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"content": "\u003cp>In just three months, the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will hold its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913251/the-world-cup-heads-to-california\">first match in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California officials say they \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/2026/02/02/california-hosts-super-bowl-lx-and-other-upcoming-events-setting-gold-standard-for-sports-and-bringing-18-billion-in-economic-benefits/\">expect\u003c/a> the six total games scheduled at Levi’s Stadium to bring 260,000 visitors — and an estimated economic impact of $555 million — to the Bay. But while the tournament may promise to put the region at the center of global soccer, many residents know: the sport already thrives here year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just at the pro level. While the region’s two top division teams, San José Earthquakes and Bay FC, fill up PayPal Park with tens of thousands of fans, fields across the region are packed on any given weekend with local teams and their devoted fans, reflecting a soccer culture that long predates the World Cup’s arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you won’t be making it to the big matches, soccer fans — or anyone curious about the sport and the community around it — can still find plenty of Bay Area teams to root for. Keep reading to learn more about just some of these soccer teams that proudly represent our region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Roots\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Where else could you see E-40 perform at a soccer halftime show than in Oakland? The Bay Area hip-hop legend played some of his biggest hits to thousands of fans at Saturday’s home opener for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987541/the-\">Oakland Roots\u003c/a> at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The club — playing since 2019 and currently competing in the men’s USL Championship league — clinched its second victory of the season with a 2-1 win against New Mexico United.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032644 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 26,000 fans packed the Oakland Roots home opener at the Oakland Coliseum on March 22, 2025, in Oakland, California. This was the first Roots game played in the storied stadium. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And fans savored the victory, with the excitement from the crowd walking to BART from the Coliseum reminiscent of what it felt like after a Raiders or A’s game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s good for us to have some sports here again,” Oakland resident Tatiana Wells said before the game. While she did not play soccer growing up, she said that the sport finally caught her attention when the Roots proudly claimed the Town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her recommendation to other Oaklanders? “Start following soccer and follow our local club!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Soul\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Roots launched Oakland Soul, currently competing in the women’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.uslwleague.com/league-teams\">USL W League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team finished second in its division last year — just shy of making it to the playoffs — and will play its season opener against Marin FC Sirens at Merritt College on May 10 (that’s right, on \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2025/05/09/510-day-is-celebrating-10-years-of-resistance/\">510 Day\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaliyah Schinaman #5 of the Oakland Soul SC fights for a loose ball with Jessie Halladay #3 of the San Francisco Glens during a USL W League playoff game between Oakland Soul SC and San Francisco Glens at Skyline College on July 7, 2023, in San Bruno, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At an Oakland Soul game, you see so many families coming out because they want to enjoy the sunshine on a Sunday afternoon,” said Tommy Hodul, vice president of public relations for the Roots and Soul. “And it’s a beautiful experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to USL W league rules, Soul can build their roster with student athletes from the Bay Area’s universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That gives local players a big opportunity to develop their talent before going pro. Santa Clara-raised Shae Murison became Soul’s top scorer last season and is now set to join the Utah Royals FC in the National Women’s Soccer League.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco City FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Have you seen folks walking around with a soccer jersey that boldly features the \u003ca href=\"https://themunistore.com/blogs/news/theworm?srsltid=AfmBOorFEiLSbPQVlazXmofpz_-yrf5wYzA6CQ_j08Gn5GUtbBHmF-DB\">Muni logo\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the jersey for San Francisco City FC, which plays in the semi-professional men’s USL League Two. Most players are students at nearby universities — cheered on by an extensive network of supporters that resembles what you’d see in Latin American and European clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer for San Francisco City FC during a home match on July 9, 2025, against Project 51O. The team’s three different supporter groups are now rallying together under the name “La Bahía de Frisco.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Filmmaker Daniel Díaz moved to San Francisco from London five years ago and wanted to find a club that he could build a relationship with, like what he already has with his favorite British team, Tottenham Hotspur. Back in London, Díaz and other Tottenham fans fill up the stadium singing, “When the Spurs go marching in,” to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the moment that really tugged on my heartstrings was hearing San Francisco City fans singing their song, ‘When the fog comes rolling in,’” Díaz said. “That was the moment I knew that this is my club, that I’m in the right place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the field, San Francisco City fans are particularly creative in building community. Their jerseys each year feature San Francisco landmarks beloved by locals: Sutro Tower, the Japantown Peace Pagoda and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C4-7sQ0La2C/\">parrots of Telegraph Hill\u003c/a>. The club has even organized several \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/hop-muni-beer-crawl\">pub crawls\u003c/a> with the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076739\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076739\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of San Francisco City FC supporters fills up Kezar Stadium on June 22, 2025, for a game against Davis Legacy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This season, Díaz and other fans are producing a film that looks at the team’s fight for Kezar Stadium as city officials plan to give a new team \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/san-francisco-nonprofit-daniel-lurie-tipping-point-ethics/\">almost exclusive rights\u003c/a> to that field. You can watch a preview of the film at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DVy9lUhkk1W/\">FÚTBOL ON FILM\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater on March 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re encouraging people to bring banners, flags and scarves, and also wear their football shirts with their favorite teams,” Díaz said. “We want people to feel that energy that you feel in the stadium inside the Roxie Theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Afghan Premier FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For more than 30 years, Afghan Premier Football Club has developed soccer talent in Fremont — home to one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053196/how-fremont-became-a-hub-for-afghan-americans\">largest Afghan communities\u003c/a> in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fremont was the hub for Afghan refugees in the late ’80s and early ’90s,” said Afghan Premier FC coach Musa Mojaddedi, who first joined the team as a player more than two decades ago. “There were even parts of Fremont known as ‘Little Kabul.