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The '''San Jose Earthquakes''' professional [[Association football|soccer]] team is located in the [[San Jose, California]], [[United States]] suburb of [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], and participates in [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS). The team is one of the ten charter members of MLS which competed in the league's first season in 1996 (originally as '''San Jose Clash'''), and took part in the first game in MLS history, defeating [[D.C. United]] 1–0. Following the conclusion of the [[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005 MLS season]] the franchise was officially put on hiatus and the players, head coach Dominic Kinnear and some of his coaching staff were moved to [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], where they became the [[Houston Dynamo]]. After a two-year absence, the Earthquakes resumed play for the 2008 season.<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070718&content_id=106314&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp MLS press release]{{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/17/quakes.return/index.html | work=CNN | title=SI.com - Aftershock alert! - July 17, 2007 | date=July 17, 2007 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>
The '''San Jose Earthquakes''' professional [[Association football|soccer]] team is located in the [[San Jose, California]], [[United States]] suburb of [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], and participates in [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS). The team is one of the ten charter members of MLS which competed in the league's first season in 1996 (originally as the '''San Jose Clash'''), and took part in the first game in MLS history, defeating [[D.C. United]] 1–0. Following the conclusion of the [[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005 MLS season]] the franchise was officially put on hiatus and the players, head coach Dominic Kinnear and some of his coaching staff were moved to [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], where they became the [[Houston Dynamo]]. After a two-year absence, the Earthquakes resumed play for the 2008 season.<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070718&content_id=106314&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp MLS press release]{{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/17/quakes.return/index.html | work=CNN | title=SI.com - Aftershock alert! - July 17, 2007 | date=July 17, 2007 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>


The Earthquakes have won two [[MLS Cup]] titles, in 2001 and 2003, and one [[MLS Supporters' Shield]] in 2005. In 2002, the team played in its first CONCACAF Champions Cup (now called the [[CONCACAF Champions League]]), making it to the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjearthquakes.com/history |title=History &#124; San Jose Earthquakes |publisher=Sjearthquakes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-03}}</ref>
The Earthquakes have won two [[MLS Cup]] titles, in 2001 and 2003, and one [[MLS Supporters' Shield]] in 2005. In 2002, the team played in its first CONCACAF Champions Cup (now called the [[CONCACAF Champions League]]), making it to the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjearthquakes.com/history |title=History &#124; San Jose Earthquakes |publisher=Sjearthquakes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-03}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:27, 1 February 2012

This article is about the MLS team. For the NASL, MISL and WSA club, see San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88).
San Jose Earthquakes
File:SanJoseEarthquakes 2008.png
Full nameSan Jose Earthquakes
Nickname(s)Quakes, The Boys in Blue,
Los Terremotos de San José
Founded1995 (as San Jose Clash)
GroundBuck Shaw Stadium[1]
Santa Clara, California
Capacity10,300
OwnerEarthquakes Soccer, LLC
Head CoachFrank Yallop
LeagueMajor League Soccer
2010Western Conference: 6th
Overall: 8th
Playoffs: Semi-Finals
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in the San Jose, California, United States suburb of Santa Clara, and participates in Major League Soccer (MLS). The team is one of the ten charter members of MLS which competed in the league's first season in 1996 (originally as the San Jose Clash), and took part in the first game in MLS history, defeating D.C. United 1–0. Following the conclusion of the 2005 MLS season the franchise was officially put on hiatus and the players, head coach Dominic Kinnear and some of his coaching staff were moved to Houston, Texas, where they became the Houston Dynamo. After a two-year absence, the Earthquakes resumed play for the 2008 season.[2][3]

The Earthquakes have won two MLS Cup titles, in 2001 and 2003, and one MLS Supporters' Shield in 2005. In 2002, the team played in its first CONCACAF Champions Cup (now called the CONCACAF Champions League), making it to the quarterfinals.[4]

They currently play home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and are coached by former Canadian international and Ipswich Town player Frank Yallop.

