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Rick Davis (politics)
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Richard H. Rick Davis, Jr. is an American political consultant. He currently serves as a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Pegasus Sustainable Century Merchant Bank and he is a managing partner of the business development and public affairs consulting firm Davis-Manafort, located in Alexandria, Virginia. He is best known for being the National Campaign Manager of John McCains 2008 Presidential campaign, in that capacity, he oversaw the development and implementation of all campaign strategy and policy development. Davis also served McCain as National Campaign Manager for his 2000 Republican Presidential Primary campaign, born to a Navy family, Davis studied at the University of Alabama. After learning the business in Alabama and Mississippi, he became national field director for the College Republican National Committee during Ronald Reagans 1980 presidential bid. Davis served on President Ronald Reagans White House staff from 1985 until March 1987 as a Principal Associate Director in the Office of Cabinet Affairs, as the Associate Director, his responsibilities included the coordination and development of US domestic policy in the White House. He oversaw all policy planning and decision-making for issues related to Environment, during his tenure at the White House, Davis served as Principal Director of the Domestic Policy Council, in the Office of the Cabinet Secretary. Davis was also a member of a number of the working groups including the Special Interagency Working Group on Space, the Health Policy Working Group. In 1990, Davis served as Consultant to the White House Conference on Science and he managed agenda development and background research for the George H. W. Bush Administration. Over 20 countries participated in the first ever international conference hosted by a President dealing directly with climate change and he left the Reagan White House to work with longtime lobbyist Paul Manafort, founding the lobbying firm Davis, Manafort. Between 1998 and 2008, the firm was paid at least $2.8 million for lobbying Congress,1979 Staff member, Republican National Committee. 1980 Regional Director, Commitment ’80 Reagan/Bush Campaign,1982 Campaign Manager, Paul Trible’s successful US Senate campaign. 1984 National Convention Director, Reagan/Bush Re-Election Campaign,1988 Presidential Debate Coordinator, Bush/Quayle 1988 Presidential Campaign. 1996 Deputy Campaign Manager,1996 Presidential Campaign of Senator Bob Dole, in addition to political campaigns in the United States, Davis has extensive experience as an international political consultant in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Through his firm, Davis Manafort Inc. he has coordinated Presidential, Parliamentary, Gubernatorial and his activities also include developing and implementing democracy building campaigns in foreign countries. Davis served as Manaforts deputy in orchestrating the 1996 Republican National Convention, while working for Dole, Davis told a reporter that he was blown away by McCains unconventional politics. He joined McCains first election bid in 1999, as campaign manager, in 2000, Davis became the head of a group called the Homeownership Alliance, a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac advocacy group. Its website said that the organization was dedicated to exposing and defeating trends that would harm consumer access to the lowest-cost mortgage option and he was head of the group for five years, being paid more than $30,000 per month
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Ricky Davis
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Tyree Ricardo Ricky Davis is an American former professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for University of Iowa, Davis attended Davenport North High School in Davenport, Iowa. He was a starter and the Davenport North team made the state tournament his junior and senior years. His father is Tyree Davis and Mother is Linda Davis, he has a brother named Edward. Davis played one season at the University of Iowa before being selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 1998 NBA Draft, Davis played two seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, and became known for his high energy play and exciting poster dunks. He was traded to the Miami Heat in a massive nine-player trade on August 1,2000, Davis was re-signed to a six-year deal by the Cavaliers on August 21,2002, but his time in Cleveland was marked by disputes with coach Paul Silas. He additionally received attention for stat padding in a game against the Utah Jazz on March 16,2003. Jazz guard DeShawn Stevenson shoved Davis in response as Davis proceeded upcourt with the ball, Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said to reporters afterward, I would have fouled him too. I would have knocked him on his ass, the Cavaliers initially said they would not punish Davis, saying the embarrassment was enough. However, in the face of an outcry, the Cavaliers fined him an undisclosed amount for unsportsmanlike conduct. On December 15,2003, Davis was traded along with Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart, and a second draft pick to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Tony Battie, Eric Williams. With the Celtics, the 6 ft 7 in Davis played the position of shooting guard, Boston was criticized for acquiring him via trade due to Daviss reputation of selfishness, but he became a more consistent player and a fan-favorite in the city. On October 24,2007, Davis was again traded to the Miami Heat along with teammate Mark Blount in exchange for the Heats Antoine Walker, Michael Doleac, Wayne Simien and a first-round draft pick. Davis was reunited with Pat Riley, and Riley admitted he made a mistake of trading Davis in the first place and he was not a problem here. We just needed to move and get bigger players at that time, over the last six years he has been very efficient. On July 28,2008, Davis signed a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. He was waived by the Clippers on February 16,2010 to make room for newly acquired guard Steve Blake and he appeared in 36 games for the Clippers in the 2009/10 season. On March 1,2010, Davis signed a contract with the Turkish team Türk Telekom and it would be his first time playing outside the United States
