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Allie Thornton
Alexis Taylor Thornton (born December 2, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Dallas Trinity. Thornton played college soccer for the SMU Mustangs, earning first-team All-AAC honors four times. In 2022, after three seasons in France with Le Havre and Issy, she moved to RSC Anderlecht in Belgium, where she won two league titles. In 2024, she joined the newly formed Dallas Trinity and won the inaugural USL Super League Golden Boot. Early life Thornton was born in Arlington, Texas, to Kelli and Jim Thornton. She played youth soccer with Solar Chelsea 98 (now Solar Chelsea SC). Thornton attended Kennedale High School, where she helped lead the team to their first Texas 4A State Championship victory in 2015, recording 38 goals and 22 assists in the process. Kennedale repeated as champions in 2016, winning consecutive state titles. College career In 2016, Thornton joined the SMU Mustangs. She earned numerous accolades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders. It is currently non-sectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". As of fall 2022, the university had over 12,000 students, including approximately 7,000 undergraduates and 5,000 postgraduates. As of fall 2019, its instructional faculty is 1,151, with 754 being full-time. In the 2020 academic year, the university granted over 3,827 degrees, including 315 doctorates, 1,659 master's and 1,853 bachelor's degrees and offers over 32 doctoral and over 120 masters programs from ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Football Federation
The French Football Federation ( FFF and 3F; or Triple F; , ) is the governing body of football in France. It was formed in 1919 and is based in the capital, Paris. The FFF is a founding member of FIFA and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in France, both professional and amateur. The French Football Federation is a founding member of UEFA and joined FIFA in 1907 after replacing the USFSA, who were founding members. History Background Before the FFF was established, football, rugby union and others sports in France were regulated by the (USFSA). Founded in November 1890, the USFSA was initially headquartered in Paris but its membership soon expanded to include sports clubs from throughout France.''The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC- Athens to Beijing, 1894–2008'': David Miller (2008) In 1894, the USFSA also organised the first recognised French football championship. The first competition featured just four Paris teams an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Brann Kvinner
SK Brann (previously known as IL Sandviken) is a Norwegian women's football team based in Bergen. The team plays in Norway's top league, Toppserien. History The team used to be part of IL Sandviken. Sandviken's women's team were a mainstay in Toppserien since its formation, and won it for the first time in 2021. They also won the Norwegian Women's Cup in 1995. The team was renamed SK Brann Kvinner ahead of the 2022 season as part of a merger process with Bergen's most popular football club, SK Brann. In January 2023 they were fully merged with Brann, becoming the club's women's team. In their first season as Brann, the team were crowned champions of both the 2022 Toppserien and the 2022 Norwegian Women's Cup. Having previously played most of their games at the 1500-capacity Stemmemyren stadium, during the 2024 Toppserien, 2024 season the team moved permanently into Brann Stadion, with a capacity of 16 750. The team has by far the highest average attendance in Norwegian women's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GKS Katowice (women)
GKS Katowice (; GKS stands for , ) is a Polish professional football club based in Katowice. They currently compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2024–25 season after gaining promotion from the I liga in 2024. History In 1963 in Katowice a special organizational committee was called with the purpose of uniting all the clubs and sporting organizations of the city into one large club which would encompass many disciplines. In mid-1963 Rapid Wełnowiec and Orzeł Wełnowiec merged, creating Rapid/Orzeł. In 1964 Rapid/Orzeł, Górnik Katowice, Koszutka Katowice, Katowicki Klub Łyżwiarski (Katowice Skating Club), Katowicki Klub Sportowy Górnik, Górniczy Klub Żeglarski Szkwał (a sailing club) amongst other clubs from Katowice merged creating GKS Katowice. Four years later on the 9 August 1968, Dąb Katowice also amalgamated with GKS Katowice. GKS Katowice made its debut in Polish football's top league (now called the Ekstraklasa) on 8 August 1965 when GKS Katowice took on local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 15th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the third edition to feature a 16-team group stage. The final was held at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. Barcelona were the defending champions and defended their title with a 2–0 win over Lyon in home-country venues. Association team allocation The association ranking based on the UEFA women's country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: *Associations 1–6 each had three teams qualify. *Associations 7–16 each had two teams qualify. *All other associations, if they entered, each had one team qualify. *The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League were given an additional entry if they did not qualify for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League through their domestic league. