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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] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football, football championship contested by 24 List of women's national association football teams, women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France, which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The United States women's national soccer team, United States entered the competition as defending champions after winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015 edition and successfully defended their title, with a 2–0 victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2007 Pan American Games – Women's Tournament
The women's association football tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games took place from 12 to 26 July 2007. by Marcelo Leme de Arruda on the RSSSF Teams The number of teams was expanded to 10 teams for this edition, with no age limit. The participants were: * ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** ** **Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --- ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2007 Pan American Games
Football competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were held between July 12 and 27, 2007. Matches were held at five stadiums in the city. Medal summary Medal table Medalists References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pan American Games Football 2019 Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ... 2007, Football International association football competitions hosted by Brazil Football competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The Pan American Games
Football at the Pan American Games is an association football competition organized by Panam Sports in the continental multi-sport event of the Pan American Games. The men's tournament has been played since 1951, it has restricted the participation of elite players in various ways. The women's tournament has been played since 1999, it is for senior national teams. The tournament was played in a league format from 1951 to 1963, neither the final nor bronze medal match was hosted. Another format was used in 1971, this time the tournament was played in a group format in the early stages, but played in a league format for the final stages. The 1983 tournament saw only 3 teams playing in the final group stages, with the first and final time the tournament did not have the fourth place team. Results Men's tournament 19 editions of the tournament were held. ;Notes Women's tournament 7 editions of the tournament were held. Performances Men's medals ;Notes: ''Italic'' — Hosts s ... [...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] |
CONCACAF W Gold Cup
The CONCACAF W Gold Cup is an international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It was announced in December 2020, initially unnamed though referred to as a "Women's CONCACAF Nations League". The branding was announced in August 2021, with CONCACAF describing the tournament as their "flagship women's international competition". Adoption On 10 December 2020, the CONCACAF Council approved the structure and calendar of a "Women's CONCACAF Nations League". However, the naming and branding of the tournament had yet to be determined. The competition is intended to provide more national team matches for all CONCACAF member associations. On 19 August 2021, it was announced that the competition would be known as the CONCACAF W Gold Cup, with the branding also revealed. Format The qualification competition, known as the " Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship
The 2022 CONCACAF W Championship was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Eight teams played in the tournament, which took place from 4 to 18 July 2022 in Mexico. The United States emerged as the winner, defeating Canada 1–0 in the final. The tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the football tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. The top two teams in each of the two groups qualified for the Women's World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. The winner qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, while the second and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, CONCACAF Women's Championship (also known as the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament), the quadrennial international association football, soccer championship organized by CONCACAF for the women's national teams of the North America, North, Central America, Central American and Caribbean region. Eight teams played in the tournament, which took place from October 4 to 17, 2018 in the United States. The tournament served as the CONCACAF 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup, while the fourth-placed team advanced to a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off), play-off against the third-placed team from the South American confederation, CONMEBOL. It also determined the CONCACAF teams playing at the Football at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF W Championship
The CONCACAF W Championship is a women's association football competition for national teams organized by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) that often serves as the qualifying competition to the Women's World Cup, and recently the Olympics. In years when the tournament has been held outside the World Cup qualifying cycle, non-CONCACAF members have been invited. CONCACAF is the governing body for football for North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The most successful country has been the United States, winning their ninth title in 2022. History 2000 Six member women's national teams participated: Canada, the U.S., Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as two invited teams, Brazil and China. The United States hosted the tournament and were champions. 2002 The 2002 Women's Gold Cup was an eight-team tournament hosted by Canada and the United States. The two finalists qualified for the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 6 August 2021. Originally, it was to be held from 22 July to 7 August 2020, but the Summer Olympics were postponed to the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the official name of the games remains the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was the seventh edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2020 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at six stadiums in six cities in Japan. The final was hosted at the International Stadium in Yokohama. There were no player age restrictions for teams participating in the competition. Germany, the winners of the previous edition, failed to qualify for the tournament after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Canada won their first gold medal by defeating Sweden 3–2 in the penalty shoot-out after both teams drew 1–1 after extra time in the final. The Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2020 Summer Olympics
The association football, football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 7 August 2021 in Japan. In addition to the Olympic host city of Tokyo, matches were also played in Kashima, Ibaraki, Kashima, Saitama (city), Saitama, Sapporo, Rifu and Yokohama. Two events were contested: a men's and women's competitions. Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. There were no age restrictions on women's teams, while men's teams were restricted to under-24 players (born on or after 1 January 1997) with a maximum of three overage players allowed. The men's tournament is typically restricted to under-23 players, though following the postponement of the Olympics by a year, FIFA decided to maintain the restriction of players born on or after 1 January 1997. In June 2020, FIFA approved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) system at the Olympics. Teams were restricted to 18 athletes, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
