2010 San Jose Earthquakes season explained

Club:San Jose Earthquakes
Season:2010
Stadium:Buck Shaw Stadium
League:Major League Soccer
League Result:Conference: 6th
Overall: 8th
Chrtitle:Owner
Chairman:Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Mgrtitle:Coach
Manager:Frank Yallop
Average Attendance:9,659
League Topscorer: Chris Wondolowski (18)
Cup1:MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:Conference Finals
Cup2:U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:Did not qualify
Cup3:California Clásico
Cup3 Result:1st
Cup4:Heritage Cup
Cup4 Result:2nd
Top Scorer: Chris Wondolowski (18)
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American:yes
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 San Jose Earthquakes season was the club's thirteenth season of existence. The Earthquakes finished 8th overall in MLS and finished in the Eastern Conference finals of the MLS Cup playoffs before losing to the Colorado Rapids. It was the first season the club made the playoffs since 2005.

Squad

As of October 14, 2010.[1]

Other information

Transfers

See main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2010.

In

DatePositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.
February 9, 2010DFEduardoFC BaselUndisclosed[2]
February 11, 2010MFJoey GjertsenMontreal ImpactUndisclosed[3]
March 28, 2010GKJon BuschChicago FireFree[4]
April 2, 2010FWScott SealyBnei SakhninFree[5]
April 14, 2010MFOmar JassehFree[6]
June 21, 2010MFSam CroninFC DordrechtTrade[7]
August 6, 2010DFTim WardChicago FireTrade[8]
August 11, 2010MFKhari StephensonAalesundsUndisclosed[9]
August 16, 2010MFGeovanniHull CityFree[10]

Out

DatePositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.
November 27, 2009MFShea SalinasPhiladelphia UnionExpansion Draft[11]
April 7, 2010FWQuincy AmarikwaColorado RapidsTrade[12]
November 24, 2010GKJoe CannonVancouver Whitecaps FCExpansion Draft[13]
MFArturo AlvarezPortland Timbers

Released

DatePositionNationalityNameJoinedDate
July 1, 2010[15] MFRamón SánchezÁguila
December 3, 2010[16] FWGeovanniVitóriaJanuary 30, 2011
FWEduardoBrasil de Farroupilha
FWCornell GlenCaledonia AIAApril 18, 2011[17]

Review

Preseason

For the second straight year, the Earthquakes played at PDL team Fresno Fuego. The Quakes trained in London for ten days and went 3–0 against fellow MLS side Colorado Rapids and the reserve teams of West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur. San Jose will also have a game against the Houston Dynamo in San Francisco on March 17 and a home game on March 20 against future MLS rival Portland Timbers.

March

San Jose will begin its thirteenth Major League Soccer regular season at home with a match against Real Salt Lake on March 27, 2010, followed by a road match against the Chicago Fire on April 10, 2010.[18]

May

The Quakes tallied four straight shutouts and a 393-minute scoreless streak, which ended with a 3–1 home loss to Toronto F.C. on May 29.

October

With a win October 9 over D.C. United, the Earthquakes clinched their first trip to the postseason since 2005.

Competitions

See also: 2010 Major League Soccer season.

Major League Soccer

Regular season

=Conference

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=Overall

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Results

Playoffs


U.S. Open Cup

Qualification

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

width=60Placewidth=60Positionwidth=60Nationwidth=60Numberwidth=150Namewidth=80MLSwidth=80Playoffwidth=100U.S. Open Cupwidth=80Total
1 FW8 Chris Wondolowski181019
2 MF10Arturo Álvarez3014
3 MF11Bobby Convey1203
DF6 Ike Opara3003
5 DF33Steven Beitashour1001
FW19Ryan Johnson1001
MF17Joey Gjertsen1001
DF2 Bobby Burling1001
DF12Ramiro Corrales1001
FW13Cornell Glen1001
MF14Brandon McDonald1001
MF7 Khari Stephenson1001
MF77Geovanni1001
DF3 Chris Leitch0011
DF15Justin Morrow0011
Total343340

