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Darren O'Dea (born 4 February 1987) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Dundee.
O'Dea began his career on the youth team of Celtic, with whom he played from 2006 to 2012. During his time on Celtic, he was loaned to Reading, Ipswich Town and Leeds United. While playing for Leeds, O'Dea won the Ireland Young International Player of the Year Award. For more first-team opportunities he switched clubs and countries, joining Toronto FC of Major League Soccer for a year until 2013. The following season, he represented FC Metalurh Donetsk in Ukraine. O'Dea's stint was cut short due to the Ukrainian political situation, and he returned to England with Blackpool. In July 2015, he signed with Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC.
After being capped by the youth national teams of the Republic of Ireland, O'Dea made his senior-team debut in 2009 and has been capped 20 times. He represented Ireland at the 2012 UEFA European Championship.
Toronto FC (TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. The team plays their home matches at their soccer-specific BMO Field, located in Exhibition Place along the western part of the Toronto lake shore.
Toronto FC was MLS's fourteenth, and first Canadian, franchise in the league. The team is coached by Greg Vanney and operated by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, which also operates the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs, the AHL's Toronto Marlies, the NBA's Toronto Raptors (and the NBA Development League's Raptors 905 by extension) and the USL's Toronto FC II.
Toronto FC are four-time Canadian Champions, and its most significant achievement to date is reaching the semifinals of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.
Toronto was awarded an expansion team in 2005, with team owner Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) paying $10 million for the team. The name of the club was officially announced on May 11, 2006. The "FC" in the team's name is the conventional initialism for Football Club.
Darren a masculine given name of uncertain etymological origins. Some theories state that it originated from an anglicization of the Irish firstname Darragh or Dáire meaning "oak tree". According to other theories, it is a variant of Darrell, which originated from the French surname D'Airelle meaning "of Airelle". The common spelling of Darren is found in the Welsh language, meaning Edge, and is commonly featured in place-names found in remote areas of Wales, typically noting a sharp fall or cliff edge. Examples include Black Darren and Red Darren which are found on the eastern side of the Hatterrall ridge, west of Long town. Darren has several spelling variations including: Daren, Darin, Daryn, Darrin, and Darryn.
In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during the 1970s but declined sharply afterwards.
The name Darren can be found in Half Man Half Biscuit song 'Totnes Bickering Fair' in the line of lyrics; "Not long now before lollipop men are called Darren"
The name is frequently shortened to Daz or Dazza.
The Montreal Impact (French: Impact de Montréal) is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). It began play in the 2012 season as the league's 19th franchise and third Canadian club, replacing the North American Soccer League team of the same name. In 2015, the Impact became the second MLS club, and first Canadian club, to advance to the final of the CONCACAF Champions League, in its current format since 2008. They also won the Canadian Championship in both 2013 and 2014. The club plays its home games at the Saputo Stadium and is coached by Mauro Biello.
Toward the end of 2007, much speculation had been made about a possible franchise move for the lower division Impact to Major League Soccer. The construction of the expandable Saputo Stadium further suggested an interest on the part of the group to move up to the top level North American league. Although Toronto FC held a three-year Canadian exclusivity deal that did not expire until 2009, they stated in March 2008 that they would gladly welcome the Impact into MLS. Chairman Joey Saputo held talks with George Gillett (former co-owner of Liverpool F.C. and former owner of the Montreal Canadiens) regarding possible joint ownership of a franchise. On July 24, 2008, MLS announced they were seeking to add two expansion teams for the 2011 season, of which Montreal was listed as a potential candidate.
YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload, view, rate, share and comment on videos, and it makes use of WebM, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, and Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media video. Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos, movie trailers and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos.