History

Roots of the Earthquakes

Earthquakes headquarters in Santa Clara
For more information see San Jose Earthquakes (1974–88) and San Francisco Bay Blackhawks.

The franchise's roots trace back to 1974, when the North American Soccer League (NASL) awarded an expansion franchise to San Jose, named the Earthquakes. The NASL folded after the 1984 season, and the Earthquakes played in the Western Soccer League (WSL) from 1985–88, under the ownership of Peter Bridgwater.

In 1988, Bridgwater sold the team. When the team folded later that year, the WSL awarded a franchise to Dan Van Voorhis, a local real estate lawyer. Van Voorhis named his new team the Blackhawks, after a real estate development of his. The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks entered the WSL for the 1989 season. In 1991, Van Voorhis hired a former Earthquakes player, Laurie Calloway, as coach. Calloway coached a team full of players who would later play for San Jose in MLS, including John Doyle, Troy Dayak, Paul Bravo, and Eric Wynalda. In a preview of what was to come later in MLS, bitter disagreements between Calloway and Wynalda led to Calloway kicking Wynalda off the team in 1992. Blackhawks owner Dan Van Voorhis later pulled his team out of the WSL's successor league, the American Professional Soccer League, after which it played as the San Jose Hawks in the USISL in 1993. The team folded at the end of the 1993 season.

Major League Soccer

The San Jose Earthquakes on the field at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in 2008

In 1994, Van Voorhis successfully led a San Jose bidding group that was awarded one of Major League Soccer's inaugural teams. At that time, he handed over all existing Hawks player contracts, front-office resources and the rights to play in San Jose State University's Spartan Stadium to MLS in exchange for Type C stock in the league. He also became the franchise's investor/operator until outside concerns forced him to divest himself of these positions prior to the league's launch and accept a buyout from the league, leaving the franchise league-owned for several years. Meanwhile, a direct connection to the earlier Earthquakes came in the person of Peter Bridgwater, named as General Manager of the MLS team. Although Bridgwater still owned the rights to the Earthquakes name and logo, the team became known as the Clash at the urging of Nike, a major investor in MLS.

On December 7, 1995, Bridgwater hired Calloway as the team's first coach, providing a second direct connection with the NASL Earthquakes, as well as a connection with the Blackhawks. Ignoring the past history between Calloway and Wynalda with the Blackhawks, the team acquired Wynalda just over a month later, on January 23, 1996. The Clash's connections to the Blackhawks continued when the Clash made the first trade in MLS history, sending Rhett Harty to the MetroStars for Troy Dayak, both players having spent several years with the team. Despite the presence of Calloway and much of his former team, the Clash failed to achieve the dominance achieved by the Blackhawks.

Wynalda scored the first goal in MLS history. However, he and Calloway were soon at each other's throats. The tensions on the team eventually led to a locker room brawl between Wynalda and John Doyle. The skirmish reached epic and memorable proportions when Wynalda hired an airplane to tow a banner demanding Calloway's firing.[5]

Although the Clash made the postseason in the inaugural 1996 MLS season, and Doyle earned recognition as the best MLS defender, the team floundered in 1997. By mid-season the team was sinking fast and Bridgwater fired Calloway and replaced him with Brian Quinn. The Clash finished 1997 at the bottom of the Western Conference standings with a 12–20 record. Things were no better in 1998, when the team finished 13–19 and well out of playoff contention. During the 1999 pre-season, the saga of player-coach antagonism continued when Richard Gough left the team after an argument with Quinn. By the end of 1999, Quinn was done and the team released him to hire Lothar Osiander.

Return of the Earthquakes name

San Jose Earthquakes players, 2005

The franchise's official name changed from Clash to Earthquakes on October 27, 1999. After missing four consecutive post-seasons with three different coaches, the Earthquakes hired head coach Frank Yallop days before the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. Yallop's personnel changes and deft coaching with the help of assistant coach Dominic Kinnear and goalkeeper coach Tim Hanley, along with the allocation of star forward Landon Donovan on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, quickly turned around the Earthquakes' on-field fortunes, spurring the biggest regular season turnaround in league history (from 29 points in 2000 to 45 points in 2001) and leading the team to a 2–1 MLS Cup 2001 overtime victory over the archrival Los Angeles Galaxy.

