Soccer

Bay to Breakers Shirts Unloaded at Los Angeles Sports Paraphernalia Website

Regardless of one's thoughts on open-air drinking, urinating, running, and no-backpack-having, the Bay to Breakers is a San Francisco institution. For more than a century, a malleable ratio of actual runners and drunks have hoofed it from San Francisco Bay to San Francisco's Ocean Beach. So it' ... More >>

S.F. Hopes Homeless Will Start Playing Soccer, Find Homes

The same man who thought adorable puppies would solve San Francisco's panhandling problem is now saying that soccer could do what former Mayor Gavin Newsom could not: end homelessness. The city's Recreation and Parks Department just announced it was partnering with the Mayor's Homeless czar Bevan ... More >>

Cupcake Wars: The Problem With a Cupcake Show Is That It's a Cupcake Show

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Cupcake Wars, an hour-long show about one thing, over and over, until death comes, Sundays at 8 p.m. on the Food Network. Cupcake Wars has been on the air just two years, but they're already finishing up their fif ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Lost in the Night: Masters at Work Give Lessons to a Packed 1015 Folsom

Kahley Avalon Emerson​ Red Bull Music Academy presents Masters at Work Jan. 27, 2012 1015 Folsom Better than: Red Bull's "Paper Wings" promotional event. Friday began for me at three o'clock p.m., huddled in the back of a crowded BeatBox. Red Bull Music Academy was hosting an interview and ... More >>

Stretch Armstrong on the Demise of FM Radio and the Inanity of Celebrity DJs

One half of the Stretch and Bobbito Show on New York's WKCR through the '90s, DJ/producer Stretch Armstrong has played an essential part in the integration of hip-hop into mainstream radio. A fixture in the '90s hip-hop scene, he used media outlets such as mixtapes and radio programs to launch the c ... More >>

End of the La Barca Era, Roxie Theater Offers Drinks, and Boozy Bowling

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. After (nearly) 50 years of serving drinks and playing host to generations of City dwellers, La Barca is readying to close. Inside Scoop reveals that the Mexican restaurant and bar is in the process of tra ... More >>

Women's World Cup Final Breaks Tweeting Record

​The FIFA Women's World Cup soccer final yesterday had thousands of people on the edge of their bar stools as Japan tied the U.S. and went into a nerve-wracking penalty shootout, sending Twitter users on a rampage. Twitter reported that the match set the record for tweets per second, surpassing ev ... More >>

Women's World Cup: Where Do We Go From Here?

​Among the many painful lessons learned from the U.S. Women's World Cup squad's magical run and yesterday's utter collapse -- you can't legislate enthusiasm. Local news stories painted a feel-good picture of yesterday's contest, which was broadcast before a moderate crowd at Civic Center Plaza on ... More >>

A Hole in the Iron Curtain

BarBot 2011 So Did Not Compute

Andy GustinScience geeks tinkering with wires wasn't exactly what we expected from a night devoted to robot bartenders.​You bring certain expectations to an evening that promises all-robot bartenders. You expect the crowd to be bro heavy, with a half-techie, half-frat demographic. You expect s ... More >>

World Cup:Qatar, Russia Win What San Francisco Could Not

Not happening in San Francisco. At least not on the field. ​Today's decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, respectively, to Russia and Qatar -- yes, Qatar! -- comes as cold comfort for San Francisco. We learned all the way back in January that, even if the United States succeeded in its C ... More >>

F.C. Gold Pride, Women's Soccer Champs, Abruptly Disband

Sadly, Tiffeny Milbrett's F.C. Gold Pride uniform is now a collector's item​The world champion F.C. Gold Pride soccer team has gone from kicking balls to kicking the bucket in a matter of a few short weeks. After handily capturing the Women's Professional Soccer league title with a 4-0 win in the ... More >>

Paul the Psychic Octopus Dies

TillaRIP Paul, a giant among sports-obsessed sea creatures​Any thoughts of querying Paul the psychic German sporting octopus about who will win the forthcoming World Series have been cruelly nipped in the bud. The eight-legged wonder, who gained worldwide fame by predicting eight consecutive World ... More >>

Local Soccer Stars Crack Elite FIFA List

We can find no fault with Marta​FC Gold Pride, certainly the first professional sporting team based out of Hayward, set another mark last month. It hosted the first professional sporting championship ever set in Hayward -- and won it, 4-0. Now  a trio of Gold Pride starters have cracked the s ... More >>

Scientist Meets the Roots Radics: Show Preview

He Shoots! He Dies!

Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

The Afrobeat Goes On

What Were the Odds of Paul the Octopus Picking Eight Straight World Cup Matches?

