Congratulations to Real Salt Lake, who enjoyed their first ever practice at their brand new stadium. Hopefully that distracts them from their upcoming road trip to face the Earthquakes at Buck Shaw. At least they'll have something nice to go... Click to continue reading...

If the season ended now, San Jose and Los Angeles would miss the playoffs. But past and present San Jose (with a year in L.A.) keeper Joe Cannon sees signs that a rivalry that produced some classic MLS games could be reborn:

That's going to make our rivalry much better.

Click to continue reading...

I'm pretty sure the Earthquakes PR department does not read this blog but it is a weird coincidence that I wrote this little bit of ridic in my last post... We win, I have a fun & relaxing time at the game, then my friends and I go somewhere else and get wasted. and today I receive [...] Click to continue reading...

In a match where we were missing Emilio, Moreno, Namoff, Fred, Vide, and Peralta, a loss wasn't necessarily surprising. I guess the bright side is that we escaped without any more injuries! Also, I saw tonight that we've got some young players with a lot of heart, and that's got to count for something, even if it didn't earn us any points. Click to continue reading...

While United supporters recovered Thursday from a night of celebrating their club's U.S. Open Cup victory, the team packed their bags and flew cross-country to begin preperations for tonight's League match against San Jose. It's tough sledding for the Black-and-Red this weekend. United faithful in the Nation's Capital are dealing with Hurricane Hanna.

Click to continue reading...

Actually, I won't be home to fire up the grill and cook up some tasty burgers or skewers for anybody today... but it sure does sound good.

Some teams deserve a day off today based on performances from the weekend. Others deserve extra work for their own putrid effort.


1. Columbus (12-6-4). Click to continue reading...

At times this season, it's seemed like the Wizards don't realize the game if 90 minutes long. They played about 55 minutes against Colorado earlier this season before playing the last 10 to get the win in that game. They played 70 minutes against Chivas USA before sitting back and letting Chivas almost get a point. Click to continue reading...

The Wizards will try to get only their second away win of the season when they go to take on San Jose this weekend. Not since the 1-0 win against Chicago the first away game of the season have the Wizards taken all 3 points on the road. Since then the Wizards are 0-5-5 on the road getting only 5 of the 30 points available for them. Click to continue reading...

Not the most stirring of games.

But both teams got a valuable point.

And Chivas USA pulled into a tie with the Galaxy in the standings with an identical 6-9-6 record.

Preki wasn't happy:

"I'm disappointed we didn't get three points. I thought we were the better team on the night.

Click to continue reading...

Here's some of Preki's thoughts after his team split points with the 'Quakes. There's not going to be any video of Frank Yallop, because he didn't do a post-game presser.

Click to continue reading...

This was a yawner of a scoreless game punctuated by a few - I stress few - scoring opportunities, mainly for Chivas USA who had the better of the play for much of the game.

Still, the Earthquakes probably had the best chance of the game, Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton saving with one hand a Ronnie O'Brien shot in the 86th minute from the top of the box that appeared destined for the back of the net.

Click to continue reading...

No goals in a rather uneventful first half that saw few clear-cut chances for either team.

Wide open Chivas USA midfielder Sacha Kljestan had the best opportunity, receiving a nice lay-off from Ante Razov, but shooting straight at goalkeeper Joe Cannon from about 12 yards with the net yawning before him.

Click to continue reading...

Chivas USA versus the new and improved Quakes in a major clash for points for two playoff desperate teams.

I ran into Sacha Kljestan's dad, Slavko, in the elevator. He looked at the Free Kick magazine, where his son is the coverboy and said, "Who is that guy?" The younger guy with him (a friend of Sacha? Click to continue reading...

Readers of this site know I have been harsh on Alexi Lalas in the past. Like here, here, and here. To get some closure, I am going to go ahead and write Alexi's obituary as a GM in the hopes those who read it (i.e., MLS owners) will simply let his career as an executive [...] Click to continue reading...

Fantasy Soccer Bootroom is a weekly column devoted to the ins and outs of fantasy soccer, especially the game played on www.mfls.com, and the RevMFLS division. Are the Earthquakes for real? They currently hold the worst record in the league, but have revamped their roster over the last month. They are not the same team that [. Click to continue reading...

Time for Seattle to beat down another MLS team.

This time in a September 2nd friendly at Buck Shaw Stadium.

And yes, this is the start of a rivalry. Maybe not a blood, sweat and tears one, but one nonetheless.

"We are excited to welcome Seattle to MLS next season," said Earthquakes Executive Vice President David Alioto.

Click to continue reading...

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Somebody stop the Earthquakes.

San Jose and it's revamped squad trounced the New England Revolution, 4-0, on Saturday, adding more momentum to an improbable playoff push and adding another team to an already crowded playoff chase.

Click to continue reading...

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Somebody stop the Earthquakes.