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the Afghan families settling down in the East Bay, there were also young men who loved soccer and wanted to keep playing in their new home.[aside postID=forum_2010101913251 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2026/03/GettyImages-2265031419-2000x1288.jpg']That’s how Afghan Premier FC — then known as Afghan Soccer Club — was born in 1991. The team travelled extensively around the world playing against other clubs in the Afghan diaspora, but it wouldn’t be until 2024 that Afghan Premier FC joined a semi-professional league in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The team is not just open to Afghan players,” Mojaddedi said. “It’s open to diversity, no matter your race, culture, background, or religion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the team joined the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theleaguefc.com/our-clubs-west\">League for Clubs\u003c/a> — and while Mojaddedi is excited about playing against teams from all over the state, he points out that the team relies heavily on their community to survive. “We try to raise funds from local sponsors as much as we can, from donations, from friends, family,” he said, “because most players are college students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afghan Premier’s home field is at Fremont’s Ohlone College and while their league’s season has begun, the team has postponed their games till the first week of April to accommodate the players observing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073604/2026-ramadan-mubarak-where-to-find-iftar-suhoor-san-francisco-bay-area\">holy month of Ramadan\u003c/a>. The date of this year’s first home game will be announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/afghanpremierfc/\">on their social media\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>El Farolito SC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If this team’s name sounds familiar to you, that’s because, yes: it’s named after the longstanding San Francisco-based taquería chain El Farolito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The restaurant’s founder, Salvador López, started the team back in 1985, and players sport a bright yellow and blue soccer kit — the same color palette you’ll see in any of the El Farolito taquerías. The team competes in the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League and features many players with previous experience at the professional level in Latin America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076742\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramón Córdoba, #4 of El Farolito, huddles with his teammates in the locker room before a 2025 U.S. Open Cup Third Round game against Sacramento Republic at Heart Health Park on April 16, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The people who are behind the taquerías and everybody who’s part of the soccer team, we’re a big family,” said Santiago López, who now leads the team after his father’s passing in 2021. “We have a big responsibility representing this name and the Mission District.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Farolito made it all the way to the NPSL National Championship final last year but lost 3-2 to Hickory FC from North Carolina. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In just three months, the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will hold its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913251/the-world-cup-heads-to-california\">first match in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California officials say they \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/2026/02/02/california-hosts-super-bowl-lx-and-other-upcoming-events-setting-gold-standard-for-sports-and-bringing-18-billion-in-economic-benefits/\">expect\u003c/a> the six total games scheduled at Levi’s Stadium to bring 260,000 visitors — and an estimated economic impact of $555 million — to the Bay. But while the tournament may promise to put the region at the center of global soccer, many residents know: the sport already thrives here year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just at the pro level. While the region’s two top division teams, San José Earthquakes and Bay FC, fill up PayPal Park with tens of thousands of fans, fields across the region are packed on any given weekend with local teams and their devoted fans, reflecting a soccer culture that long predates the World Cup’s arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you won’t be making it to the big matches, soccer fans — or anyone curious about the sport and the community around it — can still find plenty of Bay Area teams to root for. Keep reading to learn more about just some of these soccer teams that proudly represent our region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Roots\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Where else could you see E-40 perform at a soccer halftime show than in Oakland? The Bay Area hip-hop legend played some of his biggest hits to thousands of fans at Saturday’s home opener for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987541/the-\">Oakland Roots\u003c/a> at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The club — playing since 2019 and currently competing in the men’s USL Championship league — clinched its second victory of the season with a 2-1 win against New Mexico United.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032644 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 26,000 fans packed the Oakland Roots home opener at the Oakland Coliseum on March 22, 2025, in Oakland, California. This was the first Roots game played in the storied stadium. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And fans savored the victory, with the excitement from the crowd walking to BART from the Coliseum reminiscent of what it felt like after a Raiders or A’s game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s good for us to have some sports here again,” Oakland resident Tatiana Wells said before the game. While she did not play soccer growing up, she said that the sport finally caught her attention when the Roots proudly claimed the Town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her recommendation to other Oaklanders? “Start following soccer and follow our local club!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Soul\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Roots launched Oakland Soul, currently competing in the women’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.uslwleague.com/league-teams\">USL W League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team finished second in its division last year — just shy of making it to the playoffs — and will play its season opener against Marin FC Sirens at Merritt College on May 10 (that’s right, on \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2025/05/09/510-day-is-celebrating-10-years-of-resistance/\">510 Day\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaliyah Schinaman #5 of the Oakland Soul SC fights for a loose ball with Jessie Halladay #3 of the San Francisco Glens during a USL W League playoff game between Oakland Soul SC and San Francisco Glens at Skyline College on July 7, 2023, in San Bruno, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At an Oakland Soul game, you see so many families coming out because they want to enjoy the sunshine on a Sunday afternoon,” said Tommy Hodul, vice president of public relations for the Roots and Soul. “And it’s a beautiful experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to USL W league rules, Soul can build their roster with student athletes from the Bay Area’s universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That gives local players a big opportunity to develop their talent before going pro. Santa Clara-raised Shae Murison became Soul’s top scorer last season and is now set to join the Utah Royals FC in the National Women’s Soccer League.