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Kia McNeill
Kia Janeen McNeill (born May 15, 1986) is an American retired professional soccer defender who most recently played for the Boston Breakers in the NWSL. She previously played for the Saint Louis Athletica, Philadelphia Independence, and the Atlanta Beat in the WPS and was a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team. Early life McNeill was born and grew up in Avon, Connecticut and attended Avon High School. At Avon, she helped lead the women's soccer team to three straight Class M State Championships and three undefeated seasons. She was named 2003 State Player of the Year in Connecticut and was a two-time NSCAA High School All-American. She also earned letters in basketball and track. In 2010, McNeill was inducted into the Connecticut Girls Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Boston College McNeill was a four-year starter and played in 86 consecutive games at Boston College. She was a forward for her first three seasons and switched her senior sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford Courant
The ''Hartford Courant'' is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. A morning newspaper serving most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury, Connecticut, Waterbury, its headquarters on Broad Street in Hartford, Connecticut was a short walk from the Connecticut State Capitol, state capitol. It reports regional news with a chain of bureaus in smaller cities and a series of local editions. It also operates ''CTNow'', a free local weekly newspaper and website. The ''Courant'' began as a weekly called the ''Connecticut Courant'' on October 29, 1764, becoming daily in 1837. In 1979, it was bought by the Times Mirror Company. In 2000, Times Mirror was acquired by the Tribune Company, which later combined the paper's management and facilities with those of a Tribune-owned Hartford WTIC-TV, television station. The ''Courant'' and other Tribune print properties were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Bears
The Brown Bears are the sports teams that represent Brown University, an American university located in Providence, Rhode Island. The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference. Brown's mascot is Bruno. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 34 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I sports. In American football, football, the Bears, along with all other the Ivy League teams, compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Varsity athletics The Bears participate in 34 NCAA sports. The Bears first fielded a American football, football team in 1878, playing Amherst College in their inaugural game. The Bears participate in the following varsity sports: Additions and subtractions In 2011, a Special Committee recommended that Brown cut four varsity sports due to Brown's budget cut backs—men's fencing, women's fencing, men's wrestling, and women's skiing—and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omolyn Davis
Omolyn Ophilia Davis (born 9 August 1987) is a Jamaican international football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... defender who last played professionally for CSHVSM of the Kazakhstani championship. She previously played for magicJack in the WPS. She played the 2013 season for CSHVSM Kairat in Kazakhstan and became a league runner-up. References External linksOmolyn DavismagicJack soccer profile * 1987 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yael Averbuch
Yael Averbuch West (born Yael Friedman Averbuch; November 3, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player. She was formerly the executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association and is the current general manager of NJ/NY Gotham FC. A retired professional soccer player, she last played as a defender for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League. During her career as a center midfielder at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Averbuch was named national player of the year by both Soccer Buzz and Top Drawer Soccer. Averbuch was selected in the first round of the 2009 WPS Draft (4th overall) by her home state team, Sky Blue FC. She later played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Damallsvenskan and the UEFA Women's Champions League and made a brief stint with WFC Rossiyanka. She is a two-time WPS champion with Sky Blue FC and the Western New York Flash. Averbuch played for the United States at every level of the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Ann Robinson
Leigh Ann Brown (; born August 17, 1986) is an American former soccer defender. She previously played for FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League, FC Gold Pride, Atlanta Beat, and the Philadelphia Independence of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and earned two caps with the United States women's national soccer team. Early life Born in Poway, California, Brown attended Mt. Carmel High School where she led her team to two league championships and two second-place finishes. As a freshman, she was named Second Team Palomar League while winning the CIF San Diego section championship. She was named Second Team North County and First Team Palomar League during her sophomore year and earned All-North County and First Team Avocado League honors her junior and senior seasons. She also played for the 2003 National Champion and 2001 Regional Finalist San Diego Surf teams. University of San Diego, 2004–2007 Brown attended the University of San Diego where she played f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 WPS Season
