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April 14, 1930 (sentenced) Two counts of second-degree murder. 28–36 years imprisonment [ 215 ] Crane was convicted on September 25, 1929, of the murder of "his former sweetheart" [ 216 ] and on March 28, 1930, of the murder of the man accompanying her at the time of the shooting. [ 217 ] Trevor Crowe. Retired.
Known for. Media coverage about her death. Title. Lacrosse coach. Diane Alexis Whipple (January 31, 1967 – January 26, 2001) [2] was an American lacrosse player and college coach. She was killed in a dog attack in San Francisco on January 26, 2001. The dogs involved were two Presa Canarios. Paul Schneider, the dogs' owner, is a high-ranking ...
1936. August 8 – With five minutes remaining in extra time in an Olympic football match between Peru and Austria, a group of Peruvian fans, one brandishing a revolver, invaded the pitch and assaulted Austrian players, officials and stadium security; during the ensuing chaos, Peru scored two goals and won the match 4–2.
While more money is pouring into the game every year, women’s soccer remains, broadly speaking, an amateur sport. The top-flight NWSL currently has 12 teams, while the semi-pro WPSL, which the ...
The earliest known organized soccer game in the United States was played on October 11, 1866, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, under the 1863 London Football Association laws between Carroll College and Waukesha Town. Carroll won 5–2, and each goal was referred to as "game".
On May 10, 2015, the United States women's national soccer team played its first send-off series match ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, defeating the Republic of Ireland 3–0. [ 32 ] In 2016, PayPal Park hosted the MLS All-Star Game between the MLS All-Stars and the English Premier League 's Arsenal , which the latter won 2–1.
Originally called the United States Interregional Women's League, the USL W-League was formed in 1995 as the first national women's soccer league, [28] [29] [30] providing a professional outlet for many of the top female soccer players in the country. It also allowed college players the opportunity to play alongside established international ...
Mallory Pugh Swanson (née Pugh; born April 29, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT).