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DiDi Haračić
Dijana "DiDi" Haračić (born 12 April 1992) is a Bosnian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Early life Born in Sarajevo, Haračić moved to the United States at the age of two during the Bosnian War. Haračić, her mother, and older sister Anja fled Bosnia shortly after her birth and eventually landed in Germany. Her father, Izet Haračić, played professional football in Germany and represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Winter Olympics as a bobsledder. College career Haračić played for Loyola Greyhounds, Loyola University Maryland between 2010 and 2013. During that time, she established herself as the first choice keeper for the Greyhounds. She was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, MAAC Player of the Year in 2012 and helped the Greyhounds to a MAAC Championship and Women's NCAA tournament. Professional career D.C. Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel City FC
Angel City Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Los Angeles, California, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The formation of the team was announced on July 21, 2020; it began play in the 2022 National Women's Soccer League season, 2022 season. The team plays its home games at BMO Stadium, which it shares with Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). Angel City FC is the Los Angeles area's first women's professional soccer team since the Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer folded in 2010. The team has many high-profile owners, including Natalie Portman, America Ferrera, Mia Hamm, Sophia Bush, Abby Wambach, and Eva Longoria. History On July 21, 2020, the National Women's Soccer League, NWSL announced that Los Angeles would be awarded an expansion franchise for the 2022 season. The team was announced with a majority female ownership group led by actress Natalie Portman, venture capitalist Kara N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Its current 13 full members are located in five Northeastern states: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York (state), New York. Members are all relatively small private institutions, a majority Catholic university, Catholic or formerly Catholic, with the only exceptions being two secular institutions: Rider University and Quinnipiac University. The MAAC currently sponsors 25 sports and has 17 associate member institutions. History The conference was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the United States Military Academy, U.S. Military Academy, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College (New York), Iona College, Manhattan University, and Saint Peter's University, Saint Peter's College. Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men's cross-country running, cross-country and men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWSL Team Of The Month
The National Women's Soccer League Team of the Month, also called the Best XI of the Month since 2022, is a monthly women's soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Selection This award began in 2017. From 2017 to 2021 it was named the "Team of the Month", and since 2022 it has been named the "Best XI of the Month". From 2017 to 2022, the NWSL Media Association, composed of journalists who regularly cover the league, select eleven players deemed to have put in the best performances over the past month. Since 2023, the NWSL Media Association and the league's broadcast talent select the players. Winners 2017 2018 2019 2020 The 2020 NWSL regular season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Multiple winners Notes See also * List of sports awards honoring women * NWSL Player of the Week * NWSL Rookie of the Month * NWSL Player of the Month * NWSL awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay FC
Bay Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in the San Francisco Bay Area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The team began play in the NWSL as an expansion team in the 2024 National Women's Soccer League season, 2024 season. Their home stadium is PayPal Park in San Jose, California, a soccer-specific stadium with 18,000 seats that is also home to the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer (MLS). The ownership group, which is led by investment firm Sixth Street Partners and four former United States women's national soccer team, United States women's national team players, was awarded an expansion franchise on April 4, 2023. It is the first women's professional soccer team based in the Bay Area since the San Jose CyberRays and FC Gold Pride, who both played in previous leagues. Sixth Street CEO Alan Waxman and former national team player Aly Wagner were named the club's co-chairpersons. The team's name, Bay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Angel City FC Season
The 2024 Angel City FC season was the team's third season as a professional Women's association football, women's soccer team. Angel City FC plays in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. Background Coaching changes On November 2, 2023, at the conclusion of the 2023 season, Angel City official announced that interim coach Becki Tweed would be staying on permanently as head coach. The club announced the departure of Head of Goalkeeping, Daniel Ball on November 8, 2023, after serving his two-year contract. On January 9, 2024, Angel City announced the hiring of Lee Nguyen as an assistant coach, as well as the promotion of Eleri Earnshaw to first assistant coach. On January 23, 2024, Oliver Blitz was announced as the new Performance Analyst in the preseason roster announcement. On January 31, 2024, Angel City announced the finalized staff for the 2024 season, with Omar Zeenni announced as the new goalkeeper coach and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 NWSL College Draft
The 2019 NWSL College Draft was the seventh annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select newly eligible college players for the 2019 NWSL season. It was held on January 10, 2019, in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Format *Draft order was determined by the final 2018 regular season standings. * Final list of registered players was released on January 9, 2019. Results Key Picks Notable undrafted players Below is a list of undrafted rookies who appeared in a competitive NWSL game in 2019. Trades Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: Round 4: Summary In 2019, a total of 26 colleges had players selected. Of these, five had a player drafted to the NWSL for the first time: Baylor, Butler, Loyola–Chicago, Northwestern and Oregon. Schools with multiple draft selections Selections by college athletic conference Selections by position See also * List of NWSL drafts * List of National Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caprice Dydasco
Caprice Ka'anohikula Dydasco (born August 19, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right back for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League. She previously played for Pali Blues, the Washington Spirit, Newcastle Jets, NJ/NY Gotham FC, and the Houston Dash. She was voted the NWSL Defender of the Year while with Gotham FC in 2021. She played college soccer with the UCLA Bruins, winning the NCAA championship in 2013. Early life The daughter of Jose and Misty Dydasco, Dydasco played soccer for Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu and the Honolulu Bulls Soccer Club. She was a youth All-American in 2009 and 2010. Her brother, Zane Dydasco, played soccer for the United States Air Force Academy. Her sister True played soccer for the University of Oregon. College career Dydasco was a four-year starter as a defender for the UCLA Bruins from 2011 to 2014. She appeared in 94 games and scored five goals and had 23 assists. As a junior she helped UCLA to win th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Johnson
Estelle Laura Johnson (born 21 July 1988) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. She previously played for Western New York Flash, Washington Spirit, and Gotham FC in the NWSL, Philadelphia Independence in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), and Sydney FC of Australia's W-League. Early life Johnson was born in Cameroon to an American father and Malian mother. She moved to multiple countries for her father's job but her family eventually settled in Colorado when she was in elementary school. She grew up in Fort Collins where she was a four-year letterwinner at Rocky Mountain High School. As a freshman, Johnson was named the best defensive player by the team. She earned all-conference first team honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior and was named all-state during her junior and senior years. She was named team MVP as a sophomore and a junior. Johnson was a member of the Olympic Development Program (ODP) Region IV pool. She also captained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Blue FC
Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020, and as NJ/NY Gotham FC from 2021 to 2024. A founding member of the NWSL in 2013, Sky Blue FC also played in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) from 2009 to 2011. They won the NWSL Championship in 2023. History 2006–2008: Establishment Following the growth of women's soccer in the United States in the 1990s, the first attempt at a fully professional women's league, the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), was founded in 2000. However, after playing just three seasons the WUSA folded in 2003. Almost immediately following the folding of the WUSA, attempts were made to relaunch the league, although each of these initially came to naught. Finally, in December 2006, an agreement was reached to establish a new professional wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Washington Spirit Season
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