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Denver
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Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U. S. state of Colorado. Denver is in the South Platte River Valley on the edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level, making it the highest major city in the United States. The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the reference for the Mountain Time Zone. Denver is ranked as a Beta- world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. With a 2015 estimated population of 682,545, Denver ranks as the 19th-most populous U. S. city, and with a 2. 8% increase in 2015, the city is also the fastest-growing major city in the United States. The 10-county Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 2,814,330 and ranked as the 19th most populous U. S. metropolitan statistical area. The 12-city Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 3,418,876, which ranks as the 16th most populous U. S. metropolitan area. Denver is the most populous city of the 18-county Front Range Urban Corridor, Denver is the most populous city within a 500-mile radius and the second-most populous city in the Mountain West after Phoenix, Arizona. In 2016, Denver was named the best place to live in the USA by U. S. News & World Report and this was the first historical settlement in what was later to become the city of Denver. The site faded quickly, however, and by the summer of 1859 it was abandoned in favor of Auraria, Larimer named the townsite Denver City to curry favor with Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver. Larimer hoped the name would help make it the county seat of Arapaho County but, unbeknownst to him. The location was accessible to existing trails and was across the South Platte River from the site of seasonal encampments of the Cheyenne, the site of these first towns is now the site of Confluence Park near downtown Denver. Larimer, along with associates in the St. Charles City Land Company, sold parcels in the town to merchants and miners, Denver City was a frontier town, with an economy based on servicing local miners with gambling, saloons, livestock and goods trading. In the early years, land parcels were often traded for grubstakes or gambled away by miners in Auraria, in May 1859, Denver City residents donated 53 lots to the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak Express in order to secure the regions first overland wagon route. Offering daily service for passengers, mail, freight, and gold, in 1863, Western Union furthered Denvers dominance of the region by choosing the city for its regional terminus. The Colorado Territory was created on February 28,1861, Arapahoe County was formed on November 1,1861, Denver City served as the Arapahoe County Seat from 1861 until consolidation in 1902. In 1867, Denver City became the territorial capital, with its newfound importance, Denver City shortened its name to Denver
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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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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Santa Clara Broncos
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The Santa Clara Broncos are athletic teams that represent Santa Clara University. The school colors are red and white, the mascot is a bucking bronco and the fans are referred to as the Ruff Riders. The Broncos compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as members of the West Coast Conference of which Santa Clara is a charter member. Santa Clara University sponsors teams in nine mens and twelve womens NCAA sanctioned sports, ‡ = Mens rowing is sanctioned by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association, not by the NCAA. Santa Claras mens rowing team competes in the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association, # = The mens and womens track and field teams compete as independents. ∞ = The mens water polo team competes in the Western Water Polo Association, * = Beach volleyball is a fully sanctioned NCAA sport which had its first national championship in the spring of 2016. The Santa Clara University Broncos baseball team is the varsity baseball team that represents Santa Clara University in NCAA Division I college baseball. Santa Clara Baseball competes in the West Coast Conference, of which the Santa Clara Broncos were a charter member, the Broncos play their home games on campus at Stephen Schott Stadium, which opened in 2005. The Broncos and are led by head coach Dan OBrien, in his third season, having begun play in 1883, Santa Clara is currently in its 129th season of varsity baseball, and has enjoyed a long history of baseball excellence. Santa Clara has won 11 Conference Pennants, and appeared in 12 NCAA Tournaments, individually,34 Broncos have been named All-Americans, and 