The United Soccer Coaches is an organization of American soccer coaches founded in 1941. It is the largest soccer coaches organization in the world, with more than 30,000 members. It offers training courses for both beginning and experienced coaches and a wide range of award programs. Rare among sports organizations, it serves its sport for both men/boys and women/girls. Geoff VanDuesen is the current Chief Executive Officer. The NSCAA was rebranded as United Soccer Coaches on August 2, 2017.
William Rainey Harper College is a public community college in Palatine, Illinois. It was established by referendum in 1965 and opened in September 1967. It is named for William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college movement in the United States and the first president of the University of Chicago.
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions across 24 states and is divided into 3 divisions.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2006 throughout the world.
Giannis Anastasiou is a Greek professional football coach and former player who is manager of Omonia.
Dwight Barnett is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for the Tampa Marauders of the National Premier Soccer League.
Korab Syla is an Albanian footballer who played for the Syracuse Orange.
Erika Leigh Tymrak is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Tampa Bay Sun FC of the USL Super League. She previously played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for FC Kansas City, the Utah Royals, and the Orlando Pride. She was a member of the United States under-17 team that was runner-up at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and has also represented the United States at senior level.
Natalia Kuikka is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Finland national team. She was named the Finnish Footballer of the Year in 2022 by Finnish sports journalists.
Matthew Thomas Lojeski is an American-Belgian former professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. He also represents the senior men's Belgian national basketball team. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), and weighing 92 kg (203 lbs.), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Efthymis Koulouris is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin.
Danai-Eleni Sidira is a Greek footballer who plays as a midfielder for A Division club Panathinaikos and the Greece women's national team.
Pete Caringi is an American soccer coach. He was named the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I Coach of the Year.
Wyatt Omsberg is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
Arthur Bosua is a South African soccer player who plays as a forward for the Richmond Kickers in the USL League One.
Triston Javon Henry is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League as a goalkeeper.
Eleni Kakambouki is a Greek footballer who plays as a midfielder for PAOK and the Greek women's national team.
Danai Kaldaridou is a Greek footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club FC Sion and the Greece national team.
Wasila Diwura-Soale is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun, and for the Ghana women's national team. Diwura-Soale played for Ghana at U-17 level in 2012 and was part of the Black Maidens squad that placed third at the 2012 World Cup in Azerbaijan. She also featured for the Ghana U-20 team, the Black Princesses, at the 2014 and 2016 World Cups in Canada and Papua New Guinea respectively.
