2010 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

2010 season
Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Coach	Frank Yallop
Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium
Major League Soccer	8th
MLS Cup	Conference Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Did not qualify
Heritage Cup	2nd
Top goalscorer	Chris Wondolowski (18)
Average home attendance	9,659
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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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.

Contents 1 Club 1.1 Management 1.2 Other information 2 Background 3 Review 3.1 Preseason 3.2 March 3.3 April 3.4 May 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 4 Match results 4.1 Preseason 4.2 MLS regular season 4.3 MLS playoffs 4.4 US Open Cup Qualification 4.5 International Friendlies 5 League table 5.1 Results summary 5.2 Current roster 5.3 Formation 6 Notes

Club

Management

Position	Staff
General Manager	John Doyle
Head Coach	Frank Yallop
Assistant Coach	Ian Russell
Assistant Coach	Mark Watson
Goalkeeper Coach	Jason Batty
Head trainer	Bruce Morgan
Equipment manager	Jose Vega

Last updated: May 2, 2010
Source: San Jose Earthquakes

Other information

Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Buck Shaw Stadium (10,300 / 72x115 yards)

Source: San Jose Earthquakes

Background

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.^[1]

April

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.

June

July

August

September

October

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

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Preseason

February 27, 2010	Fresno Fuego	2–3	San Jose Earthquakes	Fresno, California, USA
7:00pm PST	Ferreira,  82' Jovanovic,  88'	Report	Convey,  31' Robles,  38' Jessey,  53'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 2,500

March 8, 2010	West Ham United XI	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes	East Ham, London, England
		Report	Jordan Spence,  8' (OG) Johnson,  50'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: NA

March 10, 2010	Tottenham Hotspur XI	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Chigwell, London, England
2 p.m. GMT		Report	Burling,  51'	Stadium: Spurs Lodge Attendance: NA

March 12, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Chigwell, London, England
2 p.m. GMT	Johnson,  10' Amarikwa,  84'	Report		Stadium: Spurs Lodge Attendance: NA

March 17, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	Houston Dynamo	San Francisco, California, USA
7:00pm PDT		Report		Stadium: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 2,116

March 20, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Portland Timbers	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Glen,  71'	Report	Thompson,  80'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 3,152

MLS regular season

March 27, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0 - 3	Real Salt Lake	Santa Clara, California, USA
6:00pm PDT	McDonald 58' Leitch  53' Opara 90'	Report	Morales  14' Espindola  27' Grabavoy 39' Morales  54' Olave 65'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,589 Referee: Jorge González

April 10, 2010	Chicago Fire	1 - 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Bridgeview, Illinois, USA
5:30pm PDT	Pappa  52'	Report	André Luiz 28' Alvarez  49' Opara  82'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,276 Referee: Mark Geiger

April 17, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	2 - 0	New England Revolution	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Wondolowski  57' Opara  71'	Report	Niouky 16'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,082 Referee: Elias Bazakos

April 24, 2010	C.D. Chivas USA	3 - 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California, USA
7:30pm PDT	Kljestan  25' Trujillo 35' Braun  54' Borja 82' Chijindu  87'	Report	Wondolowski  41' Jasseh 66' Wondolowski 73' Beitashour  93'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,389 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

May 1, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 0	Colorado Rapids	Santa Clara, California USA
7:00pm PDT	Wondolowski  33' Convey 87' Leitch 93'	Report	Thompson 94'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 8,674 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 8, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	4 - 0	New York Red Bulls	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Convey 43' Johnson  44' Gjertsen  54' Wondolowski  77' Burling  85'	Report	Tchani 4' Sassano  13'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,711 Referee: Andrew Chapin

May 15, 2010	New England Revolution	0 - 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA
3:00 PM PDT	Niouky 39'	Report	Corrales 20'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,611 Referee: Terry Vaughn

May 22, 2010	Seattle Sounders FC	0 - 1	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington, USA
12:00pm PDT		Report	Wondolowski  11' Johnson 35' Convey 78'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 35,953 Referee: Alex Prus

May 29, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 3	Toronto FC	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Burling 58' Corrales  76' Convey 89'	Report	Šarić 8' Barrett  31' 31' DeRosario  66' de Guzman 93+' DeRosario  94+'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,214 Referee: Jorge González

June 2, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	2 - 2	Columbus Crew	Santa Clara, California USA
7:00pm PDT	Alvarez  6' Wondolowski 40' Burling 43' Wondolowski  79'	Report	Gaven  5' Zayner 55' Brunner 62' Marshall  70'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 8,033 Referee: Jasen Anno

