11/17/2025
In was a cold and damp Sunday night in San Francisco, and SSFAC had a very dificult match facing them in the 2nd game of the Abronzino Cup Group Stage. Bay Area United, a very good and dominating team from the UPSL was going to give SSF a serious challenge in their quest to get another important result in Cup play.
Things got off to a good start as the red hot Ferdy Ghafury provided SSF with an early lead off an assist from Omeed Miraftab-Salo. However, BAU wasn't that impressed as they quickly answered back 3 minutes later to level the score at 1 apiece. Both clubs worked hard to establish control but the match remained tied at the half.
The second half started with South City getting back into the lead as Diego Medina returning from injury, struck gold with another assist form Miraftab-Salo at minute 48. However, United took the kickoff and stormed right back to again level the score at 2 just one minute later. Now the game was on as both sides tried to find a winner and put the game away. United took the lead at 3-2 off a miscue from the South City defense in the 60th minute and seemd to be in the drivers seat, but SSF wasn't quite done yet.
They continued to put pressure on BAU, and while the midfield and defense did their jobs of containing United, SSF needed to find an equalizer as the match pushed towards fulltime. With just 2 minutes left in the match, Ferdy Ghafury put home his 2nd of the night off another Miraftab-Salo assist, his third on the night, to give SSFAC a well deserved 3-3 tie and pick up a huge point on the road in Cup play.
Next up for SSF is a return trip to San Francisco, this time to play league rivals Legends SC on Sunday, November 23rd at Franklin Square park with kickoff at 5:00pm