Gais
Country Switzerland Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden District n.a. 47°21′N 9°27′E / 47.35°N 9.45°E / 47.35; 9.45Coordinates: 47°21′N 9°27′E / 47.35°N 9.45°E / 47.35; 9.45
Population	3,065 (Dec 2010)[1]
- Density	144 /km2 (374 /sq mi)
Area	21.23 km2 (8.20 sq mi)[2]
Elevation	919 m (3,015 ft)
Postal code	9056
SFOS number	3022
Mayor	Ernst Koller
Surrounded by	Altstätten (SG), Appenzell (AI), Bühler, Eichberg (SG), Rüte (AI), Schlatt-Haslen (AI), Trogen
Website	www.gais.ch SFSO statistics
Gais
Location of Gais

Gais is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. The area of Gais is 21.2 km² (8.2 sq mi).

In 1977 Gais received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage.^[3] The village square, the Protestant church of 1782, the former spa hotel Neuer Ochsen of 1796 and the Krone inn of 1781 are listed as heritage sites of national significance.^[4]

History[link]

The village of de Geis is first mentioned in a list of offerings given to the Abbey of St Gall in 1272.^[5] While under the Abbey, Gais was a semi-independent village with its own amtmann (bailiff) and judge. By the 14th century Gais was already acting as an independent community. Under the amtmann Konrad Geppensteiner, Gais joined the Swabian Cities Alliance (German: Schwäbian Städtebund) in 1377. In 1401 the town allied with the League of God's House.^[5] One of the most important battles of the Appenzell Wars (1401–29), the battle of Stoss Pass, took place in the territory of Gais.

Geography[link]

Scattered farm houses near Gais

Gais has an area, as of 2006^[update], of 21.2 km² (8.2 sq mi). Of this area, 49.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).^[6]

The municipality is located in the former District of Mittelland. It consists of the village of Gais and several hamlets and individual farm houses.

Demographics[link]

Gais has a population of 2,987 (as of December 2008^[update]). Of that population 373 are foreigners (in 2007 it was 351), which represents 12.49% of the total population.^[7] Over the last 10 years the population has grown at an annual rate of 1.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000^[update]) speaks German (93.7%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common (1.6%) and Italian being third (0.9%).^[6]

As of 2000^[update], the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.^[8] The age distribution, as of 2000^[update], in Gais is: 217 people or 7.8% of the population are between 0–6 years old; 410 people or 14.8% are 6–15; and 152 people or 5.5% are 16–19. Of the adult population, 112 people or 4.0% of the population are between 20–24 years old. 758 people or 27.4% are 25–44, and 663 people or 23.9% are 45–64. The senior population distribution is 323 people or 11.7% of the population are between 65–79 years old, and 135 people or 4.9% are over 80.^[8]

In the 2007 federal election the FDP received 73.5% of the vote.^[6]

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gais about 73.7% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).^[6]

Gais has an unemployment rate of 1.01%. As of 2005^[update], there were 130 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 57 businesses involved in this sector. 240 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 39 businesses in this sector. 600 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 119 businesses in this sector.^[6]

The historic population was;^[5]

Notable residents[link]

• Albert Keller, painter born in Gais 27 April 1844.

Sights[link]

Wooden houses along the town square (Dorfplatz), showing the curved gables

The village is home to several Swiss heritage sites of national significance including the village square, the Protestant church of 1782, the former spa hotel Neuer Ochsen of 1796 and the Krone inn of 1781.

The old village, lined with traditional wooden houses with curved gables, was rebuilt following a fire in 1780 and has remained mostly unchanged since then. The houses along the town square (German: Dorfplatz) and on Webergasse are the center of the old village.

The Protestant Church was built in 1781–82 by Hans Ulrich Haltiner. The interior is decorated in a Rococo style. The interior work was done in 1782, from the shop of Andreas and Peter Anton Mosbrugger.

Interior of the Reformed Church in Gais

References[link]

External links[link]

• Gais in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• Media related to Gais AR at Wikimedia Commons

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Charlie Davies

Davies during a 2011 regular season match against the Houston Dynamo
Personal information
Full name	Charles Desmond Davies
Date of birth	(1986-06-25) June 25, 1986 (age 26)
Place of birth	Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sochaux
Number	12
Youth career
2004–2006	Boston College Eagles
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006	Westchester Flames	9	(6)
2007–2009	Hammarby	56	(21)
2009–	Sochaux	12	(2)
2011	→ D.C. United (loan)	26	(11)
National team‡
2004–2005	United States U20	10	(0)
2007–2008	United States U23	6	(1)
2007–	United States	17	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 27, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 10, 2009

Charles Desmond "Charlie" Davies (born June 25, 1986 in Manchester, New Hampshire) is an American soccer player who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 side Sochaux.

Davies set several soccer records at his high school, the Brooks School, before appearing for the Boston College Eagles and the Westchester Flames in college. Davies signed his first professional contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF in December 2006 before joining Sochaux in July 2009.^[1]

Davies has been capped sixteen times for the United States national team, with four international goals.

