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Eclipse Select SC
The Eclipse Select Soccer Club or just Eclipse, is an American soccer club for boys and girls in the Chicago metropolitan area. Founded in 1996, Eclipse has teams in local, regional, and national competitions, including the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), US Club Soccer, and the United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA). Locations Eclipse serves multiple locations in the Chicago area, serving the north (Northbrook), east (Oak Brook), Darien, Ill., and west (Naperville) suburbs. The clubs' ECNL teams compete out of the North location. In July 2012, Eclipse expanded to Wisconsin to form FC Wisconsin Eclipse. The club ended the Eclipse relationship at the end of the 2017-18 season. In March 2021, Eclipse agreed to an affiliation agreement with Illinois Fire Juniors, an official affiliate program of the Chicago Fire FC, to establish Eclipse Select Central Illinois. The Central Illinois club ended the agreement in 2022, changed their name to Central Illinois United, and left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer Club
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as an independent unit or as part of a larger sports organization as a subsidiary of the parent club or organization. The sport of association football allows teams that partake in some sort of club activity to participate in tournaments such as leagues and other competitions. Teams must register their players as well as staff and other personnel to be eligible to represent the club in any activity as it regards to association football competitions. Club competitions In association football terminology, competitions are referred to as "club competitions". Supporters may also acquire membership rights within their club. Even sponsors may be accounted for as members of the club of affiliation. This is a reason as to why the sport came to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Dalton
Michele Dalton is a retired American professional soccer goalkeeper. Early life Dalton was three-time all-conference, all-area and all-sectional selection at John Hersey High School. She played her youth club soccer for Chicago Eclipse Select during the 2006–2008 seasons. Prior to that, she played for a small, local club Mount Prospect Green and White S.C. from 1993 to 2006. University of Wisconsin Michele Dalton attended University of Wisconsin between 2007 and 2011. As a starter between 2009 and 2011, she recorded 5528 minutes in 58 matches, with 54 goals against at an average of 0.879 per match, 29 wins and 13 ties. Dalton was 2011 Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, 1st Team All-Conference, NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region 2nd Team and two time team MVP. In 2008, Dalton was Academic All-Big Ten. Records (Wisconsin) Source: Saves/game: 7th all-time (12 saves – September 20, 2009), 10th all-time (11 saves – October 7, 2011) Saves/season: 3rd all-time (98 saves – 2011) and 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korbin Albert
Korbin Rose Albert (born October 13, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the United States national team. Albert played collegiately for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where she was a first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2023. She then signed with Paris Saint-Germain. Albert played for the national under-20 team before making her senior international debut in 2023. She won the gold medal with national team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Early life Albert was born in Grayslake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and rose to prominence amongst the USYNT player pool while playing for Eclipse Select Soccer Club and the summer of 2019 with WPSL club FC Milwaukee Torrent. During this time period, she represented the US's youth national set-up at various age groupings and was also named the player of the season for Eclipse's league in her area twice (2018–19 and 2020–21). College career Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatumn Milazzo
Tatumn Marie Milazzo (born April 17, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League club Utah Royals. Early life Born in Orland Park, Illinois, Milazzo attended Victor J. Andrew High School. She played her youth club soccer for Chicago Eclipse Select under eventual Chicago Red Stars head coach Rory Dames. With the Eclipse, she helped the team win the 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship and the Illinois State Cup in 2012, 2013, and 2014. College career Milazzo enrolled at the University of South Carolina and played college soccer for the South Carolina Gamecocks. During her time with the Gamecocks from 2016 through 2019, Milazzo played 80 matches, scoring 3 goals. She also was part of the Gamecocks side that won three Southeastern Conference titles, in 2016, 2017, and 2019. In 2017, she helped the Gamecocks qualify for their first Women's College Cup appearance, where they were defeated by Stanford Cardinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Franco
María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Marchioness of Villaverde (14 September 1926 – 29 December 2017) was the only child of Spain's ''caudillo'', General Francisco Franco and his wife, Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés. In Asturian fashion, she was known by many nicknames, such as Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota and Morita. Family Franco was born in Oviedo. It is rumoured that she was actually the daughter of Francisco Franco's younger brother, Ramón Franco and a prostitute who died shortly after giving birth. On 10 April 1950, in El Pardo, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde. Villaverde was a prominent surgeon. In 1968 he conducted the first heart transplant operation in Spain. The couple had seven children: * María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco, 2nd Duchess of Franco (b. El Pardo, 26 February 1951), who married Prince Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, son of Infante Jaime, Duke of Segov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elise Weber
Elise Marie Addis (; born July 26, 1987) is an American soccer defender. Career She played for Chicago Red Stars of WPSL Elite League and was a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team The U-23 Women’s Youth National Team, operated under the auspices of United States Soccer Federation, U.S. Soccer, plays a pivotal role in bridging the significant gap between college soccer and the development of players for the full Women’ .... References External links US Soccer player profileSaint Louis Athletica player profile Living people American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Saint Louis Athletica players Wisconsin Badgers women's soccer players Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer players People from Elk Grove Village, Illinois 1987 births Women's association football defenders Chicago Red Stars players Women's Premier Soccer League players Women's Premier Soccer League Elite players Women's Professional Soccer p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Vancil