158 players have been drafted in the MLB Draft, with 48 players making it to the Major Leagues. Mens basketball played its first season in 1904, since then, the mens basketball team has historically been a strong program within the West Coast Conference. The program has produced 13 All-Americans, with their first, Bob Feerick, the program has produced NBA stars Steve Nash, and Kurt Rambis, as well as college stars Ken Sears and Bob Feerick. The Team has played in the NCAA tournament in 11 different seasons, the 1992-1993 Santa Clara team, led by future NBA MVP Steve Nash, was one of 6 #15 seeds to defeat a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. On February 12,2007, the basketball team snapped Gonzagas 50 game home winning streak. At the time, it was the longest ongoing home winning streak in the NCAA, Womens basketball played its first season in 1963. Since then, the basketball team has historically been a strong program within the West Coast Conference. The Womens Basketball team won the WNIT in 1991, the 2012–13 Santa Clara Broncos womens basketball team was another notable team. Head Coach JR Payne signed a contract with the Santa Clara Bronco in the 2014 season, finishing with a record of 10-20 during the season of 2014-2015, the Broncos came out with a outstanding record of 23-9 beating Stanford University on November 23rd
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United States men's national soccer team
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The United States mens national soccer team, often referred to as the USMNT, represents the United States in international soccer. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF, the team has appeared in ten FIFA World Cups and hosted the 1994 edition. They achieved their best result when they reached the semi-final at the 1930 World Cup, finishing third, this remains the highest finish of any team outside of the UEFA and CONMEBOL confederations. After qualifying for the 1934 World Cup, and withdrawing in 1938, after 1950, the U. S. did not qualify for the World Cup again until 1990. Following the 1990 World Cup, the U. S. qualified automatically as hosts of the 1994 World Cup, the team has qualified for all five World Cups since, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2002 tournament, where it lost to Germany 1–0. In 2009 it finished runner-up at the Confederations Cup, eliminating top-ranked Spain 2–0 in the semi-finals before losing to Brazil 3–2 in the final, the teams current head coach is Bruce Arena, who took over in November 2016 and previously managed the team from 1998 to 2006. The first United States national team was constituted in 1885, when it played Canada in the first international match held outside the United Kingdom, Canada defeated the U. S. 1–0 in Newark, New Jersey. The United States had its revenge the following year when it beat Canada 1–0, also in Newark, the United States played its first official international match under the auspices of U. S. Soccer August 20,1916, against Sweden in Stockholm, where the U. S. won 3–2, the U. S fielded a team in the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, the first ever World Cup to ever be played. The U. S. began group play by beating Belgium 3–0, the U. S. then earned a 3–0 victory over Paraguay, with FIFA crediting Bert Patenaude with two of the goals. In November 2006, FIFA announced that it had accepted evidence that Patenaude scored all three goals against Paraguay, and was thus the first person to score a hat trick in a World Cup, in the semifinals, the U. S. lost to Argentina 6–1. Using the overall tournament records, FIFA credited the U. S. with a third-place finish ahead of fellow semi-finalist Yugoslavia. The finish remains the U. S. teams best World Cup result, there was no official soccer tournament in the 1932 Olympic Games. In an informal tournament, the United States finished first, followed by Mexico, the U. S. qualified for the 1934 World Cup by defeating Mexico 4–2. The team played Italy and lost 7–1, eliminating them from the tournament, the Olympic soccer tournament was reinstated in the 1936 Olympic Games. The 1950 World Cup in Brazil was the United Statess next World Cup appearance, the U. S. lost its first match 3–1 against Spain, but then won 1–0 against England at Independência Stadium in Belo Horizonte. Striker Joe Gaetjens was the goal scorer, the result is considered one of the greatest upsets in the history of the World Cups. Months before the famous World Cup loss to the U. S, England had beaten an all-star rest of Europe side 6–1 in an exhibition match
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Colorado
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Colorado is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, Colorado is the 8th most extensive and the 21st most populous of the 50 United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Colorado was 5,540,545 on July 1,2016, the state was named for the Colorado River, which Spanish travelers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28,1861, Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State because it became a state in the same year as the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers. Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado, residents of the state are properly known as Coloradans, although the term Coloradoan has been used archaically and lives on in the title of Fort Collins newspaper, the Coloradoan. Colorado, Wyoming and Utah are the states which have boundaries defined solely by lines of latitude and longitude. The summit of Mount Elbert at 14,440 feet elevation in Lake County is the highest point in Colorado, Colorado is the only U. S. state that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation. The point where the Arikaree River flows out of Yuma County, Colorado and this point, which holds the distinction of being the highest low elevation point of any state, is higher than the high elevation points of 18 states and the District of Columbia. A little less than one half of the area of Colorado is flat, East of the Rocky Mountains are the Colorado Eastern Plains of the High Plains, the section of the Great Plains within Nebraska at elevations ranging from roughly 3,350 to 7,500 feet. The Colorado plains were mostly prairies, but they have many patches of forests, buttes. Eastern Colorado is presently covered in farmland and rangeland, along with small farming villages. Precipitation is fair, averaging from 15 to 25 inches annually, corn, wheat, hay, soybeans, and oats are all typical crops, and most of the villages and towns in this region boast both a water tower and a grain elevator. Irrigation water is available from the South Platte, the Arkansas River, and a few other streams, however, heavy use of ground water from wells for irrigation has caused underground water reserves to decline. As well as agriculture, eastern Colorado hosts considerable livestock, such as cattle ranches. Roughly 70% of Colorados population resides along the edge of the Rocky Mountains in the Front Range Urban Corridor between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Pueblo, Colorado. This region is protected from prevailing storms that blow in from the Pacific Ocean region by the high Rockies in the middle of Colorado. The Front Range includes Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Loveland, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Greeley and other townships, on the other side of the Rockies, the significant population centers in Western Colorado are the cities of Grand Junction, Durango, and Montrose
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Claremont, California
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Claremont is a city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States,30.3 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. It is located in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, Claremont is known as the home of the Claremont Colleges and other educational institutions, and for its tree-lined streets with numerous historic buildings. In July 2007, it was rated by CNN/Money magazine as the fifth best place to live in the United States, due to its large number of trees and residents with doctoral degrees, it is sometimes referred to as The City of Trees and PhDs. Some critics say that the expansion negatively altered the original, small-town feel of The Village, Claremont has been a winner of the National Arbor Day Associations Tree City USA award for 22 consecutive years. When the city incorporated in 1907, local citizens started what has become the citys tree-planting tradition. Claremont is one of the few remaining places in North America with American Elm trees that have not been exposed to Dutch elm disease, the stately trees line Indian Hill Boulevard in the vicinity of the citys Memorial Park. The Claremont Institute, a think tank, is located there. Several retirement communities, among them Pilgrim Place, the Claremont Manor, the citrus groves and open space which once dominated the northern portion of the city have been replaced by residential developments of large homes. The northern, foothill area also includes the Padua Hills Theatre, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.35 square miles, of which 13.3 square miles is land and 0.05 square miles is water. Its geographic location puts it well within the known as the San Gabriel Valley. Claremont is approximately 24 miles east of Pasadena and 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, in the summer months, temperatures can rise into the triple digits. In the autumn months, Claremont can receive gusty winds known as the Santa Ana Winds, in the winter, most of its annual rainfall occurs. Snow is rare but can often be viewed in the nearby San Gabriel Mountains, in early summer, Claremont can receive overcast weather due to its strong onshore flow from the ocean known as May Gray or June Gloom. The 2010 United States Census reported that Claremont had a population of 34,926, the population density was 2,589.7 people per square mile. The racial makeup of Claremont was 24,666 White,1,651 African American,172 Native American,4,564 Asian,38 Pacific Islander,2,015 from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,919 persons. The Census reported that 29,802 people lived in households,4,926 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, there were 429 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 138 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 2,957 households were made up of individuals and 1,556 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.57. There were 7,925 families, the family size was 3.10
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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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Captain (association football)
