El Farolito Soccer Club

El Farolito

Full name	El Farolito Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	Faro
Founded	1985
Ground	Boxer Stadium
Ground Capacity	3,500
Manager	Santiago Lopez
League	San Francisco Soccer Football League

El Farolito (alternatively Club Deportivo Mexico) is a semi-professional football club based out of San Francisco, California.

History

The club was founded in 1985 and was first known as El Farolito being named after the owner's chain of restaurants. 'El Faro' was a new force in the 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 1991-92, the club was SFSFL champions and had reached the final of the Amateur Cup. The following season, El Faro retained the title as 'Club Deportivo Mexico'. In 1993, San Francisco C.D. Mexico won the prestigious Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup which is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF) affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams all the way up to the top professional clubs of Major League Soccer. When the California Premier Soccer Association(CSPA) was formed CD Mexico was one of the SFSFL representatives along with Greek Americans, SF United, and Concordia. The CPSA was developed as a 'super league' composed of teams from the SFSFL, PSL (Peninsula Soccer League), and the SJVSL (San Joaquin Valley Soccer League). The team, returning to their original name, El Farolito won titles in 1995-96, 1999, and 2001 and now new league champs in 2012 winning league and defeating Olympic Club in the championship.

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season
2000	Premier A	SFSFL	3rd
2001	Premier	SFSFL	1st
2002	Premier	SFSFL	2nd
2003	Premier	SFSFL	1st
2004	Premier	SFSFL	12th
2005	1	CPSA	3rd
2006	1	CPSA	2nd
2007	1	CPSA
2008	1	CPSA	2nd	2012 Premier SFSFL 1st

Honours

San Francisco Soccer Football League

Champions 1991-92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999, 2001, 2003,2012
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Championship: 1

1993

External links

El Farolito Team Page

U.S. Open Cup winners

Soccer in the United States

Overview	U.S. Soccer USASA USCS League system History Hall of Fame Clubs Champions Venues (stadiums by capacity, SSS) Women's soccer in the United States

Men's national teams	Senior (statistics) U23 U21 U20 U18 U17 U15 Futsal Beach soccer

Men's outdoor leagues	MLS Playoffs MLS Cup NASL Soccer Bowl USL PDL NPSL ASL PLA UPSL USL Super-20 U.S. Development Academy

Men's indoor leagues	MASL PASL-Premier WISL

Men's futsal leagues	PFL MLF

Cup competitions	Open Cup National Amateur Cup Women's Open

Men's college soccer	NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) NAIA Championship

Women's national teams	Senior U23 U20 U18 U17

Women's leagues	NWSL WPSL UWS

Women's college soccer	NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) NAIA Championship

Defunct men's outdoor leagues	AFA (1884–1924) American Cup (1885–1924) ALPF (1894) NAFL (1895–98) AAFA Cup (1912–13) ASL (1921–33) ASL (1933–83) NASFL (1946–47) USA (1967) NPSL (1967) NASL (1968–84) USL (1984–85) LSSA (1987–92) ASL (1988–89) WSA (1989) USL 2nd (1990–2010) A-League (1995–2004) USL 1st (2005–10) D2 Pro League (2010)

Defunct men's indoor leagues	NASL (1975–76, 1979–84) MISL (1978–92) NPSL (1984–2001) CISL (1993–97) EISL (1997–98) WISL (1998–2001) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2001–08) XSL (2008–09) AISL (2003–08) MISL (2008–14)

Defunct women's leagues	WUSA (2000–03) WPS (2007–12) WPSL Elite (2012–13) W-League (1995–2015)

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