As captain of the youth team in 2004, he led the club to FA Youth Cup success against Aston Villa and made his debut the following season against Manchester United in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
Not content with directing it and co-writing it with Dave Callaham, he also takes a leading role as the captain of a team of seasoned mercenaries.
In a show of support and to her surprise, at the start of the game as she stood in the center of the field with the opposing team captain, her teammates ceremoniously locked hands and stood behind her.
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Menard's collection of Wasilla High School yearbooks contains pictures of Palin on the honor society, student council, cross-country team and, most notably, as co-captain and point guard of the 1982 championship basketball team.
The 25-year-old German, who made 62 appearances as captain of the Bundesliga side's second team, has signed a one-and-a-half-year deal.
Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has taken over as captain of Fabio Capello's team in the tournament.
"The good thing from our point of view is Dylan Hartley has been down to Wales in a tough European game, taken what they have thrown at him on the field, produced a winning performance as captain and taken a team into the knock-out stages of the Heineken Cup, " stated Johnson.
"It was protocol that I invited Gareth down to speak in our team room as the captain of the Celtic Manor Resort, " said Montgomerie.
Lara, now in his second spell as captain, said his main concern was the performance of the team as a whole.
As the captain of the club I have no doubt that the hardest part of the job has been in selecting every team.
Jayawardene stepped down as captain after the tour of Pakistan, which was abandoned when the Sri Lanka team bus was attacked in Lahore on 3 March.
Inter Milan captain, Javier Zanetti, who learned of the news as his team were preparing for their Serie A fixture against Udinese, said the whole team was shocked by the news.
Mr James was captain of Glamorgan when Mr Fletcher coached the team, and as a young player he spent winters in Zimbabwe where he discovered Mr Flower to be a kindred spirit.
But the Englishman could end Tiger Woods' five-year reign at the top of the rankings this weekend at the Dunhill Championship in Scotland, an event that will feature eight of his European Ryder Cup team-mates as well as captain Colin Montgomerie and the Scot's assistants Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke.
Meanwhile Australia captain Michael Clarke lamented his team's slow start to the match as their run of four successive victories against England came to an end.
Michael Clarke, who suffered a miserable defeat in Sydney when playing his first match as captain in place of the injured Ricky Ponting, is desperate for an improvement by himself and his team-mates.
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Hooker Smit's place in the team looks to be assured after new national coach Peter de Villiers named him as captain but that means at least one of the others will not find a place in the Test team.
The New South Wales paceman, who has described his current elbow injury as the most painful of his career, says he will meet Australia team bosses and captain Ricky Ponting to discuss his options.
Hansie Cronje was sacked as captain of South Africa's cricket team after admitting that he had accepted money from an Indian bookie for forecasting the result of a match.
You might think of it as a transition from a head coach that works from outside the court to a captain which is spearheading the team on the field.
European team captain Colin Montgomerie revealed Westwood asked to follow Mickelson and Johnson's tee shots as part of the first group to tee off at 0745 BST on Friday.
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