El Farolito SC

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El Farolito
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Full nameEl Farolito Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Faro
Founded1985
Stadium Boxer Stadium
Capacity3,500
OwnersSalvador Lopez
Head CoachSantiago Lopez
League National Premier Soccer League
2022 Golden Gate Conference: 5th
Playoffs: DNQ
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El Farolito is an amateur soccer club based in San Francisco, California. It currently plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), generally considered the fourth tier of U.S. Soccer, within the Golden Gate Conference. The team is best known for its 1993 U.S. Open Cup championship under its previous name, Club Deportivo (CD) Mexico.

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History

The club was founded in 1985 and was first known as El Farolito, named after the owner's chain of restaurants. 'El Faro' was a new force in the San Francisco Soccer Football League (SFSFL) that was rising to challenge the dominance of teams like the Greek Americans. The team gained successive promotions to the top division in the space of five years. By the 1991–92 season, the club had won the SFSFL championship and had reached the final of the National Amateur Cup. The following season, El Faro retained the title as 'Club Deportivo Mexico'.

In 1993, San Francisco C.D. Mexico won the U.S. Open Cup, an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF) affiliated teams. The team pulled off wins against the defending tournament champion San Jose Oaks, Milwaukee Bavarian SC, before defeating United German Hungarians in the Final. [1] [2] As U.S. Open Cup champions, C.D. Mexico qualified for the 1994 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup and played Club Necaxa of the Mexican First Division in the quarterfinals. They lost 5–1 in San Jose. [3]

When the California Premier Soccer Association (CSPA) was formed in 1993, CD Mexico was one of the SFSFL representatives along with Greek-American A.C., SF United, and Concordia. The CPSA was developed as a 'super league' composed of teams from the SFSFL, Peninsula Soccer League, and the San Joaquin Valley Soccer League. The team, returning to their original name El Farolito, won multiple titles over the next two and a half decades.

On November 20, 2017, El Farolito announced it would field a team in the National Premier Soccer League for the 2018 season. [4]

On March 22, 2023 El Farolito defeated Inter San Francisco 3-0 in the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open Cup, scoring all 3 goals in extra time. [5] On April 4, 2023, El Farolito was downed by Bay Area rival Oakland Roots SC in its second round Open Cup match. [6]

On March 19, 2024 El Farolito bested MLS Next Pro side Portland Timbers 2 in the first round of the 2024 U.S. Open Cup by a 2-1 tally, after MLS Commissioner Don Garber withdrew the annual participation of every MLS first team in the U.S. Open Cup. [7]


Year-by-year

YearLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffs U.S. Open Cup Notes
Limited information available on early seasons in the San Francisco Soccer Football League
1991–92 SFSFL [lower-alpha 1] 1st, Major Division [8] did not qualify
1992–931st, Major Division [8] Champions Defeated United German-Hungarians, 5–0, in U.S. Open Cup Final
1993–94No information available
1994–95
1995–961st, Premier Division [8] did not qualify
1997No information available
1998
19991st, Premier Division [8] did not qualify
20003rd, Premier A Division [9] did not qualify
20011st, Premier Division [8] did not qualify
20022nd, Premier Division [10] did not qualify
20031st, Premier Division [11] did not qualify
20044th, Premier Division [12] did not qualify
20053rd, Premier Division [13] did not qualify
20063rd, Premier Division [14] Semifinal [15] did not qualifyLost to San Francisco Glens SC in CPSA Semifinal
20071st, Premier Division [16] Championsdid not qualifyDefeated San Francisco Glens SC, 4–1, in the CPSA Final
20082nd, Premier Division [17] Semifinalsdid not qualifyLost to Olympic Club in the CSPA Semifinal
20091st, Premier Division [18] Championsdid not qualifyDefeated Rosal FAS, 2–0, in the CSPA Final
2010did not qualify
20112nd, Premier Division [19] did not qualify
20121st, Premier Division [20] Championsdid not qualifyDefeated Olympic Club, 1–0, in Cup Final
20132nd, Premier Division [21] Champions [22] did not qualifyDefeated Olympic Club, 1–0, in Cup Final
20143rd, Premier Division [23] Semifinalsdid not qualifyLost to Olympic Club in Cup Semifinal
20151st, Premier Division [24] Champions [25] did not qualifyDefeated Olympic Club, 1–0, in Cup Final
20162nd, Premier Division [26] League Final First Qualifying Round Lost to Olympic Club in Cup Final
20171st, Premier Division [27] Champions [28] First round Defeated Olympic Club, 3–2, in Cup Final
2018 NPSL 1st, Golden Gate Conference Regional semifinal Disqualified [29] Lost to FC Mulhouse Portland in Regional semifinal
2019 5th, Golden Gate Conferencedid not qualify Second round
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [30]

Honors

San Francisco Soccer Football League

National Premier Soccer League

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

Notes

  1. ↑ Beginning in 1993, the SFSFL formed the California Premier Soccer Association (CPSA) along with the Peninsula Soccer League and the San Joaquin Valley Soccer League. The CPSA housed the top teams from all 3 leagues with yearly promotion and relegation cycles. In the late 2000s, the "Premier Division" name was adopted by the SFSFL as its new top division and the league began to only house teams from within its own ranks.
  2. ↑ Includes California Premier Soccer Association titles

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