The Oakland Coliseum towers over the flatlands of East Oakland as a monument to American sports’ expansionist age. The stadium was built in the late 1960s to host Major League Baseball’s A’s and the NFL’s Raiders, a symbol of multi-functional efficiency easily reachable from the freeway and ringed by parking lots. For decades, the ColiseumContinue reading “Rooted in Oakland: The Coliseum’s new tenant is a community-owned soccer team”
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Is the Bay Area’s Soccer Infrastructure About to Enter the Modern Age?
The Bay Area is set to help host the 2026 World Cup, but Oakland and San Francisco’s professional soccer infrastructure lags far behind the San Jose area’s. Now both cities are trying to catch up while putting community first Enter the official FIFA World Cup 2026 website, and the tropes are familiar. FIFA’s description of theContinue reading “Is the Bay Area’s Soccer Infrastructure About to Enter the Modern Age?”
Can Soccer Escape the Margins of American Sporting Life?
Note: This article is the first part of a series chronicling the state of American soccer ahead of the 2026 World Cup, which the United States will co-host. The journey began on the slopes of a golden-brown hill in a Bay Area suburb, at a converted track and field stadium less than an hour’s driveContinue reading “Can Soccer Escape the Margins of American Sporting Life?”
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