In The Retweet, Volume 6, Lisa Erickson takes a look at the comments and conversations going on over at Twitter as preseason training camp shifts to the deserts of Tuscon, Arizona for the San Jose Earthquakes. With the regular season now five weeks away, the player roster is filing out and the news is piling up fast on the goings on around the Quakes. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, sometimes informative — The Retweet promises to bring you the best tweets from in and around the San Jose Earthquakes and Center Line Soccer family.
Our Beloved Players:
Thank u so much for all the B-Day shout outs. It's been a greatday thank u to all family and friends
— Chris Wondolowski (@ChrisWondo) January 29, 2012
Happy Birthday @ChrisWondo ... he has Golden feet. Fact
— Anthony Ampai (@AnthonyAmpai) January 29, 2012
“@CassidyJohn: Hey What are you thoughts on the Quakes making the #playoffs place this season"(lot of potential. Hard work & we'll b there)
— Jason Hernandez (@J_Hernandez_21) January 27, 2012
@AnthonyAmpai going #HardintheYard #crisscrossapplesauce #swag twitter.com/EMacMac25/stat…
— Ellis McLoughlin (@EMacMac25) January 30, 2012
Off to Tucson for a week...from nice weather to even nicer weather #funinthesun
— Ellis McLoughlin (@EMacMac25) January 30, 2012
Best pizza in Tuscon, AZ with @EMacMac25 and Lenhart twitpic.com/8ekrml
— Anthony Ampai (@AnthonyAmpai) February 2, 2012
Congrats @artieart10 on signing in Portugal. Gonna be a great fit & a great adventure! Good luck & i'll be watching playboy #uknowimvisiting
— Jason Hernandez (@J_Hernandez_21) January 31, 2012
#ICantGetEnoughOf @ikeopara twitter.com/EMacMac25/stat…
— Ellis McLoughlin (@EMacMac25) January 30, 2012
Sitting in the San Jose airport reading a joke book. Stay tuned... #aguywalksintoabar
— Sam Garza (@SamGarza19) January 30, 2012
The Dearly Departed:
just landed in Phoenix!! Home sweet home!!
— Andrew (@AWEBS13) January 30, 2012
Feeling terrible for all my #WPS friends.Sad to see the league so mismanaged.
— Kelly Gray (@kelgray22) January 30, 2012
Good Morning from Tucson AZ. Yes this my view for the next 2weeks. Not Bad. yfrog.com/h8vmsfezj
— KEI KAMARA (@keikamara) January 30, 2012
“@ssslamo: @JoeCannonGK1 @leenguyen14 Joe is Switzerland - I hear he's part Canadian.” 1/2 French Canadian. Not sure that counts in BC :-)
— Joe Cannon (@JoeCannonGK1) January 30, 2012
A few new weapons of mine this season! Thanks @diadora for the sponsorship! twitter.com/MattLuzu32/sta…
— Matt Luzunaris (@MattLuzu32) January 31, 2012
On my way to search for apartments in Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach areas.
— James Riley (@JamesRiley7) February 1, 2012
gr8 teammate too! RT@SoccerByIves: Congrats to Chris Leitch on transition from player to youth academy director.Solid career,funny/great guy
— Bobby Burling (@bobbyburling) February 1, 2012
“@AnthonyAmpai: Happy Birthday @ChrisWondo ... he has Golden feet. Fact” I would wear his golden boot(s) as a hood ornament on my car #FACT
— Bobby Burling (@bobbyburling) January 29, 2012
Those Pesky Reporter Types:
The @SJEarthquakes are bringing 30 players to Phoenix. Tressor Moreno and other trialists are there, the Japanese pair are not.
— Nicholas Rosano (@nicholasrosano) January 30, 2012
Five injured players (Bingham, Gjertsen, Gordon, Hustedt, Ward) plus new signing Sercan Guvenisik (working on visa) the non-traveling guys.
— Nicholas Rosano (@nicholasrosano) January 30, 2012
Spurs midfielder John Bostock loaned to Sheffield Wednesday. Officially puts to rest talk of move to #SJEarthquakes. tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/bos…?
— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) January 30, 2012
Chris Leitch spurns @LAGalaxy, remains part of @SJEarthquakes family. Former defender set to be named Technical Director of @SJQuakesAcademy
— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) January 31, 2012
Given that Simon Dawkins has been added to @SpursOfficial squad list, a move to @SJEarthquakes looks all but dead. #MLS tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/squ…
— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) February 2, 2012
Simon Dawkins makes Spurs' 25-man roster. Wonder who gets more playing time, him or Gio Dos Santos?
— Nicholas Rosano (@nicholasrosano) February 2, 2012
Interesting to find Quakes dropping one in the power rankings despite 'no team having as productive an offseason' written in explanation.
— Nicholas Rosano (@nicholasrosano) February 2, 2012
But then again, it echoes a sentiment I've been feeling. Even though the team has been productive, the West is still just stacked this year.
— Nicholas Rosano (@nicholasrosano) February 2, 2012
BIG Move by the Earthquakes here. An insider tells us Tressor Moreno is looking phenomenal in training. Congrats... fb.me/1fX8v10Gq
— Fight The Flop (@fighttheflop) February 2, 2012
#FrankYallop on #SimonDawkins: Still a possibility of a loan deal going through. Can’t read into that much (being included on Spurs EPL list
— Elliott Almond (@ElliottAlmond) February 2, 2012
#Frankyallop on #sjearthquakes' off-season moves: If you look at the squad it is better than it has ever been.
