European soccer fans living in the U.S. don't get many chances to watch their favorite teams play in-person. But Bay Area supporters of four Spanish soccer clubs will get their opportunity to see them this weekend.
The stakes couldn’t be lower for a pair of soccer matches at Oracle Park on Saturday, but that hasn’t dampened Ben Umberger’s enthusiasm.
Saturday is his first chance to watch his favorite soccer team play in person after a decade of only seeing them from afar, living and dying with every result through subscription streaming services and hard-to-find cable networks.“I haven’t seen any preseason tours for any other clubs, so my only real, live soccer has been MLS, which is nice and fun,” he said. “This is a little bit of a different level.
Those games are critical to La Liga’s efforts to court overseas fans and compete with the English Premier League’s hold on stateside fans. Seeing the skill level Umberger described is vital for La Liga to sell itself and convert new supporters, Sevilla President José Castro Carmona told The Examiner in a translated interview.
'X' no longer marks the spot at Twitter's SF HQ The building's owner faces fines for "unpermitted installation and removal of the structure," according to the Department of Building Inspection “Throughout the season, people watch us on TV,” he added. “But we have the opportunity to be there with you in the States so that you can watch great matches.”
But Umberger described rooting for the club as “a strangely solo experience,” partly because he hasn’t yet watched a match with fellow supporters in the Bay Area. Peña Atlética San Francisco, a fan group the club officially recognizes, was founded in 2015.
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