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Oakland, California
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Oakland /ˈoʊklənd/ is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. The city was incorporated in 1852, Oaklands territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. Its land served as a resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Francisco citizens moved to Oakland, enlarging the citys population, increasing its housing stock and it continued to grow in the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile manufacturing industry. Oakland is known for its sustainability practices, including a top-ranking for usage of electricity from renewable resources, in addition, due to a steady influx of immigrants during the 20th century, along with thousands of African-American war-industry workers who relocated from the Deep South during the 1940s. Oakland is the most ethnically diverse city in the country. The earliest known inhabitants were the Huchiun Indians, who lived there for thousands of years, the Huchiun belonged to a linguistic grouping later called the Ohlone. In Oakland, they were concentrated around Lake Merritt and Temescal Creek, in 1772, the area that later became Oakland was claimed, with the rest of California, by Spanish settlers for the King of Spain. In the early 19th century, the Spanish crown granted the East Bay area to Luis María Peralta for his Rancho San Antonio, the grant was confirmed by the successor Mexican republic upon its independence from Spain. Upon his death in 1842, Peralta divided his land among his four sons, Most of Oakland fell within the shares given to Antonio Maria and Vicente. The portion of the parcel that is now Oakland was called encinal—Spanish for oak grove—due to the oak forest that covered the area. In 1851, three men—Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon—began developing what is now downtown Oakland, on May 4,1852, the Town of Oakland incorporated. Two years later, on March 25,1854, Oakland re-incorporated as the City of Oakland, with Horace Carpentier elected the first mayor, the city and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s. In 1868, the Central Pacific constructed the Oakland Long Wharf at Oakland Point, a number of horsecar and cable car lines were constructed in Oakland during the latter half of the 19th century. The first electric streetcar set out from Oakland to Berkeley in 1891, at the time of incorporation, Oakland consisted of the territory that lay south of todays major intersection of San Pablo Avenue, Broadway, and Fourteenth Street. The city gradually annexed farmlands and settlements to the east and the north, Oaklands rise to industrial prominence, and its subsequent need for a seaport, led to the digging of a shipping and tidal channel in 1902. This resulted in the town of Alameda being made an island
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Forward (association football)
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Forwards are the players on an association football team who play nearest to the opposing teams goal, and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals. Their advanced position and limited defensive responsibilities mean forwards normally score more goals on behalf of their team than other players, modern team formations generally include one to three forwards, for example, the common 4–2–3–1 formation includes one forward. Unconventional formations may include more than three forwards, or none, the centre-forward is often a tall player, typically known as a target man, whose main function is to score the majority of goals on behalf of the team. Most modern centre-forwards operate in front of the strikers or central attacking midfielders. The present role of centre-forward is sometimes interchangeable with that of an attacking midfielder, a centre-forward usually must be strong, to win key headers and outmuscle defenders. The term centre-forward is taken from the football playing formation in which there were five forward players. The number would become synonymous with the centre-forward position. Strikers are known for their ability to peel off defenders and to run into space via the side of the defender and to receive the ball in a good goalscoring position. They are typically fast players with ball control and dribbling abilities. More agile strikers like Michael Owen have an advantage over taller defenders due to their short burst speed, a good striker should be able to shoot confidently with either foot, possess great power and accuracy, and have the ability to pass the ball under pressure in breakaway situations. Deep-lying forwards have a history in the game, but the terminology to describe their playing activity has varied over the years. Originally such players were termed inside forwards, creative or deep-lying centre-forwards, in fact, a coined term, the nine-and-a-half, has been an attempt to become a standard in defining the position. In Italy, this role is known as a rifinitore or seconda punta, whereas in Brazil, it is known as segundo atacante. An outside forward plays as the forward on the right or left wing – as an outside right or outside left. As football tactics have largely developed, and wingers have dropped back to become midfielders, many commentators and football analysts still refer to the wing positions as outside right and outside left. However, in the British game they are counted as part of the midfield. It is a duty to beat opposing full-backs, deliver cut-backs or crosses from wide positions and, to a lesser extent, to beat defenders. They are usually some of the quickest players in the team, in their Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese usage, the defensive duties of the winger have been usually confined to pressing the opposition fullbacks when they have the ball
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Midfielder
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A midfielder is an association football position. Midfielders are generally positioned on the field between their teams defenders and forwards, some midfielders play a disciplined defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are otherwise known as defensive midfielders. Others blur the boundaries, being mobile and efficient in passing, they are commonly referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box. The number of midfielders on a team and their assigned roles depends on the teams formation, most managers assign at least one midfielder to disrupt the opposing teams attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have equal responsibilities between attack and defence. Midfielders are the players who typically travel the greatest distance during a match, central or centre midfielders are players whose role is divided roughly equally between attack and defence. When the opposing team has the ball, a midfielder may drop back to protect the goal or move forward. The 4–3–3 and 4–5–1 formations each use three central midfielders, the 4−4−2 formation may use two central midfielders, and in the 4–2–3–1 formation one of the two deeper midfielders may be a central midfielder. The term box-to-box midfielder refers to central midfielders who have abilities and are skilled at both defending and attacking. These players can track back to their own box to make tackles and block shots. A good box-to-box midfielder needs good passing, vision, control, stamina, tackling and marking in defence, left and right midfielders have a role balanced between attack and defence, similar to that of central midfielders, but they are positioned closer to the touchlines of the pitch. They may be asked to cross the ball into the penalty area to make scoring chances for their teammates. Common modern formations that include left and right midfielders are the 4−4−2, the 4−4−1−1, the 4–2–3–1, a notable example of a right midfielder is David Beckham. Defensive midfielders are players who focus on protecting their teams goal. These players may defend a zone in front of their teams defence, defensive midfielders may also move to the full-back or centre-back positions if those players move forward to join in an attack. Sergio Busquets described his attitude, The coach knows that I am an obedient player who likes to help out and if I have to run to the wing to cover someones position, great. A good defensive midfielder needs good positional awareness, anticipation of play, marking, tackling, interceptions, passing and great stamina. A holding or deep-lying midfielder stays close to their teams defence, a player in this role will try to protect their goal by disrupting the opponents attacking moves and stopping long shots on the goal. The holding midfielder may also have responsibilities when their team has the ball and this player will make mostly short and simple passes to more attacking members of their team but may try some more difficult passes depending on the teams strategy
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California Golden Bears
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The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Over the course of the history, California has won team national titles in 13 mens and 3 womens sports and 104 team titles overall. Cal athletes have competed in the Olympics for a host of different countries. Notable facilities used by the Bears include California Memorial Stadium and Haas Pavilion, Cal finished the 2010–11 athletic season with 1,219.50 points, earning third place in the Directors Cup standings, the Golden Bears highest finish ever. Cal did not receive any points for its national championships in rugby, Cal finished 12th in the 2014-15 standings. In 2014, Cal instituted a strict standard for an athletes admission to the university. Cal Berkeley sponsors varsity teams in 14 mens and 16 womens sports, Notes As of December 4,2016, the program has also produced numerous NFL stars, including Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Longwell, Marshawn Lynch, DeSean Jackson, Desmond Bishop, and Jahvid Best. Tony Gonzalez, the NFLs all-time receptions leader among tight ends, head coach Justin Wilcox began his tenure in 2017. The California mens basketball team has represented the University of California intercollegiately since 1907, Cal basketballs home court is Haas Pavilion, which was constructed atop of the old Harmon Gymnasium using money donated in the late 1990s in part by the owners of Levi-Strauss. The program has seen throughout the years culminating in a national championship in 1959 under legendary coach Pete Newell and have reached the final four two other times in 1946 and 1960. The 1926–27 team finished the season with a 17–0 record and was named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. The current head coach of the California mens basketball program is Cuonzo Martin, some notable NBA players that spent time playing in Berkeley include Jason Kidd, Kevin Johnson, and Darrall Imhoff. The Cal baseball team plays at Evans Diamond, located between Haas Pavilion, the Recreational Sports Facility, and Edwards Track Stadium. Cal has appeared in the post-season a total of nine times, including five times in the College World Series, shortstop Geoff Blum of Cals 1992 College World Series team hit the game-winning home run in the 14th inning of a 2005 World Series game for the Chicago White Sox. In September 2010, the university announced that baseball would be one of five sports cut as a cost-cutting measure, however, in April 2011, after receiving more than $9 million in pledges from supporters of the program, the program was reinstated. Mens bowling was an intercollegiate sport at the University of California in the 1970s and won a national championship in 1979. The first significant coach in Cal mens crew was Carroll Ky Ebright, during his tenure, Cal crew became known for success on both the collegiate and the international levels. Cal would represent the United States at two other Olympic games and winning the gold each time, the 1932 and 1948 Summer Games
