Hall of Famer Umberto Abronzino, a Northern California soccer pioneer, passed away July 1 at the age of 85. Abronzino came to the United States from Italy in 1937 at the age of 17 and moved to the Bay Area from Connecticut in 1952. He organized the Peninsula Soccer League and served as an officer in the California Soccer Association, helping organized California North Youth Soccer. He was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1971.