Disciplinary record

PositionNationNumberNameMLSPlayoffsU.S. Open CupTotal
2 DFBobby Burling50001060
3 DFChris Leitch11000011
4 MFSam Cronin21000021
6 DFIke Opara10000010
7 MFKhari Stephenson10000010
8 FWChris Wondolowski30100040
10MFArturo Álvarez20000020
11MFBobby Convey80000080
12MFRamiro Corrales40100050
13FWCornell Glen10000010
14MFBrandon McDonald11000011
18GKJon Busch30100040
19FWRyan Johnson30000030
21DFJason Hernandez11000011
22MFOmar Jasseh10000010
23FWEduardo10000010
28MFAndré Luiz10000010
33DFSteven Beitashour00001010
77MFGeovanni10000010
Total4043020454

Notes and References

  1. http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t110{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Earthquakes add Brazilian attacker Eduardo . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026030144/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/02/11/quakes.eduardo/ . dead . October 26, 2012 . Sports Illustrated . February 9, 2010 . February 14, 2010 .
  3. News: Earthquakes Sign Midfielder Joey Gjertsen . Our Sports Central . February 11, 2010 . February 14, 2010 .
  4. News: Earthquakes acquire goalkeeper Jon Busch . https://web.archive.org/web/20100401103533/http://www.centerlinesoccer.com/2010/03/28/earthquakes-acquire-goalkeeper-jon-busch/ . dead . April 1, 2010 . Center Line Soccer . March 28, 2010 . March 29, 2010 .
  5. News: Earthquakes reach deal to bring back Scott Sealy . Mercury News . April 2, 2010 . April 3, 2010 .
  6. Web site: Quakes Sign 17-Year-Old Omar Jasseh. sjearthquakes.com. San Jose Earthquakes. 26 July 2016. 14 April 2010.
  7. News: Toronto FC trades midfielder Cronin to San Jose. National Post. June 21, 2010. June 22, 2010. https://archive.today/20120717025648/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2010/06/21/toronto-fc-trades-midfielder-cronin/. 2012-07-17. dead.
  8. News: Fire trade defender Ward to San Jose . Miami Herald . August 6, 2010 . August 7, 2010 .
  9. News: DC United acquire defender Jed Zayner from Columbus Crew in MLS trade . San Jose Earthquakes . August 11, 2010 . September 25, 2010 .
  10. News: Geovanni signs with Earthquakes . Yahoo! Sports . August 16, 2010 . August 18, 2010 .
  11. News: Union select 10 players in expansion draft . MLSnet . November 25, 2009 . November 25, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091128081229/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20091125&content_id=7718268&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp . November 28, 2009 .
  12. News: MLS Transactions . Yahoo! Sports . April 7, 2010 . April 8, 2010 .
  13. Web site: 2010 Expansion Draft: pick by pick . MLSsoccer.com . 2010-11-24 . 2012-02-14 . 2010-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101129021956/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2010-expansion-draft-pick-pick . dead .
  14. News: San Jose Nets Former Valez Sarsfield Midfielder Javier Robles . Goal.com . March 1, 2010 . March 2, 2010 .
  15. Web site: San Jose Earthquakes release Ramon Sanchez. mercurynews.com. Mercury News. 26 July 2016. 1 July 2010.
  16. Web site: Earthquakes Media Relations . Quakes side of the MLS Re-Entry Draft | San Jose Earthquakes . Sjearthquakes.com . 2010-12-03 . 2012-02-14.
  17. Web site: Glen to join Caledonia . Ttproleague.com . 2011-04-18 . 2012-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180316/https://ttproleague.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=723%3Aglen-to-join-caledonia&catid=1%3Adomestic-news&Itemid=35 . 2019-02-09 . dead .
  18. MLS clubs' 2010 Home Openers unveiled . November 23, 2009 . September 24, 2009 . Major League Soccer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100130185142/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090924&content_id=7131514 . January 30, 2010 .

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