San Jose Earthquakes training report: preparing to meet the Chicago Fire in the “Win and You’re In” U.S. Open Cup qualifier
While most of the attention around training on Monday was focused on Chris Wondolowski, the rest of his teammates were also keeping busy with preparations ahead of tonight’s U.S. Open Cup qualifier. Head coach Frank Yallop had his charges playing a short-field 11 v. 11 scrimmage for much of the early going at training, before breaking the players off into two groups to work on set pieces and finishing drills. King of the big left foot Ellis McLoughlin was the star attraction,... Read More
2011 US Open Cup qualifying (USASA Region IV): Doxa Italia win 18-0 to secure Open Cup spot, DV8 Defenders get late PK to qualify
On the final day of group play at the USASA Region IV tournament in Sacramento, the two US Open Cup spots available to the participating teams were secured in dramatic fashion. Doxa Italia FC of Southern California, in hammering a shorthanded CV Eagles FC squad and handing them one of the worst losses in the history of Open Cup qualifying, advanced courtesy of a goal-differential tiebreaker over Rosal FAS of San Francisco. Meanwhile, the DV8 Defenders of Redwood City earned a... Read More