On October 13, 2009, Davies was involved in a serious car crash on the George Washington Parkway which killed a fellow passenger and left Davies with severe injuries that kept him out of the 2010 World Cup.

Youth and college[link]

As a child Davies was encouraged to play soccer and coached by his father Kofi Davies, an immigrant from the Gambia.^[2] He attended the Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts and graduated in 2004. While there he set many Brooks scoring records, scoring twenty-nine and thirty goals in his junior and senior seasons, respectively. In his senior campaign, Davies led Brooks School to a 14-1 league record, lone loss to Worcester Academy, and New England Class-A Championship. Davies also starred in wrestling at Brooks, earning National Prep All-American his senior season.

After prep school Davies attended Boston College, where he starred for the Eagles for three seasons. His sophomore season was cut short due a knee injury suffered in the first half of the season opener.^[3] During his college years he also played with Westchester Flames of the USL Premier Development League, scoring six goals in nine appearances.^[4] He was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy in 2006, capping his comeback season. He finished his college career with twenty-four goals and ten assists in thirty-seven games, including fifteen goals in sixteen games his final season.^[5][6]

Professional career[link]

Rather than finishing his degree at Boston College, Davies decided to turn pro after three years of college. He was a well-established professional prospect, and was expected to be a very high MLS draft pick^[7] had he chosen to accept the Generation Adidas contract that he was offered.^[8] Ultimately, Davies decided to try his luck in Europe rather than signing with Major League Soccer.

Hammarby[link]

After an unsuccessful trial at Dutch club Ajax,^[9] Davies signed his first professional contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF in December 2006.^[7] Although he initially was placed in the starting lineup, he had trouble finishing and spent his first year with the club alternating between being a starter and a substitute. On June 24, 2007, Davies netted his first goal for the club, which was the decisive goal in Hammarby's match against Faroese club Klaksvik in the first round of the 2007 Intertoto Cup, but he was still unable to score in the Allsvenskan. Davies credits both his coach, Tony Gustavsson, and Uruguayan star and former Hammarby teammate Sebastián Eguren with guiding his work ethic and attitude through his struggles.^[6] In the final match of the 2007 season Davies broke through and scored a hat-trick against GAIS.

The 2008 season was a major breakthrough for Davies. He scored fourteen goals in twenty-seven games, twenty-five of which were starts.^[4][10] As a result of his strong performance in 2008 there were many rumours regarding his transfer to a larger club elsewhere in Europe, but ultimately nothing materialised, and Davies returned to Hammarby.

The 2009 season began well for Davies, who scored four goals in the first nine league games. He also scored two extra time goals in a 2009 Swedish Cup match against Åtvidaberg, a ninety-ninth minute equaliser and the winning goal just before extra time expired, to propel his club to a 3–2 victory in the third round of the tournament.

In the ninth league match of the season, however, he was issued a five match suspension after he elbowed one of his opponents, Örebro defender Michael Almebäck in the face, resulting in a bloody mouth.^[11] Davies subsequently left Sweden to join up with the U.S. national team, marking his last appearance with Hammarby.

Sochaux[link]

On July 10, 2009, before returning from his suspension in Sweden, it was announced that Davies would sign with Ligue 1 club Sochaux.^[12] On August 15, in his second game with Sochaux, Davies came on as a second-half substitute and scored twice; Sochaux ultimately lost the game to Bordeaux, 3–2.^[13] However, after only eight appearances with the club, Davies was seriously injured in a car crash while in the United States.^[14][15] On April 26, 2010, Charlie returned to full training with his club,^[16] and was finally placed in the gameday roster for the December 19 match against Bordeaux.^[17]

D.C. United[link]

After a ten day evaluation period with the club during their pre-season, Davies signed on loan with D.C. United for the 2011 MLS season. Davies made his debut as a substitute in the 52nd minute, against the Columbus Crew on March 19, 2011 scoring two goals.^[18] A week later he scored his third goal in a 2-1 loss against New England, and, as of May 4, led MLS in scoring with six goals scored. On June 24th, Davies was fined $1000 for diving.^[19] On September 11, Davies scored a hat-trick off of three assists from Chris Pontius to beat Chivas USA 3-0 in California. The win put United into tenth place in the standings, the final playoff spot, just above the New York Red Bulls.^[20] United announced on December 1, 2011 that they would not exercise its December 1 option to secure his permanent transfer from Sochaux.^[21]

International[link]

Davies before a match for the United States men's national team

Youth[link]

Davies played ten games, mostly as a substitute, for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team, but did not make the roster for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was the last player cut from the Youth Championship roster.^[22] However, the U-20 team would include him in the roster for the Elite Milk Cup competition a month later. He led the team to the final where he scored a hatrick, making him the MVP of the competition and giving the US its first Milk Cup success.^[23] Davies next focused on the under-23 national team as his next target for international play.^[22] He later trained and played with the team, eventually making the roster for the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[24] As a member of the United States men's Olympic team he made only one appearance in the three games the United States team played at the Olympics. He came on as a substitute in the team's last match against Nigeria, where he nearly tied the match when his header rang off the crossbar in the waning moments, which would have sent the team through to the knockout rounds had it gone into the net.^[25][26]

