And your Quakes broadcast team is…

A familiar face from the team’s past will be joining longtime voice of the Quakes, John Shrader, in the broadcast booth this year. None other than legendary San Jose defender Troy Dayak will make his broadcast debut doing color commentary for the 15 matches which will be aired on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area and Comcast SportsNet West.

“Combined with our national television broadcasts, we will have every Quakes game televised in 2008,” says Earthquakes executive VP David Alioto. “We are also happy to welcome John Shrader back to the broadcast booth alongside Quakes legend Troy Dayak.”

We at CLS are happy to echo those sentiments. Shrader has been the voice of the team on either TV or radio since Major League Soccer’s inaugural season and further endeared himself to fans by serving as the emcee at Soccer Silicon Valley’s fan rallies held in support of keeping the Quakes in San Jose.

Dayak needs no introduction to Quakes fans. The Beast manned the back line for eight seasons in a ten year period, overcoming a career-threatening neck injury along the way. Dayak’s most memorable moment on the field came in the 2001 playoffs, when his goal in extra time defeated the Miami Fusion and put the Quakes in their first MLS Cup final. Dayak has since performed color commentary duties on Earthquakes radio broadcasts as well as on HDNet television.

The team’s full broadcast schedule is available on the Quakes’ web site.