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2026 US Open Cup format includes Bay Area’s El Farolito, San Ramon FC, San Jose Earthquakes, but no Oakland Roots

December 8, 2025 Douglas Zimmerman 0

Bay Area amateur teams El Farolito and San Ramon FC will play a professional team in the first round of the 2026 US Open Cup in March, but they will not face off against the […]

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San Ramon FC battle fog, The Olympic Club to clinch spot in 2026 US Open Cup

November 24, 2025 Douglas Zimmerman 0

During this year’s qualifying games for the 2026 US Open Cup tournament, one Bay Area amateur team stood out above the rest: San Ramon FC. Despite facing their sternest test yet in the final qualifier […]

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Olympic Club, Inter SF, San Ramon FC, Ariana FC advance in 2026 U.S. Open Cup qualifying round

October 13, 2025 Douglas Zimmerman 0

Four San Francisco Bay Area amateur clubs advanced and five were eliminated during the second qualifying round for the 2026 U.S. Open Cup. Two SFSFL teams, The Olympic Club and Inter San Francisco, along with […]

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San Jose Earthquakes ousted on PK’s from US Open Cup by Austin FC

July 9, 2025 Douglas Zimmerman 0

Despite scoring two beautiful goals, the San Jose Earthquakes also conceded two penalty kicks. That allowed Austin FC to tie and eventually win a penalty kick shootout in a 2025 U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal match […]

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Opinion: San Francisco’s latest ‘pro soccer team’ Golden City FC hasn’t learned from past clubs mistakes

May 14, 2025 Douglas Zimmerman 0

San Francisco deserves a world-class pro soccer team. Instead, it’s getting another lower division league team that will struggle to succeed. That’s my initial reaction to Mayor Daniel Lurie’s announcement last Friday that a professional […]

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El Farolito’s dramatic US Open Cup run ends in Sacramento

April 17, 2025 Douglas Zimmerman 0

Despite a valiant battle, El Farolito couldn’t stage one more dramatic upset in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup against a professional soccer team and fell to the Sacramento Republic 1-0 on Wednesday night at Heart […]

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El Farolito stuns Monterey Bay, advances in U.S. Open Cup

April 1, 2025 Douglas Zimmerman 0

Although it was April 1st, it wasn’t April Fool’s Day for El Farolito as two second-half goals sent the NPSL amateur side past the USL Championship Monterey Bay in a 2025 second-round U.S. Open Cup […]

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Bouda’s blast propels SJ Quakes past Oakland Roots in US Open Cup Battle of the Bay

May 7, 2024 Douglas Zimmerman 0

In the first-ever competitive matchup between the San Francisco Bay Area’s first—and second-division soccer clubs, Ousseni Bouda’s 76th-minute blast from just outside the box was the deciding goal as the San Jose Earthquakes defeated the […]

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Oakland Roots’ Kid Lineup Ends El Farolito’s 2024 Open Cup Dream

April 17, 2024 Michael Koenig 0

The Oakland Roots are moving on to the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup after defeating El Farolito by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday evening in Hayward, California. Since their first U.S. Open […]

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The shoe fits! El Farolito’s Cinderella US Open Cup run continues with an upset over Fuego FC

April 2, 2024 Douglas Zimmerman 0

Leave it to San Francisco’s El Farolito to remind American soccer fans why the US Open Cup is so magical. El Farolito battled back from a goal deficit for the second cup game in a […]

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