The San Jose Earthquakes hosted the ‘Best Game Ever’ presented by Avaya – a match between underserved U-12 youth teams at Avaya Stadium – on Saturday, Sept. 9.
The Winchester Soccer League Gold and Premier teams competed on the same pitch the Earthquakes do, with supporters, Quakes players Nick Lima and Francois Affolter serving as guest coaches, an announcer, custom jerseys and a running video board. They also participated in a full pregame walkout, team photos, coin flip and national anthem.
“Every child dreams and deserves to one day arrive at a stadium like this,” said Ernesto Gonzalez of Winchester Soccer Club.