MLS San Jose Earthquakes

Earthquakes Weekly Update

Published on April 20, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
San Jose Earthquakes News Release


The San Jose Earthquakes travel to Seattle to take on expansion Seattle Sounders FC. for the first time ever this week. The Quakes look to get a victory after their 1-1 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy this past weekend. Seattle will host the Quakes on Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. PT at Qwest Field. The game will be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet California and 1220 KDOW. Fans can watch the game at Dave and Buster's Saturday night at the Official Earthquakes Viewing Party. Food and drink specials will be available as well as the opportunity to enter a raffle. Fans will also have the opportunity to make donations to the Nothing But Nets Foundation at the event.

Earthquakes vs. Seattle All-Time

First Meeting

Earthquakes Schedule for the Week of 4/20/09

Tuesday, April 21 - 10:30 a.m. PT - Training at Santa Clara

Wednesday, April 22 - 10:30 a.m. PT - TBD

Thursday, April 23 - 10:30 a.m. PT - Training at Santa Clara

Friday, April 24 - Travel to Seattle

Saturday, April 25 - 7:30 p.m. PT - Earthquakes at Seattle Sounders FC on Comcast SportsNet California and KDOW.

Injury Report

Questionable - Kelly Gray (L - calf strain); Shea Salinas (R - hip strain); Ryan Cochrane (L - ankle sprain); Darren Huckerby (R - quadriceps strain);

Out - Jason Hernandez (L - calf strain)

Last Game

Earthquakes 1, LA Galaxy 1; April 18, 2009; Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum: Oakland, Calif.

The San Jose Earthquakes took on their arch-rivals the LA Galaxy at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum with a 1-1 tie. Pablo Campos had opened the scoring for the home side after just five minutes, but Bryan Jordan's bullet header from a Landon Donovan cross leveled matters with 14 minutes remaining, giving the visitors a share of the points. Both sides started the match missing key parts of their attack. San Jose was without Darren Huckerby, who was sidelined with a right thigh strain, meaning a start on the left side of midfield for the Quakes Bobby Convey. The Galaxy was not only missing on-loan midfielder David Beckham, but forwards Edson Buddle and Alan Gordon were out due to injury and suspension respectively. The Quakes had promised to exploit their speed advantage up top prior to the game, and they made good on their vow after just five minutes. Chris Leitch's long ball out of the back found Campos in acres of space, and with plenty of time to set himself, he slotted the ball past Galaxy goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts to give San Jose a 1-0 lead. The Quakes were soon back on the attack. Arturo Alvarez's delivery on a corner was headed on goal by Campos, but Ricketts delivered a sharp save to his left to keep the margin at one. The Quakes chances became scarcer in the second half, and with the Galaxy in need of a goal, Arena brought on Jordan for Mike Magee in the 56th minute. The switch's impact was felt with Jordan's equalizer in the 76th minute. Donovan's initial corner kick was cleared only as far as Dema Kovalenko, whose pass to Donovan was crossed back into the box, where Jordan's snap header beat Cannon to the far post. That is where it stayed, 1-1, with each team leaving with a point.

Preseason Match vs. Seattle

Earthquakes 3, Seattle Sounders F.C. 2; February 14, 2009; Alex G. Spanos Stadium: San Luis Obispo, Calif.

The San Jose Earthquakes kicked off the preseason with a 3-2 victory over Seattle Sounders FC on Friday at Alex G. Spanos Stadium in the Major League Soccer Central Coast Showcase. Ryan Johnson netted a pair of first-half goals for San Jose and rookie forward Quincy Amarikwa scored the winner early in the second half. Johnson got the Quakes on the board first with a goal in the eighth minute. After receiving a ball over the top from Ned Grabavoy, he slotted a left-footed shot past Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller for a 1-0 advantage. Fredy Montero tied the game for Seattle just minutes later. Former Quake James Riley found Nate Jaqua on the wing and he centered the ball to Montero. Montero then found the net with a shot past Quakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon in the 11th minute. San Jose broke back on top through Johnson's second goal of the night. Newly-signed forward Cam Weaver headed a ball down to Johnson in the box and he slotted a shot past Keller for a 2-1 lead midway through the half. Sounders FC tied the match once again just before halftime. Montero received a pass from Sebastien Le Toux and headed a shot to the far post past Cannon for his second of the match to send the teams to the dressing rooms in a 2-2 tie. Amarikwa netted the winner for the Earthquakes with an unassisted goal less than 40 seconds into the second half. Amarikwa, a third-round draft choice out of UC Davis of San Jose, beat the Keller one-on-one in the box for his first post-collegiate goal. Andrew Weber, San Jose's backup keeper, came up clutch for the Earthquakes in the 85th minute, stopping a point-blank shot from Sanna Nyassi.

