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Encyclopedia > New York Generals

The New York Generals were a soccer team based out of New York that played in the NASL. They played only one season in 1968. Their home field was Yankee Stadium. The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... In 1967, two pro soccer leagues started in the United States: the FIFA- sanctioned United Soccer Association and the unsanctioned National Professional Soccer League. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Yankee Stadium is the home of the New York Yankees, a major league baseball team. ...


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New York - LoveToKnow 1911 (14001 words)
On the New York side of the Hudson the rocks are crystalline, the surface a region of low hills, a continuation of the crystalline area of Connecticut, and comparable with the Piedmont plateau of the Southern states.
In general the climate of New York is typical of that of northern United States, a climate of extremes, hot in summer, and cold in winter, and yet healthful, stimulating, and, on the whole, not disagreeable.
In central New York it is not uncommon for snow to accumulate to the depth of 3 or 4 ft., and yet this is not persistent.
"Alexander Macomb," chap. in Daring Deeds of American Generals (6226 words)
of the city of New York, he was highly esteemed as a citizen, and subsequently became a member of the New York legislature; and it is said, to his honor, that he furnished five sons for the regular army and the militia, in the war of 1812.
General Macomb instantly penetrated their design, and dispatched the light artillery under Captain Thomton, to man the batteries which he had caused to be erected on Otter Creek, to protect the dépôt.
General Mooers, of the New York militia, was invited to consult with him, and to coƶperate in the obstruction of the enemy's advance, with all the troops under his orders.
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