For the San Jose Earthquakes, summer friendlies tend to serve almost exclusively promotional purposes. Last summer, they were roundly defeated 5-2 by Manchester United and lost 2-1 to Club America…
Moneyball in San Jose: How the Quakes have rebuilt since 2014
The night before the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, the San Jose Earthquakes then-head coach Frank Yallop and general manager John Doyle were holed up in an old, brick warehouse in Oakland, hidden beneath th…
Quintero brace leads Quakes to victory over Houston
Alberto Quintero is only on a year-long loan at the San Jose Earthquakes from Mexican second division side BUAP, but you wouldn’t know it at first glance. The Panamanian midfielder has had a …
PHOTO GALLERY: Quakes 3-1 Houston
Alberto Quintero netted a brace to lead the San Jose Earthquakes to a 3-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo. Our photographer Aaron Morgan was at the match to capture all the best shots. All photos ©…
The Aftershock: Sounders Silence San Jose 2-0
It wasn’t a bad performance given the circumstances. But these feel like the dog days already. I give updates on injuries and other things that led to the unorthodox lineup, then analyze the …
Tactical Breakdown: Seattle 2-0 Quakes
Everyone has an inner tactical soccer analyst inside them; it all depends on how you look at the game. Sometimes, the more you try to pick apart tactics, the narrower your vision becomes. A key to…
The Aftershock: SKC and Philadelphia
Now that the games are coming thicker and faster, the Quakes have managed to scrounge 4 points from two gritty, unsexy performances in the last week. Host Colin Etnire dives into some film review f…
Three Things We Learned: Quakes 1-0 Sporting KC
The San Jose Earthquakes scraped a 1-0 win over Sporting Kansas City courtesy of a second-half penalty from Chris Wondolowski. It was hardly the prettiest of victories and the Quakes nearly paid fo…
The Aftershock: Rose City Ruse
The San Jose Earthquakes came out to play in Portland despite playing 2 other games in the prior week, and managed to stitch together a weirdly possession-oriented performance. Portland played agai…
Salinas: “I thought for sure we would equalize”
The San Jose Earthquakes have yet to win at the Portland Timbers’ Providence Park with the club’s winless streak stretching to seven matches as Dominic Kinnear’s men fell 3-1 in Portland on Saturda…