As May gave way to June last year, an unassuming Turkish forward found his way to San Jose in search of a chance to play in Major League Soccer. Hoping to be given the chance to ply his trade in the United States and subsequently live closer to his girlfriend, the veteran striker arranged a trial with the Earthquakes, paying for the week-long experience out of his own pocket. Scheduled to leave California after the week was through, he was asked to stick around one day longer... Read More
After playing every minute of every 2011 San Jose Earthquakes’ regular season match except for the one against New England Revolution, goalkeeper Jon Busch was ready to allow himself a little vacation. The Quakes followed up a win over FC … Read more
Ask any Earthquakes fan to name a ball player who was at the top of his game, who wore the number eight on his uniform and was an all-star with golden trophies, and they’d surely name their team’s star forward … Read more
In The Retweet, Volume 4, Lisa Erickson takes a look at the comments and conversations going on over at Twitter as preseason training camp gets started for the San Jose Earthquakes. Is it already the preseason? That must mean the … Read more
Speculation has been rampant as to what the new San Jose Earthquakes uniform design would be for the upcoming 2012 season. Notably, rumors have the Quakes moving away from their prior all white away jersey to one that is predominantly … Read more
In an early evening announcement yesterday, the San Jose Earthquakes announced that the team’s regular season meeting with the Houston Dynamo has been moved up a day on the calendar to March 17 and will be played as part of … Read more
2011 was a watershed year for Major League Soccer. Questions of the league’s continued viability are a thing of the past. The designated player rule has come into its own and finally proven to be a useful tool in assembling … Read more