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Amy Pietrangelo
Amelia Filomena Pietrangelo (born July 14, 1993) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a striker. Early life Born in Laval, Quebec, Pietrangelo began playing soccer at the age of four for CS Monteuil. She began to play competitively at the age of eight with players a year older than herself. As a child, Pietrangelo also participated in gymnastics and figure skating. Aged 14, she received her first call-up to Quebec's provincial team to play at the Canadian Championships and was subsequently scouted by the Canadian national team. Pietrangelo won gold at the Under-16 Canadian Championship and was named Juvenile Player of the Year by the Quebec Soccer Federation. College career Pietrangelo attended Rutgers University to study Exercise Science on a full scholarship and played for the Scarlet Knights from 2011 to 2014. She scored once in 18 games in her freshman year, and made a further 13 appearances the following year while contributing two goals. Pietrangelo made 19 ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FF USV Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German women's football club from Jena, Thuringia. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the highest level of women's football in Germany. Carl Zeiss Jena played regional women's football since 2016–17 but became more prominent, when it merged with FF USV Jena in 2020. History HSG Uni Jena, USV Jena, FF USV Jena After becoming the last East German women's football champion in 1991, Uni Jena was admitted to the Bundesliga after the reunification of Germany. They were relegated after one season and have remained in the second tier league (then Regionalliga, later 2. Bundesliga) since then. In 2003 Jena became champions of the northeastern Regionalliga but failed to achieve promotion to the Bundesliga. The decisive match was lost at home against Hamburger SV. A year later they qualified for the newly founded 2. Bundesliga and were grouped into the southern division. In 2004 a new women's club was founded, so the USV Jena became the FF USV Jena (FF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Championship
The Canadian Championship () is an annual soccer tournament contested by Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. It is contested by Major League Soccer sides Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and CF Montréal, eight Canadian Premier League sides, and the champions of League1 Ontario, League1 British Columbia, Ligue1 Québec, and League1 Alberta. The tournament is organized by the Canadian Soccer Association and has been broadcast on OneSoccer since 2019. History The Canadian Championship is a domestic cup competition organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. The championship determines one of Canada's entries in the annual CONCACAF Champions Cup. Until the creation of the Canadian Premier League in 2019, all fully professional Canadian soccer teams played in United States–based leagues. Prior to the creation of the official competition in 2008, there was no domestic competition to determine the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Women's National Football Team
The Netherlands women's national football team () represents the Netherlands in international Women's association football, women's football, and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA. In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France women's national football team, France. They played at the final tournament of the UEFA Women's Championship four times and were champions in UEFA Women's Euro 2017, 2017 as hosts. They qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup, World Cup three times, reaching the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 edition of the World Cup, losing 2–0 against the United States women's national soccer team, United States. The result of the 2019 World Cup meant that the Netherlands team qualified for Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2020 Olympics where they lost in the quarter-fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Rosenfeld
Bryan Rosenfeld (born 19 September 1965) is a Canadian retired professional soccer player and former head coach of the Canadian U-17 Women national soccer team. Career Rosenfeld played club football for Hamilton Steelers, and Toronto Blizzard. In 1993, he joined the Toronto Rockets and played two seasons with the organization. In 1995, he signed with Toronto Italia of the Canadian National Soccer League. He made his debut for the club on 5 June 1995 in a match against Scarborough Astros. International career Rosenfeld earned 1 cap for the Canadian national side in 1987. He also played for the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team and made his debut on 24 August 1985 against Nigeria in the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship. Managerial career In 2004, he serves as a goalkeeper coach under Frank Yallop for the Canada men's national soccer team The Canada men's national soccer team () represents Canada in international Association football, soccer competitions sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligue1 Québec (women)
Ligue1 Québec (L1QC, previously known as the Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine) is a semi-professional soccer league created in 2018, organized by the Quebec Soccer Federation, which operates at the pro-am tier of the Canadian soccer league system. In 2025, the league expanded and introduced two new divisions Ligue2 Québec and Ligue3 Québec, following the ending of the amateur Ligue de soccer élite du Québec, with the teams being folded into L1Q. The L1QC women's division is below the Northern Super League and equal to League1 Ontario (women), League1 Ontario, League1 British Columbia, and League1 Alberta. History In 2011, the men's Première ligue de soccer du Québec was established to begin play in 2012, marking the return of a semi-professional soccer league to the province for the first time in 20 years. In 2018, a women's division was added, starting with five teams: AS Blainville, Dynamo de Québec, FC Sélect Rive-Sud, CS Monteuil, and Lakers du Lac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Woeller
