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup. The match was the first final of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, a biennial tournament contested by the women's national teams representing the member associations of CONCACAF and invited guests to decide the champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The match was played at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California, United States, on March 10, 2024. The United States won the inaugural title by defeating Brazil 1–0. The lone goal of the match was scored in first half stoppage time by captain Lindsey Horan. Route to the final United States The United States qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup by winning the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship and hosted the tournament. They were placed in Group A along with Argentina and Mexico, as well as the winner from the qualification playoff between Dominican Republic and Guyana, which was later confirmed as Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
The 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, an international women's soccer competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF. The tournament was contested by twelve teams from February 20 to March 10, 2024 in the United States. Eight CONCACAF national teams qualified for the tournament, joined by four guest teams from CONMEBOL. The hosts United States won the inaugural W Gold Cup title by defeating Brazil in the final. The match was played at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California, on March 10. Format On December 10, 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of the competition. The qualification competition, known as the " Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup", began with the group stage, featuring 33 women's national teams of CONCACAF split into three leagues (A, B and C). Each league featured three groups, containing three teams each in League A, and four teams each in Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico Women's National Football Team
The Mexico women's national football team (Spanish: ''Selección Nacional de México Femenil'') represents Mexico in international Women's association football, women's football. The team is governed by the Mexican Football Federation and competes within CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. It has won three gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games and a gold medal in the Pan American Games, as well as a silver and bronze in the Women's World Cup prior to FIFA's recognition of the women's game. In addition to its senior team, Mexico also has Mexico women's national under-20 football team, U-20, Mexico women's national under-17 football team, U-17, and U-15 teams. The U-17 team reached the final of the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, and the U-15 cohort earned the bronze medal in the Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament, 2014 Youth Olympic Games. The senior team was originally establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clean Sheet
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. Shutouts are usually seen as a result of effective defensive play even though a weak opposing offense may be as much to blame. Some sports credit individual players, particularly goalkeepers and starting pitchers, with shutouts and keep track of them as statistics; others do not. American football Shutouts in American football are uncommon. Keeping an opponent scoreless in American football requires a team's defense to be able to consistently shut down both pass and run offenses over the course of a game. The difficulty of completing a shutout is compounded by the many ways a team can score in the game. For example, teams can attempt field goals, which have a high rate of success. The range of NFL caliber kickers makes it possible for a team with a weak offense to get close enou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa Naeher
Alyssa Michele Naeher ( ; born April 20, 1988) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Naeher played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer, Penn State Nittany Lions, earning two-time List of NCAA Division I women's soccer First-Team All-America teams, first-team All-American honors. She began her professional career with the Boston Breakers in Women's Professional Soccer in 2010, but when the league folded, she went to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, Turbine Potsdam in Germany. She returned to the Boston Breakers when the NWSL formed and was named NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year in 2014. She has been the starting goalkeeper for Chicago since 2016. Naeher made 115 appearances for the United States women's national soccer team, United States national team between 2014 and 2024. She was the starting goalkeeper for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia Women's National Football Team
The Colombia women's national football team () represents Colombia in international women's football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. They are a member of the CONMEBOL. The team is currently ranked 28th in the FIFA Ranking and has qualified for three FIFA Women's World Cups, in Germany 2011, Canada 2015 and Australia–New Zealand 2023. Colombia is one of South America's best-ranked national teams, and are also the third nation of the continent to qualify for World Cup and the Olympics, besides Brazil and Argentina. Colombia was the first Spanish-speaking country to win a game in the Women's World Cup and whose women's team advanced beyond the group stage in a World Cup (in 2015). In 2023 Colombia first reached the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals. ''Las Cafeteras'' also had participated in all Copa América Femenina editions since 1998. Colombia were runners-up in 2010, 2014 and 2022. Team image Nicknames The Colombia women's national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Illustrated
''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI'') is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954. Founded by Stuart Scheftel, it was the first magazine with a circulation of over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice. It is also known for its annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, swimsuit issue, which has been published since 1964, and has spawned other complementary media works and products. Owned until 2018 by Time Inc., it was sold to Authentic Brands Group (ABG) following the sale of Time Inc. to Meredith Corporation. The Arena Group (formerly theMaven, Inc.) was subsequently awarded a 10-year license to operate the ''Sports Illustrated''–branded editorial operations, while ABG Brand licensing, licenses the brand for other non-editorial ventures and products. In January 2024, The Arena Group missed a quarterly licensing payment, leading ABG to terminate the company's license. Arena, in turn, laid off the publication's editorial staff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, Orlando, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro has been chairman since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. , ESPN is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. It operates regional channels in Africa, Australia, Latin America, and the Netherlands. In Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Moultrie
Olivia Lynn Moultrie (born September 17, 2005) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She is the youngest American women's soccer player to turn professional, at age 13 in 2019. In 2021, she filed a lawsuit against the NWSL that successfully removed the league's age limit and debuted for the Thorns that year at age 15. She was called up to the United States national team in 2023. Early life Moultrie was born in Santa Clarita, California to K.C. and Jessica Moultrie, who both participated in college athletics, and was raised in the Canyon Country district of Santa Clarita, California. Moultrie is also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She started training in soccer when she was four years old. By fifth grade, she was homeschooled so that she could focus on soccer and became the first girl on a boys' club team to play in the U.S. Soccer Developm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlatko Andonovski
Vlatko Andonovski (; born 14 September 1976) is a Macedonian-American association football manager and former player who is the head coach and sporting director of the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League. He was the head coach of the United States women's national team from 2019 to 2023. Andonovski previously coached FC Kansas City and Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League, as well as the Missouri Comets in the Major Arena Soccer League. Playing career A central defender, Andonovski played six seasons for multiple clubs in Europe, such as FK Rabotnički, Makedonija GP and FK Vardar, competing in the First Macedonian Football League, European Cup and Intertoto Cup. In 2000, Andonovski signed with the Wichita Wings of the National Professional Soccer League and later played for the Kansas City Comets, California Cougars and Philadelphia Kixx of the Major Indoor Soccer League in his indoor career. On February 8, 2015, Andonovski and Wichita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twila Kilgore
Twila Argo Kilgore (; born January 18, 1980) is an American soccer coach and former player. She was appointed as assistant coach for the United States women's national team, initially under Vlatko Andonovski, and later got promoted as interim head coach after the resignation of Andonovski. Playing career Kilgore was born in Downey, California to Patricia Kaufman. In her youth, she played for the club side Las Virgenes Blazers, before later joining the Southern California Blues, with whom she won two state titles. In high school, she played soccer at Harvard-Westlake School, where she earned first team All-CIF honors during her senior year. In college, Kilgore played four years with the Arizona Wildcats from 1998 to 2001. She made 74 appearances during her career, scoring seven goals and recording three assists. After college, Kilgore joined the Arizona Heatwave and played in the USL W-League before becoming a coach. Coaching career In 2004, Kilgore joined the Pepperdine Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
