Rolando Fonseca training with San Jose

The latest player to wear the label of “San Jose trialist” is former Costa Rican international Rolando Fonseca, who trained with the Earthquakes on Tuesday and is expected to stay the rest of the week.

As is his custom, General Manager John Doyle used the words “trialist” and “training stint” interchangeably, and took a low-key approach to Fonseca’s presence.

“[Fonseca] wanted to come,” said Doyle. “He paid his own way [to San Jose], we’re putting him up in a hotel, we’re letting him train, and we’ll see how he does.”

Fonseca, 33, has spent most of his career ping-ponging back and forth between Costa Rican side LD Alajuelense and Guatamalan club Communicaciones. His fourth and latest stint with Communicaciones saw the club fall to Municipal 4-3 on aggregate in the final of the just-concluded Clausura championship, although Fonseca scored in the second leg, and is widely regarded as having performed well this season.

At international level, Fonseca represented Costa Rica at the 2002 World Cup, and is their all-time leading scorer with 47 goals in 108 appearances.

With the Costa Rican now out of contract, he appears set to cast his gaze northward under old adversary Frank Yallop, who has gone up against Fonseca as both a coach and a player.

“I’ve known [Fonseca] obviously for a long time with Canada,” said Yallop. “He’s in for a few days, and he wanted to have a look too. And we want to have a look at him, and see what we think.”