— Elliott Almond (@ElliottAlmond) February 2, 2012
#SJEarthquakes coach Yallop on a Dawkins loan deal: “We’re hoping to get some type of clarity on the situation in the next 3, 4, 5 days.”
— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) February 2, 2012
@ElliottAlmond Indeed. For the 2012 #MLS season, the transfer windows for incoming players are Jan. 21 to Apr. 15 and July 15 to Aug. 14.
— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) February 2, 2012
The Fanatics:
Is this news or conjecture? RT @edgartronic: @SJEarthquakes' Chris Leitch retires & become academy director. Id like to think he'd sooner...
— Lloyd Danon (@LloydD) January 30, 2012
@StowawaySG @sjearthquakes I can't wait to march through SOMA to the match. #epic
— Mike Gonos (@MGQuakesFan) January 29, 2012
Scouring the net in hopes to NOT see SimonDawkins name today in any of the news #CrazyTransferDeadlineDay #BringSyBack#SJEarthquakes #THFC
— Lisa Erickson (@lafemmeloca) January 31, 2012
Buying seven new jerseys #OneForEachDayOfTheWeek #FourBlue #ThreeBlack #WhosWithMe?@LloydD @lafemmeloca @robertjonas
— Nerdy Gales (@NerdyGales) February 1, 2012
@lafemmeloca it's not even funny how inferior the eastern conference currently is in comparison.
— Aalok D. Patel (@apatel17) February 1, 2012
@robertjonas Oh, poop! I have nobody to call "Bambi" now. Was really hoping to see his name changed to "Happy Feet" for 2012. @joeracer
— Julietta (@julie77a7) February 2, 2012
@lafemmeloca You're going to be repping SJ on ATL?Nice!
— Aalok D. Patel (@apatel17) February 2, 2012
@robertjonas well practically every MLS team has a Colombian so I guess it was time we followed suit
— Aalok D. Patel (@apatel17) February 2, 2012
@fighttheflop it's my birthday today too! OOO, bday twinsies with Beita, that's cool!!
— Kristin(@k2theREND2) February 2, 2012
OptaKeen: 5 - number of weeks (+ 2d 7h, 50m) til season opener.Impatient @lafemmeloca @julie77a7 @SJEarthquakes @ChrisWondo
— Nerdy Gales (@NerdyGales) February 2, 2012
@SJEarthquakes #SJEarthquakes solid signing, I'm anxious to see how he will help control the pace, and not rely on"boot and run" #tressor
— Mel (@ultras_mel) February 2, 2012
@robertjonas @SpursOfficial @SJEarthquakes sadface.
— Joe Nuxoll (@joeracer) February 2, 2012
@SJEarthquakes @tressormoreno10 - Bienvenido a San Jose! Estamos orgulloso de tenerte con nosotros! Los 1906Ultras estamos contigo!
— 1906 Ultras (@1906Ultras) February 2, 2012
We finally get our true #10! If we get Dawkins back, we have to be considered a true contender. 1 more try at the 4-3-3 ? #SJEarthquakes
— Jose Vega (@futbolmonkey) February 2, 2012
@m1spike @robertjonas I'd like to think the sponsorships will start rolling if after the appeal is tossed aside. #crossedfingers
— Matt Wilcox (@fadedtoblack) February 1, 2012
“@alexilalas22: I'm hearing Edson Buddle is coming back to @LAGalaxy.” Well shit.
— Matt (@mstl1906) January 31, 2012
@MGQuakesFan All great questions. Fans should act with a big league presence too. Call in to talkradio, comment on news sites. Show demand.
— Robert Jonas (@robertjonas) February 2, 2012
@robertjonas I would actually listen to @957thegame instead of @KNBR if they actually talked @SJEarthquakes, @MLS, and Soccer. #QuakesLover
— Lisa Erickson (@lafemmeloca) February 2, 2012
The front Officials:
Training time in Tucson twitpic.com/8e1h47
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) January 31, 2012
The boys are warming down here at the Kino Sports Complex. First session in the books twitpic.com/8e2nyd
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) January 31, 2012
No. 8, @ChrisWondo, in camp for the first time since national team camp twitpic.com/8eu4s3
— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) February 2, 2012
Congrats to former #SJEarthquakes midfielder Simon Dawkins for making Tottenham Hotspur's 25-man roster tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/squ…
— Frank Stranzl (@frankstranzl) February 2, 2012
With Victor Bernardez, Tressor Moreno & Marvin Chavez on the squad, wish I had stuck with my high school Spanish a bit longer
— Frank Stranzl (@frankstranzl) February 2, 2012
@lafemmeloca @MBfrom138 If we found out 1 thing during yesterday's scrimmage, it's that there's more speed - Chavez + Salinas = blazing
— Frank Stranzl (@frankstranzl) February 2, 2012
Around The League:
Happy for my old roomie. Galaxy attack is now scarier than a Paranormal Activity movie. mlssoccer.com/news/article/2…
— Kyle Martino (@kylemartino) February 2, 2012
Is #DCU going to have 3 DPs or just let DeRo walk? I'd think re-signing De Rosario would be pretty important.
— Abram Chamberlain (@MindOfAbram) February 2, 2012
Toujours pas de Bobby Burling à l'entraînement de #IMFC ce matin (longues négos!). Conditionnement physique au programme
— Patrick Leduc (@patleduc15) February 1, 2012
Ex-New England and Houston defender Ryan Cochrane has signed with the San Antonio Scorpions (NASL), per @GlennDavisSoc
— Kyle McCarthy (@kylejmccarthy) February 3, 2012