TillaThe Oracle of Oberhausen, Paul the octopus​The biggest star to emerge from the just-concluded World Cup has eight legs -- but has never kicked a ball. An octopus named Paul living in an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany is now an international celebrity following his feat of correctly picking e ... More >>

Bye Bye Brazil: World Cup Loss Leaves Nation Numb

No longer as perky...​At some point, every serious American sports fan brooding over a bitter loss has been cheerfully told "Hey, it's just a game!" What a terrible thing to say. Here's a hint: We know it's just a game. Don't patronize us.  But in Brazil, no one says "it's just a game" when t ... More >>

Soccer Fans Show Up at Civic Center for U.S.-Ghana Match -- Get Gay Pride Instead

When worlds collide...​Those hoping to find a large, elaborately costumed, and liquored-up Civic Center crowd on Saturday were not disappointed. And balls were prominently involved -- but not soccer balls. The ongoing free presentation of World Cup soccer games on a billboard-sized screen was abru ... More >>

It's Not Too Late to Jump on U.S. Soccer Bandwagon

​When the U.S. last played Ghana -- the matchup in tomorrow's World Cup showdown -- things did not go well. There was, however, one brief, transcendent moment. After midfielder DaMarcus Beasley picked a Ghanan's pocket and careened down the left side of the field, he centered the ball to the foot ... More >>

What to Have for Lunch: Sisig and Soccer in South City

Genevieve Y./YelpSisig tacos, $6. World Cup play, free.​Friday, June 18, 2010Research for last Monday's lunch pick took SFoodie to Tanguito, the Argentinian food truck on the Wharf, where we ate choripan and watched the World Cup. In the same vein, we'd recommend you get on the 101 and drive a few ... More >>

True Soccer Anthems are Catchy, Curse-Laden, and Mean-Spirited

BLK JKS: On the classier side of World Cup 2010 music​Don't be alarmed to turn on ESPN this month and hear some witty Englishman declare the arc of a round ball through space "inspired," "creative" or "clever." It's World Cup season -- the month-long Super Bowl-meets-Olympics-meets-Mardi Gras of t ... More >>

The Casual Fan's World Cup: You're in "Sam's Army," and the War on Noise

Make it stop​Editor's note: From time to time, The Snitch, being at best a casual fan of World Cup soccer, will provide glimpses into the experience of same.  US Team has No Nickname but Fans Are an Army; Ban on Plastic Horn Causing Horrible Buzzing Noise Begged For The Casual Fan left stam ... More >>

Gavin Newsom Wants You To Watch the World Cup at Civic Center

Chris Roberts/SF WeeklyBallin. And you could be, too.​Though an ace baseball and basketball player in his glory days at Redwood High School in Marin, Mayor Gavin Newsom is admittedly not much of a soccer player. That's fine: one doesn't need to be a Cristiano Ronaldo or a World Cup-winning Ronaldo ... More >>

World Cup Final: Netherlands vs. Spain

Football, or Soccer, or Whatever

Women's Pro Soccer League Folds Another Team

Sadly, Angie Kerr and the St. Louis Athletica are now all dressed up with nowhere to go​When pro sports leagues begin folding teams, it's the equivalent of lifeboat survivors starting to feast on one another's non-essential body parts. The San Francisco-based Women's Pro Soccer league lost an arm ... More >>

Balls in the wild: Golden Gate Park soccer lights could chase outdoor sex fanciers out of the bushes.

J. Valentine

Bad Omen: Bay Area Women's Pro Soccer Team Announces Reduction In Ticket Prices -- And Size of Stadium

Photo | Courtesey of Puma, the WPS, and Stuart Ramson. Used with permission. A recent announcement from the Bay Area's FC Gold Pride does not inspire confidence Don't get us wrong: We love soccer of all sorts. The final match of the 2006 World Cup haunts us to this day. We'd love to see flourish ... More >>

It's Your Women's Professional Soccer Fashion Show!

There's just something about sports uniforms that makes men who still blithely don the flannel shirts they were wearing when they heard Kurt Cobain died feel the need to weigh in on color combinations, trim, piping, texture, and accessories. I am one of these men. This is my prized possession. I bou ... More >>

Long Shot

San Francisco-based Women's Professional Soccer takes its shot on a treacherous field.

Score!!!

Former pro soccer players from Latin America help the Farolito team dominate an amateur league.

Goooaaalll!

Get Your Teenage Soccer Slut HPV-Proofed

Son Volt's Jay Farrar Tells SF Weekly His '07 Music Faves -- And by '07 we mean '75

Breaking News -- Bonds' beneficent visitor apparently a wild 'n crazy former soccer star

Free Kicks

Once in a Lifetime remembers when soccer players lived like rock stars

Golazo!

This World Cup game will make you shout like Andrés Cantor

Unamerican Dream

Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy

Nuts to You

She's the Man fits the bill for teenage drag-king fans

Nice Guys Finish First

The Positive Coaching Alliance asks hard-bitten coaches to fill out workbooks and recite management jargon. It also has them saying things like, "I want to go back and relive my childhood and be coached like this."

Earthquake vs. Fire

Disasters duke it out on the soccer field

Sinking Sun

Ozumo

Night Crawler

Battled Fields

A soccer dad says pickup players are being treated like second-class athletes