[MLS: Playoff Push] The San Jose Earthquakes, the 2012 Supporters’ Shield winners, fell far off the pace, resulting in the departure of their only coach, Frank Yallop. They need wins over the likes of Sporting Kansas City Sunday night to stay in contention. THE STORY SO FAR. After scraping through a miserable first half of […]
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Quakes suddenly look formidable
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Week 1] One team you don’t hear much about in MLS’s Western Conference race is San Jose. The Earthquakes sit in eighth place but take athree-game winning streak — the longest active streak in MLS — into their Concacaf Champions League debut at the struggling Montreal Impact on Wednesday. The road hasn’t […]
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Hunts sell Crew to San Francisco energy investor
By Paul Kennedy The Columbus Crew has been sold by the Hunt Sports Group to Precourt Sports Ventures headed by managing partner Anthony Precourt. Following the contraction of the league to 10 teams in 2001, the league had only three owners: AEG (which owned six teams), the Hunt family(which also owned Kansas City) and the […]
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FC Dallas lands Argentine Diaz
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] FC Dallas continued to load up in midfield for its Western Conference playoff run with the acquisition of 22-year-old Argentine playmaker Mauro Diaz from River Plate. Real Salt Lake acquired center back Brandon McDonald from D.C. United, and the San JoseEarthquakes picked up El Salvador national team midfielder Jaime Alas on loan from […]
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What They're Saying
“You can’t create chances when a team kicks you and doesn’t want to play soccer. I have nothing against the coaching staff and nothing against the players, but today was just anugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly game of soccer.” — Seattle head coach Sigi Schmid after his team fell at San Jose, 1-0, in […]
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Wondolowski: goals, however you spell it
[USA MEN] With his performance in Tuesday night’s Gold Cup opener against Belize, Chris Wondolowski made sureeveryone knew his name, even if U.S. Soccer’s kit manager was not quite sure on its spelling. By now, much has been made of the extra “W” added to the surname on theback of the forward’s jersey — equipment […]
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Quakes add English League veteran
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] There are myriad reasons the 2012 Supporters Shield winner is struggling this season, and San Jose is actively in upgrade mode. JordanStewart, a left-sided defender/midfielder who has played for more than a decade in England, has been signed. Stewart, 31, joins U.S. defender Clarence Goodson, who returned to MLS last week and went […]
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Western teams reign, Cali Clasico delivers yet again
[MLS REWIND: Week 18] The balance of power in MLS tilted toward the west after four of five interconference games played lastweekend favored that side of the country, and thus so did the top three teams in the Supporters’ Shield race. Goals: 27/8 GP (avg.: 3.38). Video: Weekend Timeline Colorado pulled off perhaps the most […]
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Cali classic returns to Stanford
[MLS SCHEDULE: Week 18] A year ago, the LA Galaxy was trying to recover from a miserable start to its season as it travelednorth to play archrival San Jose at Stanford Stadium. The Quakes prevailed in a 4-3 barnburner, rallying from a 3-1 deficit to topple the defending champion on their way to capturing theSupporters’ […]
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Goodson returns to play for Quakes
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Clarence Goodson, who has spent his last five and half seasons in Scandinavia, is returning to MLS toplay for the San Jose Earthquakes. He leaves Brondby, which narrowly avoided relegation in Denmark’s Superliga last season and suffered from financial problems, and will join the Quakes after the GoldCup. Goodson, who attended the University […]