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Jean-Louis Bessé
Jean-Louis Bessé (born July 5, 1980) is an Ivorian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He played at the international level with the Quebec national soccer team. Playing career Early career Bessé began his Canadian career in 2000 in the provincial circuit the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec (LSEQ) with Francheville. In 2004, he began playing at the College soccer in the United States, college level with UQTR Patriotes. After the conclusion of the college season, he was invited to briefly train with the Toledo Slayers of the USL Premier Development League. In 2006, he was named the Male Athlete of the Year and was selected to the CIS all-star team. He returned to the regional LSEQ in 2006 to play with Trois-Rivières Sélect where he scored 11 goals finishing as the third-highest goalscorer. During his stint in Trois-Rivières, he played in a friendly match against Montreal Impact (1992–2011), Montreal Impact. For th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Croatia
C.N.S.C. Toronto Croatia (Croatian National Sports Club Toronto Croatia) is a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, that plays in the Supergroup Open Division in the Canadian Academy of Football. The team's colours are red, white and blue, similar to those of the Croatia national football team, Croatia national team. The club was founded in 1956 by the Croatian diaspora in Toronto. Initially the team played in various local amateur leagues before making the transition to the professional ranks by joining the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL) in 1962. In 1975, after a period of dominance in the CNSL, the organization purchased the Toronto Metros of the North American Soccer League (1968–84), North American Soccer League and retained their heritage by inserting Croatia into the team's name. Their greatest success occurred in the 1976 season, where Toronto captured the Soccer Bowl. The 1976 team was later inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1979 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provence Football Team
The Provence football team is the football team for the French territory of Provence. The team does not have affiliation with UEFA or FIFA, but is an affiliate member of the NF-Board since December 2008. It occasionally participates in international competitions, such as the Viva World Cup, finished fourth in 2009 and 2012. History The Provence football team played its first matches against Catalonia on 3 and 4 April 1921, which ended in losses. After years of uncertainty and rumours of a reformation in the 1960s, the team was relaunched in 2006, and it played its first matches since 1921 at the 2008 Viva World Cup, in Gällivare, Sweden, where they finished in the last place after losing all of their matches against Padania, Kurdistan, Assyrians (under the Aramean label), and Sápmi. After a losing streak of six games, the team finally claimed their first-ever win in a friendly match against Monaco (3–2). Three further participations followed in 2009, 2010, and 2012. Provenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021. Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. Founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest city in France, as well as one of Europe's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited settlements. It was known to the ancient Greeks as ''Massalia'' and to ancient Romans, Romans as ''Massilia''. Marseille has been a trading port since ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Première Ligue De Soccer Du Québec
A premiere, also spelled première, (from , ) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work. History Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the film premiere to showman Sid Grauman, who founded Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The first ever Hollywood premiere was for the 1922 film ''Robin Hood'', starring Douglas Fairbanks, in front of the Egyptian Theatre. By the late 1920s the red carpet had become synonymous with film premieres. Classification There are a number of different types: A single work will often have many premieres. For example, in film, the 2019 United States movie ''Aladdin'' held its world premiere at the Grand Rex in Paris, France, on 8 May 2019, its first regional premiere in Jordan on 13 May 2019, and its United States premiere on 24 May 2019. Likewise, in music, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 received its world premiere in the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Rhinos
Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup since MLS started play in 1996. Founded in 1996 as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their name to Rochester Rhinos to start the 2008 season. The club began a four-year hiatus after the 2017 USL season in the second tier of the United States soccer league system. The team then rebranded as Rochester New York FC and played its first and only season in MLS Next Pro in 2022, but departed before the beginning of the 2023 season. The club was affiliated with the youth club Empire United Soccer Academy, which rebranded as Rochester New York FC Youth and continues to operate as a separate club. The youth club currently has a team in the United Premier Soccer League. History 1996–2017 Rochester Raging Rhinos was founded in 1996 and playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USL First Division
