While most of 20th century America was skeptical about soccer, the sport has deep roots in the city by the bay.
San Francisco has always been a little bit different than the rest of the United States.
The Vikings recently celebrated their centennial anniversary. Over the years, their youth academies introduced the sport to thousands of boys and girls who might otherwise never have discovered the game. The players they developed also include seminal figures in the development of U.S. soccer, such as Gus Donoghue, Steve Negoesco and Ernie Feibusch.
A native of Denmark, Andersen arrived in 1922 as an 18-year-old seaman aboard the five-masted sailing ship Kobenhavn, the largest sailing ship in the world at the time. The ship’s backup engine broke after passing through the Panama Canal and it eventually docked in San Francisco for repairs. Andersen quickly put down roots in San Francisco and decided to jump ship before it set sail.
But the Vikings have survived, thanks to the foresight of former Dutch national team goalkeeper named Derk Zylker, who became the president of the Vikings in 1937. Two years later, the club’s youth program was born.
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