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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 widely considered the highest honor in American soccer. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The all-time leader in games played, Nick Rimando is a 6× MLS All-Star and 3× winner of the MLS Save of the Year Award. He earned 22 caps with the US Men's National Team and was selected to the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. Kei Kamara has the most appearances for a foreign player and has played for the most different clubs (11) in MLS.
This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such.Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.
First name [4] Altona East Phoenix SC: PAOK FC: Paisley Park Soccer Complex: Altona North, Melbourne: Australia: Founded in 1979 by Greek immigrants as East Altona PAOK SC, taking nickname and black and white stripes from Greek team. Renamed Altona East 'Phoenix' in 1990s, in accordance to new laws prohibiting ethnic names in soccer clubs ...
It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge. Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milan is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...
The current name, Mega Millions, was adopted in 2002, with The Big Game name retired soon after. Games are $2 each, or $3 with the Megaplier option, which became available in Massachusetts in 2011. The current version of the game began in October 2017. Players pick 5 numbers from the first field of 70 numbers and one mega ball from the second ...
[4] Mexico was a pioneer country in the use of permanent numbers in football; these were adopted in the Primera División in the 1980s. [5] Retiring a player's shirt number usually occurs after the player has left the team or retired. It honours a player who has meant much to his club, and no other player is permitted to use that number in the ...
For example, Boris Bandov, the player active before 1980 with the highest number of caps, played 33 times between 1976 and 1983, while Perry Van der Beck played 23 times between 1979 and 1985. With the typical low scores of the times, it was unlikely any players before the 1980s assisted on more than a handful of goals.