San Jose Earthquakes

Infobox Football club
clubname = San Jose Earthquakes


fullname = San Jose Earthquakes
nickname = Earthquakes, Quakes,
The Boys in Blue,
Los Terremotos de San José
shortname =
founded = April 17, 1995 (as San Jose Clash)
dissolved =
ground = Buck Shaw Stadium [ [http://web.mlsnet.com/t110/news/article.jsp?content_id=10262007 The Official Site of Earthquakes Soccer, LLC - News ] ]
Santa Clara, CA
(Capacity: 10,515)
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum [Big-game venue]
Oakland, CA
capacity = 47,416
chrtitle = Owner
chairman = flagicon|USA Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
ceo =
mgrtitle = Coach
manager = flagicon|CAN Frank Yallop
league = Major League Soccer
season = 2005
position = 1st (Western Conference)
Playoffs: Conference Semifinals
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firstgame = D.C. United 0 - 1 San Jose Clash
"(Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996)"
largestwin = 6–1 (2)
5–0 (1)
worstdefeat = 4-0 (2)
5-1 (1)
topscorer = flagicon|El Salvador Ronald Cerritos (61)
fansgroup = Soccer Silicon Valley,
The Casbah,
Club Quake, 1906 Ultras
honours = MLS Cup (2)
Supporters' Shield (1)
American = trueThe San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in San Jose, California and participates in the top level soccer league in the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS). The Earthquakes participated in MLS from 1995 to 2005, and resumed operations in 2007. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/07/17/quakes.return/index.html SI.com - Writers - Jonah Freedman: Quakes are back - and here's what it means for MLS - Tuesday July 17, 2007 4:31PM ] ] It is one of the original ten teams in the league, known as the San Jose Clash from 1995 to 1999. The Earthquakes defeated D.C. United 1–0 in the first game in MLS history. It is one of three teams from California to play in the league.

The team won the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003, as well as the MLS Supporters' Shield in 2005. Following the 2005 MLS season in December of that year, the franchise was put on hiatus. The players and head coach Dominic Kinnear moved to Houston, Texas where they play as the Houston Dynamo. On July 18, 2007 it was announced that the San Jose Earthquakes would resume play starting in the 2008 season. [ [http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070718&content_id=106314&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp MLS press release] ] The Earthquakes play most home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

History

Roots of the Earthquakes

:"For more information see San Jose Earthquakes (NASL) 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 that 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 they played as the San Jose Hawks in the USISL in 1993. The team folded at the end of the 1993 season.

Major League Soccer

In 1994, Van Voorhis successfully led a San Jose bidding group which 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 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, at the time, 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 led eventually led to a locker room brawl between Wynalda and John Doyle. On top of that was an infamous incident in which Wynalda hired an aircraft towing a banner demanding the Clash fire Calloway. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/mls/news/2001/03/21/quakes_due_sa/ CNNSI.com - Soccer - MLS - Soccer America: Quakes fans due for some luck - Wednesday March 21, 2001 02:51 PM ] ]

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 the middle of the 1997 season, the team was sinking fast and Bridgwater fired Calloway, to be replaced by Brian Quinn. The Clash finished 1997 with a 12–20 and at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. In 1998 things got no better as 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

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 arch rival 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 observers described as the greatest in MLS 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 as the team's next 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 his replacement. Under Lalas' management, the club planned a move to Houston. Meanwhile, when the Quakes' star player, Landon Donovan, played briefly in Germany while Lalas traded away his rights, thus allowing 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 due to the failure of securing a new 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 is by the NFL.

Return of the Earthquakes

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. [Citation |last=Jordan |first=Robertson |title=Oakland A's owners to bring pro soccer back to Bay area |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/05/24/state/n100047D92.DTL |accessdate=2007-11-08]

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 [http://www.sjearthquakes.com/ 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, at his annual state of the league address, that the San Jose Earthquakes will resume play starting in the 2008 season after Lew Wolff exercised his option to purchase the new expansion team. The expansion team however retains all records, logos, colors and titles of the 1996–2005 franchise and is in essence a continuation of that franchise, while functionally being the 14th franchise to join MLS.

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 FMC site. [Citation |last=Witt |first=Barry |title=Quakes move closer to Buck Shaw |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_7168688?nclick_check=1 |accessdate=2007-11-08]

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. [Citation |last=Carlisle |first=Jeff |title=Galaxy's Yallop resigns to coach Quakes |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=479078&cc=5901 |accessdate=2007-11-08]

Logo

Partnerships and Affiliations

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

At a joint press conference on October 9, 2008, the Earthquakes and Tottenham Hotspur F.C. announced a strategic partnership between the two clubs. [Citation |last=San Jose Earthquakes Media Relations |title=San Jose Earthquakes Establish Strategic Partnership with Premier League's Tottenham Hotspur Football Club |url=http://www.mlsnet.com//news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20081009&content_id=194643&vkey=pr_sje&fext=.jsp&team=t110 |accessdate=2008-10-09] The partnership involves both business and soccer interests including, but not limited to, sharing marketing ideas, training facilities and playing friendlies against each other. The deal aims to grow each team's soccer interests and respective brands on both sides of the Atlantic.

