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    June 30, 2007
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    December 5, 2007
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    January 18, 2008
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    February 25, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Long Shot

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

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Kickin’ It

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

  • News

    May 14, 2008

    Score!!!

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

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Goooaaalll!

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

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Back to You, John

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

  • Film

    July 19, 2006

    Free Kicks

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

  • Home Entertainment

    June 7, 2006

    Golazo!

    This World Cup game will make you shout like Andrés Cantor

  • Film

    May 10, 2006

    Unamerican Dream

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

  • Film

    March 15, 2006

    Nuts to You

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

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004
  • News

    October 15, 2003

    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."

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2003

    Earthquake vs. Fire

    Disasters duke it out on the soccer field

  • Dining

    July 25, 2001
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    June 17, 1998
  • News

    November 13, 1996

    Battled Fields

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

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    July 8, 2009

    J. Valentine

    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 >>

  • News

    August 26, 2009

    Higher stadium fees drive recreational soccer leagues from S.F. to the suburbs

    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 >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2010

    Football, or Soccer, or Whatever

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    World Cup Final: Netherlands vs. Spain

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2010

    The Afrobeat Goes On

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2010

    Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2010

    He Shoots! He Dies!

    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 >>

  • Music

    October 20, 2010

    Scientist Meets the Roots Radics: Show Preview

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2011

    A Hole in the Iron Curtain

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    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 launc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    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 >>

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