Bay Area Sports Folarin Balogun's Red Card Suspension Overturned, USMNT Star Striker Will Face Belgium in R16 World Cup Match FIFA officials sent shockwaves through the world of professional soccer on Sunday by announcing the suspension of USMNT star striker Folarin Balogun’s automatic one-game red-card ban. Balogun can now play in tomorrow's highly-anticipated Round of 16 knockout round match against Belgium in Seattle.
Bay Area Sports World Cup Watch Parties Canceled at Mission Bay's SPARK Social Following Shooting SPARK Social, the food-truck zone and gathering spot on Mission Bay Boulevard, has announced the cancellation of all upcoming World Cup watch parties following a shooting Tuesday night.
SF News Two Injured In Shooting Outside World Cup Watch Party In SF’s Mission Bay A shooting occurred near a World Cup watch party at Spark Social in SF’s Mission Bay neighborhood Tuesday night following the game, and both victims are expected to survive.
Bay Area Sports How to Watch the First World Cup Matches, at Home or at an SF Bar There are many ways you can watch the World Cup matches at home or with friends, with the first matches being played today in Mexico, and Team USA playing its first match against Paraguay in Los Angeles on Friday.
SF News Tuesday Morning Topline: FIFA Marks 30 Days Until World Cup Kickoff There are flag-raising ceremonies around the Bay today to mark 30 days until the World Cup; a dog was sickened by rat poison left in a Santa Clara park; and inflation just jumped the most since May 2023.
SF News Iran Threatens to Withdraw From World Cup Over US Invasion Iran’s World Cup soccer team is scheduled to play matches in the US in June, but the Iranian Football Federation is threatening to pull the team out of the tournament in protest of the attacks raining down from host nation USA.
Bay Area Sports Bay Area World Cup Schedule Announced, and Team USA Might Play One Game Here We now know who’s playing in the six World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium in late June and early July, and we’re mostly just hosting teams like Paraguay and Qatar, but there’s a chance we’ll host Team USA for a knockout game on July 1.
SF News Trump Now Threatening to Move 2026 World Cup Matches Out of 'Dangerous' SF Bay and Seattle It could be an empty threat and more blowhard BS from President Donald Trump, or it could be something he'll actually try. But Trump mentioned on Thursday that he might want to move next year's World Cup matches out of cities that are "even a little bit dangerous."
Bay Area Sports Bay Area’s World Cup Ticket Lottery Begins Wednesday — But Only If You're a Visa Customer In a sign of just how crassly commercialized next summer’s World Cup games in Santa Clara are going to be, the World Cup ticket lottery begins on Wednesday, but you’re only allowed to enter the first round of the lottery if you’re a Visa customer.
Bay Area Sports Levi’s Stadium World Cup Tickets Will Be Available by Lottery, and They’re Not Allowed to Call It ‘Levi’s Stadium’ If you want to go to next summer’s World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium, you’ll have to hope to get lucky in a ticket lottery, and the place will have to change its name for two weeks because FIFA won’t let them call it “Levi’s Stadium.”
Bay Area Sports Levi’s Stadium Getting a $200 Million Facelift as Super Bowl and World Cup are Coming In 2026 With the 2026 Super Bowl and several World Cup games coming to Levi’s Stadium, the 49ers say they’re sprucing the place up with plenty of enhanced 4K, 5G, and whatever amenities there are in the pricey luxury suites.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Arts & Entertainment Video: McTeague's Deafening Reaction To The U.S. Win Over Ghana If you weren't watching yesterday's tense USMNT game at McTeague's then you probably still have your hearing this morning. If you were at the home of the S.F. chapter of the American
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Where To Watch The World Cup, According To Everybody Ask a hundred people which bar is best for watching the World Cup and you'll likely get as many answers as there are soccer bars in San Francisco. With that in mind, we've
misc Ask SFist: World Cup On Sunday? A tipster writes to SFist wanting to know where they could catch the Would Cup game on Sunday. Can we see an article today about good places to watch the World Cup on
SF News USA World Cup Reaction at Civic Center San Francisco was gripped with early morning World Cup fever after team USA won their sporting match. USA was tied with Algeria for most of the game, but then they managed to get
Arts & Entertainment The World Cup is in Full Effect The giant screen has been launched at Civic Center, and thousands are gearing up for hanging in the hot sun at AT&T Park tomorrow for the big U.S. vs. England
Arts & Entertainment Where to Watch the World Cup The World Cup starts in less than three days -- where will you be viewing the big games? Check out a few options below. Civic Center Plaza: A 13 x 18 screen will
SF News Day Around The Bay -- Cammerin Boyd killed by reasonable force, says jury. [Chron] -- Behold: the 54 million dollar SF home. Bow down before it, plebeians and renters! [CurbedSF] -- Argentina hosts the gay World Cup
SF News Football (Real Football) Comes to Stanford We've written before about our love of soccer but unfortunately, being here in the States, it's a little hard to get the full flavor of it. Major League Soccer isn't quite that exciting