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The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the toss prior to kick-off. Contrary to what is said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, any trophy won by a team will be received by the captain who will also be the first one to hoist it. The captain also generally leads the teams out of the room at the start of the match. The captain generally provides a point for the team, if morale is low. Captains may join the manager in deciding the first team for a certain game, in youth or recreational football, the captain often takes on duties, that would, at a higher level, be delegated to the manager. A club captain is usually appointed for a season, if he is unavailable or not selected for a particular game, then the club vice-captain will be appointed to perform a similar role. The match captain is the first player to lift a trophy should the team win one, a good example of this was in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final when match captain Peter Schmeichel lifted the trophy for Manchester United as club captain Roy Keane was suspended. In the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, match captain Frank Lampard jointly lifted the trophy for Chelsea with club captain John Terry, a club may appoint two distinct roles, a club captain to represent the players in a public relations role, and correspondent on the pitch. After Neville retired in 2011, regular starter Nemanja Vidić was named as club captain, são Paulos Rogério Ceni is the player who has worn the captains armband the most times. A vice-captain is a player that is expected to captain the side when the captain is not included in the starting eleven, or if, during a game. Examples include Manuel Neuer succeeding Philipp Lahm at Bayern Munich, Marcelo attaining from Sergio Ramos at Real Madrid C. F, gary Cahill being the understudy of John Terry at Chelsea FC and Lionel Messi taking over from Andrés Iniesta at FC Barcelona. Similarly, some clubs also name a 3rd captain to take the role of captain when both the captain and vice-captain are unavailable, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Germany had three captains. Michael Ballack had skippered the team since 2004, including the successful qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. Lahm ended up becoming the permanent captain of Germany, as Ballack was never called up for the national team
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National Soccer Hall of Fame
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The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 that honors soccer achievements in the United States. Induction into the hall is considered the highest honor in American soccer. The Hall of Fame museum opened on June 12,1999, the museum featured the hall of fame, a library, and an interactive soccer play area. The United States National Soccer Team Players Association partnered with the Hall of Fame to create the Time In program, since the disease disproportionately targets children a majority of the honorees were youth soccer players. Prior to the 2005 induction of the Magnificent Five individuals from the early and this change was brought about by the acquisition of a large volume of historical records relating to this period. These records combined with previously developed eligibility criteria led to the induction of Tommy Fleming, Alex McNab, Johnny Nelson, Werner Nilsen, the notable careers of these five players all took place prior to 1950. The Magnificent Five were inducted post-humously into the Hall of Fame in August 2005, sports Illustrated reported on September 4,2009 that the Hall announced it would be closing to the public. It was open only on match days. As a result of difficulties the Hall of Fame cut six of its nine employees during that same month. The director of the Hall of Fame for almost 10 years, Jack Huckel, on February 10,2010, it was announced that the Hall would close its facility, though inductions will continue. In September 2015, it was announced that a new Hall of Fame museum would be built at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, National teams in World Cup competition Artifacts from the American Soccer League of the 1920s and 1950s. The Lamar Hunt Open Cup trophy, eligible individuals may be inducted into one of three categories, Player, Builder and Veteran. New individuals are inducted on an annual basis and this requirement is reduced to 10 games if the games were prior to 1990. Played at least five seasons in an American first-division professional league, Players who have met either no.2 or no.3 but who retired more than 10 years ago are automatically placed on the veteran eligibility list. Due to the broad, general nature of the criteria, nominations for this category may be considered, nominations are screened by the Hall of Fame Historian and Researcher who submit their recommendations to the Hall as to the appropriateness of the nominees inclusion on the eligibility list. The National Soccer Hall of Fames Medal of Honor is the highest honor given to people who have grown the sport of soccer in the United States, the Medal is awarded to individuals who has demonstrated vision and played an historic role in changing the course of soccer in America. The Medal has been out only four times in history. In 2009, the Hall of fame inducted Jeff Agoos and Joy Fawcett into the Hall of Fame in the player category
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Damien High School
