El Farolito is an amateur football club based out of San Francisco, California

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

Greek-American A.C.

Greek-American was a semi-professional soccer club from San Francisco, California that played in the San Francisco Soccer Football League. They are the most successful team in the league's history with 16 titles to their credit.-Early years:...

. 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

National Amateur Cup

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. 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

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

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 which is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation

United States Soccer Federation

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 (USSF) affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams all the way up to the top professional clubs of Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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. 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

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Championship
  Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
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1993

1993 U.S. Open Cup

The 1993 U.S. Open Cup was the 80th edition of the soccer tournament to crown the national champion of the United States.San Francisco's Club Deportivo Mexico won the Open Cup by defeating Philadelphia's United German-Hungarians 5-0 in the final at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.With coach...