New stadium

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 22,000 permanent seat (with the option to increase the total capacity to 30,000 seats for any given game) soccer/football stadium just east of the Earthquakes' previous home of Spartan Stadium. The new facility 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 still-unspent San Jose municipal bond money approved years earlier for such community soccer fields. [Citation |last=Wilner |first=Jon |title=Stadium deal builds at SJSU |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16452867.htm |accessdate=2007-11-08] The plan was for the new version of the San Jose Earthquakes to play in Spartan Stadium during the 2008 MLS season, then to 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 for the stadium.

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 site is adjacent to not only the airport but the planned BART extension to Santa Clara and the existing Santa Clara Caltrain station in addition to being in proximity to 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 FMC site. The preliminary designs have yet to be released to the public. The first payment on the new stadium land of $3 million dollars was made the last week of June 2008.

The team currently plays its smaller attendance games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara and its larger attendance games at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, and will continue to do so until the completion of a new soccer specific stadium in San Jose which is scheduled to open between 2010 and 2011. [Citation |last=Molina |first=Joshua |title=San Jose soccer stadium closer to reality |url=http://geeklinks.vox.com/library/post/san-jose-soccer-stadium-closer-to-reality.html |accessdate=2008-4-15] [Citation |last=Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal |title=$132M deal worked out for San Jose pro soccer stadium |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/04/14/daily20.html |accessdate=2008-4-15]

Television and radio

Earthquakes games are televised locally on CSN Bay Area and CSN California, with John Shrader providing the play-by-play, Troy Dayak providing the color analysis and Kate Longworth providing reports from the sideline. [Citation |last=Comcast SportsNet Bay Area |title=Earthquakes broadcasters |url=http://bayarea.comcastsportsnet.com/Bios_Earthquakes.jsp]

A number of games are instead televised nationally on ESPN2/ESPN2HD/ESPN Deportes, Fox Soccer Channel/Fox Sports en Español, HDNet and TeleFutura.

On radio, all Earthquakes games are broadcast in Spanish on KLOK-AM.

Official Anthem

The [http://ww2.mlsnet.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=mms://a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2008/audio/06/070208_sjo_anthem.mp3&w_id=10369&catCode=special&type=v_free&_mp=1 San Jose Earthquakes Anthem] is performed by Bay Area rapper E-40.

Domestic Honors

League

*MLS Cup:
** Winners (2): 2001, 2003

*MLS Supporters' Shield:
** Winners (1): 2005
** Runners-up (2): 2002, 2003

Invitational

*Carolina Challenge Cup (pre-season):
** Winners (2): 2005, 2008

Rivalries

The team's 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.

A growing rivalry is also forming with the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo was created from the players and coach that made up the Earthquakes franchise prior to 2005 when they were moved from San Jose to Houston.

Team management

*General Manager: flagicon|USA John Doyle
*Head Coach: flagicon|Canada Frank Yallop
*Assistant Coach: flagicon|USA Ian Russell
*Goalkeeper Coach: flagicon|NZL Jason Batty
*Technical Advisor: flagicon|DEN Ronnie Ekelund
*Athletic Trainer: flagicon|USA Bruce Morgan
*Equipment Manager: flagicon|USA Jose Vega
*Team Administrator: flagicon|USA Joe Dincecco

Players

Current Roster

"As of September 4, 2008." [http://web.mlsnet.com/players/roster.jsp?club=t110]

Changes for the 2008 MLS Season

In
* Arturo Alvarez - "Trade with FC Dallas"

* Mikel Arce - "Signed after playing for CD Lourdes"

* Jay Ayres - "Signed after playing for Belmont University"

* Tim Bohnenkamp - "Drafted 15th overall in 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft"

* Dan Benton - "Signed after playing for Charlotte Eagles"

* Preston Burpo - "Trade with CD Chivas USA"

* Joe Cannon - "Trade with Los Angeles Galaxy"

* Brian Carroll - "Expansion draft pick from D.C. United"

* Ryan Cochrane - "Expansion draft pick from Houston Dynamo"

* Ramiro Corrales - "Trade with Houston Dynamo for league rights after return from SK Brann"