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco City FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Have you seen folks walking around with a soccer jersey that boldly features the \u003ca href=\"https://themunistore.com/blogs/news/theworm?srsltid=AfmBOorFEiLSbPQVlazXmofpz_-yrf5wYzA6CQ_j08Gn5GUtbBHmF-DB\">Muni logo\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the jersey for San Francisco City FC, which plays in the semi-professional men’s USL League Two. Most players are students at nearby universities — cheered on by an extensive network of supporters that resembles what you’d see in Latin American and European clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer for San Francisco City FC during a home match on July 9, 2025, against Project 51O. The team’s three different supporter groups are now rallying together under the name “La Bahía de Frisco.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Filmmaker Daniel Díaz moved to San Francisco from London five years ago and wanted to find a club that he could build a relationship with, like what he already has with his favorite British team, Tottenham Hotspur. Back in London, Díaz and other Tottenham fans fill up the stadium singing, “When the Spurs go marching in,” to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the moment that really tugged on my heartstrings was hearing San Francisco City fans singing their song, ‘When the fog comes rolling in,’” Díaz said. “That was the moment I knew that this is my club, that I’m in the right place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the field, San Francisco City fans are particularly creative in building community. Their jerseys each year feature San Francisco landmarks beloved by locals: Sutro Tower, the Japantown Peace Pagoda and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C4-7sQ0La2C/\">parrots of Telegraph Hill\u003c/a>. The club has even organized several \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/hop-muni-beer-crawl\">pub crawls\u003c/a> with the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076739\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076739\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of San Francisco City FC supporters fills up Kezar Stadium on June 22, 2025, for a game against Davis Legacy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This season, Díaz and other fans are producing a film that looks at the team’s fight for Kezar Stadium as city officials plan to give a new team \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/san-francisco-nonprofit-daniel-lurie-tipping-point-ethics/\">almost exclusive rights\u003c/a> to that field. You can watch a preview of the film at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DVy9lUhkk1W/\">FÚTBOL ON FILM\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater on March 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re encouraging people to bring banners, flags and scarves, and also wear their football shirts with their favorite teams,” Díaz said. “We want people to feel that energy that you feel in the stadium inside the Roxie Theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Afghan Premier FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For more than 30 years, Afghan Premier Football Club has developed soccer talent in Fremont — home to one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053196/how-fremont-became-a-hub-for-afghan-americans\">largest Afghan communities\u003c/a> in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fremont was the hub for Afghan refugees in the late ’80s and early ’90s,” said Afghan Premier FC coach Musa Mojaddedi, who first joined the team as a player more than two decades ago. “There were even parts of Fremont known as ‘Little Kabul.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the Afghan families settling down in the East Bay, there were also young men who loved soccer and wanted to keep playing in their new home.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That’s how Afghan Premier FC — then known as Afghan Soccer Club — was born in 1991. The team travelled extensively around the world playing against other clubs in the Afghan diaspora, but it wouldn’t be until 2024 that Afghan Premier FC joined a semi-professional league in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The team is not just open to Afghan players,” Mojaddedi said. “It’s open to diversity, no matter your race, culture, background, or religion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the team joined the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theleaguefc.com/our-clubs-west\">League for Clubs\u003c/a> — and while Mojaddedi is excited about playing against teams from all over the state, he points out that the team relies heavily on their community to survive. “We try to raise funds from local sponsors as much as we can, from donations, from friends, family,” he said, “because most players are college students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afghan Premier’s home field is at Fremont’s Ohlone College and while their league’s season has begun, the team has postponed their games till the first week of April to accommodate the players observing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073604/2026-ramadan-mubarak-where-to-find-iftar-suhoor-san-francisco-bay-area\">holy month of Ramadan\u003c/a>. The date of this year’s first home game will be announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/afghanpremierfc/\">on their social media\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>El Farolito SC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If this team’s name sounds familiar to you, that’s because, yes: it’s named after the longstanding San Francisco-based taquería chain El Farolito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The restaurant’s founder, Salvador López, started the team back in 1985, and players sport a bright yellow and blue soccer kit — the same color palette you’ll see in any of the El Farolito taquerías. The team competes in the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League and features many players with previous experience at the professional level in Latin America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076742\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramón Córdoba, #4 of El Farolito, huddles with his teammates in the locker room before a 2025 U.S. Open Cup Third Round game against Sacramento Republic at Heart Health Park on April 16, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The people who are behind the taquerías and everybody who’s part of the soccer team, we’re a big family,” said Santiago López, who now leads the team after his father’s passing in 2021. “We have a big responsibility representing this name and the Mission District.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Farolito made it all the way to the NPSL National Championship final last year but lost 3-2 to Hickory FC from North Carolina. But López is confident in his team, which has also won its conference title four years in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not a club that just wants to sit in the same spot and just compete locally,” he said. “Fans might see a new local talent that eventually turns pro.