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Orange County Blue Star
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Orange County Blue Star was an American soccer team based in Irvine, California, United States. Founded in 1997, the played in the USL Premier Development League. The team played its games at Eagle Stadium on the campus of Concordia University. The teams colors are white and black, Blue Star began life as Orange County Zodiac in the USISL A-League in 1997, finishing fifth in the Pacific Conference in their inaugural season, with Gustavo Leal leading the scoring charts. The team suffered three years of middling results, only advancing to the post season in 1999, where they lost to the Seattle Sounders in the Round of 16, the Zodiac played some of their games at Santa Ana Stadium. The club dropped down to the PDL in 2001 and changed their name again, and they finished their first year in the fourth tier as Champions of the Southwest division, but were defeated by eventual championship runners-up, Calgary Storm, in the Conference semi-finals. The year 2003 was a season due to the participation of a certain German player named Jay Göppingen. Klinsmann was born in the city of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Blue Star enjoyed a number of free-scoring victories, putting five past Nevada Wonders in mid May, and topping rivals Southern California Seahorses 4-2 in June. The playoffs saw them take care of Spokane Shadow in the opening game, Blue Stars impressive early season form also took them to the US Open Cup for the first time since 1999, but they were beaten 3-1 in the first round by El Paso Patriots. Blue Star finished 2005 with the best regular season record in the country, winning 15 out of their 16 games, suffering just one loss, and finishing with a +39 goal difference. With their conference expanding to 9 teams, Blue Star did not find life in 2006 quite as easy, anthony Hamilton and Sal Zizzo were the seasons top scorers with 8 and 4 goals respectively, while Sem Lopez contributed 3 assists. The 2007 season, however, marked the first season when things did not go Blue Stars way, Blue Star started 2008 brightly, hoping to put the misery of the dismal 2007 season behind them. Two wins in their first four games - 4-1 over old rivals Southern California Seahorses and 3-1 over Lancaster Rattlers - initially kept spirits high, nevertheless, Blue Star finished 8th of 10 in the division, twelve points behind divisional champions San Fernando Valley Quakes. Jeffrey Clark was the top scorer, with seven goals. Even their cup run ended quickly with a 5-2 loss at the hands of NPSL side Sonoma County Sol, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. uslsoccer. com/history/index_E. html,2005,1092006,952007,3142008,792009,1142010,93 Official Site Official PDL site
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Chicago Fire Soccer Club
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Chicago Fire Soccer Club is an American professional soccer club based in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview, Illinois. The team competes in Major League Soccer as a member of the leagues Eastern Conference, the franchise is named after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and was founded on October 8,1997, the events 126th anniversary. The team began play in 1998 as one of the leagues first expansion teams, the Fire won the MLS Cup as well as the U. S. Open Cup on their first season. They have also won U. S. Open Cups in 2000,2003, the Fire maintains an extensive development system, consisting of the Chicago Fire U-23, the Chicago Fire Development Academy, and the Chicago Fire Juniors youth organization. They also operate the Chicago Fire Foundation, the teams community-based charitable division, Toyota Park is the Fires home stadium. Founded on October 8,1997, the club was based at Soldier Field. Since 2006, they reside at Toyota Park at 71st and Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview, the owners of the Fire are Andell Holdings, who purchased the club in 2007. Andell Holdings chairman Andrew Hauptman acts as chairman, while the general manager is Nelson Rodriguez. The Fire are historically most successful in the U. S. Open Cup, winning championships in 1998,2000,2003, the Fire keeps a close connection with the Chicago Sting by holding frequent commemorative events, reunions, and wearing Sting-inspired shirts. Some of the other notable American professional players include C. J. Brown, Jesse Marsch, Chris Rolfe. The Chicago Fire were named after The Great Chicago Fire that happened in 1871, founded in 1997 at Navy Pier, on the anniversary of the Great Fire, the Fire immediately tapped into the diverse ethnic makeup of the city. The team brought in Polish players Piotr Nowak, Jerzy Podbrozny, and Roman Kosecki, the Mexican Jorge Campos, while all showed their talent while playing for Chicago that first year, American players proved most integral to the Fires continued success. Under the clubs first head coach, Bob Bradley—and against all expectation—the team completed the double in its first competitive year, United in the 1998 MLS Cup Final, and defeating the Columbus Crew in Chicago to win the 1998 U. S. Open Cup a week later. The teams momentum continued, reaching the 2000 MLS Cup final, internationally experienced players such as Hristo Stoitchkov joined the Fire, while young American talents such as DaMarcus Beasley developed. The Fire quickly became cemented as one of the preeminent teams. With Soldier Field undergoing massive renovations, the Fire moved to the western Chicago suburb of Naperville and that same year, Bob Bradley abruptly departed the team to lead the MetroStars, from his home state of New Jersey. The Fire then selected the U. S. mens national teams top assistant, Dave Sarachan, Chicago qualified for the league final while also capturing the Supporters Shield and 2003 U. S. Open Cup along the way. The team returned to Chicago and the renovated Soldier Field midway through the 2003 season, after that season, longtime captain Piotr Nowak retired to take a position in the front office
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Houston Dynamo
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The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club based in Houston, Texas. The franchise competes in Major League Soccer, as a member of the Western Conference, the Dynamo had first played their home games at Robertson Stadium on the University of Houston campus until 2011. Since 2012, the Dynamo plays their matches in their. The teams head coach is Wilmer Cabrera, the club would then be an expansion team of the league, which began play in 2006. The Dynamo is owned by Gabriel Brener, Jake Silverstein, Ben Guill, Houston Dynamos domestic success consists of winning the 2006 and 2007 MLS Cups being in their first two seasons. In 2008, Houston became the first American club to secure a point on Mexican soil in the CONCACAF Champions League era during the 2008-2017 format of the tornament. Houston returned to the soccer scene with two clubs, both operating from 1978-80, the Houston Hurricane, and the Houston Summit. Professional soccer returned to Houston again from 1984-91 with the Dynamos, who competed in the United Soccer League, the Hotshots was the last professional soccer franchise in Houston before todays Dynamo, operating from 1994-2000 in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and the World Indoor Soccer League. Houston did not field a team from 2000 to 2005. Houston Texans Chief Development Officer Steve Patterson spearheaded efforts to host a USA vs, Mexico friendly in May 2003, a rematch of the two nations historic round of 16 encounter at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, as the first soccer match at Reliant Stadium. The 69,582 attendance set a new record for a match in Texas. This is the market theyve got their sights set on and this is a market that weve got investor interest, weve got sponsor interest, weve got media interest. This is a market thats going to be terrific for us and we will have a team in Houston in due time. The question is whether we have one as early as 2006 as part of a move, well get a team here, theres no doubt in our mind. On December 15,2005, Major League Soccer announced the relocation of the San Jose franchise, along with all players and coaches under contract, the Earthquakes name, colors and competition records were retained by the league for a possible expansion team. According to MLS, AEG had invested more than $20 million in the Earthquakes since purchasing the team in 2003, AEG had previously considered Houston as a site to relocate to and entered positive discussions about finding a soccer stadium in Houston. A ceremony was held outside Houston City Hall on December 16,2005 to officially announce the franchises arrival, in an immediate effort to plant roots in the community, AEG president and CEO Tim Leiweke announced former Houston Oilers quarterback Oliver Luck as the teams president and general manager. The Dynamo played their first MLS league game on April 2,2006 at Robertson Stadium in front of a crowd of 25,462, the Dynamo beat the Colorado Rapids 5–2, with Brian Ching scoring four goals, with all four assisted by Dwayne De Rosario
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Association football