Shannon Elizabeth Woeller (born January 31, 1990) is a Canadian soccer defender who plays for Vancouver Rise FC in the Northern Super League. College career Woeller played high school soccer for Prince of Wales Secondary School in her native city. She then went to Rutgers University, where she played from 2009 to 2013. Club career While still at school and college, Woeller played for Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Seattle Sounders in the W-League In the spring of 2014, she left North America and signed with Norwegian Toppserien club IK Grand Bodø. In 2015, she went to play at Stjarnan, at Iceland top-tier league. On January 26, 2017, Woeller signed up with FF USV Jena, where she replaced countrywoman Rachel Melhado, after more than a year without a club. After FF USV Jena was relegated from the Frauen-Bundesliga following their last place finish in the 2017–2018 season, Woeller announced she was joining Eskilstuna United DFF in the Damallsvenskan in Sweden. Woeller was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Cameron
Tiffany Devonna Cameron (born 16 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward and at times as a midfielder for Northern Super League club Halifax Tides FC. Born in Canada, she plays for the Jamaica women's national team, after previously representing Canada. Early life Born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican parents Yvonne Brown and Donovan Cameron, Cameron attended St. Joseph's Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, where she played basketball for three years and soccer for one year. Ohio State University A NSCAA second team All-American and two-time first team All-Big Ten selection, Cameron left Ohio State as the Buckeyes' all-time leading goal scorer with 40 and earned 96 career points, also the most in the school's history. During her senior year in 2012, she led the Buckeyes with 21 goals, breaking the previous school record of 13. Cameron's nine game-winning goals were the most in the country and her 19 career game-winners tied for fourth-most in Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauen-Bundesliga
The Frauen-Bundesliga (German language, German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In the UEFA Women's Champions League, the Frauen-Bundesliga is the most successful league with a total of nine titles from four clubs. In 1990 the German Football Association (DFB) created the German Women's Bundesliga, based on the model of the men's Bundesliga. It was first played with north and south divisions, but in 1997 the groups were merged to form a uniform league. The league currently consists of twelve teams and the seasons usually last from late summer to the end of spring with a break in the winter. Despite the league's competitiveness, it has been semi-professional. VfL Wolfsburg (women), VfL Wolfsburg has won the most championships. Although the league has become more professional, women's-only teams have found it difficult t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalliga A (women's Football)
The Women's Super League is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Switzerland. It was established in 1970 (formerly named Nationalliga A). League winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The team that end as number 10 relegate to the Nationalliga B. The Super League replaced the Nationalliga A as the highest level of women's football in Switzerland from 2020–21 onwards. History The founder and first president was Ursula Moser. On 24 April 1970, the Schweizerische Damenfussball-Liga (SDFL), today's Nationalliga A, was founded. A year earlier, the clubs of Yverdon, Serrières, Sainte-Croix, Boudry, La-Chaux-de-Fonds and Sion had merged to form the Association Romande de Football Féminin (ARFF). The first unofficial championship in French-speaking Switzerland in 1969/70 was won by DFC Sion. The Swiss Women's Football League initially consisted of 18 clubs divided into three regions. The first official champion was DFC Aarau. In 1975, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa Lagonia
Alyssa Ann Lagonia (born 30 June 1989) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who was a midfielder for Swiss Women's Super League club Servette Chênois and the Canada national team. She previously played for Apollon Ladies in Cyprus, Bardolino Verona in Italy, Doncaster Rovers Belles in England and in the W-League for Toronto Lady Lynx and Ottawa Fury. Club career Early career From 2008 to 2011, Lagonia played in the W-League for both the Toronto Lady Lynx and the Ottawa Fury. In March 2012, Lagonia signed a professional contract with Doncaster Rovers Belles. In January 2013, she signed for Italian club Bardolino Verona. She would go on to a play for Swiss club Neunkirch and Apollon Ladies F.C. in the Cypriot First Division. Servette Chênois In 2019, she signed a contract to join Swiss club Servette Chênois. She announced her playing retirement in July 2022, but she continued to be employed at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. International career Lagonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USL W-League (1995–2015)
The USL W-League was a North American amateur women's soccer developmental organization. The league was a semi-professional, open league, giving college players the opportunity to play alongside established international players while maintaining their collegiate eligibility. The league was administered by the United Soccer Leagues system (the USL), which also oversees the men's United Soccer League and Premier Development League. The W-League announced on November 6, 2015 that the league will cease operation ahead of 2016 season. After the popularity of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, though, USL began considerations for a new professional women's league; this effort eventually returned to the re-establishing of the league as the USL W League. History The W-League's inaugural season was in 1995. Originally called the United States Interregional Women's League, it later changed its name to the W-League. Although at its inception some of the league's franchises were barely ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