Misc. Notes

Quakes in the Community

What: Earthquakes Viewing Party

Who: Jason Hernandez and Earthquakes Street Team

Location: Dave & Busters in Milpitas

Date: Saturday, April 25

Time: 7-9:30 p.m.

Details: Jason Hernandez will be at the event to sign autographs and interact with fans. Fans can also make donations to the Nothing But Nets Foundation.

What: Pat's Run

Who: Earthquakes Street Team and "Q"

Location: Leland High School, San Jose

Date: Saturday, April 25th

Time: 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Details: The Street Team will be on-site handing out prizes and the team mascot Q will interact with the crowd and run the kids .42 mile race.

Arturo Alvarez in Cosmo Girl Magazine

San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Arturo Alvarez is featured in the popular magazine, Cosmo Girl. He is in the MLS Hot Soccer Guys Section along with a variety of other MLS players. Readers are encouraged to leave their comments on who they think is the best looking. Readers can also enter to win one of 15 autographed MLS jerseys. Each player involved has autographed one girl-sized jersey. One lucky reader will win the grand prize: an official adidas MLS game ball signed by the LA Galaxy. A Cosmo Girl blog post that links to the sweepstakes as well as the photo gallery can be found online also. Alvarez can be seen in the magazine itself, or in the online version at www.cosmogirl.com.

Campos Scores First Career Goal

Quakes forward Pablo Campos scored his first career MLS goal on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against the Los Angeles Galaxy. His goal came in the fifth minute of play in just his second career start. Campos took a long ball from defender Chris Leitch and slotted his shot past the diving Galaxy goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.

Leitch Tallies Career-High Third Assist

Defender Chris Leitch set a career-high in assists for a season with his third on Saturday, April 18 against the Los Angeles Galaxy. He set up the goal by Pablo Campos in the fifth minute of play. Leitch is currently tied with four other players atop of the MLS assist chart for the 2009 season. He had two assists for New York in 2004 and 2008.

Quakes Forwards Ryan Johnson and Cam Weaver Appear at Comcast Spring Break

San Jose Earthquakes forwards Cam Weaver and Ryan Johnson joined the Amway Global Street Team at Comcast's Spring Break at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Thursday, April 16. The Quakes players interacted with fans, posed for photos, and signed autographs in the afternoon. The Earthquakes also helped run beach soccer clinics throughout the day and provided an inflatable Earthquakes slide as well as an Earthquakes Fun Zone bounce house.

Catch Yallop on Sports Ramble

Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop will appear every Sunday during the season on KDOW's weekly sports show, Sports Ramble. Yallop will appear with host Chetan Chaudhari at 8:30 p.m. PT each Sunday to talk Quakes soccer. Each week on the show between 8:00-9:00 p.m., one caller will win four tickets to an Earthquakes home match. Fans can also listen to the show online at kdow.biz.

Quakes 2009 Start Similar to the 2001 and 2005 Teams

The San Jose Earthquakes have started the 2009 campaign with just five points in their first five games of the season. Their current record of 1-2-2 is very similar to that of the Earthquakes' start in the 2005 season (1-1-3). That team ended up finishing with the best record in the league at 18-4-10 with 64 points. In the 2001 MLS Cup Championship season, the Quakes began with just four points through their first four matches, posting a record of 1-2-1. San Jose then went on to finish the season with a final mark of 13-7-6, which got them into the playoffs where they knocked off the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2001 MLS Cup Final.

