2003 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

2003 season
Owner	AEG
Coach	Frank Yallop
Stadium	Spartan Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 1st Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup	Champions
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
CONCACAF	First round
California Clásico	2nd
Top goalscorer	Landon Donovan (12)
Average home league attendance	12,796[1]
Home colors Away colors
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The 2003 San Jose Earthquakes season was the eighth season of the team's existence, and saw the franchise win its second MLS Cup.

Squad

Current Squad

As of December 26, 2012.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jon Conway 2 DF Eddie Robinson 4 MF Chris Roner 5 MF Ramiro Corrales 6 FW Ronnie Ekelund 7 MF Ian Russell 8 DF Richard Mulrooney 9 MF Brian Mullan 10 FW Landon Donovan 11 MF Manny Lagos 12 DF Jeff Agoos 13 FW Jamil Walker

No. Position Player 14 MF Dwayne De Rosario 15 MF Roger Levesque 16 DF Craig Waibel 17 DF Todd Dunivant 18 GK Pat Onstad 19 DF Troy Dayak 22 FW Rodrigo Faria 25 FW Brian Ching 26 FW Arturo Alvarez 29 MF Johanes Maliza 30 GK Josh Saunders

Club

Management

Position	Staff
General Manager	Johnny Moore
Head Coach	Frank Yallop
Assistant Coach	Dominic Kinnear
Goalkeeper Coach	Tim Hanely
Head trainer	Bruce Morgan
Equipment manager	Jose Vega

Other information

Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Spartan Stadium (26,525 / 71x110 yards)

Source: San Jose Earthquakes

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See also: 2003 Major League Soccer season

Matches

April 12, 2003	Colorado Rapids	1 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Denver, Colorado
	Roberts  46'	Report	Ching  1' Dunivant  22'	Stadium: Invesco Field Attendance: 20,816

April 19, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 1 (OT)	Kansas City Wizards	San Jose, California
	Mullan  81'	Report	own goal  74'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 17,032

April 26, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 0	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Donovan  54'	Report		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 9,187

May 3, 2003	New England Revolution	0 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Foxborough, Massachusetts
		Report	own goal  42' Ching  56'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,722

May 10, 2003	Chicago Fire	0 – 0 (OT)	San Jose Earthquakes	Chicago, Illinois
		Report		Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 7,825

May 17, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	4 – 3	Columbus Crew	San Jose, California
	Mullan  30' Ching  49' Agoos  67' Donovan  87'	Report	McBride  38' Cunningham  61' Paule  90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 7,180

May 31, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 4	Chicago Fire	San Jose, California
	Roner  59'	Report	Beasley  28' Ralph  47' Razov  81' Beasley  90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 7,401

June 7, 2003	Columbus Crew	1 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, Ohio
	McBride  85'	Report		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,481

June 14, 2003	Dallas Burn	1 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Southlake, Texas
	Kreis  25'	Report	Mullan  49' Alvarez  87'	Stadium: Dragon Stadium Attendance: 7,601

June 18, 2003	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (OT)	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
	Victorine  21'	Report	Walker  63'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 13,867

June 21, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	2 – 1	Columbus Crew	San Jose, California
	Mullan  43' Walker  77'	Report	McBride  55'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 8,058

June 28, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 0 (OT)	Kansas City Wizards	San Jose, California
		Report		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 7,817

July 2, 2003	MetroStars	4 – 4 (OT)	San Jose Earthquakes	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Guevara  7' Magee  36' Mathis  43' Mathis  90'	Report	Ching  15' Ching  34' Lagos  78' Donovan  90'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 14,875

July 5, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 0 (OT)	Chicago Fire	San Jose, California
		Report		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 7,705

July 12, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 2	Colorado Rapids	San Jose, California
		Report	Kotschau  34' Chung  49'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 8,107

July 19, 2003	D.C. United	1 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Washington, D.C.
	Curtis  13'	Report	Roner  38' Lagos  54'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 21,892

July 26, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	3 – 0	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
	Mullan  25' Lagos  37' Agoos  90'	Report		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 9,034

