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El Farolito 
Full name El Farolito Soccer Club Nickname(s) Faro Founded 1985 Ground Balboa Stadium Chairman Rudy Solo, Salvador Lopez Manager Jorge Chavez League San Francisco Soccer Football League El Farolito (alternatively Club Deportivo Mexico) is an amateur football club based out of San Francisco, California.
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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.
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 Honours
San Francisco Soccer Football League
- Champions 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1999, 2001, 2003
External links
Categories:- Soccer clubs in the United States
- California soccer teams
- Soccer clubs in San Francisco, California
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