San Jose Earthquakes - Definition and Overview

San Jose Earthquakes

SJ_Earthquakes_logo.gif Team logo
Year Founded	1995
League	Major League Soccer
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
Coach	Dominic Kinnear, 2004-
Home colors 　 Away colors
All-Time Leaders*
Games	Richard Mulrooney, 163
Goals	Ronald Cerritos, 55
Assists	Richard Mulrooney, 44
Points	Ronald Cerritos, 148
Shutouts	Joe Cannon, 26
First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996)
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 E'quakes 5 - 0 Dallas Burn (Spartan Stadium; April 22, 2000)
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 E'quakes (Raymond James Stadium; April 26, 2000)
MLS Cup
2001, 2003
US Open Cup
None
*all stats for MLS regular season only

The San Jose Earthquakes are San Jose, California's Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. The Earthquakes won the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003. The Earthquakes play their home games at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San Jose State University. They were known as the San Jose Clash from 1994 to 1999.

The San Jose Earthquakes was also the name of a North American Soccer League (NASL) team from 1974 to 1982 and a Western Soccer Alliance team from 1985 to 1988. The NASL San Jose Earthquakes were known as the Golden Bay Earthquakes from 1983 to 1984. The team also played indoor soccer in the orginial MISL. The name Earthquakes originally came from a newspaper contest in the San Jose Mercury News.

Honors

• MLS Cup 2 (2001, 2003)

Current Roster

Past Rosters

Notable Players

• Jeff Agoos (2001-2004)
• Joe Cannon (1999-2002)
• Brian Ching (2003-)
• Ronald Cerritos (1996-2001)
• Landon Donovan (2001-2004)
• John Doyle (1996-2000)
• Ronnie Ekelund (2001-)
• Eddie Lewis (1996-1999)
• Richard Mulrooney (1999-2004)
• Eric Wynalda (1996-1999)

Head Coaches

• Laurie Calloway (1996-1997)
• Brian Quinn (1997-1998)
• Lothar Osiander (1998-2001)
• Frank Yallop (2001-2003)
• Dominic Kinnear (2004-)

General Managers

• Peter Bridgwater (1995-1998)
• Lynne Meterparel (1999-2000)
• Tom Neale (2001)
• Johnny Moore (2002-2004)
• Alexi Lalas (2004-)

Ownership

• Major League Soccer (1994-1999)
• Kraft Group Sports (1999-2002)
• Anschutz Entertainment Group (2002-)

External links

• www.sjearthquakes.com Team's official website
• www.clubquake.org (http://www.clubquake.org/index.php) Supporters' Club website
• www.thecasbah.org Supporters' Club website
• www.bigsoccer.com (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=20/) BigSoccer's online community for Earthquakes fans