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When Coach John Galas got the call, he was a man of two minds - taking care of himself and combating cancer, but also continuing to prepare his club during the offseason, for the big year ahead. During his darkest days, Hummel had John in their hearts and minds, they reached out to the club with the idea to raise awareness of his fight against the rare Synovial Sarcoma the only way they knew how.
by Josh Duder
Read More“I think small clubs need to do whatever they can to stand out and attract new support. When you have a growing fanbase, it makes getting partners and investment into the club a whole lot easier. And dope-ass kits have the potential to get seen by thousands of people, and you just need one kit collector to see it and share with their huge following. Also, you don’t need to get a big amount; we like doing small batches for now.”
by Josh Duder
Read More“During our struggles early in the season we still took the 2nd place and 3rd place teams to close matches with only one goal differences in both. With only 4 matches left in the season, we really hit our stride with 3 wins in those last 4. The loss being from the conference champion and the only perfect winning record team in the UPSL, the SC United Heat from Colombia, in which we only lost the match 1-0, having gained nothing but respect from them.”
Read More“SF Galaxy is a new club founded in 2022 by ex-soccer player, Karim Betouche, from Algeria, North Africa; where football is life… My mission is to help my community San Francisco Bay area, by providing a true soccer club, with zero fees for the players and give my experience to the young players… working with low income people, make it very affordable, for the young kids to play soccer.”
Read More“Through success on the field and connections off it, we hope to build fanbase that's proud of our club. That might start as small group, maybe one neighborhood. It could expand to a city and even an entire region one day. We're committed to doing our part.”
Read More“The club was founded in 2001 to play in the San Francisco Soccer Football League. In 2014, a group of local soccer fans got together to discuss supporter-ownership. One of those fans had played for SF City FC and so we approached the club’s founders about the possibility of converting the club into a supporter-owned one.”
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