San Fernando Valley Quakes

Football club infobox
clubname = San Fernando Valley Quakes


fullname = San Fernando Valley Quakes
nickname = The Quakes
founded = 2006
ground = Keith Ritchie Field
capacity = 3,000
chairman = flagicon|USA Mat Davis
manager = flagicon|Colombia Juan Florez
league = USL Premier Development League
season = 2008
position = 1st, Southwest Division
Playoff Conference Semifinals

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San Fernando Valley Quakes are an American soccer team, founded in 2006. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference against teams from Bakersfield, Fresno, Glendora, Irvine, La Mirada, Lancaster, San Francisco, San Jose and Ventura.

They currently play their home games on Keith Ritchie Field on the grounds of Calabasas High School in the city of Calabasas, California, 30 miles west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley. The team's colors are blue, black and white.

2008 Roster

taff

* Juan Florez "Head Coach"
* Jose Mejia Jr. "Assistant Coach"
* Justin Szabo "General Manager"
* Max Bulwa "Director of Operations"
* Shawn Lucas "Operations Manager"
* Zack Murshedi "Operations"
* David Mulvihill "Director of Sales and Marketing"
* "Director of Media Relations"

Year-by-year

Honors

* USL PDL Southwest Division Champions 2008

Competition History

The Quakes made their debut in PDL competition in 2006, one of several teams joining the Southwest division as it expanded to nine teams. Playing at John Elway Stadium on the campus of Granada Hills Charter High School, head coach Ali Khosroshahin's team made an inauspicious start, tying 1-1 with Los Angeles Storm in their opening game, and then suffering a devastating 4-3 home defeat to Orange County Blue Star, having led 3-0 with 8 minutes to go. The Quakes' mid-season form improved considerably, highlighted by several impressive victories, including a 5-1 thrashing of California Gold, and an astonishing 7-4 road victory over San Diego Gauchos which included a hat trick from central defender Derek Hanks. The Quakes were still in with a shout of making the playoffs as the final round of games came round, but a 1-0 defeat to the eventual divisional champions Southern California Seahorses put pay to their hopes, and they finished third in the table. Ryan Shaw was the Quakes' top scorer in their freshman year, scoring 8 goals in his 15 games, while Mat Davis and Adrian Lopez led the assists with 3 each.

2007 saw the Quakes begin the year with a new coach and a new partnership: Khosroshahin left to take charge of the women's soccer team at USC, and he was replaced by Colombian Juan Florez. In addition, the team signed a major partnership deal with Real SoCal, one of Southern California's major youth soccer organizations, which initiated a change in colors (from red and black to blue and black) and a re-design of the club badge. The 2007 Quakes were an improvement over their still-successful 2006 predecessors: they hammered Los Angeles Storm 5-0 on the opening day of the season, and despite losses to both Ventura County Fusion and Fresno Fuego on the road, managed to recover their form. A 2-1 victory over Lancaster Rattlers at the end of May began a 10-game undefeated streak which included a pair of 3-0 wins over Bakersfield Brigade and LA Storm. The Quakes were also undefeated at home the entire season, and by the end of the year, they were one of the four teams battling for the two playoff spots. A final day 3-1 victory over the Southern California Seahorses left them needing other results to go their way for them to make the playoffs for the first time; Ventura's inability to beat Storm inn their final game meant the Quakes finished second to Fresno Fuego on goal difference. Once again Ryan Shaw was the Quakes leading marksman, netting 10 goals, while standout right winger Sean Franklin led the assist sheets with 7. However, their trip to Fresno for the playoffs was an unhappy one: they lost 2-0 to BYU Cougars in a semi-final game which saw them reduced to 10 men and in which Franklin suffered a broken arm.

Notable former players

* Eric Avila
* Tristan Bowen
* Bryan Byrne
* Sean Franklin
* Derek Hanks
* Kamani Hill
* Bryan Jordan
* Kiel McClung
* Daniel Paladini
* Oscar Sims
* Willie Sims
* Mike Zaher

Coaches

* Ali Khosroshahin 2006 [http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/khosroshahin_ali00.html USC Bio]
* Juan Florez 2007-date

tadia

* John Elway Stadium, Granada Hills, California 2006-07
* Keith Ritchie Field, Calabasas, California 2008-date
* John Shepard Stadium, Woodland Hills, California 2008 (3 games)

Average Attendance

*2008: 218
*2007: 267
*2006: 303

External links

* [http://www.quakessoccer.com/ San Fernando Valley Quakes]
* [http://www.realsocal.org/ Real SoCal soccer club]