The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second Division. It began in the 1996 season as the Select League – consisting 21 of the league's best third-tier clubs. It soon merged with the American Professional Soccer League to become the A-League in the 1997 season. It adopted its final name in the 2005 season, following a restructure of the USL. A controversial sale of Nike's stake in the USL in 2009, along with general animosity between the league and club owners, led to several clubs seceding from the league to form the North American Soccer League (NASL). Amid the dispute, U.S. Soccer organized a mediatory second-tier league with the two warring groups of clubs in 2010. In the 2011 season, the NASL began play as a second-tier league, while the USL merged its First and Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska Highway News
''Alaska Highway News'' was the paper of record for Fort St. John, the North Peace River region, and Dawson Creek in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1943 by Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, it was largely under corporate ownership for the rest of its 80-year-old publication history before being shuttered by Glacier Media in 2023. A year later the paper was purchased and relaunched by Todd Buck. History Ma Murray, a Kansas native and wife of British Columbia politician and publisher George Matheson Murray, had already made a reputation as the firebrand editor of the ''Bridge River-Lillooet News'' in Lillooet, British Columbia, among other publications, when the Murrays came to see the Alaska Highway for themselves in 1940. They decided that Fort St. John, then a boomtown populated mostly by United States Army soldiers, was a good place to start a newspaper, and the weekly ''Alaska Highway News'' was born in 1943. Murray became the "best-known, best-loved and also mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian White Eagles FC
Serbian White Eagles Football Club (/''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian semi-professional Association football, soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a Non-FIFA international football, non-FIFA sanctioned league. The team's home kit is all white commemorating the white double-headed eagle, double-headed Serbian eagle, eagle which appears on the flag of Serbia, Serbian flag while the away colours are national colours of Serbia, red-blue-white commemorating the tricolour (flag), tricolour of the Serbian flag. The colour white was also chosen as it symbolizes purity and innocence. The club also has teams in the CSL Reserve Division, Canadian Soccer League Reserve Division and the Ontario Soccer League. The club was established in Hamilton, Ontario in 1968 under the name Serbia FC and joined the professional ranks by becoming a member in the Canadian National Soccer League, National Soccer League after relocating to Toronto and becoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSL Championship
The Canadian Soccer League championship final, or CSL Championship, is the post-season match of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) and is the successor to the CNSL Championship. The winner is crowned champion as in other North American sports leagues (i.e. via a playoff following a regular season). This differs from other top soccer leagues, which consider the club with the most points at the end of the season to be the sole champion. It is a Non-FIFA championship match that was previously sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) but is now affiliated with the Soccer Federation of Canada (SFC). The league hosted its inaugural championship on October 14, 1998. The CSL Championship is traditionally held in early October. Toronto Croatia is the most successful team, winning a record sixth cup in 2015. Throughout its history, the championship has had several title sponsors, from the ''Primus Cup'' in 2000, the ''Rogers Cup'' from 2001 to 2009, and the ''Givova Cup'' fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Nouvelliste (Quebec)
''Le Nouvelliste'' () is the Mauricie regional newspaper, based in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. It is part of the Gesca media conglomerate. It was part of the Parizeau Affair, a political affair of the 2003 Quebec general election. See also * List of Quebec media *List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers Local weeklies Alberta * Bashaw – ''Bashaw Star'' * Bassano – ''Bassano Times'' * Beaumont – ''Beaumont News'' * Beaverlodg ... References External linksOfficial website French-language newspapers published in Quebec Gesca Limitée publications Mass media in Trois-Rivières Daily newspapers published in Quebec Publications with year of establishment missing {{Quebec-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Canadian Soccer League Season
The 2008 Canadian Soccer League season was the 11th since its establishment where a total of 16 teams from Ontario and Quebec took part in the league. The season began on May 16, 2008, and ended on October 26 with the Serbian White Eagles claiming their first championship by defeating Trois-Rivières Attak 2-1 in a penalty shootout. This was the third consecutive year the White Eagles had reached the CSL finals losing respectively to Italia Shooters in 2006, and to rivals Toronto Croatia in 2007. While during the regular season Italia won their second division title with Trois-Rivières becoming the first Quebec team to claim the National Division title. The CSL added another team to the Peel Region after the relocation of the Canadian Lions to Brampton, Ontario to play as the Brampton Lions in the National Division. Toronto FC of the Major League Soccer established a relationship with the league by entering TFC Academy to the National Division, and TFC Academy II to the Reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