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Damien High School is an all-male Roman Catholic high school in La Verne, in the U. S. state of California named for Saint Damien of Molokai. The school had its first graduating class in 1963, each of Damiens freshmen classes draws from an average of over 75 different elementary and junior high schools for youths from Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and it is a part of the tri-school community including St. Lucys Priory High School and Pomona Catholic High School. The Sacred Heart Fathers have staffed and administered the school since its beginning in La Verne, the courage and capacity for self-sacrifice in the cause of others, is encouraged as an impetus toward social causes in the lives of Damiens students. In 1996, a new swimming pool and locker room were constructed, six new tennis courts were also built near the priests’ residence and a new ticket/snack bar/rest room facility was built in Spartan Stadium. A new gymnasium, The Travers Cronin Athletic Center, was opened in 2006, in 2008, the Spartan Stadium was renovated. It now includes an all weather track and FieldTurf, Spartan Stadium was renamed Dick Larson Stadium in honor of the schools longtime football coach. 2010 brought a renovation of the stadium, including the installation of a new scoreboard. The stadium was officially named Tom Carroll Stadium, in honor of Damiens Athletic Director of 37 years, in 2014, Damien and St. Lucys Priory High School were moved from the Sierra League, where they had competed since 1998, to the Baseline League. Lucys, Chino Hills, Etiwanda, Los Osos, Rancho Cucamonga, the Damien Policy Debate team has consistently achieved local and national success. Damien qualified 4 teams to the TOC in 2009, more than any school in the nation. In 2011, Damiens Pablo Gannon and Nadeem Faroqui won the National Debate Coaches Association Tournament, making Damien the first, Damien High School was one of 23 communities involved with Student Spaceflight Experiment Program Mission 7 to send a science experiment to the International Space Station. The experiment was originally aboard the SpaceX-7 rocket launched on June 28,2015 which exploded 2 minutes into launch, the experiment was successfully re-flown on the SpaceX CRS-8 on April 8,2016, and docked with the International Space Station two days later. The experiment studies the effects of tardigrades in a microgravity environment, students Garrett Souza, David Washington, Ashwin Balaji, Richard Conti and Aaditya Patel worked over a year on the experiment moderated by their Physics instructor, Charity Trojanowski. Damien High School is a part of the tri-school community existing between St. Lucys Priory High School and Pomona Catholic High School, numerous dances and functions are coordinated between the three schools during the school year. Additionally, financial incentives exist for parents who have multiple children attending these schools
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La Verne, California
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La Verne is a small city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 31,063 at the 2010 census, down from 31,638 at the 2000 census, the history of the area dates back to the 1830s when Ygnacio Palomares received the 15, 000-acre Rancho San Jose land grant from Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1837. The land included the present day cities Pomona, Claremont, San Dimas, Glendora, the adobe which Palomares built in 1837 is still preserved in Pomona as La Casa Primera de Rancho San Jose. Palomares soon moved a mile or so northeast and constructed the Ygnacio Palomares Adobe and he ensured that a nephew, Jose Dolores Palomares, secured a tract of land a mile west. In the mid-1880s, entrepreneur Isaac W. Lord purchased a tract of Jose Palomares land, Lord had the land surveyed for building lots and in 1887 had a large land sale, naming the new town Lordsburg after himself. He also had a large Lordsburg Hotel constructed, but the boom was over by the time it was completed. Lordsburg College was founded in 1891, in 1906 the town was incorporated as La Verne. Residents grew field crops, then began planting trees, which flourished. Lordsburg became known as the Heart of the Orange Empire, the city of La Verne flourished as a center of the citrus industry until after World War II, when the citrus industry slowly faded away. Today the last two orange groves are on the grounds of the La Verne Mansion and Heritage Park, La Verne is a suburb 30 miles east of Los Angeles, located in the Pomona Valley below the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 8.562 square miles. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, La Verne has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, the 2010 United States Census reported that La Verne had a population of 31,063. The population density was 3,628.0 people per square mile. The racial makeup of La Verne was 23,057 White,1,065 African American,265 Native American,2,381 Asian,61 Pacific Islander,2,822 from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 9,635 persons. The Census reported that 30,387 people lived in households,501 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, there were 420 unmarried couples living together, and 74 homosexuual partners living together. 2,517 households were made up of individuals and 1,429 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.70. There were 8,213 families, the family size was 3.16. The median age was 42.9 years, for every 100 females there were 89.9 males
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College soccer
