Mark Dodd

Mark Dodd (born September 14, 1965) is a former U.S. soccer goalkeeper. He spent one season in the Major Indoor Soccer League, six in the American Professional Soccer League and four in Major League Soccer with the Dallas Burn. He also earned fifteen caps with the U.S. national team.

High school and college

Dodd attended Richardson High School, graduating in 1984. He then attended Duke University where he played college soccer. He became first team goalkeeper in 1986 and backstopped them to the NCAA Championship. It was Duke's first National Championship in any sport.

MISL

Following the completion of his collegiate career, Dodd signed with the Dallas Sidekicks of the MISL.

APSL

In 1990, Dodd signed with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League. This was the first year of the APSL which was formed by the merger of the Western Soccer League and the American Soccer League. Dodd was named APSL West, Player of the Year and the first team All Star goalkeeper. In both 1992 and 1993, the Foxes won back to back APSL championships.

Barney Frank

Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. Frank, a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States.

Born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey, Frank graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He worked as a political aide before winning election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1972. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 with 52 percent of the vote. He was re-elected every term thereafter by wide margins. In 1987, he publicly came out as gay, after coming out to family, friends and close associates a few years prior, becoming the first member of Congress to do so voluntarily. From 2003 until his retirement, Frank was the leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and he served as committee chairman when his party held a House majority from 2007 to 2011. In July 2012, he married his long-time partner, James Ready, becoming the first member of Congress to marry someone of the same sex while in office. Frank did not seek re-election in 2012, and retired from Congress at the end of his term in January 2013. Frank had expressed interest in serving temporarily in the United States Senate after John Kerry had been confirmed as Secretary of State but was ultimately passed over for Mo Cowan. A biography of Frank was published in 2015.