Hella Football

Nov 27 2024 19 ep. 43 mins 3
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Hella Football is a podcast about soccer in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Focusing on the teams, players, coaches and fans that make the local soccer scene the most diverse in the USA. Presented by three Bay Area journalists Hella Football is a delve into the stories and people coming from local clubs and leagues and the wider soccer world. Some real talk, some jokes, all soccer chat - this is Hella Football.

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Will Bruce Arena move the needle for San Jose Earthquakes? Oakland Roots, Bay FC, Inter SF and more

Nov 27 2024 57 mins  
The winningest coach in American soccer has entered the Arena. Will Bruce’s arrival make the ground shake in San Jose? After a season from hell can it get any worse? Oakland Roots and Bay FC fell at the first hurdle of the USL and NWSL playoffs, but the vibe surrounding each club is very different. One has VC bank the other is crowdfunding. What will next season hold? US Open Cup

Give us jeopardy: Quakes, Roots, Bay FC and more

Nov 01 2024 90 mins  
The San Jose Earthquakes have a record no one wants but they might be getting Bruce Area, so ... all will be sorted? The Oakland Roots stumble into the USL Championship playoffs with a minus 20 goal difference off the back of another 5 goal shellacking. But Bay FC at least are ending the year on a more positive note. We also delve into a bit of US Open Cup and ask, what is The Leag

Bye-bye Luchi and Lucy; Roots’ new coach bounce; and Copa America

Jun 29 2024 69 mins  
Two huge departures in Bay Area soccer – San Jose Earthquakes Luchi Gonzalez was fired and Bay FC general manager Lucy Rushton resigned – leaving both clubs with big holes to fill. The Copa America came to the 49ers Levi’s Stadium with Ecuador and Venezuela. And we break down Oakland Roots recent resurgence under new coach Gavin Glinton. There’s also a shoutout for the ‘R

Chris Wondolowski: From Zero to Cult Hero

Jun 25 2024 55 mins  
Chris Wondolowski is the greatest player the San Jose Earthquakes have ever produced. In 2019, he became the all-time leading goal scorer in Major League Soccer. This is the story about his improbable rise from a broke reserve-team player in his mid-20s that would go on to uplift an entire soccer region, to the highest stage of all—the World Cup—and how he nearly scored the mos

The John Fisher Derby - Roots, Quakes, Open Cup, Bay FC and Oakland Soul

May 14 2024 58 mins  
Oakland Roots traveled to San Jose to face the Quakes. Someone who holds a big piece of both cities sporting future in his hands was not there, but that didn't stop fans singing his name #TownBiz. The US Open Cup clash was a good game, we dissect it and then wrap with some Bay FC chat - when will their luck turn? And finish with a mention for the Oakland Soul who are kicking of

Bay FC, Quakes, Roots, Burritos and Guinness

Mar 29 2024 102 mins  
Hella Football is back! We're talking the Bay Area's newest sports franchise, Bay FC, ahead of their NWSL home debut. There's some San Jose Earthquakes talk and an Oakland Roots and Soul dive into the Coliseum and beyond. And then we go in on El Farolito and the US Open Cup and take a look at some amazing jerseys, and jersey sponsorships, at SF Glens and SF City FC. We

Oakland Roots, Sacramento Republic, Monterey Bay - 2022 USL Championship preview

Mar 12 2022 34 mins  
The USL Championship is back. And  in Northern California things are looking a little bit different. The Oakland Roots are back, fresh off that fairytale surge to the playoff semi-finals. And so are the Sacramento Republic, fresh off the worst year in franchise history. And there is a new team joining the party - Monterey Bay FC In this episode we chat all things Bay Area USL.

Anders Perez, Bay Cities FC president & co-founder, talks youth, NISA, opportunity and much more

Jan 21 2022 53 mins  
Anders Perez is co-founder and president of Bay Cities FC. He tells us about what this new club stands for and much, much more. The Redwood City-based team kick off their first league season in the NISA Championship later this year and have big plans for the future.  Anders played for the Chivas USA development academy coming up and since graduating college has spent nearly a

Oakland Roots 2021 season review (Part Two)

Dec 24 2021 36 mins  
2021 was a journey for Oakland Roots. The club's first year in the USL Championship was action packed. It started off terrible but they turned it around and clinched a playoff spot in the last game of the regular season. They pulled off a massive shock beating number one ranked El Paso Locomotive and then only lost to eventual champions Orange County on penalties. There were heroes

Oakland Roots 2021 season review (Part One)

Dec 23 2021 30 mins  
2021 went from the ridiculous to the almost sublime for the Oakland Roots. After 1 win in their first 12 games, after another team's protests about the state of the field at Laney Stadium almost killed their season, after COVID outbreaks and a fixture backlog from hell, after so much, they took eventual USL champions OC all the way to penalties in the playoffs. Not bad for a debut