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to reflect that San Francisco City FC’s season opener against San Juan SC will be played at San Francisco State University’s Cox Stadium.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area’s professional women’s soccer team, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980330/a-new-pro-womens-soccer-team-kicks-off-in-the-bay\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, is preparing this week for their first playoff game after an exciting win to clinch their spot in the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay FC is only the second expansion team of the National Women’s Soccer League to make the playoffs in their first season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It typically takes new teams about a year to perfect the alchemy on the pitch and off, but head coach Albertin Montoya said the club took about half that time to get “in sync.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you have all these players believing and playing for the cause, it’s going to change things around. And the fact that we’ve been able to do this six months into it has been very impressive,” Montoya said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After clinching their postseason berth in their final game Saturday — a 3–2 win in Houston — Bay FC is clicking at the right time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not easy starting up a new team, like, it was so difficult for us just to win a game,” striker Racheal Kundananji said at the post-game press conference. “As time goes on, we started knowing one another, knowing our strength and supporting one another, trying to lift one another. I think that’s why we had a powerful ending.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956860\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A row of people smile at the camera, they are all wearing items of clothing with the logo for a women's soccer team called "Bay FC."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheryl Sandberg, Danielle Slaton, Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne and Aly Wagner pose for a photo with other attendees at a kickoff event for Bay FC, the Bay Area’s first team in the National Women’s Soccer League, at the Presidio in San Francisco, on June 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kundananji scored twice, including the goal that won the game in the second half for Bay FC (11-14-1).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team also benefited from an uncharacteristic own goal from Houston Dash defender Paige Nielsen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The win set the team up for another record among NWSL expansion teams, with the most wins for any team in their inaugural season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Kansas City’s victory against Chicago this weekend finalized standings going into playoffs, meaning Bay FC, seventh in the league, will play number two seed Washington Spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13963597 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/FairOaksPark_SoccerSession-4-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a very good opponent that we’re playing against,” Montoya said. “We lost both games of the season with them, but we played both of those games the first half of the season. I think we’re a very different team in the second half of the season than we were in the first half.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of that change is due to the acquisition of national team veteran Abby Dahlkemper. Raised in Menlo Park, Dahlkemper came to the Bay from San Diego Wave FC in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The addition of Abby Dahlkemper — someone that has so much experience. National team experience, she’s won championships,” Montoya said. “She brings this kind of sense of belief and a winning mentality has really helped us. It’s like a perfect storm in our favor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to forward Rachel Hill, the team’s success in the second half of the season is also due to Montoya’s unique approach to coaching a fresh group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of teams would come in and say we’re going to focus on our defensive shape and how we’re going to defend, and he really came in from day one and said, ‘We’re going to possess the ball,’” Hill said at the press conference. “At the end of the day, we all just have to buy in, and we have to believe in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days before the quarterfinals, there will be no big celebrations, just business as usual, Montoya said — analyzing last week’s game, improving what needs improving and focusing on the fresh start the playoffs bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when we’re away, we talk about our fans and how we want to play for them and just the support that they’ve had for us,” Montoya said. “It means the world to our players and our staff. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Bay Area’s professional women’s soccer team, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980330/a-new-pro-womens-soccer-team-kicks-off-in-the-bay\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, is preparing this week for their first playoff game after an exciting win to clinch their spot in the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay FC is only the second expansion team of the National Women’s Soccer League to make the playoffs in their first season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It typically takes new teams about a year to perfect the alchemy on the pitch and off, but head coach Albertin Montoya said the club took about half that time to get “in sync.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you have all these players believing and playing for the cause, it’s going to change things around. And the fact that we’ve been able to do this six months into it has been very impressive,” Montoya said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After clinching their postseason berth in their final game Saturday — a 3–2 win in Houston — Bay FC is clicking at the right time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not easy starting up a new team, like, it was so difficult for us just to win a game,” striker Racheal Kundananji said at the post-game press conference. “As time goes on, we started knowing one another, knowing our strength and supporting one another, trying to lift one another. I think that’s why we had a powerful ending.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956860\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A row of people smile at the camera, they are all wearing items of clothing with the logo for a women's soccer team called "Bay FC."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66033_06032023_bayfc-405-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheryl Sandberg, Danielle Slaton, Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne and Aly Wagner pose for a photo with other attendees at a kickoff event for Bay FC, the Bay Area’s first team in the National Women’s Soccer League, at the Presidio in San Francisco, on June 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kundananji scored twice, including the goal that won the game in the second half for Bay FC (11-14-1).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team also benefited from an uncharacteristic own goal from Houston Dash defender Paige Nielsen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The win set the team up for another record among NWSL expansion teams, with the most wins for any team in their inaugural season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Kansas City’s victory against Chicago this weekend finalized standings going into playoffs, meaning Bay FC, seventh in the league, will play number two seed Washington Spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a very good opponent that we’re playing against,” Montoya said. “We lost both games of the season with them, but we played both of those games the first half of the season. I think we’re a very different team in the second half of the season than we were in the first half.