This Week 4-21-25

Our weekly coverage was from San Jose where the Quakes come back but fall short against Sporting Kansas City.

Some Open Cup news in which the Roots, Republic, and El Farolito participated in the tournament.  The news is from Soccer Bay Area and The Oakland Roots Blog pages.

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

Oakland Roots bit by giveaway in 2-1 U.S. Open Cup loss to Tacoma Defiance

Oakland Roots top-10 player ratings vs. Tacoma Defiance

Sacramento will hit the road in the US Open Cup to face the Quakes at PayPal Park on Wednesday May 7 at 7:30pm.

 

The Gold Cup is coming to the Bay Area with 4 games at PayPal Park and the semi-final at Levi’s Stadium.  The news again is from Doug Zimmerman at Soccer Bay Area.

San Francisco Bay Area to host five 2025 Gold Cup matches

 

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The Roots were back in play and Mike at Soccer Bay Area and Jon at the Roots Blog have their takes on their match.

Oakland Roots Earn First Coliseum Win

Oakland Roots beat Orange County 2-0, out of Western Conference cellar

Oakland Roots top-10 player ratings vs. Orange County

Bay FC wins on the road 1-0 at Cary, NC against the Courage thanks to a first half strike from Kiki Pickett.  Next up the women return home Saturday to host Seattle Reign.

 

NPSL roundup was just one match in the books with host San Leandro winning 2-0 over Real San Jose.  The match between El Farolito and Sacramento Gold was postponed.