Taylor Danielle Vancil (born May 18, 1991) is a retired American professional women's soccer player who was a goalkeeper for Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League. Career Real Colorado Cougars, 2009 Vancil played for the semi-professional Real Colorado Cougars in the USL W-League in 2009. Chicago Red Stars, 2013–2015 On January 18, 2013, Vancil was drafted in the third round of the 2013 NWSL College Draft by the Chicago Red Stars. Vancil then made her debut for the Red Stars on May 24, 2013, against the Western New York Flash in which she started and played the full 90 minutes as the Red Stars lost the match 2–1. Vancil announced her retirement from professional soccer in March 2015. International Vancil was the #1 goalkeeper for the United States U17s during the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the first women's football edition of the U-17 World Cup. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julianne Sitch
Julianne Marie Sitch (born September 18, 1983) is an American former professional soccer defender. She is currently head coach of the University of Denver women's soccer team. She was previously a coach for the Chicago Red Stars and head coach of the University of Chicago men's soccer team. In 2022, she became the first woman in NCAA history to lead a men's team to a national championship. Early life Born and raised in Oswego, Illinois, Sitch attended Oswego High School and played for the Region II Olympic Development Program. DePaul University Sitch attended DePaul University where she set career records in goals, assists, and points. In 2005, she ended her DePaul career as the program's all-time leading scorer with 32 goals and 26 assists. Club career Melbourne Victory In 2009, Sitch signed with the Melbourne Victory FC in Australia's W-League. She was voted team MVP. Sky Blue FC In 2009, Sitch played for Sky Blue FC during the inaugural season of the Women's Professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Krueger
Casey Marie Krueger ( ; ; born August 23, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left back for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Krueger played collegiate soccer for the Florida State Seminoles and was the fifth overall pick in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. She was named to two NWSL Best XI and one Second XI during her eight seasons with the Chicago Red Stars. Krueger made her senior international debut for the United States in 2016. She has won two Olympic medals with the team, bronze at the Tokyo 2020 and gold at Paris 2024. Early life and education Raised in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois by her parents Kerrwin and LeeShelle Short, Krueger attended Naperville Central High School, where she earned 4.0 honor roll recognition and was named an Illinois State Scholar. She was named PARADE All-American in 2008 and was twice named NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American in 2016 and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Scott (footballer Born 1984)
Alexandra Virina Scott (born 14 October 1984) is an English sports presenter, pundit and former professional footballer who played as a right-back. She has been the current presenter of ''Football Focus'' since 2021. At club level, Scott has had three separate spells with Arsenal, punctuated with a season at Birmingham City in the 2004–05 season and three years in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) with the Boston Breakers. She scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the 2007 UEFA Women's Cup final. At international level, she made 140 appearances for the England national team and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Scott was inducted to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2019, and was inducted to the WSL Hall of Fame in 2024. After retirement, Scott went into punditry, simultaneously working for BBC Sport and Sky Sports. In this role, she covered the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Scott also began co-presenting shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Santacaterina
Jacqueline Manny (; born December 29, 1987) is an American former professional soccer defender who last played for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League. Early life Santacaterina was raised in Geneva, Illinois, where she attended Geneva High School and finished her high school career with 49 goals and 47 assists in 70 games, all as midfielder for the Lady Vikings. In 2005, she helped lead Geneva to a third-place finish in Illinois class AA and was named Kane County Player of the Year. She earned Suburban Prairie North Conference MVP honors in 2004 and 2005 and was listed as a Top 150 recruit by Soccer Buzz. Santacaterina helped lead the club soccer team, Eclipse Select, to consecutive United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) national championships in 2004 and 2005 followed by a Region II title in 2006. As a member of the Illinois state Olympic Development Program (ODP) team from 2000 to 2005, she helped guide the squad to a second-place national fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Quon
Rachel Moy Quon (born May 21, 1991) is an American-Canadian former soccer defender. She played for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League and for the Canada women's national soccer team. Early life Quon was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Canadian father and an American mother. She grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois, and attended Lake Forest High School. As a freshman in 2006, she was named All-Section and All-Conference. During her second year, she provided the most assists on her team and was voted All-State and All-Conference, and was named NSCAA All-American. She did not play high school soccer during her junior year, but scored 25 goals with 21 assists during her first two seasons. In 2009, she scored 15 goals and had 10 assists to lead the Scouts to a 2009 regional title and into the Class 3A sectionals. She was named the 2009 National Gatorade High School Player of the Year as well as Illinois State Player of the Year. She was also named to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
