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Kevin Kratz
Kevin Kratz (born 21 January 1987) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the current director of coaching at Roswell Soccer Club. Playing career Europe After spending three seasons with Bayer 04 Leverkusen's reserve team early in his career, Kratz joined Alemannia Aachen in the 2. Bundesliga. After Aachen was relegated from the 2. Bundesliga at the end of the 2011–12 season, he transferred to Eintracht Braunschweig. With his new club, Kratz won promotion to the Bundesliga in 2013. After the 2013–14 Bundesliga season, Kratz transferred to SV Sandhausen. Philadelphia Union In September 2016, Kratz signed with Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer in the United States. Union Sporting Director Earnie Stewart indicated that Kratz would find a place in the Union midfield, stating "Kevin provides us valuable depth in multiple positions across our midfield." Union coach Jim Curtin likewise indicated that Kratz would fit into a central position in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eintracht Braunschweig
Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football pyramid, and have played home games at the 24,406-capacity Eintracht-Stadion since 1923. Established in 1895 as ''FuCC Eintracht 1895'', the club was a founding member of the German Football Association (DFB) in 1900. They enjoyed regional success prior to World War II, winning the Northern German Championship in 1908 and 1913. After the war, Braunschweig re-established itself in the Oberliga Nord and was among the original 16 clubs admitted to the inaugural Bundesliga season in 1963. Their golden era came in the 1960s and 1970s, when they were crowned Bundesliga champions in 1966–67 under manager Helmut Johannsen and finished third in 1976-77. Braunchschweig were a Bundesliga mainstay until their relegati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 MLS SuperDraft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was the 21st edition of the SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The 2020 SuperDraft was the first SuperDraft held exclusively via conference call and web streaming. The first two rounds of the 2020 SuperDraft were held on January 9, 2020 while rounds three and four were held on January 13, 2020. Previously, the SuperDraft had been held in conjunction with the annual January United Soccer Coaches convention. Format The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft: #Any expansion teams receive the first picks. MLS has announced that Inter Miami CF and Nashville SC would begin play as expansion teams in 2020. Inter Miami CF would select first, and Nashville SC second. #Non-playoff clubs receive the next picks in reverse order of prior season finish. #Teams that made the MLS Cup Playoffs are then ordered by which round of the playoffs they are eliminated. #The winners of the MLS Cup are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 Regionalliga
The 2008–09 Regionalliga season was the first season of the Regionalliga at tier four of the German football league system and the 15th overall since re-establishment of the league in 1994. It was contested in three regional divisions of eighteen teams in each. The champions, Holstein Kiel, Borussia Dortmund II and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 were promoted to the 3. Liga. Team Movements Teams Promoted from Regionalliga To 2. Bundesliga =From Nord= * Rot-Weiß Ahlen (Nord Champions) * Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (Nord Runners-Up) =From Süd= *FSV Frankfurt (Süd Champions) *FC Ingolstadt 04 (Süd Runners-Up) To 3. Liga =From Nord= *Fortuna Düsseldorf * 1. FC Union Berlin * SV Werder Bremen II * Wuppertaler SV * Rot-Weiß Erfurt *Dynamo Dresden * Kickers Emden * Eintracht Braunschweig =From Süd= * VfB Stuttgart II * VfR Aalen *SV Sandhausen * SpVgg Unterhaching * SV Wacker Burghausen * FC Bayern München II * SSV Jahn Regensburg * Stuttgarter Kickers Teams promoted from the Ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberliga Nordrhein
The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German football, the 4th tier of the German football league system. In 2008, it was replaced by the NRW-Liga (Oberliga Nordrhein-Westfalen), a new statewide league. Overview The league was formed in 1978 as a highest level of play for the two regions of Mittelrhein and Niederrhein, which cover the western half of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The main reason for the creation of this league was to allow its champion direct promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Nord rather than having to go through a promotion play-off. It was created from nine clubs from the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein and seven clubs from the Verbandsliga Niederrhein which remained as the leagues below the Oberliga. Additionally, two teams from the 2nd Bundesliga were relegated to the new league, bringing the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord () is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen and Hamburg. It is one of five leagues at this level, together with the Regionalliga Bayern, Regionalliga Nordost, Regionalliga Südwest and the Regionalliga West. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. From 1963 to 1974, a Regionalliga Nord (1963-74), Regionalliga Nord existed as the second tier of the German football league system, but it is not related to the current Regionalliga. Overview The Regionalliga Nord was introduced in 1994 along with three other Regionalliga (football), Regionalligas, those being: *Regionalliga Süd (1994–2012), Regionalliga Süd *Regionalliga Nordost *Regionalliga West/Südwest The reason for its introduction was to create a highest regional league for the north of Germany and to allow its champions, and some years the runners-up too, to be directly promoted to the 2. Bundesl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006–07 Regionalliga
The 2006–07 Regionalliga season was the thirteenth season of the Regionalliga at tier three of the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams in the south and nineteen in the north. The champions, FC St. Pauli and SV Wehen, and the runners-up, VfL Osnabrück and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, of every division were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. North Results Top goal scorers South Results Top goal scorer 'II' teams are amateur sides attached to higher league clubs and cannot be promoted above this level, irrespective of their final position. In the event of a 'II' side finishing in the promotion places, the next club below will instead be promoted. References External links Regionalligaat the German Football Association Regionalliga Nord 2006–07at '' kicker.de'' Regionalliga Süd 2006–07at kicker.de {{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 Regionalliga Regionalliga seasons 3 Germ Germ or germs may refer to: Science * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen II
