Earthquakes winless streak reaches nine as De Rosario brace beats San Jose 2-0
(Santa Clara, CA) San Jose’s slide continued Saturday night as two second half goals from Dwayne DeRosario lifted DC United past the punchless Earthquakes, 2-0. The shutout loss stretches the Earthquakes’ winless streak to nine games, and their goalless streak to 216 minutes and counting. The last time San Jose faced DC, back on June 11, Steven Lenhart scored a hat trick to lead the Earthquakes to a 4-2 victory and lift them above the break even mark (a 5-4-4 record) for the... Read More
Gallery: Quakes vs DC United
The San Jose Earthquakes were defeated by the visiting DC United 2-0 in Santa Clara, CA on July 30th, 2011. Photo gallery by Joe Nuxoll. Read More Read More
San Jose Earthquakes training report for Friday, July 29: central defender crisis dominates DC United preparations
While the injury and suspension problems that have plagued the San Jose Earthquakes as the month of July comes to a close are well documented, the team still boasted a nearly full house for their last training session ahead of the visit of DC United to Buck Shaw Stadium this Saturday evening. Sure, the benches on the opposite side of the Nutrilite Training Facility field were well occupied by those in blue-and-black, more than enough able bodies filled out the squads in an 11... Read More
San Jose Earthquakes supporter group’s unique fundraiser hopes to help players, send message to MLS
Confusion and frustration are often the result when one is forced to measure the fairness of the competing notions of doing what is right and doing what is demanded. No more has that struggle played out than within MLS headquarters this week in the aftermath of events in the match between visiting San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake. In one cringe-worthy sequence of player action and officiating reaction, RSL forward Alvaro Saborio appeared to dive in the penalty area, earning... Read More
Chris Wondolowski and Bobby Convey set to represent the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2011 MLS All-Star game against Manchester United
As a jammed pack month of soccer nears a close, Major League Soccer takes a break from their regular season schedule to host their annual All-Star game. Following a format that was successfully instituted six years ago, a select group of the league’s best players will represent MLS against a top international club team. For the 2011 edition of the soccer summer classic, Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United face off against the MLS All-Stars in the match tonight... Read More