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OKC Energy FC
Oklahoma City Energy Football Club, or simply Energy FC, is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The club is a member of the USL Championship, the second division of the American soccer league system. Although having not officially ceased operations, the club is currently on a hiatus, having canceled their seasons until a planned 2027 return. The club cites its inability to meet league requirements for field conditions. With their operations to field a team, the organization is currently undergoing a name change initiative using a Name The Team contest for fans to vote. History Oklahoma City businessman Robert "Bob" Funk, Jr., was awarded a United Soccer League franchise on July 2, 2013, and in November, the club announced its name would be Oklahoma City Energy FC. The ownership group, Prodigal LLC, formerly Express sports, which operated the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League and formerly oversaw the Oklahom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Oklahoma, most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, its population ranks List of United States cities by population, 20th among United States cities and 8th in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 Census and reached 681,054 in the 2020 United States census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee, Oklahoma, Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population. Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian County, Oklahoma, Canadian, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie counties. However, much of those areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pribil Stadium
}, fl. 1370s) was a Serbian ''župan'' (count) who built the Dobrun Monastery in Dobrun, Višegrad, as a family funeral church. He founded the church together with his sons, župan Petar and župan Stefan. There are frescoes of the family, and of a higher-ranked nobleman, '' protovestijar'' Stan, who was Pribil's father-in-law. The founding date of the monastery is uncertain. Dates have been given as: reign of King Stefan Dušan (before 1343); 1360–70; and 1370s. Family With his wife Boleslava, he had two sons: *''župan'' Petar ( 1383), took monastic vows as ''Jovan'' *''župan'' Stefan See also * Dobrun Monastery *Serbian nobility Serbian nobility () refers to the historical privileged order or class (aristocracy) of Serbia, that is, the medieval Serbian states, and after the Ottoman conquests of Serbian lands in the 15th and 16th centuries, Serbian noble families of the Kin ... References {{reflist 14th-century Serbian nobility People from Višegrad People from the Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pascarella
John Pascarella (born July 20, 1966) is an American soccer coach who is currently on the staff of Forward Madison FC in USL League One. Playing career Raised in Vineland, New Jersey, Pascarella played prep soccer at Vineland High School together with Glenn Carbonara, with both graduating in 1984. Pascarella played four years of college soccer at Pennsylvania State University between 1984 and 1987, before playing professional soccer. He had stints with Washington Stars and abroad in Peru with both Sport Boys and Alianza Atlético, before returning to the United States. In the US, Pascarella played in the A-League and USISL Premier League with Richmond Kickers and Standard Falcons, before joining MLS side Los Angeles Galaxy in 1996. Management career Pascarella's coaching career began at the University of Maryland in 1998. He later was head coach at Herndon High School, the U.S. Olympic Development Program in Virginia and with USL PDL side Northern Virginia Royals. He j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado Rapids
The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in 1995, as part of the Anschutz Corporation, later to be a founding sports franchise of the global sports and entertainment concern Anschutz Entertainment Group, AEG, the club is a founding member of MLS, playing their first season in 1996 Major League Soccer season, 1996. The Rapids are owned by the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, also owners of the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League, NLL, and other sports teams outside of the state of Colorado. Colorado won the MLS Cup in 2010, their second MLS Cup appearance. The first appearance was in 1997, losing to D.C. United. They were also runners-up of the U.S. Open Cup in the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, 1999 tournament, where they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Cooke (football Coach)
Steve Cooke (born 31 October 1968) is an English football manager and coach who is the head coach of Atlanta United 2 in MLS Next Pro. Prior to that, he was on the technical staff of Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer as a director, moving to the Sounders in May 2021 as the U17 head coach before also assuming the director role. Under his management, the Sounders U17s team won the prestigious Generation Adidas Cup in April 2022, and went on to win the MLS Next West division. Sounders FC also won the CONCACAF Champions League in May 2022 becoming the first club from Major League Soccer to do so. Previously, he was director of soccer for the USL Championship club, Phoenix Rising FC. Prior to that, he served as head coach and technical director of the USL's OKC Energy FC. He also spent eight seasons with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer as an assistant coach, eventually assuming the role of head coach for the 2017 season. He got his start in coaching with the Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CF Pachuca