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies making it the worlds most popular sport, the game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal, players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play, unless they are goalkeepers. Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, the team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, the Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football, the first written reference to the inflated ball used in the game was in the mid-14th century, Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe. The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the word soccer was split off in 1863, according to Partha Mazumdar, the term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford -er abbreviation of the word association. Within the English-speaking world, association football is now usually called football in the United Kingdom and mainly soccer in Canada and the United States. People in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand use either or both terms, although national associations in Australia and New Zealand now primarily use football for the formal name. According to FIFA, the Chinese competitive game cuju is the earliest form of football for which there is scientific evidence, cuju players could use any part of the body apart from hands and the intent was kicking a ball through an opening into a net. It was remarkably similar to football, though similarities to rugby occurred. During the Han Dynasty, cuju games were standardised and rules were established, phaininda and episkyros were Greek ball games. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup, athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, referenced the Roman ball game harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum were played involving hands and violence and they all appear to have resembled rugby football, wrestling and volleyball more than what is recognizable as modern football. As with pre-codified mob football, the antecedent of all football codes. Non-competitive games included kemari in Japan, chuk-guk in Korea and woggabaliri in Australia, Association football in itself does not have a classical history. Notwithstanding any similarities to other games played around the world FIFA have recognised that no historical connection exists with any game played in antiquity outside Europe. The modern rules of football are based on the mid-19th century efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played in the public schools of England
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Major League Soccer
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Major League Soccer is a mens professional soccer league, sanctioned by U. S. Soccer, that represents the sports highest level in both the United States and Canada. MLS constitutes one of the professional sports leagues of the United States. The league comprises 22 teams—19 in the U. S. and 3 in Canada, the MLS regular season runs from March to October, with each team playing 34 games, the team with the best record is awarded the Supporters Shield. The postseason includes twelve teams competing in the MLS Cup Playoffs through November and December, culminating in the championship game, MLS teams also play in other domestic competitions against teams from other divisions in the U. S. Open Cup and in the Canadian Championship. MLS teams also compete against continental rivals in the CONCACAF Champions League, Major League Soccer was founded in 1993 as part of the United States successful bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The first season took place in 1996 with ten teams, MLS experienced financial and operational struggles in its first few years, The league lost millions of dollars, teams played in mostly empty American football stadiums, and two teams folded in 2002. Instead of operating as an association of independently owned teams, MLS is an entity in which each team is owned and controlled by the leagues investors. The investor-operators control their teams as owners control teams in other leagues, MLS headquarters is located in New York City. Major League Soccers regular season runs from March to October, teams are divided into the Eastern and Western Conferences. Teams play 34 games in a schedule,23 matches against teams within their conference. Midway through the season, teams break for the annual All-Star Game, at the end of the regular season, the team with the highest point total is awarded the Supporters Shield. While MLS has looked into changing to a format, there are no current plans to do so. If the league were to change its schedule, a break would be needed, especially with several teams in colder climates. It would also have to compete with the more popular National Football League, National Hockey League, MLS teams also play in other competitions. Every year, up to five MLS teams play in the CONCACAF Champions League against other clubs from the CONCACAF region, two U. S. -based MLS teams qualify based on MLS regular-season results, the winner of the Western conference and the winner of the Eastern conference. The third U. S. team to qualify is the winner of the MLS Cup. A fourth U. S. -based MLS team can qualify via the U. S. Open Cup, Canadian MLS clubs play against lower division Canadian clubs in the Canadian Championship for the one Champions League spot allocated to Canada. MLSs 22 teams are divided between the Eastern and Western Conferences, each club is allowed up to 28 players on its first team roster
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Ross, California
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Ross is a small incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Ross is located 1.5 miles west-southwest of San Rafael, the population was 2,415 at the 2010 census. The town is bordered by Kentfield and Greenbrae to the east, Larkspur to the south, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles, all of it land. Notable landmarks in Ross are the Ross Bear located in front of the Ross police station, the post office, the Marin Art and Garden Center, and Phoenix Lake. After the Mexican Revolution of 1821, the “land grant” system of parceling out land gave rise to what is now known as Marin County, Ross was originally part of an 8, 877-acre Mexican land grant to Juan B. R. Cooper in 1840 known as Ranch Punta de Quentin Canada de San Anselmo, in 1857, James Ross bought Rancho Punta de Quentin for $50,000. Ross, a Scot who had arrived in San Francisco from Australia in 1848 and made his fortune in the liquor business. He built his home on Redwood Drive and moved there with his wife, when James Ross died in 1862, his wife, Annie Ross, was forced to sell a portion of James Ross’ larger land holdings to pay each of their daughters $10,000. The 297 acres she had remaining make up part of the Town of Ross today, the first post office opened in 1887. The 2010 United States Census reported that Ross had a population of 2,415, the population density was 1,551.8 people per square mile. The racial makeup of Ross was 2,265 White,6 African American,2 Native American,45 Asian,3 Pacific Islander,19 from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 94 persons. The Census reported that 2,363 people lived in households,52 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, there were 13 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 7 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 120 households were made up of individuals and 60 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.96. There were 658 families, the family size was 3.26. The median age was 45.1 years, for every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.0 males, there were 884 housing units at an average density of 568.0 per square mile, of which 686 were owner-occupied, and 112 were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1. 0%, the vacancy rate was 5. 7%. 2,078 people lived in owner-occupied housing units and 285 people lived in housing units
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University of California, Berkeley
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The University of California, Berkeley, is a public research university located in Berkeley, California. In 1960s, UC Berkeley was particularly noted for the Free Speech Movement as well as the Anti-Vietnam War Movement led by its students. S, Department of Energy, and is home to many world-renowned research institutes and organizations including Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and Space Sciences Laboratory. Faculty member J. R. Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, Lawrence Livermore Lab also discovered or co-discovered six chemical elements. The Academic Ranking of World Universities also ranks the University of California, Berkeley, third in the world overall, in 1866, the private College of California purchased the land comprising the current Berkeley campus. Ten faculty members and almost 40 students made up the new University of California when it opened in Oakland in 1869, billings was a trustee of the College of California and suggested that the college be named in honor of the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley. In 1870, Henry Durant, the founder of the College of California, with the completion of North and South Halls in 1873, the university relocated to its Berkeley location with 167 male and 22 female students and held its first classes. In 1905, the University Farm was established near Sacramento, ultimately becoming the University of California, by the 1920s, the number of campus buildings had grown substantially, and included twenty structures designed by architect John Galen Howard. Robert Gordon Sproul served as president from 1930 to 1958, by 1942, the American Council on Education ranked UC Berkeley second only to Harvard University in the number of distinguished departments. During World War II, following Glenn Seaborgs then-secret discovery of plutonium, UC Berkeley physics professor J. Robert Oppenheimer was named scientific head of the Manhattan Project in 1942. Along with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley is now a partner in managing two other labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, originally, military training was compulsory for male undergraduates, and Berkeley housed an armory for that purpose. In 1917, Berkeleys ROTC program was established, and its School of Military Aeronautics trained future pilots, including Jimmy Doolittle, both Robert McNamara and Frederick C. Weyand graduated from UC Berkeleys ROTC program, earning B. A. degrees in 1937 and 1938, in 1926, future fleet admiral Chester W. Nimitz established the first Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at Berkeley. The Board of Regents ended compulsory military training at Berkeley in 1962, during the McCarthy era in 1949, the Board of Regents adopted an anti-communist loyalty oath. A number of faculty members objected and were dismissed, ten years passed before they were reinstated with back pay, in 1952, the University of California became an entity separate from the Berkeley campus. Each campus was given autonomy and its own Chancellor. Then-president Sproul assumed presidency of the entire University of California system, Berkeley gained a reputation for student activism in the 1960s with the Free Speech Movement of 1964 and opposition to the Vietnam War. In the highly publicized Peoples Park protest in 1969, students and the school conflicted over use of a plot of land, then governor of California Ronald Reagan called the Berkeley campus a haven for communist sympathizers, protesters, and sex deviants. Modern students at Berkeley are less active, with a greater percentage of moderates and conservatives
