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This week 4-23-18

SF City travelled 30 miles south for a “Friday Night Lights” matchup at Stanford University.  Most of the play was dominated in the second half with a goal from Carlos Carranza to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.  However, the current NCAA Division 1 champions responded with two late goals for the victory.  The game served as the penultimate pre-season match for City, while the Stanford Cardinal was using this game as a spring off-season workout.

City returns to San Francisco for their traditional meeting at Negoesco against USF on April 28. That game will be the last pre-season friendly before they open on the road on May 5 against Fresno.  Stanford will host another Friday night matchup against another PDL club in the SF Glens on April 27.

Link to series – photos by Nap Badillo:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/theprojectfc/albums/72157665990610377

http://sfcityfc.com/news/event/stanford-pre-season-friendly/

Update 4/24: The match between SF City and USF has been canceled, and instead will proceed to the regular season schedule. City opens on the road against Fresno on May 5 at 7pm.

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International Champions Cup 2018

Tuesday the International Champions Cup game at Levi’s Stadium was announced.  On Saturday August 4 at 5pm AC Milan and Barcelona will meet at the home of the NFL San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara.

The teams are no strangers to the field, as the Italian club has played against English club Liverpool in 2016, while the Spanish/Catalonian team played in 2015 against Manchester United, who will return as well to play against the San Jose Earthquakes days earlier on July 22.

Right now fans can sign up at http://www.internationalchampionscup.com/ before the general public ticket sales begin on May 1.  This match is expected to attract a capacity crowd at the Bay Area’s premier venue.

Some highlights of AC Milan and Barcelona when they last played at Levi’s Stadium…

 

Levi’s Stadium 2016 ICC – this will be the 4th year the home of the NFL San Francisco 49ers have hosted a match.
AC Milan played against Liverpool in the 2016 ICC
Barcelona has visited the Bay Area twice – here at the 2015 ICC against Manchester United at Levi’s Stadium and in 2009 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco against Chivas of Guadalajara, Mexico

Taken by Nap Badillo for FootySF.  3pointsport will provide coverage of that game, continuing the tradition of the local soccer scene in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Quakes v Dynamo

Magnus Eriksson scored his second consecutive goal in as many weeks in the 26th minute, and the first at home to give the Quakes a first half lead.  However, the visitors scored two goals in the second half from Tomas Martinez in the 48th minute and Mauro Manotas in the 63rd minute that appeared to give them 3 away points.  Jahmir Hyka in his debut came off from the bench to snatch a late goal with 5 minutes left plus stoppage time to secure a needed point for the Quakes.

Facebook series – Quakes v Houston Dynamo. Photos by Nap Badillo. All Rights Reserved

Quakesfan – detailed report

The Quakes hit the road next weekend on April 21 at Orlando City, which will be their debut in the new venue after playing at Camping World Stadium 2 years ago.  The Dynamo will host Toronto FC on the same day.

Update 4/18: Quakesfan report added – thanks Dan – give them a follow at http://www.quakesfan.com for reports, analysis, and photos.

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This week 4-16-18

Another preseason friendly between SF City FC and the Academy of Art.  The venue was moved from City College to Paul Goode Park at the Presidio.

In a very chippy game City came from a goal deficit from Bryce Kaminski, with an assist from Aaron Lombardi to draw the Urban Knights even at one goal at the 53rd minute.  Jeremy Romero nailed the winner at the 70th minute to defeat the Urban Knights in their third of five friendlies between college teams.  Next up for City is a road game at Stanford at Cagan Stadium Friday April 20 at 7pm.

 

Link to series – photos by Nap Badillo:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/theprojectfc/albums/72157693875610191

http://sfcityfc.com/news/event/academy-of-art-pre-season-friendly/

Update 4/19: SF City at Stanford has been moved from Steuber Rugby Stadium to Cagan Stadium. Time is unchanged.

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El Farolito v Sacramento Gold

In their inaugural NPSL home opener, El Farolito scored 2 goals from Edson Cardona and Arnhold Rivas in the first half and added another at the end of the game from a Alexandre Gonzalez free kick to hand the Gold their first loss of the season.