The Quakes followed with two consecutive runners-up finishes for the MLS Supporters' Shield and a 4–2 MLS Cup 2003 win over the Chicago Fire. Prior to reaching the 2003 final, the Earthquakes had rallied from four goals down to beat the Galaxy, 5–4 on aggregate, in a first-round playoff that many MLS watchers described as the greatest in league history. Following the season, Yallop returned to his native Canada to coach the Canadian men's national soccer team. Assistant coach Kinnear was then promoted to head coach, and former San Jose player John Doyle was named as his assistant.

Having won two MLS Cup titles in three years, the Earthquakes were poised for greater success both on and off the field. However, in January 2004, General Manager Johnny Moore, whose roots with the club dated back to his days as a player for the NASL Earthquakes, resigned after AEG and MLS considered allowing the team to be rebranded as San Jose America (with ownership to transfer to the owners of Mexico's Club America). Earthquake fans were similarly outraged at the proposed rebranding, coming just months after the MLS Cup. Former Los Angeles Galaxy defender Alexi Lalas was named as Moore's replacement. Under Lalas' management, the club planned a move to Houston. Meanwhile, when the Quakes' star player, Landon Donovan, played briefly in Germany, Lalas traded away his rights, enabling Lalas' former team, the Galaxy, to acquire him.

On the field, Kinnear led the team to two more playoff appearances, including a MLS Supporters' Shield win in 2005.

Move to Houston

The owner of the San Jose Earthquakes, Anschutz Entertainment Group, announced on December 15, 2005 that the team was moving to Houston for the 2006 season because of the failure of efforts to secure a soccer-specific stadium for the team in San Jose. The franchise was renamed to Houston 1836, then to Houston Dynamo. However, MLS Commissioner Don Garber said that the Earthquakes' name, colors, logo, wordmark, history and competitive records would not be transferred, similarly to the Cleveland Browns deal in the National Football League. The Houston Dynamo is technically considered an expansion team by MLS just as the Baltimore Ravens was by the NFL during that team's early years.

Return of the Earthquakes

Earthquakes captain Ramiro Corrales during the team's first season back in MLS

On May 24, 2006, an agreement was reached between Major League Soccer and the principal owners of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Lewis Wolff and John Fisher have a three-year exclusive option to develop a soccer-specific stadium and bring an expansion franchise to the San Francisco Bay Area.[6]

In September 2006, after nearly nine months of inactivity (displaying only Commissioner Garber's December 2005 letter of condolence to Earthquakes fans over the team's relocation), the team's website was revived to display updates on the progress of starting up the expansion San Jose Earthquakes franchise and to allow fans to sign up for the Earthquakes Soccer, LLC e-newsletter.

On July 18, 2007, Commissioner Don Garber announced that the San Jose Earthquakes would resume play starting in the 2008 season after Lew Wolff exercised his option to purchase the new expansion team. While functionally being the 14th franchise to join MLS, the team retained all records, logos, colors and titles of the 1996–2005 franchise and is a continuation of that franchise.

In October 2007 the Earthquakes announced they would be moving their offices from the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose to an office park across the street from their temporary home, Buck Shaw Stadium, and across the Caltrain tracks from the location of the former FMC site.[7]

On November 6, 2007, the team announced that former Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop was returning to the team as head coach. According to ESPN.com, the Earthquakes compensated Yallop's previous employer, the Los Angeles Galaxy, with a third-round pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft.[8]

On January 27, 2009, Amway Global signed a three-year deal with the Earthquakes to become the team's official jersey sponsor.[9]

In 2008, England's Darren Huckerby, the MLS Newcomer of the Year and Ireland's Ronnie O'Brien, who made 28 appearances for the Earthquakes, helped anchor the offense, combining for 10 goals and 10 assists. Both played a key part of the team's nine game unbeaten streak that saw San Jose push towards a playoff berth. The Quakes missed out on the playoffs for a second consecutive season in 2009 but looked to build on a solid second half of the year, which saw them go 4-4-4 since the All-Star Break.

