Quakes waive two from developmental squad; plus, injury updates

There’s nothing in the general media about the Quakes today, so we’ve taken the advice of long-time local broadcaster Scoop Nisker and made some news of our own.

Yesterday, the Quakes waived Greg Curry and Adam Sloustcher, two defenders who had signed developmental contracts earlier this season. We expect that many of our readers would hear this news and think, “Ah, the Quakes are making room on the roster for some new talent,” and while that may be the case, there’s no one waiting in the wings. Earthquakes spokesperson Jed Mettee told us this morning that the team’s developmental roster is now down to six players, which means that they could conceivably sign an additional four developmental players before they hit the league limit of 10. The senior roster is currently full, so someone will have to be shown the door if the team signs a new player, as is expected, when the transfer window opens on July 15.

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James Riley was shown a red card for a rough challenge on a 50/50 ball in the 83rd minute of Sunday’s match against DC United and was helped off the field afterwards, apparently unable to put any weight on his left leg. The Quakes tell us that the problem was a cramp, so no long-term damage was done.

The same cannot be said for Jovan Kirovski, however.  His status last week was probable, due to a right ankle sprain. This week, the results from his MRI are back and the diagnosis is a stress fracture, which means he could be out as little as two weeks or, depending on how quickly it heals, much longer.

There’s bad news for Gavin Glinton, too. It was thought that his sports hernia surgery would keep him out of the lineup for only a few games, but he has now been diagnosed with a strain to his right adductor, a muscle that connects the pelvis to the femur (sing it with us: “the hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone”). What makes the situation more ominous is that it is a mirror image of the problems on the left side that had him in and out of the Galaxy lineup last year.