The 2011 Women's Professional Soccer season is the third season for the WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The season started with the opening match on April 9, with the 2011 WPS Championship scheduled for the weekend of August 27–28. Changes from the 2010 Season *Defending champions FC Gold Pride will not return for the 2011 season. *Also not returning for the 2011 season are Chicago Red Stars, which were given a month's deadline to find investors after the original announcement of the teams, but failed to achieve so. The Red Stars will spend 2011 regrouping in the WPSL. *New to the league are the Western New York Flash, who are playing in Rochester, New York. *Due to a change in ownership, the Washington Freedom were renamed " magicJack", and also moved from the Washington area to Boca Raton in South Florida. Competition Format/Schedule *The regular season will begin on April 9 and end on August 14, with most teams playing few game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Women's Professional Soccer Season
The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season served as the inaugural season for WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on March 29 and ended on August 9, with the postseason being held between August 15 and 21. Competition format * The season began on March 29 and ended on August 9. * Each team played a total of 20 games evenly divided between home and away games. Each team played every other team three times, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 18 games. The remaining two games were played against two other teams, one at home and one away. * The four teams with the most points from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The third- and fourth-placed regular season finishers played each other in the single-match First Round. The winner of the First Round then faced the second-placed regular season finisher in the Super Semifinal, and the winner faced the first-placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 WPS Draft
The 2009 WPS Draft took place on January 16, 2009. It was the first draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams, though other players not previously assigned could be drafted as well. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Draft notes See also * List of foreign WPS players External linksComplete draft coverage {{DEFAULTSORT:Wps Draft 2009 2009 Draft Draft, the draft, or draught may refer to: Watercraft dimensions * Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel * Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail * Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a v ... WPS Draft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damallsvenskan
The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, the began operating on a system of promotion and relegation with the Elitettan. The two lowest placed teams are relegated to the Elitettan, and the two highest placed teams from the Elitettan are promoted in their place. Starting with the 2022 season the league has been expanded from 12 to 14 teams. The first Swedish women's national championship was played in 1973. Since its inception, the has featured star players like Marta, Daniela, Nadine Angerer, Lisa De Vanna, Hope Solo, Christen Press, and Hanna Ljungberg Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former association football Forward (association football), forward. She spent the majority of her club career at Umeå IK and was a Sweden women's national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, the university has more than 15,000 total students. Boston College was originally located in the South End, Boston, South End of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston before moving most of its campus to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Chestnut Hill in 1907. Its Boston College Main Campus Historic District, main campus is a historic district and features some of the earliest examples of collegiate gothic architecture in North America. The campus is 6 miles west of downtown Boston. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees through its nine colleges and schools. Boston College is classified as a "Research 1: Very High Research Spending and Doctorate Production" university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon High School (Connecticut)
Avon High School is a public high school in Avon, Connecticut, United States, serving grades 9–12. The principal since the 2022–2023 school year is Dr. Stephanie Lockhart. Demographics The 2024–2025 demographic profile is as follows: White 61.4%, Asian 19.7%, Hispanic 8.6%, Black 6%, two or more races 4.1%. Renovations The school has undergone extensive renovations in the 2000s. The school started its latest renovation project in 2006, which was completed in the fall of 2008. This included the addition of classrooms, a second gymnasium, a new kitchen and cafeteria, orchestra room, several media centers, and interior cosmetic changes. An indoor track and a softball field were proposed, but were canceled due to a lack of funding. The school was also renovated during 1996 and 1997. The most recent renovations (2018-2019) were done to the football field and track, replacing the grass field with turf and replacing the track. Academics In order to graduate, students of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion. The WPS was the highest level in the United States soccer pyramid for the women's game. On January 30, 2012, the league announced suspension of the 2012 season, citing several internal organization struggles as the primary cause. Some of these issues included an ongoing legal battle with magicJack owner Dan Borislow and the lack of resources invested into the league. On May 18, 2012, WPS announced the league folded and would not return in 2013. After the WPS folded, the National Women's Soccer League formed in 2013 and took WPS's place as the top professional women's soccer league in the United States. History Planning After the folding of Women's United Soccer Association, which p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