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Pac-12 Conference
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The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States. It participates in 22 NCAA sports in the NCAAs Division I, its teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The conferences 12 members are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah and they include each states flagship public university, four additional public universities, and two private research universities. It became the Pac-12 in 2011 with the addition of the University of Colorado, with Arizona States softball title in 2011, the conference won its 400th NCAA Championship. The current commissioner of the conference is Larry Scott, Scott replaced Thomas C, hansen, who retired in July 2009 after 26 years in that position. Prior to joining the Pac-10, Scott was Chairman and CEO of the Womens Tennis Association, the Pac-12 has twelve full member institutions. Football currently is the sport where the conference is divided evenly into two geographic divisions, the North Division and the South Division. The Pac-12 spans six states in the Western United States, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Unusual for a conference, the Pac-12s members are spread evenly between 3 regions, with 4 schools each in California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Four Corners region. The Pac-12 has four affiliate member institutions, three in California and Boise State University in Idaho, the school will maintain its Pac-12 affiliation in wrestling, which the WAC does not sponsor. No school has left the Pac-12 since its founding as the AAWU in 1959, two members of the PCC were not invited to join the AAWU or its successors. As private schools, Stanford and USC are not obligated to publish employees salaries, Eight of the twelve member schools are members of the Association of American Universities, including all of the conferences California schools. The only FBS conference with more AAU members is the Big Ten with 13 out of 14 member institutions having AAU membership, in 2014, of the twelve member schools, nine were ranked in the top 100 universities in the world. Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights/licensing, student fees, school funds and all sources including TV income, camp income, food. Updated to show institutional reporting to the Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2013-14 academic year, the national ranking of revenue is based on 2075 institutions reporting to the Department of Education that year. The roots of the Pac-12 Conference go back to December 2,1915, charter members were the University of California, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College. The conference began play in 1916, one year later, Washington State College joined the league, followed by Stanford University in 1918. In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of USC, Montana joined the Conference in 1924, and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA
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Premier Development League
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The Premier Development League is a development league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league system. It is currently considered the top-level mens amateur soccer competition in the United States, the league has 76 teams competing in four conferences, split into ten regional divisions. Unofficially, it is considered to be the fourth tier of competition, behind Major League Soccer, the North American Soccer League and the United Soccer League. With USL Pro re-branding as the United Soccer League in February 2015, Michigan Bucks are the current PDL champions, having defeated the Calgary Foothills FC 3–2 in the 2016 PDL Championship game on August 6,2016. The Premier Development League, as of the 2016 season, is divided into 4 conferences, the league season runs from May through July, with the playoffs decided through July and August. Most divisions aim to play a regular season schedule of between 12-14 games in a round-robin home and away format, with the top 2-3 teams of each division advancing to the playoffs. In 1995 the United States Interregional Soccer League changed its name to the United States International Soccer League, the inaugural season of the new USISL Premier League featured 27 teams, and the Richmond Kickers won the first title, beating the Cocoa Expos 3–1 in the championship game. Gabe Jones of the Austin Lone Stars was the top scorer. Pasi Kinturi of the Nashville Metros was the top scorer. In 1998 the PDSL took to the field with 33 teams, in the championship game the San Gabriel Valley Highlanders upset regular season champions Jackson Chargers 3–2, taking the trophy to California for the third straight year. The league took in several teams from the D3Pro league, expanding to 42 teams in six divisions, expansion franchise Chicago Sockers ultimately won the league, beating Spokane Shadow 3–1 for the title in a tight championship game. Fabio Eidenwein of the Sioux City Breeze was named League MVP and was the top scorer, the PDL expanded by a further eight franchises in 2000, and the Chicago Sockers won their second straight title, beating the Mid-Michigan Bucks in a close 1–0 championship game. The single goal was scored by Rodrigo Costa who, having received a pass from teammate Hamid Mehreioskouei, Fernando Salazar of the Los Angeles-based San Fernando Valley Heroes was the leagues MVP, while his teammate Arshak Abyanli took the honors as top goalscorer. The league grew from 41 to 44 teams in 2001 through the mix of relegation from D3Pro, teams folding. 2002 also saw the debut of the soon-to-be PDL legend, Tomas Boltnar of Des Moines Menace, the mid-2000s was a period of steady growth and consolidation for the PDL. Des Moines Menace took the PDL Championship trophy back to Iowa in 2005 after beating the El Paso Patriots 6–5 on penalty kicks,2006 saw the beginning of two seasons of dominance for two teams, the Michigan Bucks and the Laredo Heat. The 2010s began with a record, as the Portland Timbers U23s ended the season as national champions, the Timbers also had the best regular season record, winning all their 16 games, scoring 53 goals and conceding just six along the way. Portland Timbers U23s striker Brent Richards was named League MVP and Rookie of the Year for his campaign with the national champions
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Arsenal F.C.
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Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Highbury, London, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 League titles,12 FA Cups, Arsenal was the first club from the South of England to join The Football League, in 1893. They entered the First Division in 1904, and have accumulated the second most points. Relegated only once, in 1913, they continue the longest streak in the top division, in the 1930s, Arsenal won five League Championships and two FA Cups, and another FA Cup and two Championships after the war. In 1970–71, they won their first League and FA Cup Double, between 1989 and 2005, they won five League titles and five FA Cups, including two more Doubles. They completed the 20th century with the highest average league position, Herbert Chapman won Arsenals first national trophies, but died prematurely. He helped introduce the WM formation, floodlights, and shirt numbers, Arsène Wenger has been the longest-serving manager and has won the most trophies. His teams set several English records, the longest win streak, the longest unbeaten run, in 1886, Woolwich munitions workers founded the club as Dial Square. In 1913, the crossed the city to Arsenal Stadium in Highbury. They became Tottenham Hotspurs nearest club, commencing the North London derby, in 2006, they moved down the road to the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal earned €435. 5m in 2014–15, with the Emirates Stadium generating the highest revenue in world football, based on social media activity from 2014–15, Arsenals fanbase is the fifth largest in the world. In 2016, Forbes estimated the club was the second most valuable in England, on 1 December 1886, munitions workers in Woolwich, now South East London, formed Arsenal as Dial Square, with David Danskin as their first captain. Named after the heart of the Royal Arsenal complex, they took the name of the complex a month later. Royal Arsenal F. C. s first home was Plumstead Common, though spent most of their time in South East London playing on the other side of Plumstead. Royal Arsenal won Arsenals first trophies in 1890 and 1891, Royal Arsenal renamed themselves for a second time upon becoming a limited liability company in 1893. They registered their new name, Woolwich Arsenal, with The Football League when the club ascended later that year, Woolwich Arsenal was the first southern member of The Football League, starting out in the Second Division and winning promotion to the First Division in 1904. Falling attendances, due to financial difficulties among the munitions workers, businessmen Henry Norris and William Hall took the club over, and sought to move them elsewhere. In 1913, soon after relegation back to the Second Division, Woolwich Arsenal moved to the new Arsenal Stadium in Highbury and this saw their third change of name, the following year, they reduced Woolwich Arsenal to simply The Arsenal
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New England Revolution
