As the 49ers play their 10th season at Levi’s Stadium, two types of football have typically been played in its Santa Clara neighborhood: the NFL’s version, and the local youth soccer version.
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A football stadium next door to a kids’ soccer field would typically be an unremarkable result of urban planning. But the proximity of Levi’s Stadium to the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park (YSP) has been an example of the ongoing power struggle between the team, which Forbes valued last year at $6 billion, and the city it now calls home.