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The competition was first played in 2001–02 under the name ''UEFA Women's Cup'', and renamed the Champions League for the 2009–10 edition. The most significant changes in 2009 were the inclusion of runners-up from the top eight ranked nations, a one-off final as opposed to the two-legged finals in previous years, and – until 2018 – playing the final in the same city as the men's UEFA Champions League final. In the 2021–22 season, the competition proper included a group stage for the first time in the Women's Champions League era, which will evolve into a league phase from the 2025–26 season onward. Lyon is the most successful club in the competition's history, winning the title eight times, including five consecutive titles fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KRC Genk Ladies
KRC Genk Ladies is a Belgium, Belgian women's soccer, women's football club based in Genk. It is the women's section of KRC Genk. The club was formed as a merger of clubs from Lanaken and Zonhoven in 2013, and has been known as Ladies Genk since 2015 when they relocated to Genk. They play in the Super League Vrouwenvoetbal, Super League, the highest level in Belgium. Current squad Former players Honours References External links * Women's football clubs in Belgium Association football clubs established in 1971 1971 establishments in Belgium K.R.C. Genk Sport in Limburg (Belgium) {{Belgium-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe, transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Nations League, UEFA Champions League, Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Conference League, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuopion Palloseura (women)
Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium. KuPS has won the Finnish championship title seven times, the Finnish Cup five times and the Finnish League Cup once. The club is placed fourth in the all-time Finnish Premier League honor table. History The club was officially founded on 16 March 1923, at Kuopion Seurahuone. The club was named Kuopion Palloseura ("Kuopio Football Club") with an abbreviation of KPS, which was later changed to KuPS. The club spent the majority of the 1920s playing friendly games against other local clubs. In the 1930s and early 1940s, the club played in the second highest tier of Finnish football. KuPS was first promoted to Mestaruussarja in 1947, but were relegated at the end of their first season. The club was promoted again in 1949 and this time remained in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 22nd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 14th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the second edition to feature a 16-team group stage. The final was held at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League automatically qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage. Lyon were the defending champions, having won a record-extending eighth title after winning the 2022 final. They were unable to defend their title after being defeated by Chelsea in the quarter-finals. Barcelona won their second title by defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final. Association team allocation The association ranking based on the UEFA women's Association coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: *Associations 1–6 each had three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UKS SMS Łódź
Uczniowski Klub Sportowy Szkoła Mistrzostwa Sportowego Łódź (), commonly known as UKS SMS Łódź, is a Polish football club based in Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, currently playing in the regional league. The club is well known for working with youngsters. UKS SMS Łódź operates at the Kazimierz Górski's High School of the Sports Championship School at the 12 Milionowa 12 Street in Łódź. The stadium has a capacity of 3,000 places (2,000 seats). UKS SMS grown-ups * Błażej Augustyn * Artur Bogusz * Jakub Bursztyn * Mateusz Cetnarski * Mateusz Cholewiak * Aboubacan Conde * Tomasz Jodłowiec * Jakub Kiełb * Michał Kołba * Jakub Kowalski * Marcin Kowalczyk * Artur Krysiak * Przemysław Macierzyński * Tomasz Makowski * Maciej Makuszewski * Piotr Marciniec * Maciej Mas * Andrzej Niewulis * Krystian Nowak * Oktawian Obuchowski * Marcel Pięczek * Przemysław Płacheta * Robert Prochownik * Mariusz Rybicki * Jakub Romanowski * Patryk Stęp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade De Reims Féminines
Stade de Reims Féminines () or Stade de Reims Women is a French women's soccer, women's football club from Reims established in 1968 as FCF Reims . In 1970 it became Stade de Reims's women's team, and four years later it was one of the twelve founding teams of the Division 1 Féminine, known known as the Première Ligue. It currently plays in the Seconde Ligue – the second tier of the French football league system#Women, French league system. History Pierre Geoffroy helped found the club Stade de Reims Féminines. Stade de Reims was one of the championship's leading teams during its first years, winning five titles between 1975 and 1982. In 1973 Stade de Reims undertook a tour of Ireland, and as a result signed Anne O'Brien (footballer), Anne O'Brien who played against them, making them the first non-Irish team to sign an Irish player. The team subsequently declined throughout the 1980s, but is currently playing in Division 1 Féminine (D1F). Players Current squad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
