That was more than 15 years ago, when Cognac was a patrolman and Zardes was among the neighborhood kids the police would regularly chase off the tennis courts at Jim Thorpe Park — courts marked by a pictogram of a black-and-white soccer ball with a red slash through it. Because it proves that a kid from just up the freeway, a kid who grew up ducking bullets and dodging gangs, can succeed. Here are the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board endorsements for president, California ballot measures and more. For match six of the 2020 MLS Season, we take a look at Gyasi Zardes’s 88th minute goal against the Chicago Fire that gave the Crew a 3-0 lead and capped off the team’s fifth win of the season. "You had a lot of kids just roaming the streets. Zelarayan makes a quick move and heads around Ibarra with Artur open as a safety valve. "The thing about Gyasi is, he's legit," says Chris Cognac, a Hawthorne police sergeant.

"I have to use this platform. While some celebrities see charity work primarily as a photo op, Zardes guards his contributions the way a master spy guards state secrets. Welcome to the Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from Columbus Crew SC‘s previous match. This actually has helped. . Le 20 décembre 2012, Gyasi Zardes signe son premier contrat professionnel avec le Galaxy de Los Angeles à titre de Home Grown Player[1]. Man charged with murdering MTA bus driver in Baltimore threatened to kill another bus driver in July, court records show, After being given a grocery bag to intubate a coronavirus patient, Baltimore doctor created a new PPE product, Alleged Baltimore-area member of far-right ‘Boogaloo’ movement arrested on federal gun charge, Carroll County state of emergency extended after tense debate; commissioner suggests rules hurt community, 'He was always in my corner’: Slain MTA bus driver Marcus Parks was a family man, Lake Clifton basketball standout, Howard schools to stay course with virtual learning through January; board to consider hybrid plans next month, MTA bus driver gunned down by man Thursday in busy stretch of Southeast Baltimore, How did Ravens third-string QB Trace McSorley become a TikTok sensation? It's what the diploma symbolizes, then, that really matters. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Pedro Santos scored in the 50th minute to help the Columbus Crew beat Nashville SC 2-0 on Saturday night. It proves that a kid from the neighborhood can make it, in sports and in scholarship, if he or she can simply muster the drive and determination to do so. On one occasion Gyasi joined a group of kids waiting for autographs, only to have the player — who Linda Zardes won't name — turn away without signing. He then quickly slides a pass over to Luis Diaz. When he's in town, Zardes makes a point of attending, sometimes offering to play, other times simply offering advice and support. Artur surveys the field and drops a few yards closer to Jonathan. He can play a quick diagonal pass out to Pedro Santos, continue to carry the ball forward, attempt a tough through pass to Lucas Zelarayan or play a quick drop to Artur. And the chance an injury will strike him down before the prime of his career seems little more than a remote possibility. It is all here. Diaz’s cross to Zardes is inch perfect, displaying his ability to beat teams with pace and with excellent passing.

"None of this would have happened had the futsal courts not happened and Gyasi not made it out," the police sergeant says. One boy befriended a neighborhood girl at the park and wound up asking her to the prom. The loss to the Montreal Impact puts the Crew behind the eight ball, The Black & Gold made life harder on themselves with Wednesday night’s result.

And by coming back to Hawthorne every week, Zardes has proven that you don't have to leave the city to escape its clutches. Santos hits a pass toward the back post as Zardes sprints into the ball’s path. Darlington Nagbe drifts toward Diaz to provide a quick outlet from Jones’s pressure. You see a change in the community. Artur turns and carries the ball forward until he is meet by fellow Brazilian Joao Paulo. "There's no cameras. As the games draw to a close, parents begin gathering outside the fenced-in courts. Nagbe is again an important part of a goal despite not showing up on the stat sheet. "I'm like 'holy moly, I didn't know that you did that.' Lucas Zelarayan scored on a free kick in the 27th minute that curled over the wall and just tapped the post.

Diaz sees Zardes cutting toward the goal and uses his first touch to send in a cross.

This quick transition from defense to attack features very few backward passes and exemplifies the way Caleb Porter wants this team to possess the ball. "But futsal has brought everybody together.". One of his fellow students was Mashud Ogunlaja, a soccer fan from Nigeria who was taking molecular biology classes. Valenzuela stands over the ball as the Black & Gold offense resets. Linda Zardes tells that story standing in the back of a noisy and crowded luxury box at the StubHub Center. "I was one of the lucky ones," he says.

It appears that Zardes is just onside as Diaz whips in his cross. Sensing Ibarra’s pressure, Nagbe waits for the ball rather than heading to meet the ball. The Black & Gold took their first road trip of the 2020 season to Seattle to face a Sounders team missing attacking linchpin Nico Lodeiro and a city in unease following multiple cases of COVID-19. Diaz slides the ball forward with his first touch and must decide whether to send a cross into the penalty box or carry the ball closer to the goal. Brianna Campos, a 16-year-old Hawthorne High junior, doesn't even like soccer but she shows up every week just the same. The weekly futsal games are played on three tennis courts refashioned by the Galaxy 18 months ago, at Zardes' urging.

The tournament is being played without fans at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World. Gyasi Zardes scored on a back-heel flick from close range in the third minute of second-half stoppage time. With Santos’ turn, he enters a passing triangle with Zelarayan and Nagbe. Cognac knew Zardes long before the soccer player was winning MLS Cups with the Galaxy or scoring in World Cup qualifiers for the national team. Nagbe is already one of the best holding midfielders in MLS, but his play as an attacking midfielder provide an added wrinkle for Columbus. Lauren Nowinski, who joined the Galaxy as community affairs director about the same time Zardes joined as a player, says it's easier to get him to show up at an event that it is to get him to leave.

Date de naissance/âge: "Everybody needs a hero," Ogunlaja said of Zardes. Here is a look at the goal from Columbus’s striker. The 24 teams playing in the World Cup-style tournament are divided into six groups for the preliminary stage, with results counting toward the regular season. Diaz immediately plays a first-touch pass to Nagbe with Miguel Ibarra providing pressure right behind Nagbe. I'm like 'your appearance is done' and he's like 'no, no. États-Unis, Position: Santos carries the ball toward the Sounders defensive pressure and finds himself with four options. Having beaten Ibarra, Zelarayan heads up the field as Paulo moves to provide defensive cover. Galaxy signs local star Gyasi Zardes, closes in on Carlo Cudicini, LA Galaxy get Kamara from Columbus Crew SC for Zardes, up to $500K TAM, Quatrième de la Copa América Centenario (2016), https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyasi_Zardes&oldid=174666327, Joueur des Roadrunners de Cal State Bakersfield, Wikipédia:ébauche joueur américain de soccer, Image locale différente de celle de Wikidata, Utilisation du paramètre parcours pro dans le modèle infobox Footballeur, Utilisation du paramètre parcours amateur dans le modèle infobox Footballeur, Article avec une section vide ou incomplète, Page pointant vers des bases relatives au sport, licence Creative Commons attribution, partage dans les mêmes conditions, comment citer les auteurs et mentionner la licence.