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Jonathan Grant (chess Player)
Jonathan Nicholas Grant (born October 15, 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League. Born in Canada, Grant plays for the Guyana national team. Early life Grant began playing youth soccer at age three with Wexford SC in Scarborough, Ontario. When he was 15, he joined Sigma FC. In 2012, Grant committed to join Yavapai College. Club career In 2014, he played with Sigma FC in League1 Ontario. After the season, he was invited to train with the first team and reserves of Belgian club Genk. On May 15, 2015, after a month-long trial, he signed a professional contract with USL club FC Montreal, the second team of Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact. He made his debut the same day against the Charleston Battery. In December 2015, he signed with the Swope Park Rangers for the 2016 season. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win over Orange County Blues FC on July 23, 2016. In 2017, he returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickering, Ontario
Pickering (2021 Canadian census, 2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Durham Region. Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily British colonists. An increase in population occurred after the American Revolutionary War, when the Crown resettled Loyalists and encouraged new immigration. Many of the smaller rural communities have been preserved and function as provincially significant historic sites and museums. The city also includes the Pickering Casino Resort, a multi-billion-dollar casino complex. History Early period The present-day Pickering was Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Aboriginal territory for thousands of years. The Wyandot people, Wyandot (called the Huron by Europeans), who spoke an Iroquoian language, were the historical people living here in the 15th century. Archeological remains of a large village have been found here, known as the Draper Site. Later, the Wyand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USL Championship
The USL Championship (USLC) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the second tier of the United States soccer league system#Men's leagues, United States league system. It is organized by the United Soccer League (USL) as its premier league for men above USL League One. Operating under a Professional sports league organization#Structure of North American leagues (franchise and minor league system), franchise model, 24 teams divided between the league's Eastern Conference (USL Championship), Eastern and Western Conference (USL Championship), Western Athletic conference, conferences compete in an annual Round-robin tournament, round-robin Season (sports)#regular season, regular season, lasting from spring to fall. At the end of the season, the top team overall wins the ''Players' Shield'', while the top eight teams in each conference advance to a Playoffs, playoff tournament culminating in the USL Championship final, which determines the champion. The league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HFX Wanderers
Halifax Wanderers FC, also written as HFX Wanderers FC, is a Canadian professional soccer club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) at the top of the Canadian soccer league system, and play their home matches at Wanderers Grounds. History Foundation In December 2016, Sports & Entertainment Atlantic owner Derek Martin met with Canadian Premier League officials to discuss launching a franchise in Halifax. Martin pitched the idea of a pop-up stadium to Halifax City Councillors in March 2017, and approval was given three months later. On May 5, 2018, Halifax was one of four groups accepted by the Canadian Soccer Association for professional club membership. HFX Wanderers Football Club was officially unveiled on May 25, 2018, as the third team to join the Canadian Premier League. As well as confirming their place in the league for the 2019 launch season, the club also revealed their crest, colours and branding. Stephen Hart was also anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théo Collomb
Théo Collomb (born 18 July 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for FC US Saint-Tropez. Early life Collomb began his youth career with Cournon-d'Auvergne. In 2015, he joined the youth system of Clermont. College career After speaking to a teammate on the French Universiade team who was playing in the American college system, Collomb sent highlight tapes to American universities to try to secure a scholarship. In 2020, he began attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he played for the men's soccer team. On 17 February 2021, he scored his first career collegiate goal and registered his first assist during a 4-1 victory over the Belmont Abbey Crusaders. In his freshman season in the 2021 spring season (which was delayed from the regular 2020 fall season due to the COVID-19 pandemic), he won the Southern Conference Tournament with the team. He was named to the South All-Region Third Team, was the SoCon co-Freshman of the Year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Canadian Premier League Season
The 2023 Canadian Premier League season was the fifth season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. The CPL Shield was won by Cavalry FC who finished first in the regular season by a 13 point margin. In the CPL final, Forge FC defeated Cavalry FC 2–1 in Hamilton to capture the North Star Cup. In doing so, Forge became league champions for the fourth time in five seasons. Both title winning clubs qualified for the newly expanded 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Team and rule changes Eight teams competed in the 2023 season with the debut of Vancouver FC, and the dissolution of FC Edmonton. The league's playoff structure changed to a five-team Page playoff system with four elimination matches and one non-elimination match. The league's player compensation budget increased by $175,000 compared to 2022. Teams were required to spend between $750,000 and $1,025,000 on their 20–23 player rosters with a minimum of $30,000 per player. A team making full use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Sports
CBC Sports is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for English-language sports broadcasting. The CBC's sports programming primarily airs on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca, and CBC Radio One. (The CBC's French-language Radio-Canada network also produces sports programming.) Once the country's dominant sports broadcaster, in recent years it has lost many of its past signature properties – such as the Canadian Football League, Toronto Blue Jays baseball, Canadian Curling Association championships, the Olympic Games for a period, the FIFA World Cup, and the National Hockey League – to the cable specialty channels TSN and Sportsnet. The CBC has maintained partial rights to the NHL as part of a sub-licensing agreement with current rightsholder Rogers Media (maintaining the Saturday-night ''Hockey Night in Canada'' and playoff coverage), although this coverage is produced by Sportsnet, as opposed to the CBC itself as was the case in the past. As a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalry FC
Cavalry Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the Canadian soccer league system in the Canadian Premier League, and plays their home matches at ATCO Field on the grounds of Spruce Meadows in Foothills County. The team is managed by Tommy Wheeldon Jr. and owned by Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment. History On May 5, 2018, Calgary was one of four cities accepted by the Canadian Soccer Association for professional club membership. Cavalry FC was announced on May 17, 2018, as the second team to officially join the Canadian Premier League. Spruce Meadows Sports & Entertainment Group CEO Linda Southern-Heathcott and COO Ian Allison were joined by league commissioner David Clanachan and league president Paul Beirne to unveil the team. The club's name, crest and colours were all revealed at the event at Spruce Meadows, while Tommy Wheeldon Jr. was announced as head coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division 1 Norra
Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan (), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as ''Division 1''. Division 1 was the second tier from 1987 to 1999, but was replaced by Superettan in 2000. It was reestablished for the 2006 season as the third tier below Superettan. History The old Division 1 replaced Division 2 as the second highest level in 1987 and consisted of two separate leagues with 14 teams each, Norra (Northern) and Södra (Southern), except for the 1991 and 1992 seasons which comprised 32 teams in four leagues, adding Östra (Eastern) and Västra (Western). As of the 2018 season, both Norra and Södra leagues of Ettan are composed of 16 clubs, similar to Allsvenskan and Superettan. And the league is focus for developing young stars. The competition There are 32 clubs in Ettan, divided in two groups of 16 teams each representing Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and practice facilities are located in Kansas City, Kansas. The team has played its home matches at Children's Mercy Park since 2011. Sporting Kansas City began play in 1996 as a charter team in the league, then named Kansas City Wiz. The team was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1995. Starting in 1997, the franchise was named Kansas City Wizards. The team rebranded in November 2010, coinciding with its move to its new home stadium, Children's Mercy Park. Since moving across the state line, they have been the only major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, major professional sports league franchise to play their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange County Blues FC
Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer system. The team plays its home games at Championship Soccer Stadium, located inside Great Park in Irvine. History The then Los Angeles Blues were founded by Iranian-American businessman Ali Mansouri in 1998 and announced as a USL Pro expansion franchise on December 7, 2010. The team was associated with the United Soccer Leagues W-League team LA Blues, and is part of the larger Orange County Blues organization, which has competed in Los Angeles-area amateur leagues since 1998. They introduced their first three players—goalkeeper Oscar Dautt and midfielders Cesar Rivera and Josh Tudela—at a formal launch event on December 14, 2010. After an extensive pre-season, the Blues played their first games in the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Link (newspaper)
''The Link'' is an independent, student-run, not-for-profit multi-media publication at Concordia University. ''The Link'' publishes a bi-weekly newspaper every other Tuesday during the fall and winter semesters, and publishes online daily through its website. From 1999 until 2017, ''The Link'' published weekly on each Tuesday. In the spring of 2017, ''The Link'' and its members voted to transition to a monthly magazine format, and the first issue was published on September 5, 2017. This later changed back in September 2022, ''The Link'' reverting to a tabloid format—albeit biweekly. ''The Link'' mandate is to publish stories not usually covered by mainstream media, and the publication specializes in advocacy journalism. Contributors cover stories about student life, as well as local, national and international issues of interest to the Concordia and Montreal communities. Its revenue comes from a student fee-levy and both print and online advertising. History ''The Link'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston Battery
The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional soccer club in the United States. Charleston are one of the more successful lower-division soccer clubs in the United States, having won four league titles. The Battery won the USISL Pro League in 1996, the USL A-League in 2003, the USL Second Division in 2010 (where they also won the regular season title), and the 2012 USL Pro season, USL Championship in 2012. They were also crowned the USL Championship Eastern Conference champions and league finalists in 2023 USL Championship season, 2023. Charleston are also the most successful club in the history of the supporter-led Southern Derby competition with 10 first-place finishes. The Battery have become renowned for their impressive list of alumni to play at the next level, domestically and abro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
