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History-making coach Chan Yuen-ting says it will be her honor to match wits with World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.Their first meeting is scheduled for Feb. 22 in the Asian Champions League. It will be in Guangzhou, the southern China city just 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Hong Kong, in front of 40,000 fans, but expected to draw eyes from all over the world.Chan and her Eastern side from Hong Kong will make their league debut against Scolari and his powerhouse Guangzhou Evergrande, a two-time league champion.I am happy to meet Scolari, Chan said. The Asian Champions League is a valuable opportunity for us to learn from opponents like Guangzhou and improve ourselves.The response is typical Chan. She has been grounded and gracious since she was appointed coach of Eastern a year ago, even as her profile, and Easterns, has magnified.In April, she led Eastern to its first Hong Kong Premier League title in two decades, with a game to spare. That made her the first female to coach a professional mens team to a topflight title. She was named Hong Kong coach of the year and, this month, Asian female coach of the year. Eastern was currently second in the premier league.Hong Kong received an automatic entry into the Asian Champions League for the first time, and Eastern drew a tough group: Guangzhou Evergrande, another two-time champ in Suwon Bluewings, and either Urawa Reds, another former champ, or Kawasaki Frontale.We will try very hard to show our quality, Chan said. From the beginning, we expected this. Every game will be very tough for us. We just need to improve and prepare for the games as well as we can.Moya Dodd, vice-president of the Asian Football Confederation and a former Australia womens player, believes Scolari has the most to lose from the matchup with Chan.Gender aside, this is a game between one of club footballs rising powers, and a team that is less resourced and less fancied, Dodd said. On the coaches bench you have a rising star taking on one of footballs old masters, a World Cup winner, no less. Its a great story for the fans, and all the pressure will be on Scolari.Dodd said this was an opportunity for a female coach to, perhaps, break through what she calls the grass ceiling.The closer you get to the field, the harder it is for a woman, she said. Its a positive sign that growing up in the womens game can provide the experience and learning to launch a coaching career in any part of the game, including the Champions League.Chan graduated from a two-year AFC future coaches program in 2012, worked as a data analyst at Hong Kong Pegasus club, was promoted to the managerial staff, and helped the clubs under-18s to win three trophies. She became assistant coach at Southern District, then was hired by Eastern a year ago, at age 27.Chan has a huge following here in Hong Kong, said Mark Sutcliffe, the CEO of the Hong Kong Football Association.She is an inspiring figure ... and the accolades keep pouring in. She seems to be taking it all in her stride and remains humble and grounded.Chan just wants to get on with it.I have received some awards and attention from the world, she said. However, it is not important what people say, I just want to stay humble and work hard and learn to be a good coach for my club.I hope that my football story will encourage women coaches to go for their dream, but I believe that I am not representing anyone. I just need to do my job. DeMarcus Ware Womens Jersey . LUCIE, Fla. Bob Lilly Cowboys Jersey . 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BOSTON -- The New York Rangers have won the Jimmy Vesey sweepstakes.Vesey, 23, the reigning Hobey Baker Award winner, agreed on a two-year, entry-level deal with the Rangers, the team announced Friday.Vesey became a free agent at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. In addition to the Buffalo Sabres, who owned exclusive negotiating rights from June 20 to this past Monday, Vesey entered the market with a list of seven teams he considered, and he met with those organizations over a two-day period in Boston, along with his agents, Peter Fish and Peter Donatelli.Vesey said the history of the Rangers organization and its status as an Original Six franchise had a lot to do with his decision.This week I did do a lot of meetings, and it was definitely a tough decision, but myself, my agent and my family were very impressed with the Rangers in our meeting, Vesey said. Talking with coach [Alain] Vigneault and [general manager] Jeff Gorton and Chris Drury, I was really impressed with those guys, and I just thought that New York was somewhere I could play and hopefully stick in the NHL.The thing that jumped out at me was they seemed to really want me, and from talking to them it seemed that they really needed to have me in their lineup and it seemed like they believe in me, so that was something I was looking for, and based on our talks, New York was the right fit.During the process, it was clear that Vesey wanted to play for a team that would give him the opportunity to play in a top-six role. Asked where Vesey would fit into the Rangers lineup, Gorton said its too soon to discuss that.Its hard to say. Hes got an ability to score. He can make plays. Hes a very talented player. Where? What number? What line? I wouldnt want to go down that road and say yet, but he can come in and play, Gorton said. Hes going to come into training camp and do his best to try to fit in as high as he can in our lineup, and thats what were looking for.Vesey met with the the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he entertained the Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks and finishhed with his hometown Boston Bruins, who gave the prospect an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of their new practice facility set to open this season.ddddddddddddDuring those meetings, the teams pulled out all the stops to woo Vesey.The Blackhawks Patrick Kane was in Boston for Chicagos meeting with Vesey. The Devils Cory Schneider and Kyle Palmieri spoke with Vesey, too. The Rangers Kevin Hayes, a Boston native, has talked with Vesey numerous times this summer while both work out together. The Islanders John Tavares was also in Boston on Tuesday to make his pitch on behalf of the organization. When the Bruins hosted Vesey at the teams new practice facility, numerous Bruins players were in attendance to greet him. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby also reached out to Vesey.The Sabres Jack Eichel, who is a close friend and has been working out with Vesey all summer, also has given his advice about the Buffalo organization.Vesey and his agents started discussing all the options on Thursday afternoon and finally came to a decision on Friday evening.Vesey was originally drafted by the Nashville Predators in the third round (No. 66 overall) in the 2012 NHL entry draft. He played four seasons at Harvard from 2012 to 2016 and finished with 144 points in 128 games for the Crimson. He served as team captain his senior season.The Predators expected to sign the 23-year-old prospect, but Vesey, by his CBA rights, elected to test the free-agent market. At the time, Nashville general manager Dave Poile said the organization already had received confirmation from Vesey that he would sign after his collegiate season concluded.However, Veseys agents said the organization was told before the Feb. 29 NHL trade deadline that their client would not sign and thus become a free agent after Aug. 15.Nashville traded Veseys rights to the Sabres on June 20. Even though Buffalo had exclusive negotiating rights until midnight on Monday, the Sabres knew of Veseys desire to hear other offers. ' ' '