After impressing director Mervyn LeRoy during the making of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Mitchum signed a seven-year contract with RKO Radio Pictures.

After impressing the Admiralty with his book ' New Voyage Round the World ', Dampier was given command of a 26-gunner and made valuable discoveries in Western New Holland, but was court-martialled for cruelty.

After impressing the remnants of Yuan Shao's forces into joining his already grand army, Cao Cao's superior numbers eventually took toll on Liu Biao's defenses.

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After impressing in a friendly against Kilmarnock he replaced the injured Henry Cockburn for the away match against Huddersfield Town on 31 October 1953, and went on to appear in 24 league matches as well as United's FA Cup defeat to Burnley.

After impressing as a junior, he joined Bayern Munich as a 16-year old in 1989 and debuted for the Bayern professional team in 1993.

After impressing ECW owner Paul Heyman by taking a chokeslam from wrestler 911, LoMonaco was hired.

After impressing at Fortuna Sittard in 1998 – 99, he was drafted back into the PSV squad the following season.

After impressing again in a pre-World Cup trial against France two weeks later, was selected in England's World Cup squad.

After impressing for the London Division against the touring Wallabies, he made his England debut on 5 November 1988 against Australia, aged 30.

After impressing in that one Test, Jones was then selected for the 2002 / 2003 Ashes tour.

After " impressing " in a one-day tour match against South Africa A, he was left out of the team for the first ODI, but replaced Vasbert Drakes for the second match after West Indies had lost the first by 209 runs.

After impressing in one-day cricket, he was called up for his Test debut at home to Australia at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium.

After impressing on loan at Vejle Boldklub and Svendborg he was signed by English side Sunderland in 1998.

After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United.

After impressing manager Simon Grayson during his trial, Núñez's trial period was extended at Leeds by a further week.

After impressing in his first month, Núñez's loan was extended until the end of the season.

After impressing in pre-season, Pennant made his Liverpool debut against Maccabi Haifa in a Champions ' League 3rd round qualifying match at Anfield where he went on to win the fans ' Star Man award.

After impressing with the Island club Pierre moved to Argentina joining Arsenal de Sarandí.

After initially impressing new manager Claudio Ranieri scoring in four consecutive games, he was sent out on loan again and had spells at Borussia Mönchengladbach of the German Bundesliga and twice to Birmingham City of the Premier League.

After impressing at Sunderland, he signed a permanent 3-year deal in June 2004.

After a trial and impressing in pre-season, he signed a contract with Sunderland in August 2003.

After impressing with the team he moved to English Third Division side Watford in May 1963.

After impressing at Roda JC, Ooijer joined PSV Eindhoven at the midway of the 1997 – 98 season.

After impressing in the reserve side Kirkham was back in the " Valiants " first team.

After trying it out in training camp, Brown used the helmet to call in plays during a September 15 pre-season game against the Lions with Ratterman behind center.

After leading North Melbourne to the Ansett Cup Premiership in the pre-season, Carey's reputation as the games number one player continued to grow early in 1995.

After the incident Villa did not contact Vlaar, to which coach Ronald Koeman set up a deadline for The Villans, which ended on July 23, 2012, however Villa was on a pre-season tour of the US and thus not able to respond.

After finishing the 2010 pre-season with a 6 – 2 record, the Cavs decided to waive Danny Green and sign with the undrafted rookie Manny Harris, the Cavs also decided to exercise the fourth-year option with J. J. Hickson.

After spending the 1932 – 33 pre-season training intensely by himself ( as opposed to playing golf with his teammates ), Mather selected Matthews in fifteen games, enough to earn him in a winners medal after Stoke were crowned Second Division champions, one point ahead of Tottenham Hotspur.

After losing their only two pre-season games, they played their first game July 4, 1995, versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Winnipeg.

After graduating from Oregon State University, Lowe played for the San Francisco 49ers during the 1959 pre-season.

After their 2002 performance, Pennington and the Jets were given lofty expectations entering the 2003 pre-season ; however, in the fourth pre-season game against the New York Giants, Pennington endured a fracture-dislocation on his left ( non-throwing ) hand after suffering a hit from linebacker Brandon Short.

After recovering from injury, he was then injured in 2004 – 05 pre-season, which ruled him out of the early part of the season.

After winning the title a year before, TVMK lost several key players to other clubs in the pre-season.

After sustaining an injury in a pre-season friendly for Arsenal at Crewe Alexandra, Ball was not called up at all for England, let alone retained as captain, when Revie announced his squad for a game against Switzerland.

After playing in various backup roles, he played well in the 1996 postseason, and became the starting halfback after Edgar Bennett tore his achilles tendon in the 1997 pre-season.

After the Bengals ' 48 – 17 pre-season victory over the visiting Green Bay Packers on August 28, 2006, which saw Palmer complete 9 of 14 passes for 140 yards and three touchdowns in just less than two quarters of play in his much-expected debut ( which included an 11-yard run for a first down that culminated in a slide on his surgically repaired left knee ), Palmer reiterated his position that he would be starting in the Bengals ' season opener at Kansas City.

After trialling with the club during the 2011 MLS pre-season, Ruiz signed with Philadelphia Union on February 22, 2011.

After almost three years out of professional football due to injury, during which he finished his economics degree at the University of Connecticut, Ralph reappeared on trial with Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls during their 2010 pre-season.

After a brief stint with Real Salt Lake in the 2006 pre-season, he was released again, and played for Miami FC along with Brazilian superstar Romario where the pair helped the team make it to the USL playoffs in its first year in the league.

After years of refereeing at various levels, including NBA pre-season and exhibition games, Palmer was offered an opportunity to officiate the NCAA Division I men's tournament in 1996.

After a stellar season in the A-League and internationally, Adelaide United began its pre-season without a financial owner ; Nick Bianco relinquishing his A-League license back to Football Federation Australia ( FFA ).

After playing as a rotation role in the 2010-11 season he injured himself in a pre-season training session, suffering a serious knee injury which required an operation and spent the entire 2011-12 season out .. On 20th June 2012, It was confirmed by the club that he had left following the expiration of his contract, as they had ended negotiations with the player, and so he became a free agent.

After sharing goalkeeping duties during pre-season, he started the season on the bench behind Marshall before making his first appearance of the season in a 3 – 1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge in the first round of the League Cup.

After leaving St. Johnstone, Maybury trained with Hibernian during the 2012 – 13 pre-season and played in a friendly match against East Fife.

After being traded in the pre-season to Colorado Rapids, as part of the deal taking Christian Gomez back to D. C. United, Guerrero was waived on 17 June 2009.