Flickr set – photos include the instagram posts- Photos by Nap Badillo/Nap Ba.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/theprojectfc/albums/72157693875538941

The San Francisco upstarts have kicked off their NPSL debut with a draw and three straight wins while the Gold had been starting off with three draws. Next up for Farolito is a road game at Academica SC in Turlock on April 21st before returning to host Aguiluchos on April 28th at noon.  Sacramento returns home on the same date to host another NPSL newcomer FC Davis in what is billed as the I-80 derby.

https://www.sacramentogoldfc.net/single-post/2018/04/14/Farolito-hands-Gold-first-loss

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Just returned from Avaya Stadium.  Been a long day that started with the NPSL match between El Farolito and the Sacramento Gold that was the home opener for the debutants at Boxer Stadium, followed by a match at the Presidio between San Francisco City FC and the Academy of Art (which was moved from City College across the freeway to Paul Goode Field on the north side of town), and the nightcap 50 miles to the south at Avaya Stadium between the San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo.  In the coming days I will posting blurbs and highlights.  I won’t say anything else except I promise that I will just talk about soccer and hopping from game to game.  Once things cool down, I will be posting highlights.

In the meantime you can follow 3pointsport on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/3pointsport and on instagram at http://instagram.com/3pointsport – you can also follow the lower division material on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/theprojectfc  – I promise you the soccer fan will enjoy it as a mix of travelogue and sports.

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This week 4-9-18

There is only one highlight to show.  San Francisco City FC continued their pre-season schedule with a 1-0 win over San Francisco State at Cox Stadium thanks to a Dylan Murphy goal at the 30th minute.

The next game will be on Saturday April 14 at 2pm against the Academy of Art University at Paul Goode Field on Rodriguez Street (at the Presidio) in San Francisco.

No Facebook series right now. Just the flickr set, including instagram pictures. Photos by Nap Badillo/Nap Ba

https://www.flickr.com/photos/theprojectfc/albums/72157695404007505

http://sfcityfc.com/news/event/sf-state-pre-season-friendly/

Update 4/9/2018: Goal scorer added as well as link to sfcityfc.com.

Update 4/10/2018: location changed from City College of San Francisco to Paul Goode Field.

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SF Glens Pre-season Schedule

The San Francisco Glens has announced their pre-season schedule. The PDL debutants will head to the South Bay and to the East Bay for a pair of games against West Valley College and St. Mary’s respectively.

Their full slate of friendlies is as follows:

West Valley College – April 7th 11am West Valley college
St Mary’s – April 11th 4pm or 5pm TBA St Mary’s College
TBD – April 14th TBA
Academy of Art University – April 21th 2pm CCSF
Stanford University – April 27th (Friday) 7pm Steuber Rugby Stadium Stanford

Further match information will be updated here.

 

Source: SF Glens/Facebook, http://www.sfglens.com

 

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US Open Cup

The first round pairings have been set.  San Francisco City FC and CD Aguiluchos USA will meet Wednesday May 9 6pm at Raimondi Park in Oakland.  The two teams have a history with their previous tournament meeting in 2016 at the Beach Chalet grounds in San Francisco with Aguiluchos advancing to the next round.

Details and ticket pricing to follow.  This will be  an anticipated match with City playing after their season opener at Fresno against the U23s, and Aguiluchos  after hosting Napa Valley 1839, both games on May 5.

SF City FC – 2015 US Open Cup vs Stanislaus
CD Aguiluchos USA (blue) vs San Francisco (now East Bay) Stompers – 2014 US Open Cup
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This week 4-2-18

The San Jose Earthquakes announced today they will host Manchester United Sunday July 22 at Levi’s Stadium up the road in Santa Clara.  Kickoff is scheduled for 2pm that afternoon.  Once again the English club will tour North America as part of their warmup to the 2018-2019 Premiership team.

This will be the second time that the Quakes will play the Red Devils–the last meeting was at Avaya Stadium on July 21, 2015 with the visitors defeating the locals 3-1 before a sellout crowd.  The perennial English contenders are no stranger to Santa Clara having played last year on July 23 against Real Madrid of Spain before a packed house and winning on penalty kicks 2-1.  They also clashed against Spanish/Catalan power Barcelona three years ago on July 25 and winning 3-1.

Quakes Season Pass holders will get this match as Bonus Game B.

Photos by Nap Badillo for FootySF unless otherwise noted. All Rights Reserved.

FootySF album – vs Real Madrid

FootySF album – vs Barcelona

 

We were unable to cover this match but the team has a short summary on their 5-1 win over Norte Dame du Namur.  This match kicked off their 2018 year and their pre-season warmup to their opening match on May 5 on the road at Fresno FC and their U-23 PDL club.