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of that change is due to the acquisition of national team veteran Abby Dahlkemper. Raised in Menlo Park, Dahlkemper came to the Bay from San Diego Wave FC in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The addition of Abby Dahlkemper — someone that has so much experience. National team experience, she’s won championships,” Montoya said. “She brings this kind of sense of belief and a winning mentality has really helped us. It’s like a perfect storm in our favor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to forward Rachel Hill, the team’s success in the second half of the season is also due to Montoya’s unique approach to coaching a fresh group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of teams would come in and say we’re going to focus on our defensive shape and how we’re going to defend, and he really came in from day one and said, ‘We’re going to possess the ball,’” Hill said at the press conference. “At the end of the day, we all just have to buy in, and we have to believe in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days before the quarterfinals, there will be no big celebrations, just business as usual, Montoya said — analyzing last week’s game, improving what needs improving and focusing on the fresh start the playoffs bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when we’re away, we talk about our fans and how we want to play for them and just the support that they’ve had for us,” Montoya said. “It means the world to our players and our staff. It’s only going to get better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay FC plays the Washington Spirit at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bay is home to a new professional women’s soccer team. Bay FC, founded by four former U.S. Women National Team players, kicks off its home opener at PayPal Park in San Jose on Saturday, March 30.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marisa Ingemi with the San Francisco Chronicle joins us to talk about how this team got started, which players to watch, and the Bay Area’s history as a hotbed for women’s soccer.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC1337425478\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/bay-fc-african-strikers-nwsl-18972638.php\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">‘I’m here to win trophies’: Bay FC’s African strikers eager to make mark in NWSL\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/nwsl-beginner-guide-fc-fans-18764029.php\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A beginner’s guide to the NWSL: Five things Bay FC fans should know\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Well, the Bay’s got a new team to cheer for. Bay Football Club, or Bay FC, has kicked off their debut in the National Women’s Soccer League as the region’s only women’s pro sports team, and they’ve got some big ambitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>They’re putting their money where their mouth is. They’re not just kind of happy to be here. They actually intend to be good on the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Bay FC’s inaugural home game is next Saturday at PayPal Park in San Jose. Today, I talked with the San Francisco Chronicle’s women’s sports reporter Marisa Ingemi about the Bay area’s newest professional women’s soccer team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>For a small region. It really is one of the hotbeds for women’s soccer in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Marisa Ingemi covers women’s sports for the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>In the Bay specifically, you can see the growth just from the fact that this is the third pro team attempt and it just feels so different than two decades ago. I think a lot of that is because the U.S. women’s national team has had the profile that it has, especially since 2019. Then I think in general, just like women’s sports is having such a moment between basketball, soccer, volleyball, everything that everything’s building off of each other. It’s just such a different moment in time for women’s sports generally, that women’s soccer is kind of riding the wave of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>You mentioned this is the the third attempt at a pro women’s soccer team here in the Bay. Is that right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah. FC gold pride in the WPSL. And I believe like 2008 and the San Jose cyber raise in the early early 2000 in like failed startup women’s leagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Oh my gosh cyber raid. Yeah that sounds very 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yes exactly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well I mean can you give us a sense of like what role the Bay area has played in the growth of women’s soccer over the years?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>So to look at the women’s national team, where she’s so much Bay area talent on that team between Naomi Girma and went to Stanford, she’s from San Jose. Alex Morgan, who went to Cal UC Santa Clara alum like left and right again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Even back to 1999, the big Women’s World Cup there really kind of spark the growth of women’s sports period in North America. Brandi Chastain was on that team. So. She scored a famous goal and now she’s the owner of this team. So you can see kind of like all the parallels of the Bay area really being almost like the breeding ground for the growth of women’s soccer. And you look across. There are so many players who went to Stanford, who went to Cal, to Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, you mentioned this is not the first attempt at a pro women’s soccer team. And there’s actually concurrently, another women’s soccer team that’s sort of growing at the same time, the Oakland Soul. But how big of a deal is BFC?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yet. It’s a big deal in the sense of like the Bay area in general is kind of looking for more teams to rally around between the A’s leaving. The Raiders have left, the Warriors are still here, but they left Oakland and the earthquakes aren’t that good. So I think that people are kind of ready to rally around this new thing. And also like I said, women’s sports are kind of having this moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>And even though the Bay is such a strong women’s sports market with like Stanford women’s basketball and things like that, they’re missing out a little bit. And now they kind of have this thing to rally around. Opening day on March 30th, I think it’s going to be a sellout. And, people just seem genuinely so excited to have a stake in what’s happening in women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, I want to talk moreso about how this team even got started. How did BFC happen? Like what did it take?