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Darren O'Dea scores in the 1st minute of extra time to put Celtic 1-0 up
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Darren O'Dea and Harry Forrester have an on-field spat after the Rangers striker attempts to reconcile with Dundee's former Celtic man during Rangers' 2-1 win at Dens Park in the SPFL Scottish Premiership. Dundee 1-2 Rangers, 13/08/2016 LADBROKES PREMIERSHIP CONTENT AVAILABILITY INFORMATION - GOALS FROM SATURDAY'S MATCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE UK & IRELAND FROM 6PM ON SUNDAY. GOALS FROM ALL OTHER MATCHDAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW WORLDWIDE FROM MIDNIGHT AFTER THE MATCH. The SPFL is the leading sporting competition in Scotland, covering the top 42 football teams in the country. Subscribe to the official SPFL YouTube channel to make sure you catch all the best bits from Scottish league football. Scottish football is famous for passionate and exciting matches featuring top teams like ...
Goal! Toronto FC 3, Montreal Impact 1. Darren O'Dea (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner. Subscribe to our channel for more soccer content: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MLS - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLS - Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MLS - Add us to your circle on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/111490959184064683855/posts About MLS: Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Major League Soccer's 18th season features 19 clubs each playing 34 regular-season matches. Those clubs are the Chicago Fire; Chivas USA; Colorado R...
Former Celitc F.C Darren O'Dea joined Peter & Roughie to talk the latest headlines from the 10th of December 2015.
Darren O'Dea speaks to the media after Wednesday's 2-1 loss to San Jose.
Billy McKay and Greg Tansey scored second-half goals as Inverness CT hit back from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 draw with Dundee at the Caledonian Stadium in the SPFL Ladbrokes Premiership. Headers from Marcus Haber and Darren O'Dea had given Dee a 2-0 half time lead in a match which included two penalties and two shots off the post. Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee | 04/02/2017 ko 15:00:00 View fixture commentary and stats at http://spfl.co.uk/premiership/fixture/3638024/ LADBROKES PREMIERSHIP CONTENT AVAILABILITY INFORMATION - GOALS FROM SATURDAY'S MATCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE UK & IRELAND FROM 6PM ON SUNDAY. GOALS FROM ALL OTHER MATCHDAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW WORLDWIDE FROM MIDNIGHT AFTER THE MATCH. The SPFL is the leading sporting competition in Scotland, covering the to...
Darren O'Dea interview after the Co-operative Insurance League Cup final.
Toronto FC and Republic of Ireland defender Darren O'Dea says the squad are confident they can get a result against Germany.
Republic of Ireland and Toronto FC defender Darren O'Dea hopes that anti-Irish chanting will not mar their friendly with England at Wembley.
TORONTO -- Centre back Darren O'Dea has taken a long route to make his Toronto FC debut against Sporting Kansas City at BMO Field on Saturday (4:30 p.m. ET on GOLTV Canada). He has traveled from Toronto to Dublin to Belgrade to play 90 minutes for the Republic of Ireland in a scoreless friendly against Serbia on Wednesday -- only to turn right around. On Friday, he was back training with Toronto FC at Downsview Park. "I think it was important to get the rubbish out of my legs," O'Dea said. The 25-year-old former Celtic man was recently signed to become the boss of the back four and it is expected that he will be paired in the centre with converted right back Richard Eckersley against Sporting. TFC head coach Paul Mariner seems to like the combination. "I think Darren and [Eckersley] wi...
Goal! Toronto FC 3, Montreal Impact 1. Darren O'Dea (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner. Subscribe to our channel for more soccer content: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MLS - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLS - Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MLS - Add us to your circle on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/111490959184064683855/posts About MLS: Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Major League Soccer's 18th season features 19 clubs each playing 34 regular-season matches. Those clubs are the Chicago Fire; Chivas USA; Colorado R...
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Darren O'Dea and Harry Forrester have an on-field spat after the Rangers striker attempts to reconcile with Dundee's former Celtic man during Rangers' 2-1 win at Dens Park in the SPFL Scottish Premiership. Dundee 1-2 Rangers, 13/08/2016 LADBROKES PREMIERSHIP CONTENT AVAILABILITY INFORMATION - GOALS FROM SATURDAY'S MATCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE UK & IRELAND FROM 6PM ON SUNDAY. GOALS FROM ALL OTHER MATCHDAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW WORLDWIDE FROM MIDNIGHT AFTER THE MATCH. The SPFL is the leading sporting competition in Scotland, covering the top 42 football teams in the country. Subscribe to the official SPFL YouTube channel to make sure you catch all the best bits from Scottish league football. Scottish football is famous for passionate and exciting matches featuring top teams like ...
