San Francisco Glens

San Francisco Glens Soccer Club, commonly known as SF Glens, is an American soccer club based in San Francisco that was founded in 1961. Their first team currently competes in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Before establishing a USL League Two franchise in 2018, the Glens had been a longtime member of the San Francisco Soccer Football League (SFSFL) and were once affiliated with the San Francisco Seals' PDL team, which is now defunct. The Glens continue to field three SFSFL teams, but the USL League Two franchise is now the club's official first team. Since the hiring of Executive Director Mike McNeill, who also doubles as General Manager of the USL2 first team, the club has grown from just two local youth teams to the largest soccer club in San Francisco. The Glens' nationally renowned academy program is the only one in the city with all age groups for MLS NEXT that begins at Under-13 level and runs concurrently through the Under-19 level. Combined as one entity (USL League Two first team, SFSFL second, third, and fourth teams, and SF Glens Academy youth teams), the Glens field over 70 teams and approximately 1,000 active players. The Glens also have ties abroad as the official North American partner of 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel. In addition to MLS NEXT, they are also the only youth club in San Francisco with membership in the USL Academy. They are also an Official Partner in Development Training with the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. One example of that arrangement is current U.S. Youth National Team midfielder Cruz Medina, who started with the Glens Academy before joining the Earthquakes.