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Franco Caraccio
Franco Caraccio (born 16 January 1987 in Chacabuco, Argentina) is an Argentine football striker, who currently plays for Out of Scope FC. Professional career Caraccio began his career in the youth ranks of Argentina club Arsenal de Sarandí and played five games for the club's first team during the Clausura tournament in 2006. He also played one league game during the 2006 Apertura tournament and one game in the Copa Sudamericana in 2007. On February 28, 2008, Caraccio signed with the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. He played his first games for the Dynamo in the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and made his MLS debut in Houston's first match of the 2008 MLS season against the New England Revolution on March 29, 2008. On April 6, 2008, Caraccio scored his first Dynamo goal on a header after a cross by left midfielder Corey Ashe. He was waived by the Houston Dynamo on July 18, 2008. After an unsuccessful trial with New York Red Bulls he signed with the Primera B Nacional team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chacabuco, Buenos Aires
Chacabuco is a city in the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It is the head town of the Chacabuco Partido and has a population of 38,418 inhabitants (2010). UN/LOCODE is ARCCO. Rural tourism Close to Chacabuco, on the RN 7 is the Laguna Rocha, formed by a widening of the Salado River. The main characteristic of the area is the solitary rustic landscape that attracts tourists in search of contact with the nature and landscape of the Pampa region. Other Lakes include the Laguna Las Toscas and Laguna de los Patos. Culture Chacabuco has generated important musicians like the bandoneonist Raul Garello, the Conductor Elvio Mango, student of Baroque music, and vocal ensembles like Aloe (music folkloric and nun) and the Municipal Polifonic Choir. As far as Popular Music, it has a rich history; and present. Many local musicians ended up in big national bands, and a lot of local bands themselves enjoy local and national success, such as No Salgas Con Robots, Tijera Selmer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Ashe
Corey Alan Ashe (born March 14, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player. He played 10 seasons in Major League Soccer, mostly with the Houston Dynamo, but also with Orlando City SC and Columbus Crew SC. Originally a wide midfielder, Ashe moved to left back in 2011 and established himself as one of the best left backs in MLS, being named an MLS All-Star in 2011 and 2013. Ashe was considered one of the fastest players in MLS during his time in the league. While in Houston, he was part of the MLS Cup 2007 winning squad and helped the Dynamo reach two more finals in 2011 and 2012. His 266 career appearances for the Dynamo is the 3rd most in franchise history. Career Youth career and college Born in Orange County, California, Ashe played with Beach FC - Impact before moving to Bradenton, Florida to join U.S. Soccer's residency program at IMG Academy in 2001. Ashe attended the University of North Carolina in 2003 and played four years for the Tar Heels, startin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Expatriate Sportspeople In The United States
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Argentina is a multiethnic society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, denomination, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigrant destinations such as Canada, Brazil and Australia. Ethnic groups Overvie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1987 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Foreign MLS Players
This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer. The following players: #Have played at least one MLS regular season game. Players who were signed by MLS clubs, but only played in playoff games, U.S. Open Cup games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included. #Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Canada or the United States determined by the following: ::''A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national team of Canada or the United States.'' More specifically, *If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include American and Canadian players with dual citizenship. *If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from American or Canadian parents, or moved to Canada or the United States at a young age, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Sudamericana 2007
The 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF. CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007; the fourth North American club was the defending champion Pachuca. The official draw took place on May 22 in Buenos Aires. The Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandí won their first international title by defeating América in the final, winning 3-2 in the first leg and losing 2-1 in the second leg, which was the only game that they lost. Arsenal scored at least three goals in their opponents stadium in four of the five games they played. They defeated San Lorenzo, an Argentine club that recently won the 2007 Clausura, the Brazilian club Goiás, Argentine giant River Plate and the strongest rivals of Mexican football, Guadalajara and America. This is the third time a Mexican club has reached the final, and the fourth title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts#2006 FIFA World Cup, host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany national football team, Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a German reunification, unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe. Italy national football team, Italy won the tournament, claiming their fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina National Football Team
The Argentina national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' (), represents Argentina in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (), the governing body of football in Argentina. It has been a member of FIFA since 1912 and a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916. It was also a member of Panamerican Championship#Panamerican Football Confederation, PFC, the unified confederation of the Americas from 1946 to 1961. They are the reigning world champions, having won the 2022 FIFA World Cup, most recent FIFA World Cup in 2022, earning their third star shown by the team's crest. Overall, Argentina has appeared in a List of FIFA World Cup finals, FIFA World Cup final six times, a record equaled by Italy national football team, Italy and surpassed only by Brazil national football team, Brazil and Germany national football team, Germany, they also appeared in the Football at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delfino Pescara 1936
Delfino Pescara 1936, commonly referred to as Pescara, is a professional football in Italy, Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo. The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Serie C, but will play in Serie B in the 2025–26 season following a win against Ternana Calcio, Ternana in promotion play-offs. Pescara has competed in seven seasons in Serie A, 1977–78 Serie A, 1977–78, 1979–80 Serie A, 1979–80, 1987–88 Serie A, 1987–88, 1988–89 Serie A, 1988–89, 1992–93 Serie A, 1992–93, 2012–13 Serie A, 2012–13 and last participated in 2016–17 Serie A, 2016–17. The team's official colors are white and light blue varied between either azure or sky blue, manifested in striped shirts with white socks and shorts. History Aside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno Nobili in the midfield, they managed to win their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
