Bay Area Soccer News, Pictures, and Information
In their home opener the Glens got off to a quick 1-0 lead. However, the Breakers scored a late goal to draw the game at 1-1.
The Glens will take the week off before resuming their schedule against FC Golden State Force at home on Sunday May 26 at 4pm. The Breakers have a quick turnaround with a Sunday game against the San Diego Zest (LA Galaxy U23s) Sunday May 19 at 1pm.
Two from our buddies at the Beautiful Blog. Of note: The Glens and Breakers drew even at 1-1.
Bay Area Soccer: SF State’s Ayala-Hil joins USF, SF Glens Home opener, Quakes, NPSL, UPSL
An off-weekend here, except there were some games played around the Bay Area and in Southern California. The blurb is a day late.
First up our friends at the Beautiful Blog.
Bay Area Soccer: US Women win, Quakes lose, USL2, NPSL, UPSL roundup
And the deets from Quakesfan on the Quakes loss to the Revs.
Next up will be the Glens home opener, followed by the Quakes/Fire match, with the cap being SF City hosting FC Golden State Force.
Weekend preview from our buddies at the Beautiful Blog, thank you guys–plus the Roots name their head coach.
El Farolito advances in the US Open Cup
#USOC2019 FIRST ROUND FULL TIME – @elfarolito_npsl 2 @AcademicaSC 1 pic.twitter.com/HRaXHsSitO
— TheCup.us (@usopencup) May 8, 2019
From The Beautiful Blog again.
SF soccer player’s goal earns him SportsCenter Top 10 highlight, broken arm
El Farolito will take on Fresno FC in the next round of the US Open Cup Wednesday May 15 2:30pm at Boxer Stadium.
We were here, here, here, and there. The total slate of games covered were four–starting with a Friday road trip to Santa Cruz to see SF City kick off their season, followed by an NPSL match between El Farolito and Sonoma County (we were there for the second half) and the Quakes playing MLS debutants FC Cincinnati on Saturday. The Sunday headliner was the SF derby at Kezar.
We’ll let our buddies Mike and Mike at The Beautiful Blog tell the story.
Bay Area Soccer: SF City tops SF Glens; NPSL UPSL update
update 5/8: Quakesfan.com has their take on the game. Please check it out.
Playoff Contenders? (FC Cincy Reflections)
We will be back for another triple header in a couple of weeks. In the meantime please keep checking here for more information.
We were there for the second half of the match. The match was scoreless at the half but El Farolito took the lead with a scramble in the box that was lobbed in for the goal in the early part of the second half. The end result was a 1-1 draw.
Select photos coming soon.
Flickr set including the pics from the Instagram feeds.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theprojectfc/albums/72157678081971297
Farolito will travel across the Bay Bridge to play the East Bay Stompers in Oakland next Saturday May 11 7:30 start. Sonoma County will take a week off before resuming play on May 18 hosting San Ramon.
In a rivalry game that was the home opener for SF City, and the season opener for the Glens the two teams picked off where they left off last year at Kezar. While the Glens got on the board early, it was City that drew even at 1-1 only to see the visitors take the lead 2-1. However, the result was different this time with the home team winning 3-2.
Flickr set – includes the Instagram posts
City will hit the road with a game at San Diego on Saturday May 11 5pm kickoff. The Glens will do so likewise with two Southern California matches against the Golden State Force on Friday May 10 at 7pm and at the Orange County 2 on Sunday May 12 at 2pm before opening up their home schedule on Friday May 17 at 6pm against the Santa Cruz Breakers.
In a match that was marred by fouls, cautions, and ejections the Quakes squeaked by with a win thanks to a Nick Lima goal in the 22nd minute. That match was enough to get a 1-0 win, and their third home victory of the season.
A total of 28 fouls (15 from the Quakes and 13 from Cincinnati) plus 6 yellow cards (3 from each side), and the red card ejection of Cristian Espinoza in the 51st minute thanks to his yellow in the 15th was the focal point of the match. Still, the team was able to grind out the results in a major improvement from the season before.
The Quakes will hit the road to Foxboro, Massachusetts to play New England in their only meeting on Saturday May 11 at 4:30pm. Cincinnati will return home to host Montreal on the same day, 10 am PDT start tine.
In a match to kick off the national USL League Two Schedule, SF City picked off where they left off last year with a road trip to Santa Cruz. With the game held under the Friday Night Lights they scored a quick goal in the 3rd minute followed by another in the 20th to give a 2-0 halftime lead. The Breakers scored a goal in the 75th minute but it was the only one they would have for the night. Thanks to an insurance goal in the 78th minute SF City gets the 3-1 victory.
Flickr set (the entire series including the Instagram posts)
SF City will have a quick turnaround with their home opener against their city rival the Glens on Sunday May 5 with a 6pm kickoff. Santa Cruz will hit the road with two games starting with Ventura County on Friday May 10 7pm start time, followed by a Sunday May 12 2pm match to Whittier against the Golden State Force.