Quakes finish FAS; plus, a few more items

We’ll put FAS things first: The Quakes, fielding a team composed largely of players outside the typical starting 11, downed Club Deportivo FAS of El Salvador 2-1 last night at Buck Shaw. San Jose’s goals were scored by Spaniard Mikel Arce and Jovan Kirovski, with the assists coming from Davide Somma and Shea Salinas, respectively. You can find our photo gallery, courtesy of ace shooter Joe Nuxoll, over here.

We’re pleased to see another point from Salinas in an exhibition match — he scored a goal against the Honduran Olympic Team — but we’re still waiting for him to score during an MLS match so the Casbah can break out with a song that Mrs. Solar-Powered Soccer Blog came up with. To the tune of KC & the Sunshine Band’s “Shake Your Booty”: “Shea Shea Shea/Shea Shea Shea/Shea Salinas/Shea Salinas.”

Our own Jeff Carlisle provides a match report and post-game story over at MLSnet.com.

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In other news, we’ve been making fun of the Salt Lake Royals because of their Spanish-for-no-logical-reason name, and now it turns out that the naming rights sponsor for their new stadium, which will debut on ESPN2 tomorrow night, is a mining company called “Rio Tinto” — “Red River” in, yup, Spanish.

OK, Utah and mining go together, but Utah is a desert state mostly devoid of rivers, so the whole “rio” part doesn’t make a lot of sense. Plus, upon further examination, this particular river doesn’t sound too inviting. The Rio Tinto from which the mining company took its name is in Spain, and its water “is red-colored because of highly acidic pollution from acid mine drainage.” The river reportedly has a pH of 2, which puts it on a scale somewhere between lemon juice and stomach acid.  Mmm, lovely.

(OK, we’ll admit it — we’re just giving them a hard time because we’re jealous that an upstart team like RSL  has a stadium before the Quakes do. The team logo in the seats is pretty cool, too.)

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Only a couple other items in the news to pass along today:

- Our own Embele Awipi, writing for the Salinas Californian, takes a look at the Earthquakes’ progress this year and the importance of Saturday night’s showdown with Chivas USA.

- Finally, the NCAA is sponsoring voting on the College Cup 50th anniversary team, and USF coaching legend Steve Negoesco is among those on the ballot.