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Media Letter 2024

3pointsport (www.3pointsport.com) has always been in the media, whether under this banner or elsewhere.

Of note, we are a non-commercial, not-for-profit, editorial, and independent media/photo site. We report the news for the love of the game and to promote soccer, and any other off-the-trail sports in the San Francisco Bay Area. We contribute material to other sites for no fee, and only to give the sport the best coverage possible in the local area for only an acknowledgement/credit and a link to the posted article.

3pointsport has been posted on other websites and publications including FootySF and the Beautiful Blog at sfgate.com (now Soccer Bay Area). While this site prefers to report the news and post our own material here, we will also collaborate with other sites to promote the game in the Bay Area.

For 2024 our coverage not only includes Major League Soccer (MLS) but also USL League Two and the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). In addition, the stories include select national team tours and international clubs from around the world with a perspective on the local scene.

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This Week 1-13-25

More hot stove news.  The Quakes acquire two players.  Chico Arango comes from Real Salt Lake and will be given Designated Player status.  Josef Martinez also arrives as a free agent signee.  He is well known mainly for his title run with Atlanta and his recent stints with Miami and Montreal.

Bay FC acquires another player from the college ranks.

The Quakes also sign one of their draft picks to a team contract.

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This Week 1-6-25

Happy New Year.   The news has been light except in the coming days the NWSL schedule will be announced and on the weekend of March 14 the second season for Bay FC will begin.

 
 
 
 
 
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With the departed Maya Doms, Bay FC sign a player from the college ranks.

 
 
 
 
 
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With the move to the Oakland Coliseum for the 2025 this could be a make or break season for the Oakland Roots, who have been vagabonds since their 2019 debut in NISA and their move up to the USL Championship two years later.  Doug at Soccer Bay Area has his take on what could happen on their return to their home town after two seasons at the Cal State East Bay campus at Hayward along with his own view on the team’s bid to build a stadium at Howard Terminal to replace the ill-fated proposal made by the baseball team before accepting a similar offer from Las Vegas.  Two weeks ago, we also provided similar insights from Jon at the Roots Blog.

Analysis: Make or Break season? Oakland Roots bank on fans passion to ensure pro soccer’s future in ‘The Town’

More hot stove news as the Roots sign a goalkeeper and Jon at The Blog has his spin.

Takeaways from Oakland Roots signing GK Kendall McIntosh

Also the Quakes sign another goalkeeper from New England to join new coach Bruce Arena and before the holiday break select three players in the college draft.

 
 
 
 
 
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In addition to Bay FC’s schedule the NPSL, USL League Two, and The League slate of games will be announced in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to the site for more Bay Area soccer news from the big leagues to the lower flight.

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This Week 12-23-24

The USL and MLS schedules were announced last Thursday.   For what it all means Jose at the Rocha Report has the latest.  Our takes will be posted soon.

Quakes schedule

Roots/Sacramento/Monterey schedule

Doug has an interesting take with the Roots.  With the departure of the baseball Athletics to Sacramento and possibly Las Vegas the team threw their hat into the Howard Terminal submission.  There’s more at Soccer Bay Area.  Also, Jon at the Roots Blog has the same report on this news.

Oakland Roots confirm interest in Howard Terminal for permanent stadium site

Oakland Roots & Soul discuss Howard Terminal proposal

There has been moves from the Quakes and Bay FC on the hot stove front–with the captain leaving and an old friend returning home. Plus the first player in Bay FC’s history is on the move.

We also want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanza, and New Year.

Happy Holidays!

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This Week 12-16-23

More from the Roots front and another player returns home, this time from the old San Francisco Deltas.  Doug at Soccer Bay Area and Jon at The Roots Blog have the story.

Oakland Roots offseason roster ticker

Oakland Roots 2025 Offseason Tracker

Takeaways from Oakland Roots signing midfielder Tyler Gibson, what the club had to say

Report: Oakland Roots near signing Swiss GK Raphael Spiegel

San Diego FC had their expansion draft last week and the Quakes left several players unprotected.   However, no one was selected from the team.  However, one player will be heading to the newest team in the league via the reentry draft.  The Quakes lose goalkeeper Jacob Jackson to San Diego FC.

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Plus, Doug at Soccer Bay Area has the latest hot stove moves on Bay FC with Maya Doms being released and Catherine Paulson going after serving as a temporary replacement for Savy King during her stint with the USA U20 team–stay tuned for any further updates.

Bay FC offseason roster ticker

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This Week 12-9-24

The LA Galaxy defeat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 at home to win the MLS Cup.

The Quakes acquire three players from the New England Revolution with Dave Romney, Mark-Anthony Kaye, and Ian Harkes joining the team.  If the names sound familiar Romney played at USF and had a stint with SF City back in 2015, while Kaye is a Canadian international who is more familiar with his time at LAFC.  The younger Harkes is the son of John and his father, a member of the 1994 USA World Cup team, has played for Arena at Virginia and DC United.

In addition, the team also made the following roster moves ahead of the upcoming 2025 season.  Last week the Roots made similar moves to their roster.

Congratulations to Inter SF, who will advance to the 2025 US Open Cup with their win over Valley FC.

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This Week 12-2-24

The news has been light except the Los Angeles Galaxy will host the New York Red Bulls in the MLS Cup Final to determine this year’s champion.  Inter Miami claimed the best regular season record but was eliminated by Atlanta United.

Between now and February/March there will be various roster moves to determine who will make the 2025 team and our friends at Soccer Bay Area and The Roots Blog have the latest news.

Oakland Roots offseason roster ticker

Takeaways from Oakland Roots initial 2025 roster

Oakland Roots 2025 Offseason Tracker

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This Week 11-25-24

There isn’t any news except for a match that was played this past weekend in which Yemen United and JASA Redwood City played for the NPSL fall tournament title.  Favian and Dario have the story in which Yemen United were the winners.

A fan favorite from the USL debut season comes home.  Jon at the Roots Blog has the story on the return of Kai Greene.

Takeaways from Oakland Roots signing Kai Greene

We have one more story about Marta in which there are the few who remember her 2010 stint from the women’s team that preceded Bay FC, Gold Pride.  In tribute to Orlando defeating Washington 1-0 this past weekend to win the NWSL Championship there is the article from 14 years ago.  Enjoy!

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This Week 11-18-24

Some coaching changes in store for 2025.  First Bruce Arena has been named the Quakes head coach, while Gavin Glinton has the interim label removed and named the head coach of the Roots.  Kevin at Soccer Bay Area and Jonathan at the Roots Blog have their takes on these respective events.

Both at rock bottom, the San Jose Earthquakes and Bruce Arena turn to each other

Oakland Roots announce Gavin Glinton as head coach; the case for him, what it means, looming questions

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Congratulations to JASA Redwood City for winning the NPSL Fall League.  Stay tuned for more from that division.  Also, The League is taking up full swing for their upcoming season consisting of some formerly in the NPSL.

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This Week 11-11-24

Bay FC’s inaugural season comes to an end with a 2-1 loss on the road against the Washington Spirit. Asisat Oshoala gave the team the lead late in the second half with her goal in the 82nd minute, only to have Tara McKeown equalize four minutes later. It was a miscue from Caprice Dydasco that gave the Spirit the lead six minutes into extra time and the eventual win. Doug at Soccer Bay has the story from the match.

Bay FC push Washington Spirit to edge, but lose 2-1 in extra time

Since this was the only match covered this weekend and all of the major 2024 coverage is now concluded the news from now until February will mostly be “hot stove” stories with players outgoing and incoming.  More to follow next week.

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