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The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer, in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inaugural season. The club is owned by Robert Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots along with his son, Jonathan Kraft. The name Revolution refers to the New England regions significant involvement in the American Revolution that took place from 1775-1783, New England currently play their home matches at Gillette Stadium. The club played their games at the adjacent and now-demolished Foxboro Stadium. The Revs hold the distinction of being the only original MLS team to have every league game in its history televised, the Revolution won their first major trophy in the 2007 US Open Cup. The following year, they won the 2008 North American SuperLiga, the Revolution have participated in five MLS Cup finals in 2002,2005,2006,2007, and 2014. They also earned the second best regular season record in 2005, however, they have never won an MLS Cup or MLS Supporters Shield. The inaugural Revolution team featured several US Mens National Team regulars returning from abroad to be part of the new league. Despite the presence of Alexi Lalas, Mike Burns, and Joe-Max Moore, however, the following season, the squad made the playoffs, but failed to advance past the first round. For the next five years, this result would be the Revs best, as a revolving door of players. Attendance in these years was high despite the teams poor on-field performances. More than 15,000 people per match regularly came to watch the Revolution play in the old Foxboro Stadium, the Revs did manage to make the final of the 2001 US Open Cup, but they lost to the Los Angeles Galaxy on a golden goal by Danny Califf. It was a harbinger of finals to come for the Revolution, liverpool great Steve Nicol was appointed as head coach on a full-time basis during the 2002 season. He had previously held the position of head coach during the 1999 and 2002 seasons. After taking over, Nicol guided the Revolution to a berth for a league-record eight straight seasons. The first six of those resulted in an appearance in the conference final or better. From the 2008 season until 2013, the Revs failed to go further than the first round of the playoffs, still, Nicol was respected as one of the best coaches in the league
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Dominic Oduro
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Dominic Oduro is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for the Montreal Impact in the Major League Soccer. Oduro started his career in Ghana, playing for both Prempeh College and the University of Ghana before transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004. Oduro helped the Rams reach the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA Tournament and he also played for Richmond Kickers Future in the USL Premier Development League in 2005, scoring 16 goals in 13 games. Oduro was selected in the round of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas. He made his first team debut on 28 June 2006, as a substitute for Kenny Cooper, during his three-year stay in Dallas, Oduro impressed fans and coaches with his blazing speed and effort. He was traded to New York Red Bulls on 12 January 2009, in the deal, New York also acquired the #11 and #18 picks in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft while Dallas acquired the No.14 pick. Less than five months later, New York traded Oduro to Houston Dynamo on 27 May 2009 for a pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. Oduro made his first start for the Houston Dynamo on 1 July 2009 against the USL-1 side Austin Aztex, the game was the third round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Houston won the match, played at Nelson Field in Austin, Texas, Oduro stayed with Houston through the 2009 and 2010 MLS seasons. After the 2010 season, he decided to make a move overseas but was unsuccessful in securing a contract, after missing a sitter in the opening game of the 2011 season, Oduro was traded to Chicago Fire in exchange for Calen Carr on 23 March 2011. Oduro performed well with Chicago, scoring 12 goals during his first season with the team, for his outstanding play in 2011 he was awarded the Supporters Player of the Year award by Section 8 Chicago, the supporters section of the Chicago Fire. Oduro was traded to Columbus Crew on 1 February 2013 in exchange for Dilly Duka, Oduro was traded to Toronto FC on 6 June 2014 for winger Alvaro Rey. He was traded to Montreal Impact on 27 January 2015 for allocation money, on 26 February 2012, Oduro was called up to the Ghana squad to face Chile. Oduro made his Ghana debut against Chile on 29 February 2012 at the PPL Park in Chester, Oduro holds a U. S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. MLS player profile Dominic Oduro at National-Football-Teams. com
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MLS Cup 2012
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MLS Cup 2012, the 17th edition of Major League Soccers championship match, was a rematch between the Houston Dynamo and the Los Angeles Galaxy to decide the champion of the 2012 season. The match was played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Los Angeles defeated Houston 3–1 giving the Galaxy their second-straight league title and their fourth overall. For the first time in MLS Cup history, the championship was not held at a neutral site. The game was a rematch of the 2011 MLS Cup, won 1–0 by the Galaxy, as MLS Cup finalists, both Houston and Los Angeles qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League. Los Angeles Galaxy entered the 2012 season as the defending MLS Cup champions, as well as the Supporters Shield titleholders, due to preseason injuries, the Galaxy started their 2012 campaign off on a rough note, at point being at the bottom of the Western Conference table. Their 3–8–2 record to begin the season caused many critics to wonder if the club was capable of qualifying for the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs. Midway through the season however, Los Angeles went on a resurgence. Many point to the return of centre-back Omar Gonzalez as a source for the teams renowned success, due to their early season underachievement, the club was unable to ever seriously be in the talks of the Supporters Shield race. The regular season ended with the Galaxy finishing fourth place in the West, despite this, the club embarked on a remarkable run in the MLS Cup Playoffs, having to play a record five matches before reaching the MLS Cup final. Despite this, the club lost two matches during the run, one being at home, the Galaxys playoff campaign began a month before MLS Cup, on November 1, hosting the fifth-placed Vancouver Whitecaps FC at the Home Depot Center, in the wildcard round. Many pundits and media outlets expected Los Angeles to be heavy favorites in this round, mostly due to Los Angeles strong form, despite the predictions, Los Angeles fell behind Vancouver very early on, due to a third-minute goal from the Whitecaps Darren Mattocks. Despite the advantage for Vancouver, Los Angeles dominated possession throughout the first half, the Galaxys effort paid off thanks to an eight-yard volley from Mike Magee off a cross from Juninho in the 69th minute of play, tying the match at 1–1. With a minute, the Galaxy penetrated the Whitecaps back line, Donovan was immediately brought down by Vancouvers Martin Bonjour who had just entered the match. Centre official, Silviu Petrescu gave a yellow card to Bonjour, in what some believed should have been a red card, Donovan scored on the penalty kick, and gave the Galaxy the 2–1 lead, which would eventually end up being the scoreline to the match. As winners of the round, the Galaxy played their California Clasico rivals, San Jose Earthquakes. San Jose, coming off a remarkable season, earned the Supporters Shield. The two-leg, aggregate series began on November 4, with Los Angeles hosting San Jose, the closely knitted affair looked likely to head into a draw, until a free kick was awarded to San Jose in the third minute of second half stoppage time. San Jose, known throughout the season for their late-match heroics, the ball seeped through the wall that Los Angeles had assembled and awkwardly caught Saunders off guard, who failed to stop the shot from going in the goal
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LA Galaxy
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The club began play in 1996 as a charter team in the league. The Galaxy was founded in 1994 and is owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group, in their early years, the club played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Since 2003, they have played at the StubHub Center in Carson, the team holds a fierce rivalry with the San Jose Earthquakes in the California Clásico, and used to play the SuperClasico against city rivals Chivas USA before they folded in 2014. United, to win the regional tournament, other notable players include, Landon Donovan, Giovani dos Santos, Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane, Ashley Cole and Jelle Van Damme. The first professional team in the Los Angeles area was the Los Angeles Kickers, formed in 1955 by the former owner of the Fall River Marksmen. George Best, Johan Cruyff, and many notable players played in the city, for clubs such as the Los Angeles Aztecs, California Surf. Los Angeles officially adopted and recognized the citys soccer heritage during the opening of the Home Depot Center, now known as StubHub Center, in addition, the stadium features several tributes recognizing the soccer tradition in Los Angeles. Major League Soccer was founded in 1993 as part of the United States bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the first season took place in 1996 with Los Angeles being one of the ten founding teams. The name Galaxy was derived from Los Angeles being home to the stars of Hollywood, Los Angeles began well by clinching first in the Western Conference and finishing second in the MLS Cup after losing to D. C. The 1997 season started out 1–7 after eight games, but they went 15–9 for the rest of the season to qualify for the playoffs, the Galaxy ended up second in their conference by losing to the Dallas Burn. In 1998, the Galaxy left off on a streak, eventually finishing 24–8, the Galaxy defeated the Dallas Burn, 9–3 on aggregate. They lost in the semi-final to the Chicago Fire, 2–1 on aggregate, the Galaxy again finished first in the Western Conference in 1999, with a final record of 20–12, with a win in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, but they lost to D. C. The 2000 season had the Galaxy in second in the Western Division, despite this, they lost to the Kansas City Wizards after a tied aggregate and a sudden death game. Again the club clinched first in the Western Conference with a 16–9–3 record, in 2002, the Galaxy won their first MLS Cup in four tries by defeating the New England Revolution 1–0. 2003 was a year, with LA finishing fourth because they were forced to play away games due to stadium construction, though they got a good rhythm. The Galaxy bounced back by gaining second with an 11–9–10 record and they lost to the Wizards in the final, 0–2. With 2005 came one of the Galaxys most recognized players, Landon Donovan, the club won the Open Cup again ending with a record of 13–13–6 to cap off their first decade. The Galaxy has a distinction of making the playoffs in all of the leagues first ten seasons, the team finished fifth in the Western Conference, eliminating them from playoff contention for the first time since the leagues inception
