El Farolito Soccer Club

El Farolito is an amateur soccer club based out of 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.

El Farolito
Full nameEl Farolito Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Faro
Founded1985
StadiumBoxer Stadium
Capacity3,500
OwnersSalvador Lopez
Head CoachSantiago Lopez
LeagueNational Premier Soccer League
2019Golden Gate Conference: 5th
Playoffs: DNQ

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]

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.[3]

Year-by-year
Year League Regular Season Playoffs 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[4] Did not qualify
1992–93 1st, Major Division[4] 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[4] Did not qualify
1997 No information available
1998
1999 1st, Premier Division[4] Did not qualify
2000 3rd, Premier A Division[5] Did not qualify
2001 1st, Premier Division[4] Did not qualify
2002 2nd, Premier Division[6] Did not qualify
2003 1st, Premier Division[7] Did not qualify
2004 4th, Premier Division[8] Did not qualify
2005 3rd, Premier Division[9] Did not qualify
2006 3rd, Premier Division[10] Semifinal[11] Did not qualify Lost to San Francisco Glens SC in CPSA Semifinal
2007 1st, Premier Division[12] Champions Did not qualify Defeated San Francisco Glens SC, 4-1, in the CPSA Final
2008 2nd, Premier Division[13] Semifinals Did not qualify Lost to Olympic Club in the CSPA Semifinal
2009 1st, Premier Division[14] Champions Did not qualify Defeated Rosal FAS, 2-0, in the CSPA Final
2010 Did not qualify
2011 2nd, Premier Division[15] Did not qualify
2012 1st, Premier Division[16] Champions Did not qualify Defeated Olympic Club, 1-0, in Cup Final
2013 2nd, Premier Division[17] Champions[18] Did not qualify Defeated Olympic Club, 1-0, in Cup Final
2014 3rd, Premier Division[19] Semifinals Did not qualify Lost to Olympic Club in Cup Semifinal
2015 1st, Premier Division[20] Champions[21] Did not qualify Defeated Olympic Club, 1-0, in Cup Final
2016 2nd, Premier Division[22] League Final First Qualifying Round Lost to Olympic Club in Cup Final
2017 1st, Premier Division[23] Champions[24] First Round Defeated Olympic Club, 3-2, in Cup Final
2018 NPSL 1st, Golden Gate Conference Regional Semifinal Disqualified[25] 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[26]

Honors

San Francisco Soccer Football League

  • Division 1 Champions (11):[lower-alpha 2] 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

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

References
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