Wondolowski’s late goal gives San Jose Earthquakes a point on the road, but winless streak now at 13
Chris Wondolowski broke a personal five game scoring draught, hitting the back of the net in the 87th minute to lift the San Jose Earthquakes to a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC Saturday at BMO Field. Wondo’s late heroics, coming only a couple minutes after a linesman’s call denied Toronto a second goal, gave San Jose just their second point in their last six matches. He was very pleased that the team did not give up and eventually earned the equalizing goal. “It’s a great... Read More
San Jose Earthquakes training report: heading north of the border to face Toronto FC
Some quick notes from the week’s training, as the San Jose Earthquakes regrouped after the 2-0 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy and prepared to travel north of the border to face Toronto FC. New Earthquakes forward Edmundo Zura made a 20 minute cameo against the Galaxy but had little effect on the game. Head coach Frank Yallop revealed at training on Tuesday that the Ecuadoran striker was not at the level of fitness necessary to make an immediate impact. “I... Read More
Time for our own field of dreams
A rendering of the proposed new stadium for the Earthquakes, as unveiled by Lew Wolff in September, 2009. Last weekend’s 2-0 loss to Galaxy underlined that the San Jose Earthquakes 2011 season hasn’t quite turned out as we all had hoped. Coming into this season everybody was expecting the Quakes team to make the playoffs: the fans came to the Great Deluge opener in an optimistic frame of mind after the 2010 playoffs, and the club had already printed a playoff ticket in our... Read More
Quakes Cast Episode 26: San Jose Earthquakes second best in 2011 California Clasico as Robbie Keane goal lifts Galaxy to 2-0 victory
Make it an even dozen, as a 2-0 defeat to the rival Los Angeles Galaxy stretch the San Jose Earthquakes winless streak to twelve. Another spirited effort was not enough from the Quakes, as the Galaxy showed their class in the victory. With only nine games remaining in the regular season and San Jose needing to earn conservatively 20 points, they’ll need to put the loss to LA behind them and prepare in earnest for a road game at Toronto FC. So much of the match analysis this... Read More
Quakes, Galaxy have taken different paths
Our own Robert Jonas, moonlighting for SB Nation, has turned in an incisive piece on the two paths taken by the participants in last weekend’s California Clasico, the San Jose Earthquakes and the Los Angeles Galaxy. Check it out to see his take on the state of the Quakes. Read More