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Ritchie Kotschau
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Richard Scott Kotschau is an American former soccer player who last played as a defender for the Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Although he helped the Fire to the MLS Cup and US Open Cup double in his rookie year he was traded to the Tampa Bay Mutiny midway through the 1999 season, midway through 2001, Kotschau was part of the deal that sent Carlos Valderrama to the Colorado Rapids. With Colorado, Ritchie was a player, played a number of defensive roles. After the 2005 season, he was dealt to the Crew for Cornell Glen, while with the Columbus Crew defender Ritchie Kotschau was named the Huntington man of the year by the Columbus Crew. The award is presented to the player who embodies an exceptional sense of leadership, civic pride, family values, Kotschau,30, in his first season with the Crew, appeared in 26 games, starting 23. The nine-year MLS veteran wore the captain’s armband 17 times this season and recorded one goal, in ten years in MLS, Kotschau scored nine regular season goals and added 15 assists. Kotschau earned his first cap for the United States national team on March 9,2005, against Colombia and was a member of the U-23, U-20, B. He now lives in Broomfield, Colorado where he is employed by Life Time Fitness as the Member Engagement Manager, Kotschau is married with two children
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Carlos Bocanegra
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Carlos Manuel Bocanegra is a retired American professional soccer player. A two-time MLS Defender of the Year, Bocanegra also played professionally in England, Scotland, France and he earned over 100 caps with the United States, serving as captain for six years. He currently is serving as director for Atlanta United FC. Bocanegra was born in Upland, California on May 25,1979, to Manuel and Kelly Bocanegra and raised in Alta Loma, Rancho Cucamonga, California and he has one brother, Diego, who played soccer at Grand Canyon College and attended UCLA in 1995–96. His father is of Mexican descent, while attending UCLA, Bocanegra studied history and geography. Prior to attending UCLA, Bocanegra was offered scholarships for American football but opted for soccer and he was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013. After playing college soccer at UCLA, Bocanegra signed a Project-40 contract with Major League Soccer and was drafted by the Chicago Fire with the fourth pick in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. He spent most of the year with the Fire, playing two games on loan with Project 40. He proceeded to win the MLS Rookie of the Year Award for a team made it to the MLS Championship match. He became one of the top defenders in MLS, becoming the first player to win the MLS Defender of the Year Award twice, Bocanegra scored five goals and had eight assists in his four years in MLS. Bocanegra was signed by Fulham in January 2004, quickly becoming a fan favorite, garnering the nicknames the Jackal, with Fulham, Bocanegra played primarily as a center back, but also as a left back and briefly as a holding midfielder. During the 2006–07 Premier League season, he was Fulhams second leading scorer with five goals, on September 1,2007, Bocanegra captained Fulham for the first time in a Premier League match, a come from behind 3–3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. On September 15,2007, he made his 100th appearance in the Premier League, all for Fulham and he was released by Fulham on May 23,2008. Bocanegra was signed by Rennes in June 2008 and he received the number 3 shirt, which is his number for the United States. Bocanegra performed well in his first season in France, appearing in all 38 league matches and he scored his first league goal on March 8,2009, in Stade Rennaiss 2–0 victory over Auxerre. He also scored a goal in a UEFA Cup match and started all the clubs Coupe de France matches. These included the 2009 Coupe de France Final at the Stade de France on May 9,2009, on July 16,2010, Bocanegra was purchased by fellow Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne for a reported fee of £400,000. He wore the number three shirt, as he did captaining the U. S. during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Bocanegra made his debut for the club, on the opening game of the season, in a 3-1 loss against PSG
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Kelly Gray
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Kelly Gray is a former American soccer player. He does commentary for San Jose Earthquakes games on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area Gray played forward and he scored a total of 32 goals and 12 assists in his three years for the Pilots and was voted a second-team All-American and first-team All-WCC as a junior. After his junior season, Gray signed a Project-40 contract with MLS, Gray made an immediate impact with the Fire, starting twenty games as a rookie while scoring two goals and five assists. He appeared in 28 games in 2003, again starting twenty, while playing more defensively in 2004, he started 23 games for the Fire, scoring one goal. Gray was traded to San Jose Earthquakes in June 2005 in exchange for a pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season, Gray scored the winning goal in the second leg of Houstons Champions Cup tie with Puntarenas. In June 2007, Gray was traded with a pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft to Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for Nate Jaqua. He made his debut in Galaxys 2-0 victory over Chicago on 4 July 2007, due to the Galaxys increased salary cap restrictions, Gray was waived at the end of the 2007 season. Gray stayed with San Jose until he was waived on June 25,2009 and he promptly retired from professional soccer choosing instead to run his own soccer academy, the Kelly Gray Soccer Academy. Gray is the owner of a company called Adesso Clothing, major League Soccer MLS Cup,2006 MLS player profile Kelly Gray Soccer Academy
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Nate Jaqua
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Jonathan Nate Jaqua is a retired American soccer player. Jaqua is a graduate of South Eugene High School, where he led his team to two Midwestern League titles and one co-championship with North Bend in 1996, South Eugene lost to South Medford High School in the Oregon Class 4A state title in 1998. He was named a Parade All-American twice and named Oregon 4A Player of the Year twice, Jaqua played college soccer at the University of Portland from 2000 to 2002. He totaled 29 goals and 22 assists in his three years there was named West Coast Conference freshman of the year. After his 2002 season, Jaqua signed a Project-40 contract with Major League Soccer and entered the 2003 MLS SuperDraft, where he was selected third overall by Chicago Fire. Although Jaqua remained blocked at forward by Ralph and Ante Razov in the 2004 season, DaMarcus Beasleys departure to PSV Eindhoven left a spot in the Fire midfield. He finished the season having started 21 games for the team, while scoring four goals, thereafter, Jaqua continued to be used as an outside midfielder from time to time, however the majority of his appearances came as a forward. Jaqua was chosen to participate in the 2006 MLS All-Star Game, taking on Chelsea F. C. in a match at the Fires home field. Jaqua played well in the event, which the MLS side won in shocking fashion, after the 2006 season, Jaqua was not protected by Chicago in the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft. Expansion side Toronto FC selected Jaqua in the November 17,2006 draft, on July 2,2007, Los Angeles traded Jaqua to Houston Dynamo in exchange for Kelly Gray and a second-round pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. He signed with Austrian side SC Rheindorf Altach on January 28,2008, on July 13,2008 he re-signed with Houston Dynamo. However, on November 26 of that year, he was selected by Seattle Sounders FC in the first round of the 2008 MLS Expansion Draft, Jaqua stayed with Seattle through the 2011 season. At seasons end, the club declined his 2012 contract option, Jaqua was selected by New England Revolution in stage two of the draft on December 12,2011. He was offered a contract but did not sign with New England, Jaqua has played for the U-18, U-20, and U-23 United States national teams. He got his first cap for the team on January 29,2006, against Norway. Open Cup,2009,2010,2011 U. S. Open Cup Player Of The Tournament 2010 Jaqua grew up on a ranch located on the McKenzie River in Oregon. He is the son of Jon Jaqua, a former National Football League player who played for the Washington Redskins, Jaqua also has a brother Josh who played soccer at New Mexico and Portland. He said if he could not be a soccer player that he would be an Olympic skier
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Chad Barrett
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Chad Randall Barrett is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer. Born in San Diego, Barrett played two seasons of soccer at UCLA, and led the team in assists his second year. He chose to forgo the rest of his career, signing a Generation adidas contract with MLS. He scored a key goal in the Fires win at D. C, United in the first round of the playoffs. Barrett is known for his workman-like play, in his three seasons with Chicago, he led the team in goals two years, and was second the other. Not known for a great first touch, his industrious play resulted in eighteen league goals in his time in Chicago where the often more heralded Calen Carr failed to impress, with the Chicago Fire, Barrett won the 2006 Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup. On April 12,2008, Barrett led Chicago Fire over San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 in front of 20,038 fans at the Earthquakes home opener at McAfee Coliseum. Barrett tallied the game-winning goal in the minute, while Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch recorded eight saves in his second shutout of the season. He, along with a pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money, was traded to Toronto FC on July 25,2008. Barrett signed a 4-year contract extension with Toronto FC on September 1,2008, in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round tie against C. D. Motagua, Barrett scored two goals, helping Toronto F. C. to a 3–2 aggregate win, Barrett was traded to LA Galaxy on January 13,2011 in exchange for future considerations. On October 2,2011, Barrett scored his 40th career goal in a 2–1 over Real Salt Lake and this goal placed Barrett in the top 50 MLS scorers of all-time. After a brief trial, Barrett was loaned to Norwegian club Vålerenga on July 30,2012, los Angeles declined Barretts contract option for 2013 and he elected to enter the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft. On December 14,2012, Barrett was selected in two of the draft by New England Revolution with the number 4 overall pick. He later officially signed a deal with the club on February 11,2013, on December 18,2013, Barrett was picked up in the second stage of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft by Seattle Sounders FC. On March 8,2014, in the Sounders season opener against Sporting KC, Barrett has played for various youth United States national teams. He was a key player on the Under-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship and was named to the U-23 mens national team for 2008 Olympic qualifying. He made his debut for the United States mens national team on June 22,2008