In 2010, the San Jose Earthquakes qualified for the playoffs as the West's #6 seed with 46 points. In the 2010 MLS playoffs, they were matched up with the #1 seeded New York Red Bulls. After losing the first game by a score of 1-0, the Earthquakes defeated the Red Bulls in the second game by a score of 3-1 to win the aggregate, 3-2, and upset New York. In the single-elimination semi-final match against the Colorado Rapids, at Colorado, the Quakes suffered a 1-0 defeat.[10]

Colors and badge

Since their inception, the Earthquakes have played in a color scheme featuring blue and black as dominant colors, usually with white highlights. The original San Jose Clash logo featured a stylized scorpion in black and red with a white 'clash' wordmark.

Ever since their rebranding to the Earthquakes in 2000, the team badge has featured an inverted triangular shield containing a soccer ball invoking the rising sun used in the logo for the City of San Jose, a stylized 'Earthquakes' wordmark, and a color palette of blue, black, white and silver. The three sides of the triangular shield represent the three largest communities of the Bay Area (San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland).

Stadium

Buck Shaw Stadium, San Jose's home stadium since 2008
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New Earthquakes Stadium, the planned soccer specific stadium

The team currently plays its games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara. On January 13, 2007, the San Jose Mercury News reported that the city of San Jose, San Jose State University and the Earthquakes owners were in negotiations to build a soccer stadium just east of the Earthquakes' previous home, Spartan Stadium. The new facility, to have 22,000 permanent seats but be expandable to a capacity of 30,000 for single games, would be privately built by Lewis Wolff and John Fisher, the primary owners of the Earthquakes, with San Jose State providing the needed land. Additionally, the team and the university would build community soccer fields across Senter Road in Kelley Park using San Jose municipal bond money that had been approved years earlier for the purpose but never spent.[12] The plan was for the new version of the San Jose Earthquakes to play in Spartan Stadium during the 2008 MLS season, then move into the new stadium in 2009. Plans for the stadium collapsed on April 19 of that year after the Earthquakes and SJSU could not come to an agreement on revenue sharing.

On May 8, the city of San Jose and Earthquakes Soccer, LLC confirmed that their new primary focus was on a site near San Jose International Airport on the site of the former FMC plant. The new site is owned by the city, which is exploring either leasing it to Earthquakes Soccer, LLC or selling it outright. The 75-acre (300,000 m2) site is adjacent to not only the airport but the planned BART extension to Santa Clara and the existing Santa Clara Caltrain station, and near both Interstate 880 and U.S. Route 101. On June 12, 2007, the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to explore construction of a new stadium to bring MLS back to San Jose and adopted a resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an Exclusive Right to Negotiate agreement with Wolff and his partners regarding the potential development of the former FMC site. The first payment on the new stadium land of $3 million dollars was made in the last week of June 2008. The new stadium is projected to open in 2013.[13][14][15]

The preliminary designs were released to the public on September 19, 2009. The new stadium is slated to be a three-sided European style stadium with 18,000 permanent seats and a grass berm at the open end.

On March 16, 2010, The San Jose city council voted 9-0 to rezone the Airport West property to allow for development of the new Earthquakes stadium.[16]

Club culture

Rivalries

Main articles: California Clasico and Heritage Cup (MLS)
  • The San Jose Earthquakes' main historic and geographic rival is the Los Angeles Galaxy. From 1996 to 2005, they competed each season in the California Clasico, which was put on hold following the 2005 MLS season. The California Clasico was resumed in 2008.
  • The team also has another, but currently smaller, intrastate rivalry with C.D. Chivas USA.
  • A growing rivalry is also forming with the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo was created from the players and coach of the Earthquakes franchise who were moved from San Jose to Houston in 2005, after which the Dynamo won the next two MLS Cup finals. The rivalry was further stoked by comments made in the Houston media about the Earthquakes and their fans.
  • The Heritage Cup with the Seattle Sounders FC was begun in the 2009 MLS season. Any present or future MLS teams that carry on the names of their NASL predecessors are eligible for the Cup, however both of the other eligible MLS teams (Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC) have chosen not to participate..[17][18]

Supporters' groups

Among the supporters' groups affiliated with the Earthquakes are the 1906 Ultras, Club Quake and The Casbah.

