Have you been enjoying the World Cup on TV? There will be two great opportunities to see some of the World Cup stars in the Bay Area this summer.

English Premier League side Tottenham HotSpurs will be playing in Santa Clara against the San Jose Earthquakes on July 17 at 1:00 PM. Several of the HotSpurs were members of World Cup teams from several different countries. Just click here for all of the information.

On Wednesday, August 4, the world’s highest paid team, Real Madrid, which includes the world’s highest paid player, Christiano Ronaldo, and ten other World Cup participants, inluding Brazil’s Kaka, will be taking on the premier Mexican team, Club America, from Mexico City. The game will be played at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park at 8:00 PM. Click here for more details.

If you are willing to drive a little, check out these great free clinics put on by the San Jose Earthquakes players and coaching staff. Not only are the clinics free, but you will get a free soccer ball, bag and ticket to an upcoming Earthquakes game as well as an autograph session with the players conducting the clinic. The hitches are that the clinics are in Hayward, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose. Also, registration is limited. Check out:

http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2010/06/quakes-announce-xfinity-clinic-series

If you see Lorna Williams at any of the games sequestered in a far corner of the field, she’s really not being anti-social. She’s just busy taking all of the great photographs that we enjoy on the SRU Chelsea website. Thanks Lorna!

SRU Chelsea spent June 18 and 19 in the River City, Sacramento. It was a building weekend, and started off with a tough 3-0 loss to the highly rated Manteca Flames. However, next game was a tie with San Francisco Chivas. A win followed over Placer United Prestige and then in the consolation game, Chelsea prevailed over South San Jose Indios, 3-1. Onward and upward!

Santa Rosa United Chelsea began their tournament season in Modesto at the US Club National Cup. While the team didn’t register any wins, they played some very tight games against Norhern California’s top teams and made great strides towards gelling as a team. (A couple of bonus photos from the Healdsburg league game are thrown in).

On Saturday, May 8, the SRU Chelsea headed south to take on the SCA '98 Blue. It was a closely fought game in which SRU never trailed, but they were pushed by SCA the whole time. 1-0 Chelsea, then SCA tied. 2-1 Chelsea and SCA  came back to tie. The final score was by Chelsea and they returned to Santa Rosa with a 3-2 win.

On Saturday, April 17, SRU Chelsea squared off against Atletico Santa Rosa Arsenal. Atletico came away with a 6-1 victory, but Chelsea’s goal was a beauty as Ivan launched a free kick from about 35 yards out that was perfectly placed into the top right corner of the Atletico goal.

SRU Chelsea traveled to Fairfield on Saturday, April 10, and came home a winner. Tough defense, goaltending and finished scoring opportunities resulted in a 3-0 victory for the boys. They are now sporting a 2-0 record, early into the NorCal Premier Soccer League Spring schedule.

The 2010 season began successfully with a hard fought 1-0 win over the Sonoma County Alliance 98B. Both teams had unconverted opportunities during the course of the game, but in the end it was a 3rd opportunity goal by Ivan Galvan Garcia, from in close, that sealed the deal. Congratulations, Chelsea! A great start to the season.

Thanks to Lorna Williams for the great action photographs.

2010 Tournaments