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Sabrina D'Angelo
Sabrina Victoria D'Angelo (born May 11, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the Canada national team. D'Angelo played college soccer for the South Carolina Gamecocks and was selected 21st overall in the 2015 NWSL College Draft by the Western New York Flash. She was the MVP of the 2016 NWSL Championship in which she made three saves in the penalty shoot-out. The following year, the Flash moved to become the North Carolina Courage, where she won two NWSL Shields and one further Championship. In 2019, D'Angelo began a four-year spell with Swedish club Vittsjö GIK before entering the Women's Super League, first with Arsenal and then Aston Villa. D'Angelo led Canada to gold at the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and silver at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, being named the Canada Soccer U20 Player of the Year for the latter. She made her senior debut for Canada in 2016. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a association football positions, position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing football team, team from Scoring in association football, scoring a 'Football pitch#Goals, goal' (i.e. putting the football (ball), ball over the Goal_(sports)#Association_football, goal Goal line (association football), line). This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area, goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them (outside throw-ins) the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit (association football), kit from their teammates and opposition. The back-pass rule is a rule that disallows handling passes b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The women's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 10 August 2024. It was the eighth edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at seven stadiums in seven cities in France. The United States won a record-extending fifth gold medal, and their first since 2012, defeating Brazil 1–0 in the final, held at Parc des Princes in Paris. Schedule The schedule was as follows. Qualification In addition to host nation France, eleven women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. The Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions ratified the distribution of spots at their meeting on 24 February 2022. Sweden, runners-up of the 2016 and 2020 Olympic tournaments, failed to qualify for the 2024 tournament after being eliminated in the group stage of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League. Venues Squads The wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Soccer Player Of The Year
The Canada Soccer Player of the Year award celebrates Canada's top male and female soccer players in recognition of their achievements with both the national teams and their respective clubs. Since 2007, voting has been conducted by Canadian coaches and media. Christine Sinclair currently holds the record for most awards, having been named Player of the Year a total of 14 times, including 11 consecutive years between 2004 and 2014. Player of the Year winners Canadian Youth Player of the Year Canadian Young Player of the Year Beginning in 2018, the Canadian Soccer Association began awarding only one youth player of the year award for each gender to a U20 player. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was awarded to a U23 player instead. Until 2017, they had awarded two awards to each gender - one for a U17 and another for a U20 player. U20 Player of the Year U17 Player of the Year Canadian Futsal Player of the Year In 2017, the Canadian Soccer Association began awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
The 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the sixth edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Panama from 1 to 11 March 2012. All matches were played at the Estadio Rommel Fernández. The top three teams of the 2012 tournament earned qualification to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The tournament was won by the United States, who defeated Canada in the final, 2–1. Mexico secured the final qualification position by defeating Panama in the third place match, 5–0. Qualification Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting the event. Note: Panama qualified to the tournament, only later was announced as host. Venue Match officials The match officials were announced the 14 February 2012. Squads Group stage The draw for the tournament took place on the 15 January 2012 in the CONCACAF offices in Miami Beach, Florida. The schedule was announced on the 25 January 2012. All matches up to 9 March 2012 (group st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
The 2010 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship was held in Costa Rica from March 10–20, 2010. This was the second edition of the U-17 women's championship for CONCACAF. The first and second placed teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago. The United States were the defending champions from 2008. Trinidad and Tobago did not participate because they automatically qualified to the World Cup as hosts. Media coverage Like the 2010 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship held in January, Concacaf.tv broadcast each game in live stream free of charge. Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol broadcast group games that involved Mexico or the United States as well as all knockout stage matches regardless of participants. Qualified teams Group stage All times are local ( UTC−06:00). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage All times are local ( UTC−06:00). The winners of the two semifinal matches qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Women's National Under-17 Football Team
