San Jose Earthquakes celebrate Marvin Chavez suspension reduction
Other than their visit in late March to the Houston Dynamo, the San Jose Earthquakes arguably played their least inspired soccer of the season in last weekend’s match at the Seattle Sounders. Coming off the heels of a confidence boosting midweek win against Toronto FC, the Quakes instead sunk to a 4-0 defeat in Seattle and snapped their four match unbeaten streak. Changes to the line-up precipitated a marked loss of cohesion on the artificial turf at CenturyLink Field — no... Read More
Chavez, Gordon lead San Jose Earthquakes to 2-1 win over FC Dallas
The stage was set. A two goal lead by the opponent had been cut to one with a dramatic 89th minute strike. Then, in stoppage time, a penalty kick was awarded that if converted would complete the late game heroics and secure a well earned point. A nervous hush fell over the crowd as the ball was placed atop the white spot just 12 yards from goal. Run, shoot, kick, and the comeback would be complete. At any other point in this magical 2012 season, the above script would have been... Read More
Quakes Hoping to Jump through (the) Hoops to Stay on Top
How much has really changed in just a week and a half for the San Jose Earthquakes? This must be a question that FC Dallas must be asking themselves. That is the amount of time that has passed since The Hoops were able to hold the MLS leader to a 0-0 draw in the warm Texas weather. The Quakes were playing their sixth game in eighteen days, coming off a road loss to Portland four days prior, and found out late that key playmaker Steven Lenhart wouldn’t be able to play in the... Read More
First meets worst as San Jose Earthquakes visit FC Dallas
The San Jose Earthquakes enter FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas as the leaders in the race for the MLS Supporters’ Shield. Their opponent, hosts FC Dallas, languishes at the bottom of the MLS Western Conference standings and is running on a twelve match winless streak. You can pretty much tack this one up as a win for the Quakes, right? Well, the high-flying Earthquakes team of June came crashing back down to earth earlier this week in a disappointing 2-1 loss to another struggling... Read More
Wondolowski, Lenhart lead San Jose Earthquakes over DC United
It was a record-book night at Buck Shaw Stadium on Wednesday night. For the 8,734 in attendance, the home side set a Buck Shaw record for goals by a team in a game. Chris Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart both scored a brace – Justin Morrow had the other goal – sending the fans home happy with a San Jose 5-3 drubbing over a strong DC United club from the Eastern Conference. San Jose improved to 7-1-1 on the season, holding 22 points and a firm grasp of the top spot in the Western... Read More