Another well-known independent fan is "Krazy George" Henderson. Although most widely known for innovating "The Wave" at an Oakland Athletics baseball game in 1981, Krazy George is most intimately connected to the Earthquakes, having been a supporter since 1975 with the original NASL Earthquakes.

Jersey sponsors

Mascots

Affiliated clubs

Broadcasting

Earthquakes games are televised locally on Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet California HD and Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area HD, with Jim Kozimor providing the play-by-play, John Shrader providing the color analysis and Dan Dibley providing reports from the sideline.[19]

A number of games are instead televised nationally on ESPN2/ESPN2HD/ESPN Deportes, Fox Soccer/Fox Soccer HD/Fox Deportes and TeleFutura/TeleFutura HD.

On radio, all Earthquakes games are broadcast in English on KDOW-AM (1220 AM) and all home games are broadcast in Spanish on the team's website.[20] A weekly five-minute English-language Earthquakes news report airs on Fridays at 7 p.m. PT on KNBR 1050 AM throughout the season.[21]

Players and staff

Current roster

As of January 29, 2012.[22]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK David Bingham  United States
4 MF Sam Cronin  United States
5 MF Brad Ring  United States
6 DF Ike Opara  United States
7 MF Khari Stephenson  Jamaica
8 FW Chris Wondolowski  United States
11 MF Shea Salinas  United States
12 MF Ramiro Corrales  United States
14 MF Jean Alexandre  Haiti
15 DF Justin Morrow  United States
16 FW Alan Gordon  United States
17 MF Joey Gjertsen  United States
18 GK Jon Busch  United States
19 FW Sam Garza  United States
20 DF Tim Ward  United States
21 DF Jason Hernandez  United States
23 MF Anthony Ampaipitakwong  United States
24 FW Steven Lenhart  United States
25 FW Ellis McLoughlin  United States
30 MF Rafael Baca  Mexico
33 MF Steven Beitashour  United States
81 MF Marvin Chávez  Honduras
— DF Víctor Bernárdez  Honduras
— FW Sercan Güvenışık  Turkey

Reserve team players

This list shows players who have played for the team in official 2011 MLS Reserve Division games, but are not part of the senior roster.[23]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Player Nation
— DF Yousef Samy  United States
— MF Ian Anderson  United States
— MF David Frank  United States
— MF Nick Lima  United States
— MF Yuri Morales  Puerto Rico
— MF Travis Pillon  United States
— FW James Callinan  United States
— FW Christopher Wright  United States

Notable former players

This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Team management

Team captains

San Jose Earthquakes Hall of Fame

Head coaches

General Managers

Ownership

Achievements

Record

Year-by-year

Year Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup CONCACAF
Champions' Cup
San Jose Clash
1996 4th, West Quarter-Finals Did not enter Did not qualify
1997 5th, West Did not qualify Quarter-Finals Did not qualify
1998 5th, West Did not qualify Quarter-Finals Did not qualify
1999 5th, West Did not qualify Did not enter Did not qualify
San Jose Earthquakes
2000 4th, West Did not qualify Quarter-Finals Did not qualify
2001 2nd, West Champions Quarter-Finals Not held
2002 2nd, West Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals
2003 1st, West Champions Round of 16 First Round
2004 4th, West Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Quarter-Finals
2005 1st, West* Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Did not qualify
2006 On Hiatus
2007
2008 7th, West Did not qualify Did not qualify Did not qualify
2009 7th, West Did not qualify Did not qualify Did not qualify
2010 6th, West Semi-Finals Did not qualify Did not qualify
2011 7th, West Did not qualify Did not qualify Did not qualify

