DRAGONS FC EAGERLY ANTICIPATE SECOND YEAR

The Burlingame Dragons Football Club, the Premier Development League affiliate of the San Jose Earthquakes, is on the verge of selling out their June 4th home opener, and the organization is pumped to begin their second season.

The team, which won the PDL’s Southwest Division in their inaugural season, is the brainchild of Zappos founder, Nick Swinmurn and former Facebook and Genentech CFO David Ebersman.

They’ll enter the 2016 season with new head coach, Eric Bucchere, and a new President, Jordan Gardner. Buccher is head coach at Menlo College and was a Dragons’ assistant coach last season, while Gardner was formerly in the front office of San Francisco City Football Club.

The Dragons have been busy this off-season, with a number of new player signings, most recently New Zealand U-20 FIFA World Cup participant and former Canterbury United defender Brock Messenger, midfielder Davi Ramos and defender Valdemar Andersen.

The club has also been active shoring up off-the-field partnerships within the Burlingame community, such as the Mid-Peninsula Boys and Girls Club, the Sheriff’s Activities League of San Mateo County and AYSO, a volunteer-run youth soccer organization, just to name a few.

“One of our top priorities this off-season was to integrate the Dragons organization into the fabric of the community”, said Dragons President Jordan Gardner.

The Dragons community outreach seems to be paying off. Gardner says season-ticket sales are at a franchise high, along with strong youth and corporate ticket purchases. Demand has been high for the season home opener against the expansion Los Angeles Laguna.

Dragons co-owner Nick Swinmurn, says, “We’re really excited about the local support for the coming season. We’re anticipating a packed house at our home opener. There’s definitely a buzz about the roster the Quakes have put together for us and we can’t wait to kickoff our second season.”

For tickets or additional information, visit burlingamedragons.com

SAN FRANCISCO CITY FC TO “COLOR THE CITY” TOMORROW

The Dragons’ Bay Area rivals, San Francisco City Football Club are hosting a citywide pub-crawl tomorrow, with the goal of hanging the City FC colors in over 150 San Francisco bars and pubs.

The club is partnering with Lyft, Golden Gate Tap Room, and HI Northern California Youth Hostels for the event, which begins tomorrow with a meet-up at their San Francisco City Center Hostel.

From there, volunteers will break up into small groups, each tasked with visiting local pubs and bars and providing them with SF City FC scarves to hang in their establishments. Lyft will assist with transportation.

The event is an effort to spread the word about the supporter-owned club and to generate interest in City’s inaugural season in the Premier Development League.

Their task completed, the throng will regroup for an after-party at the Golden Gate Tap Room.

SF City FC’s first home match of the PDL season will be June 4th at Kezar Stadium against the Las Vegas Mobsters.

“Color The City” Facebook Event Page

For tickets or more information visit sfcity.com

SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC HOST OC BLUES SATURDAY

Hoping for a reversal of fortunes following two successive losses, the Sacramento Republic FC welcome Orange County Blues FC to Bonney Field this Saturday. The Republic were beaten by St. Louis FC, 0-1 last weekend, and fell to the Portland Timbers 2 by the same score line the weekend before.

Sacramento Republic FC v Orange County Blues FC

Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 7:30PM

Watch this match LIVE at Bonney Field in Sacramento.

Tickets available here

QUAKES ON THE ROAD FOR NEXT TWO MATCHES

The San Jose Earthquakes play in Philadelphia this Saturday and Seattle the following weekend. They’re coming off a tough 1-0 win over Sporting KC at Avaya Stadium, which saw Chris Wondolowski scoring a penalty after Quakes midfielder Simon Dawkins was taken down in the box.

This is their first visit to the East Coast this season, and Earthquakes captain, Chris Wondolowski will be playing his 200th career match in Major League Soccer. Wondo only needs four more goals to tie Landon Donovan for the most road goals in MLS history.

Philadelphia Union v San Jose Earthquakes

Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 1:00PM

The match will be broadcast live on CSN Plus, 1590 KLIV (English) and 1370 KZSF (Spanish).

NORCAL NPSL TEAMS IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND

Real San Jose v CD Aguiluchos USA

Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 7:00PM

Watch this match LIVE at PAL Stadium in San Jose

Sacramento Gold FC v Sonoma County Sol

Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 7:00PM

Watch this match LIVE at Capital Christian Center in Sacramento

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