June 5, 2010	FC Dallas	2 - 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Frisco, Texas, USA
5:30pm PDT	Shea  58' Shea  60' John 66'	Report	Hernandez 70'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 14,331 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

June 25, 2010	Real Salt Lake	0 - 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah, USA
6:00pm PDT	Campos 87'	Report	Corrales 58' Busch 60'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,216 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

July 3, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 1	D.C. United	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Opara  16'	Report	Najar  54'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,304 Referee: David Gantar

July 10, 2010	Philadelphia Union	1 - 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
3:00pm PDT	Fred  14' Fred 52'	Report	Glen  45' Wondolowski 69' Alvarez  90' Corrales 93+'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 17,158 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

July 22, 2010	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 - 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California, USA
7:30pm PDT	Edson Buddle  59' Landon Donovan 70' Sean Franklin 89' Landon Donovan  90' Juninho 93+'	Report	Bobby Convey  2' Bobby Burling 53' Brandon McDonald  72'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 17,712 Referee: Jair Marrufo

July 31, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0 - 1	Seattle Sounders FC	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Sam Cronin 15' Ramiro Corrales 80'	Report	Montero  26' Osvaldo Alonso 91+'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,351 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

August 7, 2010	Colorado Rapids	1 - 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Commerce City, Colorado, USA
6:00pm PDT	Busch  25' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 12,701 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

August 14, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 0	Kansas City Wizards	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Convey 24' Wondolowski  35' Hernandez  88'	Report	Conrad 66'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 8,619 Referee: Jasen Anno

August 21, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Santa Clara, California, USA
1:00pm PDT	Wondolowski  4' Alvarez 54'	Report	Gonzalez 48'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,799 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 28, 2010	New York Red Bulls	2 - 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Harrison, New Jersey, USA
4:30pm PDT	Richards 38' Richards  45' Henry  63' Lindpere 75' Tchani 81'	Report	Burling 6' Convey 56'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 21,859 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

September 5, 2010	Houston Dynamo	1 - 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas, USA
5:30pm PDT	Davis  45+2' Robinson 66'	Report	Stephenson  6' Hernandez 41' Glen 45+1' Geovanni  64' Cronin  84'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 15,073 Referee: Jorge González

September 11, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0 - 0	FC Dallas	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Eduardo 88'	Report	Alexander 42'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,342 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

September 15, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 0	Philadelphia Union	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Wondolowski  69' Convey 90' Alvarez 90+3'	Report	Jacobson 20'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 8,109 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

September 25, 2010	Toronto FC	2 - 3	San Jose Earthquakes	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
1:00pm PDT	De Rosario  66' Maicon  79' De Rosario 80'	Report	Wondolowski  3' Wondolowski  53' Wondolowski  67' Busch 84'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,064 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 29, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0 - 3	Chicago Fire	Santa Clara, California, USA
8:00pm PDT	Geovanni 75'	Report	Kinney  39' Król 50' Ljungberg  72' Nyarko  92'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,829 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

October 2, 2010	Columbus Crew	0 - 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, Ohio, USA
4:30pm PDT		Report	Johnson 38'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 10,867 Referee: Jorge González

October 9, 2010	D.C. United	0 - 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Washington, D.C., USA
4:30pm PDT	Moreno  8'	Report	Stephenson 3' McDonald  8' Wondolowski  45' Wondolowski  55'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 14,822 Referee: Alex Prus

October 16, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0 - 1	Houston Dynamo	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Cronin 35' Busch 87'	Report	Hainault  23'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,597 Referee: Michael Kennedy

October 20, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	3 - 0	C.D. Chivas USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Burling 28' Wondolowski  55' Wondolowski  59' Wondolowski  72'	Report	Umaña 29'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,633 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

October 23, 2010	Kansas City Wizards	4 - 1	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Kansas, USA
5:30pm PDT	Diop  36' Diop  60' Diop  76' Eduardo  92+' (o.g.)	Report	Wondolowski  70'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 11,518 Referee: Jorge González

MLS playoffs

Conference Semifinal October 30, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 1	New York Red Bulls	Santa Clara, California, USA
7:00pm PDT	Wondolowski 65'	Report	Ballouchy 45+2' Lindpere  56' Miller 71' Coundoul 83'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Paul Ward