Earthquakes Visit Electronic Arts Campus in Redwood Shores

The Earthquakes spent Monday, April 13 at the Electronic Arts campus in Redwood Shores for training and to receive a tour of the facilities. The team and coaching staff was joined by Owner Lew Wolf, Executive Vice President David Alioto and General Manager of Soccer Operations John Doyle for the visit. After a short bus ride up from Santa Clara, the Quakes trained on the grass field at the center of the EA campus. A large crowd of EA employees stopped by to watch the training session. Following training, the employees took photos with the players and received autographs. Following lunch in a private dining area, the team was treated to a full tour of the complex. The tour included stops at the employee arcade, where employees can check out and play any video game they would like, and the employee store. At the employee store, the players stocked up on some of the latest EA titles, including The Godfather II, Rock Band II, Spore, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09, and FIFA '09, among others. To end the day, a producer from Dante's Inferno, a yet-to-be released game, gave a demonstration of the game and talked about its development.

Sounders F.C. All-Time Leaders vs. San Jose Sounders forward Nate Jaqua has appeared in nine matches against San Jose in his MLS career and has one goal and two assists ... Midfielder Peter Vagenas has scored a goal and tallied three assists versus the Earthquakes in 16 career appearances ... Forward Brad Evans has scored one goal against the Earthquakes in two career appearances ... Defender Tyrone Marshall has notched two career assists in 20 games against the Quakes.

Riley Faces Former Team Sounders F.C. defender James Riley will appear against his former team, the San Jose Earthquakes for the first time. He played with the Quakes in 2008.

Earthquakes-Sounders F.C. Connections

Sounders forward Nate Jaqua played under Quakes head coach Frank Yallop with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 and was traded from Houston for current Quake Kelly Gray, whom he played with on the Chicago Fire and in college at the University of Portland ... Jaqua also played in Chicago for part of the 2006 season with current Quakes forward Ryan Johnson ... Roger Levesque played with the Earthquakes from 2003 to 2005, appearing in six matches for San Jose ... Defender Taylor Graham played with current Quakes defender Nick Garcia in Kansas City from 2003-2004 as did Sounders defender Tyson Wall from 2006-2007 ... Defender Patrick Ianni played in Houston from 2006-2008 and played with current Quakes Ryan Cochrane and Kelly Gray ... Quakes midfielder Simon Elliott played with Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller at Fulham F.C. in the 2007-2008 season in England (Keller, like Jaqua and Gray, also played at the University of Portland, although it was in the late 1980s and early 1990s) ... Tyrone Marshall played for the Galaxy under Quakes head coach Frank Yallop from 2006-2007 and with Simon Elliott from 2002-2003 ... Marshall also played on the Jamaican national team with Quakes forward Ryan Johnson ... Quakes forward Cam Weaver played for the Seattle Sounders of USL-1 in 2006 with current Sounders Roger Levesque, Zach Scott and backup goalkeeper Chris Eylander ... Sounders assistant coach Ezra Hendrickson played with the Los Angeles Galaxy with Simon Elliott from 1999-2002 ... Sounders assistant coach Brian Schmetzer was the head coach of the USL-1 Sounders when Cam Weaver played there in 2006 ... Sounders technical director Chris Henderson won the MLS Cup in 2000 with the Kansas City Wizards where he played with Nick Garcia from 1999-2000 ... Henderson also played in Colorado with Quakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon from 2003-2005, played with Simon Elliott with the Columbus Crew in 2005 and with Quakes general manager of soccer operations John Doyle in the early 1990s with the United States National Team.

Cannon Amongst All-Time Leaders

Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon is among the all-time league leaders in a number of goalkeeping categories. He previously played for San Jose from 1999-2002. He is second in goalkeeper appearances (251), starts (250) and minutes played (22,605). He is now third all-time in saves (1,046), fourth all-time in shutouts (65), fifth all-time in wins (93) and eighth all-time in goals against average (1.31) in league history. For San Jose, Cannon is first in club history as a goalkeeper in appearances (136), minutes played (12,411), saves (578), wins (55) and shutouts (35) and second in goals against average (1.28), and saves percentage (74.3). He also holds the team's all-time record for saves in a game with 12 on July 8, 2000 at Colorado.

Cannon Makes 250th Start

Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon started his 250th career MLS game on Saturday, April 18 against the Los Angeles Galaxy. Cannon has now made 251 career appearances as an MLS goalkeeper.

Cannon in Quakes Record Books

Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon played 90 minutes Saturday, April 18 against Los Angeles to record his 136th career game as a member of the Earthquakes, which is good for fifth place in franchise history. Cannon has also recorded 12,411 minutes, good for second all-time in Quakes history. His 136 career starts are also fourth all-time in San Jose history.