* John Cunliffe - "Trade with CD Chivas USA

* Greg Curry - "Drafted 29th overall in 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft"

* Eric Denton - "Signed after playing for New York Red Bulls"

* Nick Garcia - "Trade with Kansas City Wizards"

* Michael Ghebru - "Signed after playing for Eintracht Frankfurt"

* Gavin Glinton - "Expansion draft pick from Los Angeles Galaxy"

* Clarence Goodson - "Expansion draft pick from FC Dallas"

* Ned Grabavoy - "Expansion draft pick from Columbus Crew"

* Kelly Gray - "Trade with Colorado Rapids"

* Iván Guerrero - "Expansion draft pick from Chicago Fire"

* Michael Gustavson - "Signed after playing for Clayton State University"

* Matt Hatzke - "Signed after playing for Santa Clara University"

* Jason Hernandez - "Expansion draft pick from CD Chivas USA"

* Darren Huckerby - "Trade with Toronto FC for league rights after playing for Norwich City F.C."

* Peguero Jean Philippe - "Loan from Brøndby IF"

* Tim Jepson - "Drafted 43rd overall in 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft"

* Ryan Johnson - "Signed after playing for New Jersey Ironmen

* Kei Kamara - "Trade with Columbus Crew"

* Jovan Kirovski - "Trade with Colorado Rapids"

* Francisco Lima - "Signed after playing for Brescia Calcio"

* Ronnie O'Brien - "Trade with Toronto FC"

* Chris Pozniak - "Expansion draft pick from Toronto FC"

* James Riley - "Expansion draft pick from New England Revolution"

* Jamil Roberts - "Trade with FC Dallas"

* Shea Salinas - "Drafted 15th overall in 2008 MLS SuperDraft"

* Scott Sealy - "Trade with Kansas City Wizards"

* Adam Smarte - "Drafted 1st overall in 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft"

* Davide Somma - "Signed after playing for Olbia Calcio"

* Joe Vide - "Expansion draft pick from New York Red Bulls"

Out
* Dan Benton - "Waived"

* Tim Bohnenkamp - "Waived"

* Preston Burpo - "Trade with Colorado Rapids"

* Brian Carroll - "Trade with Columbus Crew"

* Greg Curry - "Waived"

* Clarence Goodson - "Signed with IK Start"

* Iván Guerrero - "Trade with D.C. United"

* Peguero Jean Philippe - "Canceled loan with Brøndby IF"

* Tim Jepson - "Waived"

* Kei Kamara - "Trade with Houston Dynamo"

* Chris Pozniak - "Trade with CD Chivas USA"

* Joe Vide - "Trade with D.C. United"

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."

* Junior Agogo (2001)
* Jeff Agoos (2001-2004)
* Khodadad Azizi (2000)
* Jeff Baicher (1996-1999)
* Wade Barrett (1998-2002, 2005)
* Scott Bower (1999-2002)
* Paul Bravo (1996)
* Dario Brose (1999-2001)
* Danny Califf (2005)
* Ronald Cerritos (1997-2001, 2005)
* Brian Ching (2003-2005)
* Jimmy Conrad (1999-2002)
* Abdul Thompson Conteh (2000)
* Troy Dayak (1996-1998, 2001-2005)
* Dwayne De Rosario (2001-2005)
* Raul Diaz Arce (1999)
* Landon Donovan (2001-2004)
* John Doyle (1996-2000)
* Todd Dunivant (2003-2004)
* Ronnie Ekelund (2001-2004)
* Michael Emenalo (1996-1997)
* Missael Espinoza (1996)
* Richard Gough (1998)
* Ariel Graziani (2002)
* Iván Guerrero (2008)
* Ben Iroha (1996-1997)
* Kei Kamara (2008)
* Dominic Kinnear (1997)
* David Kramer (1997-1999)
* Tom Liner (1996-1997)
* Manny Lagos (2001-2003)
* Lawrence Lozzano (1997-1998)
* Roger Levesque (2003-2005)
* Eddie Lewis (1996-1999)
* Brian Mullan (2003-2005)
* Richard Mulrooney (1999-2004)
* Curt Onalfo (1997)
* Pat Onstad (2003-2005)
* Eddie Robinson (2001-2005)
* Jorge Rodas (1996)
* Ian Russell (2000-2005)
* Dave Salzwedel (1996-1997)
* Mauricio Solis (1999-2000)
* Christopher Sullivan (1997)
* Francisco Uribe (1998)
* Craig Waibel (2003-2005)
* Mauricio Wright (1999-2000)
* Eric Wynalda (1996-1999)

Team captains

* John Doyle (1996-2000)
* Jeff Agoos (2001-2004)
* Wade Barrett (2005)
* Nick Garcia (2008- )