Bayer 04 Leverkusen II was the reserve team of German football club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Until 2005, the team played as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure. The team has qualified for the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on eight occasions, but never advanced beyond the first round. Before being withdrawn from competition at the end of the 2013–14 season the team played in the tier four Regionalliga West. History Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amateure first entered the highest football league in the Middle Rhine region, the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein, in 1978 and won the league in its fourth season there, in 1981. The team spent the next seventeen seasons in the tier-three Oberliga Nordrhein, gradually improving its results. In 1994 the Regionalliga was established as the new third tier of German football and the team won promotion to this level after an Oberliga championship in 1998. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permanent Residence (United States)
A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document which shows that a person has permanent residency in the United States. ("The term 'lawfully admitted for permanent residence' means the status of having been lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws, such status not having changed."). Green card holders are formally known as lawful permanent residents (LPRs). , there are an estimated 12.8 million green card holders, of whom almost 9 million are eligible to become United States citizens. Approximately 18,700 of them serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. Green card holders are statutorily entitled to apply for U.S. citizenship after showing by a preponderance of the evidence that they, among other things, have continuously resided in the United States for one to five years and are persons of good moral character.''Al-Sharif v. United States Citizenship and Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roswell, Georgia
Roswell is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. At the official 2020 census, the city had a population of 92,883, making Roswell the state's ninth largest city. A suburb of Atlanta, Roswell has an affluent National Register Historic District. History and government In 1830, while on a trip to northern Georgia, Roswell King passed through the area of what is now Roswell and observed the great potential for building a cotton mill along Vickery Creek. Since the land nearby was also good for plantations, he planned to put cotton processing near cotton production. Toward the middle of the 1830s, King returned to build a mill that would soon become the largest in North Georgia – Roswell Mill. He brought with him 36 enslaved Africans from his own coastal plantation, plus another 42 skilled enslaved carpenters bought in Savannah to build the mills. The enslaved built the mills, infrastructure, houses, mill worker apartments, and supporting buildings f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 MLS All Star Game
The 2023 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 27th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, an exhibition association football, soccer match in the United States. The game, featuring an all-star team from Major League Soccer (MLS) and Premier League club Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, was played on July 19, 2023, at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. The all-star game also included a skills challenge, concerts, and other events in the days before the match. The 2023 edition marked a return to the former All-Star Game format that pitted the MLS All-Stars against a European club on their preseason tour; the 2021 and 2022 editions had been played against the Liga MX All-Stars. Arsenal won 5–0 and set a new record for largest margin of victory in the MLS All-Star Game. Background On June 23, 2022, MLS announced that the 2023 All-Star Game would be played at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. It is the first All-Star Game to be played at the 20,000-seat venue, the home of D.C. United since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Rooney
Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, player who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle. Widely considered one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest British players of all time, Rooney is the record goalscorer for Manchester United F.C., Manchester United, and was the record goalscorer for the England national football team, England national team from 2015 to 2023. He has also made more appearances for England than any other outfield player. Rooney spent most of his playing career as a Forward (association football), forward, but was also used in various Midfielder, midfield roles. Rooney joined the Everton F.C., Everton youth team at the age of nine and made his professional debut for the club in 2002 at the age of 16. He spent two seasons at the Merseyside club before moving to Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLS Next
MLS Next (stylized as MLS NEXT) is a youth association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada that is managed, organized, and controlled by Major League Soccer. It was introduced by the league in 2020. It is a successor to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. The system covers the under-13, under-14, under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-19 age groups. The league currently includes 753 teams across 151 clubs. History Organized youth soccer affiliated with Major League Soccer began with various MLS academy teams playing in the Super Y-League at its foundation in 1999. In 2007, the United States Soccer Federation created an elite academy league called the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, which featured academy teams of MLS teams, along with several non-MLS academies across the United States and Canada. The intention of the USSDA was to create a top division of youth soccer in the United States and Canada. On March 12, 2020, as a precautionary measure against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