August 8, 2003	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 1	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Missouri
		Report	Donovan  23'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 13,819

August 13, 2003	Dallas Burn	0 – 3	San Jose Earthquakes	Southlake, Texas
		Report	Ching  11' Donovan  23' Donovan  44'	Stadium: Dragon Stadium Attendance: 5,515

August 16, 2003	New England Revolution	1 – 1 (OT)	San Jose Earthquakes	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Twellman  52'	Report	Ekelund  23'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 14,877

August 24, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 0	D.C. United	San Jose, California
	Corrales  80'	Report		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 13,107

August 30, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 2	Colorado Rapids	San Jose, California
	Mullan  59'	Report	Chung  21' Spencer  67'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 10,116

September 7, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	2 – 1	New England Revolution	San Jose, California
	De Rosario  42' Donovan  52'	Report	Noonan  41'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 13,510

September 13, 2003	D.C. United	2 – 1	San Jose Earthquakes	Washington, D.C.
	Stewart  9' Olsen  81'	Report	Walker  80'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 15,502

September 20, 2003	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 4	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Missouri
	Arnaud  59'	Report	Donovan  26' Robinson  54' Donovan  70' Donovan  90'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 30,308

September 27, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	5 – 2	Dallas Burn	San Jose, California
	De Rosario  1' De Rosario  11' Donovan  24' Donovan  35' De Rosario  48'	Report	Hendrickson  8' Curtis  14'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 12,219

October 5, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 2	MetroStars	San Jose, California
		Report	Guevara  30' Jolley  90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 10,225

October 10, 2003	Colorado Rapids	0 – 0 (OT)	San Jose Earthquakes	Denver, Colorado
		Report		Stadium: Invesco Field Attendance: 12,478

October 18, 2003	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
	Moreno  6' Moreno  35' Elliott  61'	Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000

October 25, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 1 (OT)	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Walker  80'	Report	Moreno  56'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 16,282

(OT) = Overtime ^[3][4]

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinal November 1, 2003	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
	Victorine  59' Ruiz  62'	Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,201

Conference Semifinal November 9, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	5 – 2 (OT) (5 – 4 agg.)	Los Angeles Galaxy	San Jose, California
	Agoos  21' Donovan  35' Walker  50' Roner  90' Faria  96'	Report	Ruiz  7' Vagenas  13'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 14,145

Conference Final November 15, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	3 – 2 (OT)	Kansas City Wizards	San Jose, California
	Lagos  61' Mullan  83' Donovan  117'	Report	Simutenkov  57' Klein  72'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 16,108

MLS Cup

MLS Cup November 23, 2003	Chicago Fire	2 – 4	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
	Beasley  49' own goal  54'	Report	Ekelund  5' Donovan  38' Mulrooney  50' Donovan  71'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000

U.S. Open Cup

Fourth round August 5, 2003	Seattle Sounders	1 – 0	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
	Smith  41'	Report		Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,510

CONCACAF Champions Cup

First round March 16, 2003	Municipal	4 – 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Romero  28' Romero  37' Figueroa  39' Ponciano  55'	Report	Lagos  64' Lagos  71'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 12,000 (est.)

First round March 26, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	2 – 1 (4 – 5 agg.)	Municipal	San Jose, California
	Donovan  19' Ching  35'	Report	Plata  76'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 4,594

Source:^[5]

Standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
x - San Jose Earthquakes	30	14	7	9	45	35	10	51
x - Kansas City Wizards	30	11	10	9	48	44	4	42
x - Colorado Rapids	30	11	12	7	40	45	-5	40
x - Los Angeles Galaxy	30	9	12	9	35	35	0	36
Dallas Burn	30	6	19	5	35	64	-29	23

• The top four teams in each conference make the playoffs.

x = Playoff Berth

References

External links

• San Jose Earthquakes season stats | sjearthquakes.com
• San Jose Earthquakes Game Results | Soccerstats.us
• San Jose Earthquakes 100 Greatest Goals 2003 | Youtube

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