The Canada U-17 women's national soccer team (also known as Canada Under-17s or Canada U-17s) represents Canada in international Association football, soccer at this age level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada. History At the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Canada advanced out of group stage where they were defeated by 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads#Germany, Germany in the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup#Quarterfinals, quarterfinals. Canada won the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship after beating Mexico women's national under-17 football team, Mexico in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship#Final, final, but were eliminated at group stage of the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. At the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Canada matched their best appearance, dropping their 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup#Quarterfinals, quarterfinal game to North Korea. Bev Priestman took over duties from Bryan Rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 NWSL Championship
The 2018 National Women's Soccer League season was the sixth season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the twelfth overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league is operated by the United States Soccer Federation and receives major financial backing from that body. Further financial backing is provided by the Canadian Soccer Association. Both national federations pay the league salaries of many of their respective national team members in an effort to nurture talent in those nations and take the financial burden off individual clubs. The off-season brought significant changes, with FC Kansas City and the Boston Breakers ceasing operations, while new club Utah Royals FC joined the league. The 2018 season began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWSL Shield
The NWSL Shield is an annual award given to the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team with the best regular season record as determined by the NWSL points system. The NWSL Shield has been awarded annually since 2013 and is recognized as a major trophy by the league. The North Carolina Courage and Seattle Reign FC, each with three NWSL Shields since the league's inception in 2013, are tied as of 2023 for the most shields won by any NWSL team. The Orlando Pride are the current (2024) winners. In 2024, CONCACAF announced that the NWSL Shield winner and runner-up qualified by virtue of those accomplishments for the 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the inaugural edition of that competition. History When the NWSL was launched in 2013, the league's format was set up similarly to other contemporary North American leagues. After the regular season, the NWSL playoffs were held, with the top four teams vying for a spot in the postseason championship match. The club with the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Shoot-out (association Football)
In association football, a penalty shoot-out (previously known as kicks from the penalty mark) is a tie-breaking method to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a tie (draw), draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as Overtime (sports)#Association football, extra time (if used) has expired. For example, in a FIFA World Cup, penalties are used in elimination matches; the round of 32, the round of 16, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the final (competition), final. In a penalty shoot-out, each team takes turns shooting at goal from the penalty mark, with the goal defended only by the opposing team's Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Each team has five shots which must be taken by different players; the team that makes more successful kicks is declared the victor. Shoot-outs finish as soon as one team has an insurmountable lead. If scores are level after five pairs of shots, the shootout progresses into additiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 NWSL Championship
The 2016 NWSL Championship was the fourth edition of the NWSL Championship, the championship match of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), and took place on October 9, 2016. It was contested between the Washington Spirit and the Western New York Flash to decide the champion of the 2016 season. The match was played at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas. Both teams reached the final by winning their semifinal matches in extra time. The championship game was tied 1–1 after regulation with early goals scored by Crystal Dunn and Sam Mewis. Dunn put the Spirit ahead at the start of extra time before Lynn Williams equalized in the 120+4th minute. Western New York won 3–2 in the first penalty shootout in NWSL history, with Sabrina D'Angelo saving three penalty kicks. The following year, Western New York relocated and became the North Carolina Courage; the team reached each of the next three NWSL Championships, winning two. Washington would win their first championship i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWSL Championship Most Valuable Player
The NWSL Championship Most Valuable Player award is presented to the best player in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) NWSL Championship, Championship Game. Tobin Heath received the first NWSL championship MVP award in 2013; she scored the opening goal of Portland Thorns FC's 2–0 victory in the 2013 NWSL Championship, inaugural championship game. In 2022, Portland's Sophia Smith (soccer, born 2000), Sophia Smith received the championship MVP award 2022 National Women's Soccer League season, the same season she was named NWSL Most Valuable Player, league MVP. The most recent winner is Barbra Banda (2024). Winners Teams See also * NWSL Most Valuable Player * List of NWSL awards References {{DEFAULTSORT:NWSL championship most valuable player National Women's Soccer League awards, Championship most valuable player National Women's Soccer League lists, Championship most valuable player Awards established in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
