After years of anticipation, the World Cup’s traveling circus has finally rolled into the Bay Area. As the tournament, being hosted in North America for the first time in 32 years, entered its first weekend, the region’s streets were awash with the hues of soccer jerseys. Red-shirted Swiss supporters, in town for their match againstContinue reading “World Cup Buzz Hits Bay Area, But Some Fans Feel Left Out”
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SF City Claim Derby Bragging Rights as Pair of Penalties Sink Glens
Might a lower-division soccer club be San Francisco’s best sports team right now? With the NBA’s Warriors having missed out on the postseason as their dynasty fades, and baseball’s Giants currently a study in ineptitude, the city is not exactly a hotbed for big-league sporting success. Yet the San Francisco Glens traveled to face theirContinue reading “SF City Claim Derby Bragging Rights as Pair of Penalties Sink Glens”
Amidst Summer Fog and a Stadium Battle, Supporter-Owned SF City Are Quietly Thriving
Author’s Note: This is the first entry in the series “The World Cup in Sun and Shadow,” my attempt to document soccer’s progress across the Bay Area– and the U.S. more broadly– as the sport’s greatest spectacle gets ready to kick off one week from today. Stay tuned for more articles over the next sixContinue reading “Amidst Summer Fog and a Stadium Battle, Supporter-Owned SF City Are Quietly Thriving”
The Dutch Origins of San Francisco’s First Professional Soccer Team
1967 in San Francisco wasn’t just about free love and mind-expanding drugs. While the hippie movement was in its fullest flower around the intersection of Height and Ashbury streets, drawing young people from across America to the City by the Bay, a different group of young transients had made their way to San Francisco toContinue reading ” The Dutch Origins of San Francisco’s First Professional Soccer Team”
Rooted in Oakland: The Coliseum’s new tenant is a community-owned soccer team
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”
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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