San Jose Earthquakes Hall of Fame

* John Doyle (inducted 2005)

Head coaches

*flagicon|England Laurie Calloway (1996-1997)
*flagicon|Northern Ireland Brian Quinn (1997-1999)
*flagicon|Mexico Jorge Espinoza (1999) "(interim)"
*flagicon|Germany Lothar Osiander (1999-2000)
*flagicon|Canada Frank Yallop (2001-2003)
*flagicon|USA Dominic Kinnear (2004-2005)
*flagicon|Canada Frank Yallop (2008- )

Team records

*Games: Richard Mulrooney, 163
*Goals: Ronald Cerritos, 61
*Assists: Ronald Cerritos, 47
*Shutouts: Pat Onstad, 27

Home stadiums

*Spartan Stadium (1996-2005)
*Buck Shaw Stadium (2008- )
*Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (2008- ) (big game venue) [ [http://web.mlsnet.com/t110/faq.jsp#gen01 San Jose Earthquakes: Home: FAQ ] ]
*Earthquakes Stadium (2010/2011 planned)

General Managers

*flagicon|England Peter Bridgwater (1995-1998)
*flagicon|USA Lynne Meterparel (1999-2000)
*flagicon|USA Tom Neale (2001)
*flagicon|Scotland Johnny Moore (2002-2003)
*flagicon|USA Alexi Lalas (2004-2005)
*flagicon|USA Kate McAllister (2005; interim)
*flagicon|USA Ken Freccero (2005; interim)
*flagicon|USA John Doyle (2008- )

Ownership

* Major League Soccer (1996-1998)
* Kraft Sports Group (1999-2000)
* Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (2001)
* Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (Operations) / Anschutz Entertainment Group (Investment) (2002)
* Anschutz Entertainment Group (2003-2005)
* Earthquakes Soccer, LLC (2007- )

Mascots

* José Clash (1996-1999)
* Rikter the CyberDog (2000-2002)
* Q (2004-2005, 2008- )

Year-by-year

"* Won MLS Supporters' Shield"

International competition

*2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
** First Round v. flagicon|HON CD Olimpia -- 1:0, 3:1 (Earthquakes advance 4:1 on aggregate)
** Quarterfinals v. flagicon|MEX CF Pachuca -- 0:3, 1:0 (Pachuca advances 3:1 on aggregate)
*2003 La Manga Cup
** Group Stage v. flagicon|NOR Rosenborg BK -- 0:2
** Group Stage v. flagicon|RUS Rubin Kazan -- 1:1
** Group Stage v. flagicon|NOR Viking Stavanger -- 1:3
** Seventh Place Match v. flagicon|NOR Lyn Oslo -- 3:1
*2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
** First Round v. flagicon|GUA CSD Municipal -- 2:4, 2:1 (Municipal advances 5:4 on aggregate)
*2004 La Manga Cup
** Group Stage v. flagicon|SWE GIF Sundsvall -- 3:1
** Group Stage v. flagicon|NOR Stabæk -- 2:1
** Semifinals v. flagicon|NOR Viking Stavanger -- 1:1 (Viking Stavanger advances 5:3 on penalties)
** Third Place Match v. flagicon|UKR Dynamo Kyiv -- 1:1 (Earthquakes win 6:5 on penalties)
*2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
** Quarterfinals v. flagicon|CRC LD Alajuelense -- 0:3, 1:0 (Alajuelense advances 3:1 on aggregate)

Average attendance

"regular season / playoffs"
* 1996: 17,232 / 17,209
* 1997: 13,597 / missed playoffs
* 1998: 13,653 / missed playoffs
* 1999: 14,959 / missed playoffs
* 2000: 12,460 / missed playoffs
* 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: 14,205 / TBD ("as of September 28, 2008")
* All-Time: 13,036 / 13,569

ee also

*San Jose Earthquakes (NASL)
*2007 MLS Expansion Draft

Notes

External links

* [http://www.sjearthquakes.com/ www.sjearthquakes.com] Team's official website
* [http://www.1906ultras.com/ www.1906ultras.com] Supporters' Club website
* [http://www.clubquake.org/index.php www.clubquake.org] Supporters' Club website
* [http://www.thecasbah.org/ www.thecasbah.org] Supporters' Club website
* [http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=20/ www.bigsoccer.com] BigSoccer's online community for Earthquakes fans
* [http://www.soccersiliconvalley.com/ www.SoccerSiliconValley.com] Grassroots group working to help create a permanent home for the team
* [http://www.centerlinesoccer.com/ www.CenterLineSoccer.com] San Jose Earthquakes specific news website