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Brittany Kolmel
Brittany Nicole Kolmel (; born September 18, 1987) is an American soccer defender. She was traded in 2018 to the Utah Royals FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), however she decided to take time off from her professional career. She previously played for FC Kansas City and Western New York Flash in the NWSL, for Sky Blue FC in the WPS, and for the United States U-20 women's national soccer team. Early life Born in Campbell Hall, New York, Taylor attended Washingtonville High School in Washingtonville, New York, where she was a four-year letterwinner and three-time Section 9 Player of the Year from 2002 to 2004. She was named All-American, Youth All-American and New York State Player of the Year during her senior year. She was named All-East Region 2, All-State and ''Times Herald-Record'' Player of the Year from 2002 to 2004 and Striker of the Year in 2003. Taylor set a school record for goals with 127 and goals in a single season at 36. Taylor also played for club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Herald-Record
The ''Times Herald-Record'', often referred to as ''The Record'' or ''Middletown Record'' in its coverage area, is an American daily newspaper published in Middletown, New York, covering the northwest suburbs of New York City. It covers Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties in New York. It was published in a tabloid format until March 1, 2022, when it began being published like most other newspapers, in a broadsheet format. The newspaper left its long-time main office in Middletown in 2021 and moved into a small office nearby in the Town of Wallkill. The newsroom had 120 full-time equivalent employees in the 1990s, but as of July 2023 it had one news reporter and one sports reporter. It came into being in the late 1950s when Middletown's two papers merged. It is owned by Gannett. History A newspaper has been in existence in some form in the city of Middletown since 1851. The ''Times Herald'' was the result of a 1927 merger of the ''Times-Press'', a merger of the old Middletow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (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 field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...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] |
Boston University Terriers
The Boston University Terriers are the ten men's and fourteen women's Varsity team, varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition. Boston University's team nickname is the Terriers, and the official mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. The school colors are Scarlet (color), Scarlet and White. The majority of Boston University's teams compete as members of the Patriot League, with the ice hockey teams competing in Hockey East and rowing competing in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges, EARC. Conference change On July 1, 2013, Boston University left the America East Conference and joined the Patriot League. Sports sponsored Boston University is one of 4 NCAA Division I schools to not sponsor at least one of women's volleyball or baseball (The other 3 being Detroit Titans, Detroit Mercy, Drexel Dragons, Drexel, and Vermont Catamounts, Vermont). Ice hockey Boston University's ice hockey team is the most successful sports progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medial Meniscus
The medial meniscus is a fibrocartilage semicircular band that spans the knee joint medially, located between the medial condyle of the femur and the medial condyle of the tibia.Platzer (2004), p 208 It is also referred to as the internal semilunar fibrocartilage. The medial meniscus has more of a crescent shape while the lateral meniscus is more circular. The anterior aspects of both menisci are connected by the transverse ligament. It is a common site of injury, especially if the knee is twisted. Structure The meniscus attaches to the tibia via coronary ligaments. Its anterior end, thin and pointed, is attached to the anterior intercondyloid fossa of the tibia, in front of the anterior cruciate ligament; Its posterior end is fixed to the posterior intercondyloid fossa of the tibia, between the attachments of the lateral meniscus and the posterior cruciate ligament. It is fused with the tibial collateral ligament which makes it far less mobile than the lateral meniscus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACL Injury
An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during injury, instability of the knee, and joint swelling. Swelling generally appears within a couple of hours. In approximately 50% of cases, other structures of the knee such as surrounding ligaments, cartilage, or meniscus are damaged. The underlying mechanism often involves a rapid change in direction, sudden stop, landing after a jump, or direct contact to the knee. It is more common in athletes, particularly those who participate in alpine skiing, football (soccer), netball, American football, or basketball. Diagnosis is typically made by physical examination and is sometimes supported by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Physical examination will often show tenderness around the knee joint, reduced range of motion of the knee, and increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Soccer
The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I association football, soccer."2007 North Carolina Women's Soccer Media Guide." ''tarheelblue.com.'' Retrieved on March 23, 2009. North Carolina is one of the most successful women's college soccer teams, having won 22 of the 36 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, and 23 of the 43 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, NCAA national championships. The team has participated in every NCAA tournament. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big East
The Big East Conference (stylized as BIG EAST) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference that competes in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I in 10 men's sports and 12 women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the 11 full-member schools are primarily located in Northeastern United States, Northeast and Midwestern United States, Midwest metropolitan areas. The conference was officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference on August 1, 2013, and since then conference members have won NCAA national championships in men's basketball, women's cross country, field hockey, men's lacrosse, and men's soccer. Val Ackerman is the commissioner. The conference was formed after the "Catholic Seven" members of the Big East Conference (1979–2013), original Big East Conference elected to split from the football-playing schools in order to start a new conference focused on basketball. These schools (DePaul University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Huskies
The UConn Huskies (or Connecticut Huskies) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Connecticut, with its main campus located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school is a member of the NCAA's Division I and the Big East Conference. The university's athletic teams mainly play at on-campus facilities, but the football team plays at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, and the men's and women's basketball teams share their home court designation at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on-campus and at the PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford. History Nickname The university's teams are nicknamed " Huskies", a name adopted following a student poll in '' The Connecticut Campus'' in 1934 after the school's name changed from Connecticut Agricultural College to Connecticut State College in 1933; before then, the teams were referred to as the Aggies. Although there is a homophonic relationship between "UConn" and the Yukon, where Huskies are native, the "Huskies" nickname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washingtonville, New York
Washingtonville is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the town of Blooming Grove, New York, Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,657 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel, New York, Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie, New York, Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, New York, Newburgh, NY Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York City, New York–Newark, New Jersey, Newark–Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport, NY-New Jersey, NJ-Connecticut, CT-Pennsylvania, PA New York metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. The village is named in honor of George Washington. History Washingtonville was first settled in 1731. The village maintained a slow but steady growth during the second half of the 18th century. In 1809, John Jaques, a boot and shoemaker, set up his shop in this tiny settlement of nine houses, then known as "Little York." In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washingtonville High School
Washingtonville Senior High School is located on West Main Street (New York State Route 94) in the village of Washingtonville, New York, Washingtonville, New York (state), New York. It is the high school for the Washingtonville Central School District. The adjacent Washingtonville Middle School, middle school was once the high school. WHS has received accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Washingtonville High School has set forth three particular goals: 1) Students will demonstrate increased academic performance (i.e. achieving mastery rate (85%) on NYS Regents Examinations); 2) Students will demonstrate preparation for and motivation to study at more rigorous levels of learning (i.e. Advanced Placement/College Courses); and 3) Students will be engaged within a positive social and emotional environment. In athletics, some of the school's rivals are Monroe-Woodbury in football and Warwick Valley in cross country and track and field. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