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah. So a couple of years ago, the league started expanding a little bit more and they added teams in LA and San Diego and the LA team. Angel city FC did a tremendous job marketing. They had a high valuation of any women’s soccer team in the US. And that now owner is a Bay FC Brandi Chastain, Allie Wagner, Danielle Slayton and Leslie Osborne, who are all former women’s national team players and went to Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>They saw that and were like, well, we should do that here. And they really made a tremendous push to get the capital raised to work with Sixth Street, who’s the investment group, to really establish that there was an audience who was interested in make a campaign to the NWSL of like, hey, when you guys expand, we want to be a part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>BFC invested $53 million in an expansion fee, which is the largest for any NWSL team in women’s sports team before the WNBA expansion fee is a few months after that. They really just established that people were interested in the NWSL side. Yeah, go for it. And they didn’t have that much runway to build a team, but they got it done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I mean, that’s a lot of money invested in this team, right. And it’s I imagine also going to be used to build facilities and marketing and all that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah. So 53 million is just an expansion fee. But they invested over I believe the number was 120 million overall, which is a gigantic investment for women’s soccer. We haven’t seen one like that except for the Kansas City Current. So yeah, I mean they’ve said all along their goal is to have their own stadium and especially their own training facility. Right now, they’re training at San Jose State where they have some of their own facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>They’re playing at PayPal Park, but they definitely are looking to invest in infrastructure over time and believe the deal is PayPal’s for five years. So we’ll see where things are at in the future. But their goal is to have staying power and to throw money at it so that they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Coming up, we’ll talk about the team and what’s going to make them worth cheering for. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, let’s talk about the team and the players. Marisa, this is a brand new team. It’s in its first year. Is the team already good or is it going to take some time for them to kind of get to that point?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>I mean, expansion teams are tough because even if they have a lot of really good names, we don’t know what the chemistry is going to be or what it’s going to look like. Until about mid-January, they still didn’t have a full roster, and I was a little nervous, like, so like, do they have players or like who is going to be on the field? And then they just kind of went on an international spending spree. They brought in as Sara Shola, who scored their first goal and looked absolutely amazing in the game at Angel city, to open their season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>They signed her from Barcelona. A Nigerian player who’s just a stunning striker. They brought in Jen Beattie, who’s a well known defender from Arsenal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Dina Castellanos from Venezuela, who was a tremendous midfielder for Manchester City, and then Rachel Energy from Zambia, who, played for Madrid. They have some very personable, players who have gotten a lot of notoriety internationally, but also can really play soccer really well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, that said, is there anyone from the Bay playing for Bay FC?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah, there’s a few connections. Caitlin Roland, who is likely to be the backup keeper for most of the season, is from Walnut Creek. She won an NWSL title a few years ago for the North Carolina Courage. She’s a veteran goalkeeper. She’ll definitely see some time. Alex Loera, who is their captain, at least in their first game they have a named an official captain for good yet, but she was the first player to be signed in BFC history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Former Santa Clara player. Definitely a lot of people who are invested in the growth of women’s soccer in the Bay, and a lot of people who are new to the Bay, especially some of these international players who have never been here before, who the ones I’ve talked to so far have really loved getting to see San Francisco and San Jose and establish roots here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What about the head coach, Albertine montoya? What’s interesting about him, and why is his hiring as a head coach? Notable. I know he’s got some Bay connections as well, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah, he’s probably the most connected person in Bay area women’s soccer possible. He’s been a youth coach at LA for a long time, and has really made a mark in the Bay area, coaching almost all the the future stars we’ve seen come out of the Bay from the time they were children. He coached both the Cyber Rays and FC Gold Pride, where he coached Brandi Chastain and Leslie Osborne actually decades ago now. And the players love him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>It’s interesting talking to every player that signed, like he’s a big reason why all of them have showed a sign of the team. He has a very specific style of play he wants to implement with the possessing the ball and being very aggressive, and a lot of the international players that have come to the Bay have wanted to play that style and play for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Bay FC has already played one game, as you mentioned, a winning one oh against Angel city. Did you watch that game?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I was there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What was it like to be there at that first game?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>It’s fun because Angel city is a team that BFC has gotten compared to the most. As far as like an expansion club that is really going for it. And, the owners of Bay FC are close with some of the founding members of Angel city, so that was kind of the natural opponent in the fan base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>They’re kind of close to. So the Bridge Brigade, who’s going to be the supporters group for BFC, was down there and they were like intermingling with some of the Angel city supporters groups. It was so cute. They actually had like friendship bracelets that have like the colors of both of the teams, like welcoming them to the league. Gosh, yeah. Women’s sports fans are like such a close knit group because everyone’s kind of in it together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>So much of it is like accessible online compared to in the mainstream. So a lot of those bonds are formed. So even like teams that are going to be rivals, the fans are welcoming each other. It was really cool to see that people cared and made the trip. And, it’ll be even more fun to see like a whole stadium cheering them on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, you mentioned earlier, Marisa, and next Saturday, the 30th is the inaugural home opener for Bay FC. What are you looking forward to seeing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah. So they’ve been saying it’s going to be a sellout. So I really want to see like this has been a couple of years in the works. And it’ll be really cool to kind of see the fruits of their labor and see an entire stadium cheering on, a Bay area women’s soccer team, and seeing the fan supporter section for the first time and whatever chance they come up with that will be really fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>But also like it might be could it is debut by that point, we don’t know kind of when she’s going to be back if it’ll be this weekend or next, but that will be really fun. What are the reactions from Bay FC fans to see some of their favorites on the field, like who are their favorites? We don’t know. How are they going to react to someone like Oshoala, where let’s say in Peru, it’ll be really cool to kind of establish like what the fan culture is going to be, and that’s going to happen at the home stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I mean, I think we all know that women’s professional sports teams don’t get the same love as men’s teams. So I wonder more. So what do you think it’s going to take to make sure of this team’s success here in the Bay?