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College soccer is played by teams of soccer students throughout colleges and universities. It is most widespread in the United States, but is prominent in South Korea. The institutions typically hire full-time professional coaches and staff, although the student athletes are strictly amateur and are not paid, College soccer teams play a variety of conference and non-conference games throughout the fall season, with the season culminating in the post-season tournament called the College Cup. The St. Louis University Billikens are the most successful team, top college players often go on to play professionally in Major League Soccer or other professional leagues. The best college soccer player each year is awarded the Hermann Trophy, College soccer is played in the fall. The regular season lasts from late August to early November, playing games against both opponents and non-conference opponents. The NCAA championship is played in November and December, with 48 teams qualifying for the playoffs, in addition to more closely matching the professional season, the changes address issues of player health and safety and of the time demands on student-athletes. The proposal concerns only Division I mens soccer, while a large majority of mens coaches and players support the changes, only a small minority of womens coaches and players currently do so. At this time, there is only the informational campaign, no formal proposal has been made to the NCAA. While similar in appearance, NCAA rules diverge significantly from FIFA Laws of the Game. All matches have a period if the game remains tied after 90 minutes. As opposed to a regular two-half extra time period, golden goal is applied, if neither team scores in the two ten-minute halves, the match ends in a draw. College soccer is played with a clock that can be stopped when signaled to by the referee for injuries, the clock is also stopped after goals until play is restarted, and the clock generally counts down from 45,00 to 0,00 in each half. In most professional leagues, there is an up-counting clock with the referee adding stoppage time to the end of each 45-minute half. The following Division I soccer teams had a home game attendance of at least 2,000 during the 2015 season. NOTE1, The Southeastern Conference does not sponsor mens soccer, both members that sponsor the sport play as Conference USA members. However most sports historians argue that this was actually the first-ever college gridiron football season in history, but that perception is changing, with Harvard being recognized as a pioneer in gridiron football, along with McGill, Tufts, and Yale. The NCAA first began holding a national championship in 1959
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Santa Clara University
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Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university located in Santa Clara, California. It has 5,435 full-time undergraduate students, and 3,335 graduate students, founded in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California, and has remained in its original location for 165 years. The universitys campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis, the campus mirrors the Missions architectural style, and provides a fine early example of Mission Revival Architecture. Santa Clara has produced Rhodes Scholars and has recognized as a top producer of Fulbright Scholars. Santa Claras alumni have made their presence felt on the national and international stage, among Santa Claras alumni are governors, congressmen, mayors, senators, and presidential cabinet members. Santa Clara alumni founded Nvidia and Farmers Insurance, and created JavaScript, Santa Claras alumni have won a number of honors, including Pulitzer Prizes, the NBA MVP Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Santa Clara alumni have served as mayors of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose, both the current Governor and Lieutenant Governor of California attended Santa Clara. Santa Claras sports teams are called the Broncos and their colors are red and white. The Broncos compete at the NCAA Division I levels as members of the West Coast Conference in 19 sports, the Broncos own a long history of success on the national stage in a number of sports, including NCAA championships in both mens and womens soccer. Santa Claras student athletes have achieved success after graduation, with 54 MLB,24 NFL. Of Santa Claras Olympians,14 have won gold medals, the university is situated in Santa Clara, California, adjacent to the city of San Jose in Santa Clara County at the southern part of the Bay Area. The school is promoted as the Jesuit university in Silicon Valley, built around historic Mission Santa Clara, the present university is home to a population of approximately 5,435 undergraduate and 3,335 masters, Juris Doctor, and PhD students. The institution employs 522 full-time faculty members, who are divided between four schools and the College of Arts and Sciences, all of which are located on the 106-acre mission campus. In July 2009 the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, formerly an independent institution, legally merged with the university, although a division of SCU, it retains its campus in Berkeley, California. JST is one of two Jesuit seminaries in the United States with ecclesiastical faculties approved by the Vaticans Congregation for Catholic Education, the other, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, completed a similar affiliation with Boston College in June 2008, becoming Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. For the 2013–2014 academic year, the operating budget was $387 million. For the same period, undergraduate tuition and fees totaled $42,156, Santa Clara University is civilly chartered and governed by a board of trustees, which appoints the president. By internal statute, the president must be a member of the Jesuit order, about 42 Jesuit priests and brothers are active teachers and administrators in various departments and centers located on the main campus in Santa Clara
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