Corrales in Record Books

Ramiro Corrales started and played 90 minutes on April 18 against the Galaxy to record his 148th appearance in a San Jose uniform. With 148 appearances, Corrales is now tied for second on the all-time appearances list with Ronald Cerritos (1997-2001, 2005). Richard Mulrooney (1999-2004) is the all-time leader with 163. Corrales also made his 132nd start and has logged 11,806 minutes as a member of the Quakes. He is now in fifth place in franchise history in starts, and fifth all-time in club history for minutes played.

Quakes in April

The Earthquakes are 19-21-11 all-time in MLS games during the month of April.

Quakes Above .500

The Earthquakes all-time MLS record is above the .500 mark. The Quakes all-time regular season MLS record is 143-140-58 for 487 points.

Making the First One Count

The Earthquakes now own a 70-4-14 record in their last 88 matches when they score the first goal of the game after tying the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-1 on April 18. They finished 8-1-3 in 2008 when scoring first. They lost to Columbus 3-2 on May 10, 2008 after scoring first. In 2005, San Jose went undefeated at 14-0-5 when scoring first. The Earthquakes were 25-2-2 in 2001 and 2002 when finding the back of the net first. The Quakes only gave up leads two times in 2002, losing 2-1 to Los Angeles on July 4 and falling 2-1 to Kansas City on July 27. The team continued that trend in 2003, possessing an 11-0-1 mark in the regular season when they scored the first goal. In 2004, the Quakes went 8-1-1 when scoring first, the top mark in MLS. The Quakes gave up their lead and lost to Los Angeles on July 4, 2004 for the first time since July 27, 2002 against Kansas City. The Quakes are also impressive in the playoffs when scoring first, posting a 6-0-0 record.

Scoring First Under Yallop

During Frank Yallop's first tenure with San Jose, the Earthquakes were one of the best teams in the league when scoring the first goal. The team went 36-2-1 from 2001-03 when scoring the first goal of the game. The Quakes only gave up leads two times in 2002, losing 2-1 to Los Angeles on July 4 and falling 2-1 to Kansas City on July 27. Yallop's team was 8-1-3 in 2008 when scoring first and is 1-0-2 so far in 2009 when netting the first goal.

Halftime Success

The Earthquakes remain amongst the best in league history in holding onto a half-time lead after tying the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-1 on April 18, 2009. Since the beginning of the 2000 season, the Earthquakes are now 54-1-10 in games when leading at the half, including 8-0-1 in 2003, 7-0-1 in 2004 and 7-0-3 in 2005. Despite holding a halftime lead on May 10, 2008 vs. Columbus, the Quakes fell 3-2. That game marked the team's first loss since 1999 when holding a halftime lead.

Quakes Radio Segment on KNBR 1050

The Earthquakes weekly five-minute news segment will air at its regularly scheduled time this week. The segment, which runs throughout the MLS season, will air Friday, April 24 on KNBR 1050 following the Razor and Mr. T show at 7 p.m. PT. John Shrader, the voice of the Earthquakes, will host the report that will include interviews, player features and team news. The segment will air every Friday on KNBR 1050 following the Razor and Mr. T show at 7 p.m. PT.

Listen to Quakes "en Español" on sjearthquakes.com

The Earthquakes have launched Spanish-language web broadcasts this season. Fans can tune into every home game during the 2009 Earthquakes season by clicking on the "Multimedia" link at sjearthquakes.com. Carlos Cesar Rivera returns for his second consecutive season as the voice of the Quakes and his fifth overall. A native of El Salvador, Rivera hosts a popular sports talk show from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. PT Monday through Friday on 1370 AM that covers MLS, Mexican League soccer, as well as many other sports. Rivera, who has worked in radio in the Bay Area for over 25 years, has also called games for the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks in his career

Stay up to Date on Insider News on MyQuakes

The Earthquakes are proud to announce the launch of MyQuakes.com, the official social network of the San Jose Earthquakes. The site is a place where fans, players, and staff interact and share all types of content such as photos, videos, blogs and more. Some features that members will enjoy are the following; a team blog on the main page that will update fans on insider team information, a forum on the main page where fans, players, and staff can create and respond to discussions, a fully customizable profile page, players and coaches pages, an option to create your own groups, a full event calendar, as well as live online chat.

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