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Sting SC
Sting Soccer Club, also known as the Dallas Sting, Sting SC, Sting North Texas, or simply Sting, is an American-based international youth soccer club headquartered in the metropolitan area of Dallas, Texas. Established for competitive amateur girl soccer players, it currently competes in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), among others. Founded in 1973, it is the first and oldest all-girls soccer club in the United States. History 1970s Sting was founded in 1973 by Bill Kinder who, with Lamar Hunt and a few key soccer pioneers put together teams of female athletes at the high school age who played in the newly created Dallas league called the High School Girls Soccer League (which became the Lake Highlands Girls Classic League). Players voted to call themselves the Sting, taking the name from the 1973 hit movie starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman.Townsend, Brad"Where it all started: How Dallas-area Sting team paved the way for the United States’ Women’s World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elite Clubs National League
In political and sociological theory, the elite (french: élite, from la, eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group. Defined by the ''Cambridge Dictionary'', the "elite" are "those people or organizations that are considered the best or most powerful compared to others of a similar type." American sociologist C. Wright Mills states that members of the elite accept their fellows' position of importance in society. "As a rule, 'they accept one another, understand one another, marry one another, tend to work, and to think, if not together at least alike'." It is a well-regulated existence where education plays a critical role. Universities in the US Youthful upper-class members attend prominent preparatory schools, which not only open doors to such elite universities as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania, but also to the universiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Youth Soccer National Championships
The US Youth Soccer National Championships consists of six age groups (Under 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19). The finals are a result of competitions in every state known as the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series. Regional winners advance to the National Championships as well as the top two teams from the US Youth Soccer National League. The US Youth Soccer National League competition is for the nation's top teams in the Under-14, Under-15, Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 boys and girls age groups, consisting of a total of 16 teams, split into two divisions, per gender age group. The top two teams from each of the two divisions in each gender age group advances to the US Youth Soccer National Championships. See also * Gatorade High School Soccer Players of the Year References External links * {{USSoccer Soccer competitions in the United States Youth soccer cup competitions in the United States Soccer Y Recurring sporting events established in 1935 1935 establishm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Squads
Below are the rosters for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in China. The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players, including at least two goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Group A China PR Head coach: Shang Ruihua Denmark Head coach: Keld Gantzhorn New Zealand Head coach: Dave Boardman Norway Head coach: Even Pellerud Group B Brazil Head coach: Fernando Pires Japan Head coach: Tamotsu Suzuki Sweden Head coach: Gunilla Paijkull United States Head coach: Anson Dorrance Group C Chinese Taipei Head coach: Chong Tsu-pin Germany Head coach: Gero Bisanz Italy Head coach: Sergio Guenza Sergio Guenza (9 January 1933 – 6 April 2020) was an Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Leone
Tracey Marie Leone (; born May 5, 1967) is a retired American soccer midfielder who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, an .... She was the first American to win a world championship as both a player and as a head coach. International career statistics Personal life Leone is married to Ray Leone. The pair are both women's college soccer coaches. As of 2014, they are the only two coaches in Division 1 college soccer who are married. The pair have coached together at Creighton, Clemson, Arizona State, and Harvard. References External links *Northeastern coaching profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Overbeck
Carla Werden Overbeck (; born May 9, 1968) is a retired American soccer player and longtime member and captain of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently an assistant coach of Duke University's women's soccer team, where she has been coaching since 1992, overseeing Duke's defensive unit principally. She was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006. Playing career Youth Overbeck began playing soccer at the age of 11, playing for club soccer team the Dallas Sting. With the Sting, she won two national championships. College Overbeck played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1986 to 1989, where she won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship each of her four seasons. She was an NSCAA All-America selection three times. During her time as a central defender with the Tar Heels, the team tallied a 95-match unbeaten streak (89–0–6). Overbeck was a four-time member of the NCAA All-Tournament Team and a two-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the 32nd slot. The tournament, called the ''World Cup Finals'', is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about one month. The eight FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments have been won by four national teams. The United States have won four times, and are the current champions after winning it at the 2019 tournament in France. The other winners are German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Women's National Soccer Team
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019), four Olympic gold medals ( 1996, 2004, 2008, and 2012), and nine CONCACAF Gold Cups. It medaled in every World Cup and Olympic tournament in women's soccer from 1991 to 2015, before being knocked out in the quarterfinal of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team is governed by United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football). After mostly being ranked No. 2 from 2003 to 2008 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings, the team was ranked No. 1 continuously from March 2008 to November 2014, the longest consecutive top ranking of any team. Since FIFA rankings were established in 2003, it has been ranked No. 1 for a total of 13 years; the only other tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy Women's National Football Team
The Italy women's national football team () has represented Italy in international women's football since their inception in 1968. The team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy. Formed in 1968, Italy took part in various unofficial international tournaments, hosting the first unofficial European Competition in 1969 and World Cup in 1970. Italy qualified for both the first World Cup in 1991, where they reached the quarter-finals, and the first European Championship. While Italy were runners-up in the European Championship in 1993 and 1997, they are yet to replicate similar success at the World Cup. In 2019, after a 20-year drought, Italy qualified for the World Cup where they equaled their previous best performance, reaching the quarter-finals. History 1968–1984: Early history and unofficial tournaments The women's national team played its first game on 23 February 1968, in Viareggio against Czechoslovakia. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Women's National Football Team
The China women's national football team (, recognized as China PR by FIFA) represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football competitions and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. China women's team won silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It also has won 9 titles at Asian Cup and 3 Gold medals at Asian Games. Team image Nicknames The China women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "''铿锵玫瑰'' (Steel Roses)". FIFA World Ranking , ''after the match against ''. Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend 2022 2023 Official ResultsA-level matchesonly.'' Honours Intercontinental * FIFA Women's World Cup : ''Runners-up:'' 1999 * Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Women's National Football Team
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Women's National Soccer Team
The Australia women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas" (from the Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda), having been known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995. Australia is a three-time OFC champion, one-time AFC champion and one-time AFF champion, and became the first ever national team to win in two different confederations (before the men's team did the same in 2015 AFC Asian Cup). The team has represented Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup on seven occasions and at the Olympic Games on four, although it has won neither tournament. Immediately following the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Australia was ranked eleventh in the world by FIFA. Australia will co-host the 2023 FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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