Darren O'Dea gives his thoughts on Blackpool's performance against Fulham at Bloomfield Road. ► Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=officialblackpoolfc
Darren O'Dea scores in the 1st minute of extra time to put Celtic 1-0 up
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Darren O'Dea and Harry Forrester have an on-field spat after the Rangers striker attempts to reconcile with Dundee's former Celtic man during Rangers' 2-1 win at Dens Park in the SPFL Scottish Premiership. Dundee 1-2 Rangers, 13/08/2016 LADBROKES PREMIERSHIP CONTENT AVAILABILITY INFORMATION - GOALS FROM SATURDAY'S MATCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE UK & IRELAND FROM 6PM ON SUNDAY. GOALS FROM ALL OTHER MATCHDAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW WORLDWIDE FROM MIDNIGHT AFTER THE MATCH. The SPFL is the leading sporting competition in Scotland, covering the top 42 football teams in the country. Subscribe to the official SPFL YouTube channel to make sure you catch all the best bits from Scottish league football. Scottish football is famous for passionate and exciting matches featuring top teams like ...
Goal! Toronto FC 3, Montreal Impact 1. Darren O'Dea (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner. Subscribe to our channel for more soccer content: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MLS - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLS - Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MLS - Add us to your circle on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/111490959184064683855/posts About MLS: Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Major League Soccer's 18th season features 19 clubs each playing 34 regular-season matches. Those clubs are the Chicago Fire; Chivas USA; Colorado R...
Former Celitc F.C Darren O'Dea joined Peter & Roughie to talk the latest headlines from the 10th of December 2015.
Darren O'Dea speaks to the media after Wednesday's 2-1 loss to San Jose.
Billy McKay and Greg Tansey scored second-half goals as Inverness CT hit back from 2-0 down to earn a 2-2 draw with Dundee at the Caledonian Stadium in the SPFL Ladbrokes Premiership. Headers from Marcus Haber and Darren O'Dea had given Dee a 2-0 half time lead in a match which included two penalties and two shots off the post. Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee | 04/02/2017 ko 15:00:00 View fixture commentary and stats at http://spfl.co.uk/premiership/fixture/3638024/ LADBROKES PREMIERSHIP CONTENT AVAILABILITY INFORMATION - GOALS FROM SATURDAY'S MATCHES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE UK & IRELAND FROM 6PM ON SUNDAY. GOALS FROM ALL OTHER MATCHDAYS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW WORLDWIDE FROM MIDNIGHT AFTER THE MATCH. The SPFL is the leading sporting competition in Scotland, covering the to...
Extra time from the 2009 League Cup final as Celtic win a Hampden game against Rangers for the first in 20 years. Goals from Darren O'Dea and Aiden McGeady win the trophy with Scott Brown giving a man of the match performance.
Friendly International - Serbia v Republic of Ireland, Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, 15th of August 2012 Giovanni Trapattoni's much-changed Republic of Ireland side played out an entertaining scoreless draw with Serbia in Belgrade as many of Ireland's fringe players tried to stake their claim for a starting place ahead of September's opening World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan. The first half had all the signs of a pre-season friendly, with both sides playing tentative football to steer clear of possible injuries. Giovanni Trapattoni tried a new 4-5-1 formation with Jon Walters as a lone striker, and the target man won a dangerous free kick on seven minutes. James McClean, on his second start for Ireland, blasted his effort into the wall as a great chance was wasted. Simon Cox was a l...
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Chorus:
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Baby Baby, Momma, Daddy, Sister, Brother Everybody...
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Chorus
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now I can make it!11 Not afraid to face it, it's
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I don't care what the devil says to me
he don't have a hold on me
I don't care if the world seems to be right,
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