The World Cup is well underway in South Africa, and the long anticipated opening game between the United States and England ended today in a 1-1 draw.

Here in the Bay Area, San Francisco’s Mission District is one of the most soccer loving communities, and the World Cup fever is spreading. To get a sense for local World Cup enthusiasm, Mission Loc@l interviewed a few soccer enthusiasts for the opening match yesterday between South Africa and Mexico:

Across the Bay in Oakland, last weekend Soccer Without Borders hosted its own “World Cup” – the Bay Area Refugee World Cup. Teams and players represented Burma, Bhutan, Iraq, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

“This tournament is a celebration of the new found freedom of refugees in the Bay Area,” says Don Climent, executive director of the International Rescue Committee’s San Francisco refugee resettlement office. “It will give players and fans the opportunity to represent their native countries in a fun and competitive environment.” Read the full story here.

For kids in San Francisco’s Mission community who want to learn to play, tomorrow, on June 13, the Neighborhood Parks Council is hosting a free soccer day in Garfield Square Park.

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