Club de Fútbol Pachuca is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Pachuca, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded in 1892 as Pachuca Football Club, then changed its name to Pachuca Athletic Club in 1895, and the current franchise was refounded in 1960 under its current name. The club was founded by workers of the Mexican mining company called ''"Compañia Real del Monte y Pachuca"'', which had mostly British miners immigrants from Camborne and Redruth (Cornish diaspora), who were the first to introduce football to Mexico. Nicknamed ''"Tuzos"'', it pays tribute and refers to the history and mining heritage of the club and the city of Pachuca. It was the first football club founded in Mexico, and was one of the founding members of the Primera Fuerza#Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association, which was the first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 CONCACAF Champions League Finals
The 2017 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format, and overall the 52nd edition of the premium association football, football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexican Football Federation, Mexican teams Tigres UANL, UANL and C.F. Pachuca, Pachuca. The first leg was hosted by UANL at Estadio Universitario (UANL), Estadio Universitario in San Nicolás de los Garza on 18 April 2017, while the second leg was hosted by Pachuca at Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca on 26 April 2017. The winner would earn the right to represent CONCACAF at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg, Pachuca won the second leg 1–0 to defeat UANL 2–1 on aggregate to win their fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swope Park Rangers
Sporting Kansas City II is a MLS Next Pro club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. For the 2022 season they will play their home games at Kansas Jayhawks, Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri. They were formerly known as the Swope Park Rangers. The club is headquartered alongside Sporting Kansas City at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. History On October 22, 2015, the team was officially announced as the USL Championship, USL's 30th franchise, as were the Swope Park Rangers name, color scheme and logo. The Rangers replaced Oklahoma City Energy FC as SKC's USL affiliate, and was named after a nickname for SKC reserve squad in 2008. The team is Sporting Kansas City's third USL affiliate in the team's history, after previously having partnered with Orlando City SC (2010–14), Orlando City SC and Oklahoma City Energy FC. Canadian Marc Dos Santos, who led Ottawa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly Match
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sport, sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. Exhibition games often serve as "warm-up matches", particularly in many team sports where these games help coaches and managers select and condition players, before the competitive matches of a Season (sports), league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team. An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, to promote the sport, to commemorate an anniversary or a famous player, or to raise money for Chari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayo OKC
Rayo OKC, also known as Rayo Oklahoma City, was an American professional soccer team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) – the second tier of the American soccer pyramid – beginning with the 2016 season. They played home games at Yukon High School's Miller Stadium in Yukon, Oklahoma. The club permanently ceased operations following the 2016 season, citing huge financial losses, management issues and heavy competition from the nearby Oklahoma City Energy FC of the USL as the main reasons. History On November 10, 2015, the NASL announced that a new club called Rayo OKC would begin to play in the 2016 season. The new team was majority-owned by Raúl Martín Presa, the owner of Rayo Vallecano of the Spanish Segunda División, with a minority stake owned by Oklahoma native Sean Jones, former owner of the Oklahoma City FC franchise. Rayo OKC was also co-founded and managed by "Sold Out Strategies," a sports management ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamar Hunt U
Lamar or Lamarr is a word with multiple origins that may refer to: People *Lamar (given name), a list of people * Lamar (surname), a list of people Fictional characters *Hedley Lamarr, in Mel Brooks's movie '' Blazing Saddles'', played by Harvey Korman *Lamar Latrell, in the '' Revenge of the Nerds'' movie series *Lamar Alford, in the off-Broadway musical ''Godspell'' *Lamar Davis, in the 2013 video game ''Grand Theft Auto V'' *Lamarr, a headcrab from the game ''Half-Life 2'' *Lamar Williams, professional otaku and member of MD-5 from the Meta Runner internet series Places in the United States * Lamar, Arkansas, a city * Lamar, Colorado, a home rule municipality and county seat * Lamar, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Lamar, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Lamar, Missouri, a city and county seat * Lamar, Nebraska, a village * Lamar, Oklahoma, a town * Lamar, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place * Lamar, South Carolina, a town *Lamar, Tennessee, an unincorpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSBI
KSBI (channel 52) is a television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by locally based Griffin Media alongside CBS affiliate KWTV-DT (channel 9). The two stations share studios on West Main Street in downtown Oklahoma City; KSBI's transmitter is located on the city's northeast side. History Locke Supply ownership The UHF channel 52 allocation was contested between two groups that vied to hold the construction permit to build a new station on the frequency. The first prospective permittee was Satellite Broadcasting Company – a religious nonprofit corporation headed by Donald J. Locke, owner of Oklahoma City-based regional hardware store chain Locke Supply Company, and his wife, Wanda McKenzie Locke – which petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocate a ninth television frequency in the Oklahoma City market (originally to have been assigned to Edmond) in the spring of 1979. The FCC Broadcast Bureau con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
