San Jose Earthquakes
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| Year founded | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Major League Soccer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Earthquakes, Quakes, The Boys in Blue, Los Terremotos de San José |
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| Stadium | Spartan Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Owner |  Lewis Wolff |
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| First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Last Game San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Los Angeles Galaxy (Spartan Stadium; October 29, 2005) |
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| Largest Win San Jose Clash 6 - 1 New England Revolution (Spartan Stadium; August 11, 1996) San Jose Clash 6 - 1 Miami Fusion (Spartan Stadium; September 19, 1999) San Jose Earthquakes 5 - 0 Dallas Burn (Spartan Stadium; April 22, 2000) |
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| Worst Defeat San Jose Clash 0 - 4 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; June 3, 1998) Kansas City Wizards 5 - 1 San Jose Clash (Arrowhead Stadium; September 5, 1998) Tampa Bay Mutiny 4 - 0 San Jose Earthquakes (Raymond James Stadium; April 26, 2000) |
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All-time Top Scorer Ronald Cerritos (61) |
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| Supporter Groups The Casbah, Club Quake |
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- For the NASL/MISL/WSA franchise by this name, see San Jose Earthquakes (NASL team).
The San Jose Earthquakes was a professional soccer club located in San Jose, California that participated in Major League Soccer from 1996 to 2005. The club won the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003, as well as the MLS Supporters' Shield in 2005. The Earthquakes played its home games at Spartan Stadium, located on the South Campus of San José State University, where the home team (known as the San Jose Clash from 1995 to 1999) defeated D.C. United 1-0 in the first game in MLS history. Following the 2005 MLS season, the franchise was put on hiatus, although the players and coaching staff moved to Houston, Texas where they play as the Houston Dynamo.
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[edit] History
The franchise's organizational roots trace back to the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League in 1989, which merged with the American Soccer League the following year to form the American Professional Soccer League. Blackhawks owner Dan Van Voorhis later pulled his team out of the APSL in 1992, after which they played as the San Jose Hawks in the USISL in 1993. Van Voorhis then successfully led the San Jose bidding group to become one of Major League Soccer's inaugural teams, handing 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 was also to become the franchise's investor/operator until outside concerns forced him otherwise prior to the league's launch).
After making the postseason in the inaugural 1996 MLS season, the team missed the next four postseasons before hiring 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, spurning 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, which wound up being Yallop's final game as San Jose's head coach before accepting the same position with the Canadian men's national soccer team. Assistant coach Kinnear was then promoted as the team's next head coach and, along with new assistant coach John Doyle, led the team to two more playoff appearances, including an MLS Supporters' Shield win in 2005.
The last 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. This was allegedly due to the failure of securing a new soccer-specific stadium for the team. The team was renamed the Houston Dynamo. However, MLS Commissioner Don Garber has said that the Earthquakes' name, colors, logo, wordmark, history and competitive records would not be transferred, similarly to the Cleveland Browns deal in the NFL.
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. [1] The location of the stadium has yet to be determined, but the offices for the effort (set up as Earthquakes Soccer, LLC) opened to the public on November 8, 2006 in the Fairmont San Jose Hotel and are headed by former A's vice president of sales and marketing David Alioto. [2]
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 finally 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.
[edit] Trivia
- The San Jose Earthquakes logo and wordmark were created by Terry Smith Creations (official website), the same Sunnyvale, California based graphic design company that created the logos for the San Jose Sharks, the San Jose SaberCats and the San Jose Stealth, among many other clients.
[edit] Honors
- MLS Cup:
- Winners (2): 2001, 2003
- MLS Supporters' Shield:
- Winners (1): 2005
- Runners-up (2): 2002, 2003
[edit] Notable players
- Jeff Agoos (2001-2004)
Khodadad Azizi (2000)- Jeff Baicher (1996-1999)
- Wade Barrett (1998-2002, 2005)
- Paul Bravo (1996)
- Dario Brose (1999-2001)
- Joe Cannon (1999-2002)
- Ronald Cerritos (1997-2001, 2005)
- Brian Ching (2003-2005)
- Jimmy Conrad (1999-2002)
Abdul Thompson Conteh (2000)- Ramiro Corrales (1996-1997, 2001-2004)
- 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)
Richard Gough (1998)
Ariel Graziani (2002)- Ben Iroha (1996-1997)
- Dominic Kinnear (1997)
- Andy Kirk (1998)
- David Kramer (1997-1999)
- Manny Lagos (2001-2003)
- Eddie Lewis (1996-1999)
- Tom Liner (1996-1997)
- Lawrence Lozzano (1997-1998)
- Tim Martin (1996-1998)
- Brian Mullan (2003-2005)
- Richard Mulrooney (1999-2004)
- 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)
[edit] Head coaches
Laurie Calloway (1996-1997)
Brian Quinn (1997-1999)- Jorge Espinoza (1999; interim)
Lothar Osiander (1999-2000)- Frank Yallop (2001-2003)
- Dominic Kinnear (2004-2005)
[edit] Team records
- Games: Richard Mulrooney, 163
- Goals: Ronald Cerritos, 61
- Assists: Ronald Cerritos, 47
- Shutouts: Pat Onstad, 27
[edit] Home stadiums
- Spartan Stadium (1996-2005)
[edit] General Managers
- Peter Bridgwater (1995-1998)
- Lynne Meterparel (1999-2000)
- Tom Neale (2001)
- Johnny Moore (2002-2003)
- Alexi Lalas (2004-2005)
- Kate McAllister (2005; interim)
- Ken Freccero (2005; interim)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Mascots
- José Clash (1996-1999)
- Rikter the CyberDog (2000-2002)
- Q (2004-2005)
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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| 1996 | 4th, West | Quarterfinals | Did not enter |
| 1997 | 5th, West | Did not qualify | Quarterfinals |
| 1998 | 5th, West | Did not qualify | Quarterfinals |
| 1999 | 5th, West | Did not qualify | Did not enter |
| 2000 | 4th, West | Did not qualify | Quarterfinals |
| 2001 | 2nd, West | Champions | Quarterfinals |
| 2002 | 2nd, West | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 2003 | 1st, West | Champions | Round of 16 |
| 2004 | 4th, West | Quarterfinals | Semifinals |
| 2005 | 1st, West* | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
* Won MLS Supporters' Shield
[edit] Average attendance
regular season / playoffs
- 1996: 17,232
- 1997: 13,597
- 1998: 13,653
- 1999: 14,959
- 2000: 12,460
- 2001: 9,635
- 2002: 11,150
- 2003: 10,465 / 15,127
- 2004: 13,001 / 8,659
- 2005: 13,037 / 17,824
- All-Time: 12,905
[edit] External links
- www.sjearthquakes.com Team's official website
- www.clubquake.org Supporters' Club website
- www.thecasbah.org Supporters' Club website
- www.bigsoccer.com BigSoccer's online community for Earthquakes fans
- www.SoccerSiliconValley.com Grassroots group working to help create a permanent home for the team
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