Senior[link]

He made his debut for the senior national team on June 2, 2007, as a substitute in a 4–1 friendly victory over China in San Jose, California. Later that summer he was a part of the squad that took part in the Copa América 2007 in Venezuela. On October 15, 2008, he scored his first national team goal in a 2–1 loss to Trinidad and Tobago during the third round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[26][27] He added his second national team goal against Egypt in the final group stage game of the 2009 Confederations Cup. In the following game against Spain, Davies was involved in his strike partner Jozy Altidore's opening goal. On August 12, 2009, Davies scored the opening goal in a 2–1 loss to Mexico in Mexico City, becoming only the fourth American to score against Mexico in the Azteca Stadium.

Davies was left off the U.S. roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after he was not cleared medically by his French club team, Sochaux.

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
01.	October 15, 2008	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 1	1 – 2	Q 2010 World Cup
02.	June 21, 2009	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa	Egypt	1 – 0	3 – 0	2009 Confederations Cup
03.	July 6, 2009	Qwest Field, Seattle, USA	Grenada	4 – 0	4 – 0	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
04.	August 12, 2009	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico	1 – 0	1 – 2	Q 2010 World Cup

Career statistics[link]

Statistics accurate as of 8 December 2011

Personal[link]

Automobile accident[link]

On October 13, 2009, Davies, who was in Washington, D.C. for a World Cup Qualifier game against Costa Rica, was a passenger in an SUV that went out of control on the George Washington Parkway and struck a metal railing at about 3:15 a.m., tearing the vehicle in half. The accident shut down the George Washington Parkway until 8:15 a.m. that morning. The accident killed a 22-year old woman who was in the car with Davies, while Davies himself suffered a lacerated bladder, fractured right tibia and femur, a fractured elbow, multiple facial fractures, and bleeding on the brain.^[14][15][28] In an interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap on December 4, Davies said that he expected to be running by March and would be fit to play at the World Cup.^[29] On January 25, 2010, ESPNsoccernet reported Davies was jogging and hoped to return to Sochaux by April.^[30] Davies returned to France to complete his rehabilitation with his club on February 17, 2010, with plans to commence full team training within a month.^[31][32] He resumed light training with the club on March 22.^[33] On May 11, it was announced by coach Bob Bradley that Davies would not be on the preliminary national team roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup,^[34] as Sochaux had not cleared him medically.^[35]

Two years after the accident Davies filed a $20 million lawsuit against Das Enterprises, which operates the Shadow Room, and Red Bull North America, which hosted the private event at which alcohol was served.^[36] The parents of the women killed in the accident also filed suit against the nightclub owner and Red Bull in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.^[37]

References[link]

External links[link]

• MLS player profile
• Charlie Davies profile on U.S. Soccer
• Charlie Davies profile on Svenskfotboll.se (Swedish)
• Charlie Davies profile at FC Sochaux website (French)
• Current Charlie Davies News at followUSsoccer.com
• Davies Official Website
• Charlie Davies at National-Football-Teams.com

United States squad v t e United States squad – 2007 Copa América 1 Howard 2 Wynne 3 DeMerit 4 Boswell 5 Feilhaber 6 Pearce 7 Califf 8 Gomez 9 Johnson 10 Davies 11 Gaven 12 Conrad 13 Bornstein 14 Olsen 15 Moor 16 Kljestan 17 Beckerman 18 Keller 19 Clark 20 Twellman 21 Mapp 23 Guzan • 25 Nguyen Coach: Bradley v t e United States squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Seitz 2 Wynne 3 Orozco 4 Bradley 5 McCarty 6 Edu 7 Holden 8 Szetela 9 Davies 10 Feilhaber 11 Adu 12 Altidore 13 Ianni 14 Rogers 15 Parkhurst 16 Kljestan 17 McBride 18 Guzan Coach: Nowak v t e United States squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Howard 2 Bornstein 3 Bocanegra 4 Casey 5 Onyewu 6 Pearce 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Davies 10 Donovan 11 Wynne 12 M. Bradley 13 Clark 14 Califf 15 DeMerit 16 Kljestan 17 Altidore 18 Guzan 19 Adu 20 Torres 21 Spector 22 Feilhaber 23 Robles Coach: B. Bradley v t e United States squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Perkins 2 Pearce 3 Goodson 4 Marshall 5 Beckerman 6 Cherundolo 7 Rogers 8 Pause 9 Davies 10 Holden 11 Ching 12 Conrad 13 Clark 14 Parkhurst 15 Cronin 16 Heaps 17 Cooper 18 Robles 19 Adu 20 Quaranta 21 Evans 22 Arnaud 23 Busch Coach: Bradley