LOS ANGELES: Orange County Soccer Club have signed 14-year old Francis Jacobs, making him the youngest professional male signing in United States football history, the California club said on Tuesday (Aug 13).Jacobs, who is 14 years, four months and 29 days old, signed a deal with the second tier United Soccer League club and could make his debut on Saturday against Las Vegas Lights FC."I am very excited for Francis, who is a young and gifted local talent, to join our team," said head coach Braeden Cloutier. "I've been really impressed with his poise and ability on the ball that he's shown us these past few months."Jacobs had also trained with Bayer Leverkusen and FC Koln.His signing eclipses that of Freddy Adu, who was 14 years, five months and 16 days when he joined DC United in 2003.Adu won a major contract from Nike but bounced around a slew of clubs and never quite made an impact that his early promise indicated. … [Read more...] about US football team sign 14-year old on professional contract
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US soccer team sign 14-year old on professional contract
REUTERS: Orange County Soccer Club have signed 14-year old Francis Jacobs, making him the youngest professional male signing in United States soccer history, the California club said on Tuesday.Jacobs, who is 14 years, four months and 29 days old, signed a deal with the second tier United Soccer League club and could make his debut on Saturday against Las Vegas Lights FC."I am very excited for Francis, who is a young and gifted local talent, to join our team," said head coach Braeden Cloutier. "I've been really impressed with his poise and ability on the ball that he's shown us these past few months."Jacobs had also trained with Bayer Leverkusen and FC Koln.His signing eclipses that of Freddy Adu, who was 14 years, five months and 16 days when he joined DC United in 2003.Adu won a major contract from Nike but bounced around a slew of clubs and never quite made an impact that his early promise indicated.(Reporting by Andrew Downie; Editing by Greg Stutchbury) … [Read more...] about US soccer team sign 14-year old on professional contract
Family of US teen killed by police calls for probe
LOS ANGELES: The family of a 17-year-old girl fatally shot by a police officer in California on Tuesday called for the state’s attorney general to launch an independent probe into the killing. The girl, identified by her family as Hannah Williams, died on Friday following an encounter with a Fullerton police officer near her home in Anaheim, south of Los Angeles. Authorities have refused to discuss the case or provide details about the shooting but said on Tuesday that a replica handgun designed to look like a Beretta 92FS had been recovered near the victim. The Orange County district attorney’s office said the on-duty officer was taking his K-9 dog to the veterinarian for a medical procedure in a police car when he saw the teen driving at high speed on the highway. It said the two vehicles at some point made physical contact. The Reverend Jarrett Maupin, a family spokesman, insisted that Williams was unarmed and said it was unclear who owned the replica gun found at the … [Read more...] about Family of US teen killed by police calls for probe
Dept in touch with states over Orang Asli issues: Waytha Moorthy
PUTRAJAYA: The Department of Orang Asli Development (Jakoa) is constantly in communication with the state governments to alleviate issues regarding the Orang Asli community and is also working with them to resolve the land encroachment issue, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P. Waytha Moorthy (pix) said today. He said in a statement that Jakoa acknowledged that many of the states are not fully cognizant or somewhat inconsistent with judicial judgments in the higher courts in relation to the fundamental rights entrenched in the Federal Constitution for the Orang Asli community in relation to customary lands. In conjunction with the 1st National Orang Asli Convention held here last month, he said, Jakoa has outlined nine steps in addressing the customary lands issue that is being prepared to be tabled in the Cabinet among other resolutions pertaining to the Orang Asli. Waytha Moorthy was referring to a recent statement by Jaringan Kampung Orang Asli Semenanjung Malaysia … [Read more...] about Dept in touch with states over Orang Asli issues: Waytha Moorthy
Anna Maria a June Bride
It’s official: Anna Maria Perez de Tagle will be a June Bride! The wedding is set end of June at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles (the same church where Lea Salonga and Rob Chien were married in January 2004). The lucky groom is Scott Kline Jr., an aerospace engineer. Funfare got this “breaking news” from Oliver Tolentino last week when we (immigration lawyer Jemela Nettles and her friend Miss Rona) met Oliver and his partner Andrew Caruthers at their shop in Beverly Hills. It’s Oliver who is designing Anna Maria’s wedding gown and Scott’s suit. The daughter of Archie Perez de Tagle and granddaughter of Sylvia La Torre, Anna Maria grew up on the Disney Channel, along with the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato in Hannah Montana and Camp Rock. She used to be managed by the Jonases’ father. She also co-starred in Godspell on Broadway and guested on Charmed. For … [Read more...] about Anna Maria a June Bride