Arts & Entertainment Oakland Roots Soccer Team's Inaugural Sold-Out Home Opener At Coliseum Breaks Club Record, Outdraws A’s Local soccer team Oakland Roots drew a record 26,575 fans to their inaugural home opening match at the Coliseum on Saturday, which the team ultimately lost to opponents, San Antonio, 1-2.
Bay Area Sports Oakland Roots Soccer Team Will Play at the Oakland Coliseum Starting Next Year There will be pro sports at the Oakland Coliseum after the A’s leave, as Oakland’s men’s professional soccer team the Oakland Roots will play their home games there starting in 2025.
Bay Area Sports El Farolito’s Amateur Soccer Team Beats Yet Another Pro Team, Continuing Stunning Tournament Run No beans about it, the amateur soccer team affiliated with the taqueria El Farolito is now the best Cinderella story in soccer, as they beat their second consecutive professional team in the US Open Cup tournament Tuesday night.
SF News Day Around the Bay: El Farolito Soccer Team Plays Another Pro Team Tonight, Match To Be Streamed Online A block of the Sunnyside neighborhood was shut down over a gas leak Tuesday morning; Oakland and the A’s failed to agree on a three-year Coliseum lease extension; and the El Farolito soccer team’s Cinderella tournament run continues tonight.
Bay Area Sports El Farolito Amateur Soccer Team Knocks Off Portland Pro Team in Stunning Tournament Upset We got your March Madness right here — the taqueria El Farolito’s amateur soccer team El Farolito SC defeated the pro team Portland Timbers 2 Tuesday night in the first round of the US Open Cup.
Bay Area Sports 2026 World Cup Matches Scheduled at Levi's Stadium, None Are In Final Rounds Six matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be played at Levi's Stadium in June and early July 2026, but these won't include any of the more decisive games in any of the later rounds of the tournament.
SF News San Jose Earthquakes Secure Playoff Spot After Draw Against Austin FC Saturday Night The Earthquakes are headed to the Major League Soccer playoffs for the first time since 2020 and only the third time in the last 11 seasons.
Bay Area Sports Oakland Pro Soccer Teams Unveil New Stadium Designs, Ask for Public Feedback The Oakland Roots men’s soccer team and Oakland Soul women’s team have released renderings of their new proposed stadium designs, for if and when they move into their new home next to the Oakland Coliseum.
SF News Mayor Breed Still Pushing This Curious Idea of Turning Westfield Mall Into a Soccer Stadium An off-the-cuff remark by Mayor Breed in June apparently has fresh legs, as she said Tuesday that the city has now retained an architecture firm for a preliminary design work on a possible soccer stadium to replace the beleaguered Westfield San Francisco Centre.
Bay Area Sports Women’s World Cup Watching Parties Kick Off Friday Night at Outdoor SF Venues It’s soccer on a jumbotron time again, as the Women’s World Cup starts Friday night with USA vs. Vietnam, and several matches will again be broadcast at the East Cut’s The Crossing, Embarcadero Plaza, and Golden Gate Park.
SF News Mayor Breed Floats the Idea of Turning Westfield Mall Into… A Soccer Stadium? Here’s an out-of-left-field solution to the highly uncertain future of Union Square’s Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall — Mayor Breed pitched the idea Thursday that it could become “a whole new soccer stadium.”
Bay Area Sports Levi’s Stadium To Host CONCACAF Gold Cup Soccer Games This Summer The biennial North American, Central American, and Caribbean soccer tournament CONCACAF Gold Cup will return to Levi’s Stadium this summer, in advance of the Santa Clara venue hosting the 2026 World Cup.
Bay Area Sports Watch World Cup Matches On a Big Outdoor Screen In Downtown SF, In Union Square and at The Crossing at East Cut The first games of the World Cup were shown Monday morning at a not-so-well-known outdoor venue — The Crossing at East Cut. And more games are going to be screened there at various times over the next few weeks, as well as at the city's official World Cup Village in Union Square.
Bay Area Sports Soccer Fans Get Rare Local Chance to Watch Real Madrid Play Club América In SF Next Week Hardcore fans of international football are going to be clamoring to get to Oracle Park on Tuesday, as current UEFA Champions League title holder, Real Madrid, comes to town to play Club América.
Bay Area Sports Levi's Stadium Will Be a Host Site for the 2026 World Cup The bid by Bay Area business leaders and the 49ers brass to bring some 2026 World Cup matches to Levi's Stadium has won out, and soccer fans across the state can cheer "olé."
Bay Area Sports Bay Area Putting In Bid to Host 2026 FIFA World Cup Matches (at Levi's Stadium) Bay Area business leaders, mayors, and the 49ers are lining up to woo a group of FIFA representatives who are coming to visit this weekend to scope out Levi's Stadium as a potential host arena for the 2026 World Cup.
Arts & Entertainment Where Will You Be Watching The 100th Anniversary COPA America Soccer Tournament? For soccer fans, especially ones from South America, the COPA America Tournament in a very big deal. And tonight, it arrives in the United States for the first time ever, with Match 1
SF News Something Is (Allegedly) Rotten In The State Of SF Youth Soccer Despite that old chestnut claiming there are more dogs than children in San Francisco, kids do still live in our fair city — and more and more of those precious bundles of joy, it
SF News Soccer Player Suspected Of SF Ref Assault Busted In East Bay Investigators from the San Francisco Police Department's Taraval Station crossed the Bay Bridge Friday, as they tracked their prime suspect in a soccer game gone horribly wrong to Richmond. Maybe you remember the
SF News Soccer Hooligan Leaves SF Ref With Traumatic Brain Injury The SFPD is seeking an adult — and apparently quite aggro — soccer player who brutally beat the referee who ejected him from a game. The Chron reports that the fateful adult-league game was played
Arts & Entertainment Attention Soccer (Er, Football) Fans: Arsenal FC Is Coming To San Jose Hey there soccer fans, exciting news: Arsenal FC is coming to sunny California to play in the MLS All-Star Game. The much-loved team will challenge the best of Major League Soccer at San
Arts & Entertainment Nascent SF Soccer Club Gains Some Respect, Will Face Off With USF This Weekend Remember last summer? You know, the one when, for a few weeks, we all cared about soccer? When names like Mascherano and Altidore and Schweinsteiger and Neymar became household and we all believed
SF News Mission Soccer Bro And Dropbox Both Apologize For Soccer Field Scuffle; Protest Planned For Thursday [Updated] Assuming you saw the video that spawned another million gentrification conversations over the weekend, you'll be relieved to know that one of the guys involved, who is apparently a Dropbox employee and may
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mexican World Cup Players Return From Brazil, Dine At Papalote Popular Mission Mexican spot Papalote (3409 24th Street) took to Facebook today to shout out the news that members of Mexico's World Cup team Carlos Alberto "Gullit" Peña and José Juan "Gallito" Vázquez
Arts & Entertainment What Not To Wear To Watch The U.S.-Germany World Cup Game In the unlikely event that you have today off, or that your employer is such a huge soccer fan that you're given a free pass to go to a bar at 9 a.