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Women’s sports kind of is making its push into the mainstream kind of through women’s basketball, but women’s soccer as well. So I think now is probably the best time to capitalize on that wave. And I feel like I can’t go anywhere in the Bay without getting off the barge and seeing like a BFC ad or a billboard on the highway. 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Today, I talked with the San Francisco Chronicle’s women’s sports reporter Marisa Ingemi about the Bay area’s newest professional women’s soccer team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>For a small region. It really is one of the hotbeds for women’s soccer in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Marisa Ingemi covers women’s sports for the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>In the Bay specifically, you can see the growth just from the fact that this is the third pro team attempt and it just feels so different than two decades ago. I think a lot of that is because the U.S. women’s national team has had the profile that it has, especially since 2019. Then I think in general, just like women’s sports is having such a moment between basketball, soccer, volleyball, everything that everything’s building off of each other. 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Yeah that sounds very 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yes exactly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well I mean can you give us a sense of like what role the Bay area has played in the growth of women’s soccer over the years?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>So to look at the women’s national team, where she’s so much Bay area talent on that team between Naomi Girma and went to Stanford, she’s from San Jose. Alex Morgan, who went to Cal UC Santa Clara alum like left and right again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Even back to 1999, the big Women’s World Cup there really kind of spark the growth of women’s sports period in North America. Brandi Chastain was on that team. So. She scored a famous goal and now she’s the owner of this team. So you can see kind of like all the parallels of the Bay area really being almost like the breeding ground for the growth of women’s soccer. And you look across. There are so many players who went to Stanford, who went to Cal, to Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, you mentioned this is not the first attempt at a pro women’s soccer team. And there’s actually concurrently, another women’s soccer team that’s sort of growing at the same time, the Oakland Soul. But how big of a deal is BFC?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yet. It’s a big deal in the sense of like the Bay area in general is kind of looking for more teams to rally around between the A’s leaving. The Raiders have left, the Warriors are still here, but they left Oakland and the earthquakes aren’t that good. So I think that people are kind of ready to rally around this new thing. 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And that now owner is a Bay FC Brandi Chastain, Allie Wagner, Danielle Slayton and Leslie Osborne, who are all former women’s national team players and went to Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>They saw that and were like, well, we should do that here. And they really made a tremendous push to get the capital raised to work with Sixth Street, who’s the investment group, to really establish that there was an audience who was interested in make a campaign to the NWSL of like, hey, when you guys expand, we want to be a part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>BFC invested $53 million in an expansion fee, which is the largest for any NWSL team in women’s sports team before the WNBA expansion fee is a few months after that. They really just established that people were interested in the NWSL side. Yeah, go for it. 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They brought in Jen Beattie, who’s a well known defender from Arsenal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Dina Castellanos from Venezuela, who was a tremendous midfielder for Manchester City, and then Rachel Energy from Zambia, who, played for Madrid. They have some very personable, players who have gotten a lot of notoriety internationally, but also can really play soccer really well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, that said, is there anyone from the Bay playing for Bay FC?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah, there’s a few connections. Caitlin Roland, who is likely to be the backup keeper for most of the season, is from Walnut Creek. She won an NWSL title a few years ago for the North Carolina Courage. She’s a veteran goalkeeper. She’ll definitely see some time. Alex Loera, who is their captain, at least in their first game they have a named an official captain for good yet, but she was the first player to be signed in BFC history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Former Santa Clara player. Definitely a lot of people who are invested in the growth of women’s soccer in the Bay, and a lot of people who are new to the Bay, especially some of these international players who have never been here before, who the ones I’ve talked to so far have really loved getting to see San Francisco and San Jose and establish roots here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What about the head coach, Albertine montoya? What’s interesting about him, and why is his hiring as a head coach? Notable. I know he’s got some Bay connections as well, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marisa Ingemi: \u003c/strong>Yeah, he’s probably the most connected person in Bay area women’s soccer possible. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/\">Bay Football Club\u003c/a>, the Bay Area’s first National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team, got the ball rolling for the 2024 season at an official launch event at the Main Parade Lawn in San Francisco’s Presidio on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so excited. I started watching the NWSL since the 2015 World Cup, and since then I’ve just been waiting for a team to come,” said Deepa Patel, a soccer fan from San Bruno, who was at FC Day for the Bay. “I put my deposit down already, for seats. I’m ready.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952135\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66015_06032023_bayfc-027-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two men and a woman stand on a stage as one of the men speaks to the crowd.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66015_06032023_bayfc-027-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66015_06032023_bayfc-027-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66015_06032023_bayfc-027-KQED-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66015_06032023_bayfc-027-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66015_06032023_bayfc-027-KQED-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan (right) speaks alongside state Senator Scott Weiner (center) and a representative of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay FC announced in an online press release on June 1 that it would be the 14th team in the National Women’s Soccer League, the top women’s professional soccer league in the U.S. The team was co-founded by four former U.S. national women’s team legends — Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner — in partnership with global investment firm \u003ca href=\"https://sixthstreet.com/\">Sixth Street\u003c/a>. The team colors — navy blue, warm poppy red and fog gray — and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs9QH2GgOkm/\">Gothic-font logo\u003c/a> with a nod to the Golden Gate Bridge, emphasize the new team’s mission to represent the entire Bay Area.