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Jack Stewart (soccer)
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Jack Stewart is an American soccer player who last played for Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League. Stewart played college soccer at the University of Notre Dame, where he was named All-Big East his junior and senior seasons and he also played for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League. Stewart was drafted tenth overall pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by Chicago Fire and he was traded to Real Salt Lake on July 25,2006 in exchange for Ryan Johnson. He was waived by Salt Lake at the end of the 2007 season, in 2008 Stewart signed with Moss FK of the Norwegian Adeccoligaen, but was released midseason without an appearance. He later moved to Nybergsund IL, on February 13,2009, he signed with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division. After a year out of the game in 2010, Stewart returned to the field in 2011 when he signed with the NSC Minnesota Stars in the North American Soccer League. He was loaned to FC Dallas of Major League Soccer on August 15,2011 for the remainder of the 2011 MLS season, FC Dallas declined a purchase option at the end of the loan. Stewart scored his first goal for Dallas in a CONCACAF Champions League group stage match, on March 6,2012, Minnesota traded Stewart to Fort Lauderdale Strikers in exchange for Martin Nuñez. Although born in the US, Stewart has trained with the Canadian mens national team due to his ancestry. He has yet to be capped by either nation, and had not formally pledged international commitment to either Canada or the United States, MLS player profile Carolina RailHawks bio
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Patrick Nyarko
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Patrick Nyarko is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for D. C. Nyarko first met Weiss when the coach was on a trip to Ghana. In Nyarkos freshman year, he scored the goal of his teams marquee win over then-#4 North Carolina. Tech rose as high as #10 in the polls and earned its second trip in school history to the NCAA tournament, Nyarko was named the Atlantic Coast Conference freshman of the year and was named to the all-ACC team. Nyarko decided to forgo his senior season and enter the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, widely predicted to be the first pick in the draft, Nyarko was selected 7th overall by the Chicago Fire. He made his MLS debut on June 15,2008 against FC Dallas, after eight seasons with Chicago, Nyarko was traded to D. C. United on January 6,2016 in exchange for a second round 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick, Nyarko was called up to the Ghana squad to face Chile. Nyarko made his Ghana debut against Chile on February 29,2012 at the PPL Park in Chester, Nyarko was granted a U. S. green card in 2011. This status qualifies him as a player for MLS roster purposes
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Dominic Cervi
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Dominic Cervi is a former American professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. Cervi grew up in Norman, Oklahoma and he played eight seasons for his youth club, Norman Celtic 86. He attended Norman North High School, where he played soccer for all four years and he was named Oklahoma Defensive Player of the Year by The Oklahoman during his junior and senior seasons in 2003 and 2004. He also earned three letters in basketball, where he additionally earned Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2004 and he received his Italian passport in May 2009, which eliminated the need to obtain a work permit, thus making him a more appealing potential signing for European clubs. The Golden Hurricanes best finish during Cervis time with the team was during his first year,2004, when the team reached the national quarterfinal at the 2004 Division I Mens College Cup. Cervi was drafted by the Chicago Fire with the twelfth pick of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. He was the second goalkeeper taken in the draft, after a trial at 2008 FA Cup winners Portsmouth he was not offered a contract. In October 2008, Cervi joined Celtic on a trial and he made two appearances for Celtics reserve team, one in a friendly match against Manchester Uniteds reserves, and the other against Greenock Morton. After receiving his Italian passport, Cervi officially joined the SPL club, Cervi never made a competitive first team appearance for Celtic, although was an unused substitute in five league matches. On December 10,2010, he was loaned out to Dundee, on 4 November 2011, Cervi joined Morton on a short-term loan until January. He made his debut the day in a 1-0 win over Ayr United. Cervi declared himself delighted with the result - saying that it was every goalkeepers dream to get a sheet on their debut. Cervi was named in the United States national teams 21-man World Cup Qualifying roster for the series with Barbados on June 15 and 22,2008. Cervi was called up for the United States U-23 mens national team as the number two keeper for the 2008 CONCACAF Mens Pre-Olympic Tournament. He started for the USA in a 1–0 loss against Honduras in the championship game, Cervi is now eligible to only represent the United States internationally due to his appearances against Honduras and Turkey. On May 15,2008, he was invited to camp for friendlies against England, Spain, and Argentina, in 2010, he was named in the US squad that defeated South Africa 1-0 on November 17 in Cape Town. He did not play, however, serving as second choice keeper for the match behind Brad Guzan, despite having a number of call-ups to his name, Cervi never appeared in a match for the senior national team of the United States. Greenock Morton F. C. season 2011-12 Dominic Cervi University of Tulsas official athletic site Dominic Cervi at Soccerbase
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Corben Bone
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Corben Bone is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League. Bone played college soccer at Wake Forest University from 2007 to 2009 where he appeared in 68 games scoring 15 goals and he was a member of Wake Forests 2007 NCAA College Cup Championship team. He was named ACC Offensive Player of the year in 2009, during his college years Bone also played for both Cary RailHawks U23s and Carolina Dynamo in the USL Premier Development League. Bone was drafted in the first round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Chicago Fire and he made his professional debut on May 8,2010 in a game against Toronto FC. In his four years at the club Bone only featured in 18 league matches, Bone moved to Philadelphia Union on December 12,2013, when he was selected in stage one of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Bone was loaned to USL Pro club Wilmington Hammerheads on August 12,2014, at the beginning of the following season, he made his move permanent. After one year with Wilmington, Bone signed with FC Cincinnati ahead of their inaugural 2016 season
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Jalil Anibaba
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Jalil Anibaba is an American soccer player who currently plays for Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. In 2009, Anibaba captained the Broncos was selected for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-West Region team, Anibaba made twelve appearances for USL Premier Development League club Carolina Dynamo during their 2010 season. On January 14,2011, Anibaba was drafted #9 overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire and he made his professional debut on March 19,2011, in Chicagos first game of the 2011 MLS season, a 1–1 tie with FC Dallas. And scored his first professional goal – a 40-yard screamer – on March 30,2011 in a 2–1 victory over the Colorado Rapids in the round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Anibaba would go on to two more goals in the 2011 season finale, heading home two strikes in the space of 19 minutes in a 3–2 win vs. Columbus Crew on October 22,2011. On December 10,2014, Anibaba was selected by Orlando City SC with the pick in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft. After the draft, Anibaba was shipped to Sporting Kansas City as part of the trade for Aurelien Collin, Anibaba was dropped by Sporting Kansas City on November 25,2015. Anibaba was released by Kansas City at the end of the 2015 MLS season and his brothers Sule and Jammil played college soccer during the 2000s for the UC Davis Aggies, while half brother Josh Reese plays American football for UC Davis Aggies. MLS player profile U. S. soccer profile Tar Heels profile
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Austin Berry (soccer)
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Gregory Austin Berry is an American soccer player who plays for FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended the Summit Country Day School for high school where he played four seasons of soccer. With a 14-1-1 record during his year, Berry contributed 10 goals,6 assists. He earned first team all-state, first team Miami Valley Conference, Division III Player of the Year, Berry played college soccer at the University of Louisville between 2007 and 2011. In 2010, he led the University of Louisville to the championship game and was named to the College Cup All Tournament Team. In 2010, Berry played for the USL Premier Development League team Chicago Fire Premier, the Chicago Fire selected Berry in the first round of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Berry made his first MLS appearance against Chivas USA, after conceding a penalty, Berry scored his first MLS goal two minutes later off a throw-in deep in the Chivas box. Berry earned MLS team of the honors after the Chivas game and was named the Player of the Game in his second match against Real Salt Lake. During the 2012 season, he started 28 games and scored three goals and was MLS Rookie of the Year Award, Berry started and played 62 consecutive full games for the Fire falling just short of the MLS record. Prior to the 2014 season, Berry was traded to Philadelphia Union in exchange for allocation money, Berry was the opening day starter at centerback for the Union in 2014 but suffered a hamstring injury in the second game. Due to injury, Berry was limited to only 6 games for the Union, Berry was loaned to South Koreas FC Anyang ahead of the 2015 season. In December 2015, Berry was announced as one of the first eleven signings for United Soccer League club FC Cincinnati, MLS Rookie of the Year,2012 MLS player profile Austin Berry at K League
