El Farolito SC

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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.

History

The club was founded in 1985 and was first known as El Farolito, named after the owner's chain of restaurants. They played at Boxer Stadium and were a new force in the San Francisco Soccer Football League (SFSFL), where they started in the lower divisions.[1] El Faro fielded teams with immigrant players, including former professionals, and employees of the restaurant chain.[2] The team earned successive promotions to the top division of the SFSFL within five years.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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][3][4] 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.[5]

When the California Premier Soccer Association (CPSA) 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.[6]

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 three goals in extra time.[7] The team lost in the second round to fellow Bay Area team Oakland Roots SC of the USL Championship.[8]

El Farolito once again qualified for the Open Cup and defeated MLS Next Pro side Portland Timbers 2 in the first round on March 19, 2024. The reserve team was representing their parent team, the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, after the league had withdrawn from the U.S. Open Cup.[2] El Farolito defeated Central Valley Fuego FC, another third-division team, but were eliminated in the third round by the Oakland Roots for the second consecutive year.[9] El Farolito won their first NPSL championship in 2024 by defeating FC Motown, a four-time finalist, 2–1.[10]

El Farolito have once again exceeded the expectations in the 2025 US Open Cup, beating Real Monarchs of MLS Next Pro 3-1 in the first round and Monterey Bay FC of USL Championship 2-1 in the second. And then their US Open Cup season came to a close, as they were defeated to USL Championship side Sacramento Republic in the third round on April 16th, 1-0. [11]

Year-by-year

Year League Regular Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Notes
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1991–92 SFSFLTemplate:Efn 1st, Major Division[12] did not qualify
1992–93 1st, Major Division[12] Champions Defeated United German-Hungarians, 5–0, in U.S. Open Cup Final
1993–94 No information available
1994–95
1995–96 1st, Premier Division[12] did not qualify
1997 No information available
1998
1999 1st, Premier Division[12] did not qualify
2000 3rd, Premier A Division[13] did not qualify
2001 1st, Premier Division[12] did not qualify
2002 2nd, Premier Division[14] did not qualify
2003 1st, Premier Division[15] did not qualify
2004 4th, Premier Division[16] did not qualify
2005 3rd, Premier Division[17] did not qualify
2006 3rd, Premier Division[18] Semifinal[19] did not qualify Lost to San Francisco Glens SC in CPSA Semifinal
2007 1st, Premier Division[20] Champions did not qualify Defeated San Francisco Glens SC, 4–1, in the CPSA Final
2008 2nd, Premier Division[21] Semifinals did not qualify Lost to Olympic Club in the CSPA Semifinal
2009 1st, Premier Division[22] Champions did not qualify Defeated Rosal FAS, 2–0, in the CSPA Final
2010 did not qualify
2011 2nd, Premier Division[23] did not qualify
2012 1st, Premier Division[24] Champions did not qualify Defeated Olympic Club, 1–0, in Cup Final
2013 2nd, Premier Division[25] Champions[26] did not qualify Defeated Olympic Club, 1–0, in Cup Final
2014 3rd, Premier Division[27] Semifinals did not qualify Lost to Olympic Club in Cup Semifinal
2015 1st, Premier Division[28] Champions[29] did not qualify Defeated Olympic Club, 1–0, in Cup Final
2016 2nd, Premier Division[30] League Final First Qualifying Round Lost to Olympic Club in Cup Final
2017 1st, Premier Division[31] Champions[32] First round Defeated Olympic Club, 3–2, in Cup Final
2018 NPSL 1st, Golden Gate Conference Regional semifinal Disqualified[33] Lost to FC Mulhouse Portland in Regional semifinal
2019 5th, Golden Gate Conference did not qualify Second round
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[34]
2021 Finalist, Golden Gate Conference Playoffs Golden Gate Conference did not participate in regular league play Not held Lost to Academica SC in conference playoffs
2022 2nd, Golden Gate Conference Regional Finals Did not qualify Lost to Crossfire Redmond in Regional Finals
2023 1st, Golden Gate Conference Regional Finals Second round Lost to Crossfire Redmond in Regional Finals
2024 1st, Golden Gate Conference Champions Third round Defeated FC Motown, 2–1, in NPSL National Championship Game

Honors

San Francisco Soccer Football League

  • Division 1 Champions (11):Template:Efn 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017
  • Playoff Champions (6): 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017

National Premier Soccer League

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

  • Participants (1): 1994

Hank Steinbrecher Cup

  • Champions (1): 2025

Notes

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References

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External links

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