Bay Area Soccer News, Pictures, and Information
Two articles from The Beautiful Blog. Plus the Oakland Roots.
https://blog.sfgate.com/soccer/2019/04/25/bay-area-soccer-quakes-tie-seattle-glens-sign-mission-high-star-usf-introduces-new-coach-npsl-upsl-schedule/
https://blog.sfgate.com/soccer/2019/04/25/i-am-ready-for-this-former-u-s-u-20-captain-benji-joya-joins-oakland-roots/
The official announcement from the Roots, as told by Benji Joya:
La vida no es dada, es prestada. (oaklandrootssc.com)
We were at three matches in two days. First up the Glens hosting the Academy of Art Friday night. Followed by two Saturday matches starting with SF City at Menlo College and then the Quakes playing SKC in the nightcap.
Some more news and highlights, plus the deets from Quakesfan and the Beautiful Blog:
https://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/sf-glens-sign-sf-state-stars-for-2019-usl-league-two-season/
http://www.quakesfan.com/2019/04/22/its-happening-skc-post-match/?fbclid=IwAR0fuVtTPUrsjCgY9z36sNnfkRxTRDSIQPsgvscFa5uWNyHhc1pH0plg_F0
https://blog.sfgate.com/soccer/2019/04/22/bay-area-soccer-hoesens-brace-lead-quakes-over-skc-oakland-stompers-stomped-at-home/
FEATURE: Danny Hoesen Named to MLS Team of the Week | Week 9 (sjearthquakes.com) – should have been player of the week, but this is well earned so congratulations Danny Dutch.
Danny Hoesen’s early goals in the 6th and 12th minutes were the catalyst in the Quakes match against Sporting Kansas City. Additional goals from Shea Salinas to open the second half, followed by a goal from Magnus Erikkson in the 61st minute was enough to win 4-1 over Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Gutiérrez scored a penalty kick in the 66th minute was the only blemish in the game.
The win was the second this season for San Jose and equals the number of home victories from last year.
Select photos (more to be posted).
The Earthquakes will begin a two game road trip, first up to Seattle against the Sounders on Wednesday April 24 at 7:30pm followed by a Saturday afternoon match at FC Dallas on April 27 12:30 kickoff. Their next home game will be on May 4 at 6:45 against league newcomers FC Cincinnati 6:45pm start time. Sporting Kansas City will be returning home to host New England on Saturday April 27 at 5:30pm PDT.
In their final tuneup before opening up the 2019 USL League 2 (formerly PDL) season at Santa Cruz, City scored a goal in the second half to get a 1-0 over hosts Menlo College at their Atherton campus. However, the hosts were able to sneak in a goal in the waning minutes of the match to get a 1-1 draw.
SF City opens up their season with a road trip at Santa Cruz on Friday May 3 at 8pm. They kick off their home opener against inter-city rival the Glens 2 days later on Sunday May 5 at 6pm.
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The Glens came off with a 6-3 victory over the Academy of Art in their preseason tuneup at the Beach Chalet.
The Glens will have one more friendly, this time against the San Jose Earthquakes reserves on Saturday April 27 5pm at Skyline College in San Bruno. Admission is free. Of note: the main team will be on the road at Dallas on the same day with a 12:30pm kickoff on Univision.
The Glens will open their season the road against SF City on Sunday May 5 with a 6pm start time. They will continue their away slate with 2 games at Southern California–one against Golden State Force on Friday May 10 and then Orange County U23s on Sunday May 12 before opening up their home schedule Friday May 17 against the Santa Cruz Breakers 6pm kickoff.
From The Beautiful Blog at sfgate.com
Something for Tuesday.
Getting To Know Ashish Chattha (sfcityfc.com)
We were at the Farolito match and the SF City preseason friendly.
The Beautiful Blog at sfgate.com has the highlights from this weekend’s matches and some familiar faces at USF.
https://blog.sfgate.com/soccer/2019/04/15/bay-area-soccer-pro-hopefuls-show-skills-in-sf-quakes-fall-to-dynamo-el-farolito-stompers-both-win-in-npsl/
In other news the Quakes lose to Houston 2-1 in a match that was delayed by weather. The team evened up the score only to suffer another defeat. Next up will be a home contest against Kansas City.
Glens will play the Academy of Art in a friendly Friday night at 8pm Beach Chalet field – we’ll post highlights on next week’s edition.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSRSXglh1f/
And yes, the Glens add a few more players to their roster.
SF Glens Sign Plantinos, Bowers, Pulskamp, Trujeque (sfglens.com)
Our coverage will be Saturday in Redwood City and San Jose for the Quakes. We will be off for Easter Sunday, but will post our summary the following day or midweek. Like and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
After a 9 month hiatus SF City finally made their 2019 debut with a friendly against the Academy of Art at the Beach Chalet fields. The result did not go their way as the college scored 3 unanswered goals to give them a 3-1 win. The match was merely to try out some players who could make the roster at the start of their USL League 2 (formerly PDL) campaign beginning May 3.
The set on the Flickr cloud:
The Academy of Art will once again play at the Beach Chalet on Friday April 19 against another League 2 club the San Francisco Glens, kickoff at 8pm. SF City will have another preseason game at Redwood City against Menlo College at Cañada College 4200 Farm Hill Blvd at 3pm.