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San Ramon comes back to win 2-1 over Napa.
Photo set including the Instagram posts.
San Ramon completes their season the road to the other side of the hill against the Stompers at Raimondi Field June 22 7:30pm start time. Napa Valley finishes the season at home against Wine Country rival Sonoma County Sol on June 22, and division contender FC Davis on June 29. Both games start at 7pm.
The Stompers defeat Napa Valley 3-1. Napa took an early 1-0 lead only to have the Stompers respond with 3 unanswered goals. The win keeps the Stompers in playoff contention.
Photos including Instagram.
The Stompers return to San Francisco with a game at Kezar against El Farolito noon start time. Napa Valley continues their road trip against San Ramon FC 7pm kickoff.
With Stockton FC pulling out of the conference the schedule has been revised. The season already got underway last weekend with Napa Valley defeating Academica SC 2-0, and some further changes to the slate have been made.
The Stompers/Napa Valley game that was scheduled for March 16 will now be played June 8 (in which Stockton was to play at Oakland)–the UPSL Stompers will play instead. Napa instead will have 2 more weeks to resume league play with their opener against El Farolito on March 30. All teams that were scheduled to play Stockton on the given night will now have a bye.
The schedule can be found at npsl.com – search: Golden Gate Conference.
Note: UPSL Stompers will play against Nevada on March 16 at 7:30pm.
The 2019 NPSL Golden Gate Conference has been announced. The major omission is the absence of CD Aguiluchos USA, which was a perennial contender in the region. Stockton and San Ramon have been added to the conference, while the Stompers will now return to Raimondi Park in Oakland.
The season kicks off March 9 with Academica SC hosting Napa Valley on the road at the Central Valley. They hit the road again to Oakland to play the Stompers a week later before their home opener March 30 against El Farolito. The second year outfit will host newcomer Stockton FC at Kezar with a noontime start on March 23.
Farolito will split their schedule between Kezar with 2 games and Boxer for the rest. Their Boxer opener will be on April 13 against Academica.
San Ramon will make their debut with a home match against the Stompers on March 23 at 7pm.
The teams will be on break on May 25 before resuming on June 1.
The schedule can be found at npsl.com – search: Golden Gate Conference.
Update 3/10: Stockton FC has pulled out of the 2019 season. Revised schedule coming.
Update 3/11: revised schedule
In the first game of a “doubleheader” at Boxer Stadium, El Farolito continued their winning ways with a 6-0 win over Napa Valley 1839. Edson Carona was the man of the match with his hat trick for Farolito. The victory put the first year NPSL team in the drivers seat for the Golden Gate Conference title with 4 games left to play in the season and on pace for an undefeated season with 7 wins and 3 draws.
The goal scorers for El Farolito:
Edson Cardona 17th minute
Manuel Garcia 54th
Marcelo Aguas 65th
Edson Cardona 68th
Gustavo Ruelas 71th
Edson Cardona 82th
Flickr set – photos include the instagram posts- Photos by Nap Badillo/Nap Ba.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theprojectfc/sets/72157696987570544
El Farolito return to the road to play Sacramento Gold June 9 in a rematch of their home opener. Napa Valley will host FC Davis on the same day. Both matches start at 7pm.
Update 6/4: goal scorers for the match listed.