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Danielle Slaton, co-founder, Bay FC\"]‘We really, truly believe we will attract the best players, the best supporters, the best fans, the best sponsors from around the globe.’[/pullquote]“We really, truly are focused on bringing our Bay Area together, being a bridge that unites the diverse communities we have here,” said Slaton in the press release. “We believe we will attract the best players, the best supporters, the best fans, the best sponsors from around the globe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Rafael resident Monica McMillan, 59, celebrated with friends at the launch, where there were musical performances, food trucks, giveaways and soccer games. She said it was great to finally have a women’s pro soccer team in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have to fly to Portland. We don’t have to fly to LA. We don’t have to go to San Diego to watch. We got somebody representing Northern California,” said McMillan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952138\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66032_06032023_bayfc-394-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people listening while some take photos.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66032_06032023_bayfc-394-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66032_06032023_bayfc-394-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66032_06032023_bayfc-394-KQED-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66032_06032023_bayfc-394-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66032_06032023_bayfc-394-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People listen during the event. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The decision to invest in a Bay Area women’s soccer team came from the long-term growth and popularity of women’s soccer over the last 20 years, said Sixth Street CEO and co-founder Alan Waxman. The Bay Area is also “one of the best ecosystems of women’s soccer,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The support from people across the Bay Area has been overwhelming,” said Waxman, who is also co-chair of Bay FC. “It’s because the best women’s soccer in the world is played here in the U.S. … and 40% of the women’s U.S. national team has Bay Area ties. People are ready for this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman referred to the Bay Area as a “hotbed for women’s soccer,” which, she added, has been under-utilized and under-invested. But with teams like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandrootssc.com/\">Oakland Roots\u003c/a>, which plays in the USL Championship, and amateur women’s team \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandsoulsc.com/\">Oakland Soul\u003c/a>, which just completed its first season to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915080/oakland-roots-soccer-club-to-start-new-amateur-womens-team\">rousing home support\u003c/a>, the Bay Area is already on the map in terms of high-level soccer. The addition of an NWSL team is expected to take Bay Area soccer to another level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This league is the best in the world and has the potential to bring in all possible fans and be the kind of inclusive environment that attracts the best players,” Berman said at the press release on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay FC co-founder and former U.S. national team player Chastain told KQED at the launch it was a “monumental” day for women’s soccer as well as women in business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This day has been a long time in the making … We know that the nine counties [in the Bay Area] are essential to the success of our team. They are our team,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952137\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66031_06032023_bayfc-364-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Four girls pose for a photo with two soccer balls and people in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66031_06032023_bayfc-364-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66031_06032023_bayfc-364-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66031_06032023_bayfc-364-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66031_06032023_bayfc-364-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66031_06032023_bayfc-364-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Alameda Islanders youth soccer team pose for a photo. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Where Bay FC will practice and play their matches hasn’t been decided yet, and they know the team has to be ready for the 2024 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a lot of work to do, to stand up the company and get this in a place that we’re ready to rock and roll and kick a ball come 2024,” said co-founder and former national team player Wagner. “We’ve got to bring in world-class executives to lead our vision, but we’ve also got to get players. We need a full roster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952139\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952139\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66034_06032023_bayfc-429-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands and listens with people in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66034_06032023_bayfc-429-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66034_06032023_bayfc-429-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66034_06032023_bayfc-429-KQED-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66034_06032023_bayfc-429-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66034_06032023_bayfc-429-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fan Deepa Patel, 27, stands for a photo during the kickoff event. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay FC investor and board member Sheryl Sandberg, formerly of Meta, said she considered Bay FC a win for girls, women, sports and the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For all of us, this is much bigger and much more than soccer,” Sandberg said from the stage at FC Day for the Bay. “You may have noticed that men have run the world for a really long time. I don’t think it’s going that well. Women’s sports are critical to creating the path the world needs for change. Girls who play today become women who lead tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some girls like Olivia, 6, are already eagerly watching. “I’m excited to see them all play really cool and just see them all score goals and make really good finishes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952136\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952136\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66018_06032023_bayfc-065-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl sits and listens with people around her and behind her.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66018_06032023_bayfc-065-KQED.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66018_06032023_bayfc-065-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66018_06032023_bayfc-065-KQED-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66018_06032023_bayfc-065-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66018_06032023_bayfc-065-KQED-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia, 6, listens to speakers during the event. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Attila Pelit, Emily Calix, Kelly O’Mara, Kori Suzuki and Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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