San Jose and it's revamped squad trounced the New England Revolution, 4-0, on Saturday, adding more momentum to an improbable playoff push and adding another team to an already crowded playoff chase.

Click to continue reading...

It's getting down to crunch time in the fantasy MLS world and decisions are becoming more and more important.

With teams hitting their bye weeks, you can't afford to slip up or else you'll drop out of the contenders pack and join me in the pile of broken fantasy MLS dreams.

Click to continue reading...

Darren Huckerby from MLSNET.com Today's last minute victory over the hated Galaxy in Oakland could be just the push the Earthquakes needed to make a playoff run late in the MLS season. The Quakes who have played solidly much of the season but lacked a scoring punch have now made the type of moves in the [. Click to continue reading...

Will the Galaxy break their unbeaten streak versus the San Jose Earthquakes? Or will the Quakes' new reinforcements strike back at their California rivals in their final meeting of the regular season? Predictions before kickoff, please.

Click to continue reading...

The transfer window has swung open, accompanied by movement both between MLS and parts foreign and within the league itself. DC has busied itself by offloading Sudamericanos and importing Earthquakes. The latest to land on the VDub bulls-eye is Ivan Guerrero, the left-sided midfielder and defender who was one of Chicago's key players prior to Osorio's arrival in Fire-land and his subsequent Click to continue reading...

We bring you this brief interruption to the MSR with the news that DC United has acquired Ivan Guerrero from the Earthquakes. The best endorsement of Guerrero has to be this one (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/07/greetings_from_rfk_1.html) from Bryan Namoff: "He took us apart in the playoffs [with Chicago].

Click to continue reading...

Courtesy of SportsCenter:



Reminds us of the tug of war over former Melbourne Victory player, Fred, with DC United.

In the end, Earthquakes get Jones, Kedah get an extremely small transfer fee and a bag of balls and everyone goes home happy. Click to continue reading...

In honor of the apparent "E-40 Earthquakes Song" (that I still haven't heard yet), we are going dumb with this Song Of The Week. This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but try not to at least nod your head to these. Yadidamean? Dummy Squad - We Go; They Dont The Jacka feat. Andre Nickatina - [...] Click to continue reading...

What does a match between two last place teams look like? It looks like what we saw on Sunday in San Jose. The Earthquakes dominated play but couldn't finish while the Red Bulls looked absolutely awful in a 4-5-1 that set attacking soccer back about 10 years.

The performance would have been consider promising for San Jose if not for the huge mountain still to climb in the West standings.

Click to continue reading...

http://www.sportsclubstats.com/USA/MLS/West/Earthquakes.html Why oh why did I have to find this link while at work? I'll be doing an in-depth review of what it all means later today, just had to get this out there. Amazing. Click to continue reading...

This morning I found a great site that tracks the odds that your team is going to make the playoffs at each week. Sports Club Stats tracks 8 different sports including Major League Soccer. It looks like a pretty neat thing Mr. Ken Roberts has built, a bit complex but still pretty cool.

So lets look at the chances of all the MLS teams as of right now:

99.

Click to continue reading...

Arturo Alvarez is off to San Jose, while FC Dallas gets draft picks in exchange.
I'm not sure what to think of this move, except that the Schellas Hyndman regime apparently wasn't working for Arturo.
It's been a disappointing year for Alvarez - he came on strong at the close of the FC Dallas season before his silly foul in the playoffs cost Dallas a chance at the championship. Click to continue reading...

With United not in action this weekend, let's take a moment and examine what happened around our fair league last weekend. San Jose scores both goals as Darren Huckerby balances out a an Eric Denton own goal*** with his first in an Earthquakes shirt. With both goals scored in the first 13 minutes, it then appeared [. Click to continue reading...

RED BULLS v. EARTHQUAKES Probably one of the most last place v. last place games I can remember in... Click to continue reading...

by Geoff McPherson Is this the week we get two results on the trot? Or another frustrating week when are unable to take advantage of the results that keep falling in our favor? The Earthquakes have had one win in... Click to continue reading...

Big news today with Trinidad & Tobago forward Scott Sealy being sent out West to the Earthquakes in exchange for some cash money. Sealy has expressed a desire to move overseas after this season, so a good move by the front office. And with Josh Wolff coming in, the forward position was getting a bit overcrowded - although a Sealy-Wolff combination wouldn't have been that bad.

Click to continue reading...

First off, I don't want to hear any complaining from San Jose fans about Connor's game tying goal. If we want to start talking about fouls, there were two or three goal preventing fouls by San Jose that weren't even called. The Connor Casey non-call was perfectly consistent with the rest of the calls by the ref throughout the game.

Click to continue reading...

And on to the wonderful world of San Jose. Scott Sealy is an Earthquakes player now. The forward was traded for allocation money, probably to help the club meet the salary cap now that Josh Wolff has returned.
Sealy scores goals, so that should help the Quakes, who can't seem to manage that very often. Click to continue reading...