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Conference Semifinal November 4, 2010	New York Red Bulls	1 – 3 (2 – 3 agg.)	San Jose Earthquakes	Harrison, New Jersey, USA
5:00pm PDT	Ángel  78'	Report	Convey  6' Corrales 32' Convey  76' Busch 81' Wondolowski  81'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 22,839 Referee: Mark Geiger

Conference Final November 13, 2010	Colorado Rapids	1 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Commerce City, Colorado, USA
6:30pm PST	Kimura  42'	Report		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,779 Referee: Jorge González

US Open Cup Qualification

April 14, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	3 – 3 (aet) (3 – 5 pen)	Real Salt Lake	Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, USA
7:00pm PT	Beitashour 51' Leitch  68' Álvarez  88' Morrow  103' Burling 109'	Report	Findley  7' Johnson 8' González  60' Beckerman 89' Borchers  118'	Attendance: 2,718 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
		Penalties
	Álvarez Gjertsen McDonald Sánchez		Johnson Beckerman Findley Russell Williams

International Friendlies

July 17, 2010	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, USA
1:00pm PT		Report		Attendance: 10,721[2]

League table

Conference

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	59	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18
2	Real Salt Lake	56	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25
3	FC Dallas	50	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14
4	Seattle Sounders FC	48	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4
5	Colorado Rapids	46	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12
6	San Jose Earthquakes	46	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1
7	Houston Dynamo	33	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9
8	Chivas USA	28	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14

	2010 MLS Cup Playoffs

Overall

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Los Angeles Galaxy2 (W1)	59	30	18	7	5	44	26	+18
2	Real Salt Lake3 (W2)	56	30	15	4	11	45	20	+25
3	New York Red Bulls3 (E1)	51	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9
4	FC Dallas2	50	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14
5	Columbus Crew3 (E2)	50	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6
6	Seattle Sounders FC2	48	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4
7	Colorado Rapids2	46	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12
8	San Jose Earthquakes3	46	30	13	10	7	34	33	+1
9	Kansas City Wizards	39	30	11	13	6	36	35	+1
10	Chicago Fire	36	30	9	12	9	37	38	−1
11	Toronto FC1	35	30	9	13	8	33	41	−8
12	Houston Dynamo	33	30	9	15	6	40	49	−9
13	New England Revolution	32	30	9	16	5	32	50	−18
14	Philadelphia Union	31	30	8	15	7	35	49	−14
15	Chivas USA	28	30	8	18	4	31	45	−14
16	D.C. United	22	30	6	20	4	21	47	−26

	MLS Supporters' Shield, 2010 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2011 U.S. Open Cup, 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League2
	2010 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2011 U.S. Open Cup
	2010 MLS Cup Playoffs

• ^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team. If they qualify for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified will be given a berth. Similarly, they cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Soccer Championship. If they qualify for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified will qualify.

• ^Note 2 - The winner of the 2010 MLS Supporters' Shield (Los Angeles Galaxy) and the winner of MLS Cup 2010 (Colorado Rapids) qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2010 (FC Dallas) and the winner of the 2010 U.S. Open Cup (Seattle Sounders) qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.
  

• ^Note 3 - 2011 SuperLiga berths are awarded to the top 4 finishing teams from MLS who do not qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	46	13	10	7	34	33	+1	7	5	3	17	14	+3	6	5	4	17	19	−2

Last updated: October 24, 2010
Source: MLSSoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	W	W	T	W	L	T	L	T	T	W	T	L	L	W	W	L	W	T	W	W	L	T	W	L	W	L
Position	15	11	5	9	5	4	4	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	8	7	8	7	8

Last updated: October 24, 2010.
Source: MLS Results & League table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Current roster

As of October 14, 2010.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Joe Cannon 2 DF Bobby Burling 3 DF Chris Leitch 4 MF Sam Cronin 5 MF Brad Ring 6 DF Ike Opara 7 MF Khari Stephenson 8 FW Chris Wondolowski 9 FW Scott Sealy 10 MF Arturo Álvarez 11 MF Bobby Convey 12 MF Ramiro Corrales (captain) 13 FW Cornell Glen

No. Position Player 14 MF Brandon McDonald 15 DF Justin Morrow 17 MF Joey Gjertsen 18 GK Jon Busch 19 FW Ryan Johnson 20 DF Tim Ward 21 DF Jason Hernandez (vice-captain) 22 MF Omar Jasseh 23 FW Eduardo 25 GK Brian Edwards 28 MF André Luiz 33 MF Steven Beitashour 77 MF Geovanni

Formation

Starting XI vs. Colorado on Nov. 13:

Notes

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