Our weekly dispatch was a Gold Cup group match on Tuesday and another on Friday. Finally, our home coverage of SF City is here with a win over Davis Legacy.
The Roots coverage is here, courtesy of Michael Koenig at Soccer Bay Area and Jonathan Comeaux at The Blog.
Three Big Chances Enable Oakland to Grab Three Points in Birmingham
Oakland Roots beat Birmingham Legion 1-nil, gain Benny Feilhaber’s first win
Bay FC took an early lead only to lose 2-1 on the road against Gotham at Newark, New Jersey outside of New York. Doug Zimmerman at Soccer Bay Area has the summary of the game. The team now embarks on a monthlong league break until August 2 when they host Houston. However, there will be two friendly matches in July against Angel City on July 19 at 1:30 pm and Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds on July 27 at 4pm.
One more news item was announced last week was the San Jose Earthquakes being put for sale by owner John Fisher, who assumed the helm from co-owner Lew Wolff and his family in recent years. Moelis & Co. will be handling the selling process of Fisher’s controlling interest in the club. As of this year, the Quakes and Vancouver Whitecaps have been put on the market and here, the sale will also including PayPal Park. The news as of writing will be ongoing until a new owner buys the club.
Our USA vs Trinidad report can be found here–coming soon we’ll be curating some highlights from there and the rest of the matches. Stay tuned here for more Bay Area soccer news.