* Won MLS Supporters' Shield

International tournaments

First Round v. Honduras Olimpia -- 1:0, 3:1 (Earthquakes advance 4:1 on aggregate)
Quarter-Finals v. Mexico Pachuca -- 0:3, 1:0 (Pachuca advances 3:1 on aggregate)
Group Stage v. Norway Rosenborg -- 0:2
Group Stage v. Russia Rubin Kazan -- 1:1
Group Stage v. Norway Viking -- 1:3
Seventh Place Match v. Norway Lyn Oslo -- 3:1
First Round v. Guatemala CSD Municipal -- 2:4, 2:1 (Municipal advances 5:4 on aggregate)
Group Stage v. Sweden GIF Sundsvall -- 3:1
Group Stage v. Norway Stabæk -- 2:1
Semi-Finals v. Norway Viking -- 1:1 (Viking Stavanger advances 5:3 on penalties)
Third Place Match v. Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv -- 1:1 (Earthquakes win 6:5 on penalties)
Quarter-Finals v. Costa Rica LD Alajuelense -- 0:3, 1:0 (Alajuelense advances 3:1 on aggregate)

Team records

As of 28 April 2011 (Regular Season)

Average attendance

regular season / Play-offs

  • 1996: 17,232 / 17,209
  • 1997: 13,597 / missed Play-offs
  • 1998: 13,653 / missed Play-offs
  • 1999: 14,959 / missed Play-offs
  • 2000: 12,460 / missed Play-offs
  • 2001: 9,635 / 13,269
  • 2002: 11,150 / 8,069
  • 2003: 10,465 / 15,127
  • 2004: 13,001 / 8,659
  • 2005: 13,037 / 17,824
  • 2006: On hiatus
  • 2007: On hiatus
  • 2008: 13,713 / missed Play-offs
  • 2009: 14,114 / missed Play-offs
  • 2010: 9,659 / 10,525
  • All-Time: 12,821 / 12,954

See also

References

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  2. ^ MLS press release[dead link]
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  4. ^ "History | San Jose Earthquakes". Sjearthquakes.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  5. ^ "Quakes fans due for some luck". CNN. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  6. ^ Jordan, Robertson, Oakland A's owners to bring pro soccer back to Bay area, San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 2007-11-08 [dead link]
  7. ^ Witt, Barry, Quakes move closer to Buck Shaw, San Jose Mercury News, retrieved 2007-11-08
  8. ^ Carlisle, Jeff, Galaxy's Yallop resigns to coach Quakes, ESPN.com, retrieved 2007-11-08
  9. ^ San Jose Earthquakes Media Relations, Quakes, Amway Global reach sponsorship deal, retrieved 2009-01-27
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  11. ^ San Jose Earthquakes: Home: FAQ[dead link]
  12. ^ Wilner, Jon, Stadium deal builds at SJSU, San Jose Mercury News, retrieved 2007-11-08
  13. ^ Molina, Joshua, San Jose soccer stadium closer to reality, retrieved 2008-04-15
  14. ^ Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal (April 15, 2008), $132M deal worked out for San Jose pro soccer stadium, retrieved 2008-04-15 {{citation}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ Almond, Elliott (October 28, 2011), San Jose Earthquakes: Team makes inroads with fans, plans to 'strive to be best' on field, retrieved 2011-10-28 {{citation}}: Text "San Jose Mercury News" ignored (help)
  16. ^ "San Jose residents urge city leaders to spare services, employees bristle at proposed cuts - San Jose Mercury News". Mercurynews.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  17. ^ Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Heritage Cup
  18. ^ Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Heritage Cup Rules
  19. ^ San Jose Earthquakes Media Relations, Earthquakes, CSNCA to broadcast games for first time in HD, retrieved 2010-03-11 [dead link]
  20. ^ San Jose Earthquakes Media Relations, Quakes announce deal with KDOW, retrieved 2009-03-19 [dead link]
  21. ^ San Jose Earthquakes Media Relations, Quakes segment on KNBR 1050, retrieved 2009-03-11 [dead link]
  22. ^ "Players | San Jose Earthquakes". Sjearthquakes.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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