Bay Area Soccer News, Pictures, and Information
Our coverage this past week was at San Jose Wednesday and Oakland Saturday.
The Quakes lose to the Whitecaps 3-0. The report courtesy of Soccer Bay Area.
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The Roots end up drawing at the last minute 2 to 2 thanks to a late Lights goal from CC Uche at the 89th minute. The Lights got off to an early lead with a Danny Trejo goal in the 5th minute. The Roots later drew even thanks to a 24th minute goal from Quincy Amarikwa. The second tally was added thanks to the Lights Tony Leone directing a own goal four minutes later giving the home town the lead. Unfortunately it was not meant to be with the last place Lights tying the game and stealing a point on the road.
Our photo album is here:
Doug from Soccer Bay Area has his take on the game:
The Roots host Sacramento in an important midweek game with both teams vying for the postseason Wednesday October 6 7pm kickoff, while the Lights host LA Galaxy II Friday October 8 7pm start.
The Quakes hosted the Sounders in a weeknight matchup with both teams aspiring to play in the postseason tournament. However, it was the visitors that ended up dominating the game with the Sounders winning 3-0. The Quakes were doomed from the start thanks to an early goal from Raul Ruidiaz in the 25th minute. His second tally from the penalty spot 17 minutes later to close the first half, plus an insurance goal from Cristian Roldan in the 49th minute sealed the win for Seattle. Only an own goal from Shane O’Neil gave the Quakes their only tally of the match.
The select photos are forthcoming.
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Doug has his game take at Soccer Bay Area (formerly The Beautiful Blog at sfgate.com)
The Quakes now head back on the road to play against Vancouver Saturday October 2 – 7pm kickoff. The Sounders return home to host Colorado in a Sunday night matchup October 3 with a 7pm start.
Our highlight was from San Jose for the Quakes against LAFC.
Soccer Bay Area has their takes from the Bay Area scene, especially the Roots, who won Wednesday against San Diego and lost Saturday on the road at Orange County.
Bay Area Men’s College Soccer: Stanford Gets Back On Track, Santa Clara Earns Draw
What a turnaround! Win vaults Oakland Roots into playoff position
Late goal sinks Oakland Roots in OC
And obviously, the Quakes win.
Chofis carries San Jose Earthquakes to win over LAFC
The Quakes sweep the home series vs LAFC thanks to their 2-0 win. Early half goals from Benji Kikanovic in the 3rd minute to kick off the first half and Chofis in the 47th minute to start the second sealed the victory for the home team, who are now 5-4-2 in the past 11 games.
The photo highlights are forthcoming.
Both teams have a quick turnaround time with the Quakes hosting another home match against Seattle on Wednesday September 29 7:30pm start. LAFC returns home to host Portland same time.
Our coverage was on Wednesday at San Jose for the Quakes and Saturday at Oakland for the Roots.
Both teams had two games in a week with the Quakes hosting Real Salt Lake and then returning to Texas to face Austin. As for the Roots they played two “home” games, one against Tacoma at their training grounds at Las Positas College in Livermore and at their regular home stadium at Laney against the Galaxy 2 team. Our friends at Soccer Bay Area has the deets on the games.
Oakland Roots pressure too much for Tacoma Defiance, win 3-1
And also the college roundup – courtesy of Doug and Mike K:
Bay Area Men’s College Soccer: Lost Weekend for Cal and Stanford in SoCal
Bay Area Women’s College Soccer: Stanford tops Santa Clara in Top 25 battle
One more from our other buddy Dan at Quakesfan. The US National Team resumes play next month and despite the win against Honduras on the road (note: his summary was posted after two games being played against El Salvador and Canada where the US drew against both opponents) the remaining games will be very challenging especially with 14 games (now 11 to go) against the past 10 matches to get into the World Cup tournament. It’s time to panic with three games to be played in October and the same number again in November, two more at the end of January, before concluding in March with three remaining games to round out qualifying. No game will be easy especially with eight teams trying to get three or maybe four spots for 2022.
https://www.quakesfan.com/2021/09/05/sometimes-you-need-to-panic-usmnt-reflections/
To close out, congratulations to Chofis for being named Player of the Week for his performance against Salt Lake scoring a hat trick in a losing effort, and Austin for his brace to earn a much needed win. The honor also earned him a spot in the Best XI for the week
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The Roots lose in a heartbreaker to LA Galaxy 2 (aka Los Dos) thanks to a penalty kick from Taylor Davila in the 73rd minute.
Doug at Soccer Bay Area has his write-up and photos from the game.
Our photo set is coming soon. Right now, the set including the Instagram photos are here:
The Roots have another quick turnaround, this time against San Diego Loyal in their second meet this month. That match will take place at Livermore (Las Positas College) on Wednesday September 22 at 7pm. Los Dos will continue their road trip, this time at Sacramento on Sunday September 26 2pm kick off.
The Quakes hosted another midweek match, this time against Real Salt Lake, but the effort was all for naught thanks to a 4-3 loss. Chofis was clearly the player of the match thanks to his hat trick. His goal in the 26th minute gave the Quakes the lead but the visitors evened the score thanks to a Rubio Rubin tally before the end of the first half.
The second half had the match with both teams exchanging the lead with Salt Lake adding with a goal from Alfred Rusnak in the 49th minute. Another Chofis strike one minute later and the third to complete his trick fifteen minutes after gave the Quakes a 3-2 lead. The possible three point win and one point draw were blown thanks to goals from Justin Meram (71st minute) Rubin Rubio (81st minute) and giving Salt Lake the win.
Our select photos from the match:
San Jose has a quick turnaround with a return trip to Texas, this time again Austin this Satuday September 18 5pm kickoff, while Salt Lake returns home to host Seattle on the same day 6:30 PDT start.
Our coverage this week was at Oakland for the Roots v Loyal match.
Soccer Bay Area has the other deets including their takes on the Roots, Quakes, and college soccer.
Bay Area Men’s College Soccer: Stanford & San José State Draw, Santa Clara Wins in Sudden Death
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The Roots and Loyal play to a scoreless draw.
Our photos from the stands are forthcoming. Enjoy the set, including the Instagram posts.
Soccer Bay Area has their take on the game here. Great seeing Doug and Mike K in the house again.
The Roots have a quick turnaround with a match against Tacoma Defiance, this time at Las Positas College in Livermore on Wednesday September 15 7pm start time before another weekend match at their regular spot at Laney College against LA Galaxy II on Saturday September 18 at 7pm. San Diego will return home and face the very same opponent afterwards on Sunday September 19 3pm kick off. The Roots and Loyal will play once more on Wednesday September 22 7pm at Las Positas.