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Eastern Conference (MLS)
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The Eastern Conference is one of Major League Soccers two conferences. United New England Revolution New York/New Jersey MetroStars Tampa Bay Mutiny Creation of Major League Soccer Columbus Crew D. C. C. C. C. United Kansas City Wizards MetroStars New England Revolution The Kansas City Wizards moved in from the Western Conference Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D. C, United Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution New York Red Bulls The MetroStars changed their name to the New York Red Bulls. United Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Toronto FC Toronto FC was added as an expansion franchise, United Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union Toronto FC Philadelphia Union was added as an expansion franchise. United Houston Dynamo New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Philadelphia Union Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC The Kansas City Wizards changed their name to Sporting Kansas City, the Houston Dynamo moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference. United Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York Red Bulls New York City FC Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC New York City FC, Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo move to Western Conference Columbus Crew adds SC to the official team name. Atlanta United FC Chicago Fire Columbus Crew SC D. C, United Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York Red Bulls New York City FC Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC Atlanta United FC added as an expansion franchise. Note, The Conference finals were a series through 2001. Matches tied after regulation were decided by a shootout, in 2002, a similar format was used except that draws were allowed and the team earning the most points advanced. From 2003 through 2011, the finals were a single match, matches tied after regulation moved to extra time, then a shootout if necessary. Beginning in 2012, the finals are a two-match aggregate series, the away goals rule for series that finished even on aggregate was first implemented in 2014. Extra time and shootouts are used if necessary, ^ – MLS did not have draws until the 2000 season. † – Miami Fusion were declared winners of the Eastern Division in 2001 after the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks forced the cancellation of the rest of the regular season, the MLS Cup Playoffs began on September 20. United 2008, Columbus Crew 2013, Sporting Kansas City Western Conference Central Division Complete MLS History
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Western Conference (MLS)
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The Western Conference is one of Major League Soccers two conferences. Houston Dynamo join the league as new team, houston moved to the Eastern Conference. Note, The Conference finals were a series through 2001. Matches tied after regulation were decided by a shootout, in 2002, a similar format was used except that draws were allowed and the team earning the most points advanced. From 2003 through 2011, the finals were a single match, matches tied after regulation moved to extra time, then a shootout if necessary. Beginning in 2012, the finals are a two-match aggregate series, the away goals rule for series that finished even on aggregate was first implemented in 2014. Extra time and shootouts are used if necessary, ^ – MLS did not have draws until the 2000 season. † – The LA Galaxy were declared winners of the Western Division in 2001 after the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks forced the cancellation of the rest of the regular season, the MLS Cup Playoffs began on September 20
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Marvell Wynne (soccer)
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Marvell Wynne is an American soccer player who plays professionally for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. He was a center back on the Rapids 2010 MLS Cup Championship team. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wynne is the son of former Major League Baseball player Marvell Wynne, Wynne decided to pursue an athletic career of his own as early as age six, choosing soccer over his fathers sport, baseball. He attended Poway High School in Poway, California and was a letterman in soccer, Wynne in his senior year of high school ran a 100 Meters in a 10.39 seconds, which makes him one of the fastest professional soccer players ever. Wynne played two years of soccer at UCLA, where he was named first team All-American in 2005. Wynne was the first pick at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft, with the MetroStars trading up to make the selection and he subsequently signed a Generation adidas contract with the league. Wynne was traded to Toronto FC in April 2007 in exchange for a partial allocation, in Toronto, Wynne he continued to impress, becoming a firm favorite amongst the fans. He scored his first career MLS goal in a game against Houston Dynamo on September 27,2008, on March 25,2010, Wynne was traded to Colorado Rapids in exchange for Nick LaBrocca and a 3rd round pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. After a successful season with Colorado in which he converted from Right Back to Center Back, following the 2014 season, his fifth campaign in Colorado, the Rapids declined Wynnes 2015 contract option. In December 2014 he entered the 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft and was selected in two by San Jose Earthquakes. Wynne has played for various youth United States national teams, and was part of the Under-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship and he earned his first senior cap for the United States in the 2007 Copa America against Argentina on June 28,2007. Wynne was a part of the U-23 side that earned qualification to the Beijing Olympics. Wynne also was a starter on the U. S. Mens 2008 Olympic soccer team, Wynne received his second cap for the senior team on January 24,2009, against Sweden, drawing a penalty that Sacha Kljestan converted
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Mehdi Ballouchy
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Mehdi Ballouchy is a retired Moroccan professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Athe age of 13, he joined the ranks of SCC Mohammédia and he moved to the United States in 2000 at the age of 16, initially living with his brother in Denver before attending Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California with a host family. He attended college and played one year of soccer at Creighton. He also briefly played with Boulder Rapids Reserve in the USL Premier Development League, Ballouchy signed a Generation Adidas contract with MLS and was taken second overall by Real Salt Lake at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. During his time with RSL Ballouchy appeared in 46 league matches scoring 2 goals, after spending two years in Utah he was traded to Colorado Rapids for Kyle Beckerman in July 2007. During his stay with Colorado Ballouchy played primarily as a central midfielder. With Colorado he appeared in 77 league matches, scoring 7 goals and his most productive season for Colorado was in 2009 when he appeared in 28 league matches scoring two goals and providing seven assists. On September 14,2010 Ballouchy joined New York Red Bulls in a trade for Macoumba Kandji, New York coach Hans Backe had been looking for an attacking midfielder throughout the season and the acquisition of Ballouchy ended the clubs search. On September 16,2010 Ballouchy debuted for New York wearing the number 10 shirt, on October 21,2010 Ballouchy started for Red Bulls in a 2–0 victory over New England Revolution which helped New York clinch its second regular season Eastern Conference title. Ballouchy moved back to California as he was traded to San Jose Earthquakes on July 30,2012 for a 2013 international spot and a conditional 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft pick. He made 6 appearances as a regular before he suffered from tearing of his cruciate ligaments which kept him sideline for the rest of the season. Ballouchy was selected in the stage of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft by the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on December 18,2013. New York City FC selected Medhi Ballouchy as their selection in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft on December 10,2014. He was Given number 20 shirt, Ballouchy announced his retirement on November 18,2016. He wasnt called to play for the Morocco national football team at senior level, Ballouchy received a U. S. green card in January 2013, which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS purposes. New York Red Bulls MLS Eastern Conference 2010 NYCFC Etihad Player of the month — May 2015 MLS player profile MLS Statistics
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Jason Garey
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Jason Garey is an American soccer player. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Garey, who grew up in Gonzales, Louisiana, attended St. Amant High School and he continues to hold Louisiana high school records for most goals in a season and in a career. Garey was drafted by Columbus Crew in the first round at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft and was with the Ohio club when they won the 2008 MLS Cup. After five seasons with Columbus Crew, Gareys rights were traded to Houston Dynamo in exchange for a draft pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. At the end of the 2011 season, Houston declined his 2012 contract option, Garey was not selected in the draft and became a free agent. Garey signed with Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League on January 20,2012, Garey is currently working as a Financial Advisor, CFP for Northwestern Mutual
