San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, Saturday, April 21 at Buck Shaw Stadium. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. PT on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 1590 KLIV and 1370 KZSF.
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Earthquakes 6 4-1-1 13 10 4at home 3 2-1-0 6 4 2
Real 7 5-2-0 15 11 5on road 3 2-1-0 6 6 4
2012 SEASON RECORDS
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (13 meetings): Earthquakes 3 wins, 14 goals … Real 5 wins, 20 goals … Ties 5
AT SAN JOSE (6 meetings): Earthquakes 2 wins, 9 goals … Real 3 wins, 10 goals … Ties 1
LAST YEAR (MLS):3/19: SJ 0, RSL 1 (Beckerman 64)7/23: RSL 4, SJ 0 (Saborio 63, 75; Beckerman 78; Olave 83)
18Busch
8Wondolowski
7Stephenson
19Garza
4Cronin
30Baca
10Dawkins
33Beitashour
21Hernandez
15Morrow 12
Corrales
15Saborio
2Beltran
5Beckerman
21Gil26
Velasquez
17Wingert 6
Borchers
4Olave
8Johnson
18Rimando
7Espindola
S.J. EARTHQUAKES1 David Bingham (GK)4 Sam Cronin (MF)5 Brad Ring (MF)6 Shea Salinas (MF)7 Khari Stephenson (MF)8 Chris Wondolowski (FW)9 Sercan Guvenisik (FW)10 Simon Dawkins (MF)11 Tressor Moreno (MF)12 Ramiro Corrales (DF)13 Evan Newton (GK)14 Jean-Marc Alexandre (MF)15 Justin Morrow (DF)16 Alan Gordon (FW)17 Joey Gjertsen (MF)18 Jon Busch (GK)19 Sam Garza (FW)20 Tim Ward (DF)21 Jason Hernandez (DF)23 Anthony Ampaipitakwong (MF)24 Steven Lenhart (FW)25 Ellis McLoughlin (FW)26 Victor Bernardez (DF)27 Cesar Diaz Pizarro (FW)30 Rafael Baca (MF)32 Josh Suggs (DF)33 Steven Beitashour (DF)55 Ike Opara (DF)81 Marvin Chavez (MF)
REAL SALT LAKE1 Eduardo Fernandez (GK)2 Tony Beltran (DF)4 Jamison Olave (DF)5 Kyle Beckerman (MF)6 Nat Borchers (DF)7 Fabian Espindola (FW)8 Will Johnson (MF)11 Javier Morales (MF)12 Emiliano Bonfigli (FW)14 Yordany Alvarez (MF)15 Alvaro Saborio (FW)16 Nico Muniz (MF)17 Chris Wingert (DF)18 Nick Rimando (GK)19 Enzo Martinez (MF)20 Ned Grabavoy (MF)21 Luis Gil (MF)22 Jonny Steele (MF)23 Paulo Araujo Jr. (FW)24 Kyle Reynish (GK)25 Chris Estridge (DF)26 Sebastian Velasquez (MF)27 Cody Arnoux (FW)28 Chris Schuler (DF)44 Leone Cruz (DF)53 Terakazu Tanaka (DF)
ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS
REFEREE: Elias Bazakos.SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Corey Parker;
4th: Terry Vaughn
EARTHQUAKESSat. Apr. 28 at PhiladelphiaWed. May 2 D.C. UnitedSat. May 5 at VancouverSun. May 13 Chivas USA
UPCOMING MATCHES
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES v REAL SALT LAKE(April 21, Buck Shaw Stadium, 7:30 p.m. PT)
INJURY REPORTS
DISCIPLINARY SITUATION
INTERNATIONAL DUTY
SUSPENDED: SJ: Marvin Chavez (through April 22)WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): none
none
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES – OUT: DF Victor Bernardez (L knee MCL sprain); MF Joey Gjertsen (R knee surgery); MF Shea Salinas (L clavicle fracture); DF Tim Ward (L non-specific soft tissue injury); QUESTIONABLE: MF Cesar Diaz Pizarro (R hamstring strain); FW Alan Gordon (L hamstring strain); FW Steven Lenhart (R hamstring strain) … REAL SALT LAKE – DOUBTFUL: FW Cody Arnoux (L adductor strain); MF Nico Muñiz (R MCL sprain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Ned Grabavoy (L rib cage dislocation); MF Javier Morales (R hamstring strain); PROBABLE: MF Enzo Martinez (lower back spasms)
REALWed. Apr. 25 at FC Dallas
Sat. Apr. 28 Toronto FCSat. May 5 New EnglandWed. May 9 at Chicago
GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL
RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS
OTHER
OPEN PLAYCROSS
CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES
DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)
OWN GOALS
INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA
OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
F A 11 5 57 126
6 3 5 0 0 2 0 0
6 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0 1 10 3 1 1
F A 10 4 54 135
3 3 4 1 3 0 0 0
5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 0 7 4 1 0
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
HOW SCORED
TYPE OF PLAY
DISTANCE
EARTHQUAKES REAL
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES v REAL SALT LAKE(April 21, Buck Shaw Stadium, 7:30 p.m. PT -- MLS Game 61)
2012 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 David Bingham GK 6-2 185 10/19/1989 Castro Valley, CA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 6 6 0 2 83 74 1 95 Brad Ring MF 5-10 165 04/07/1987 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 32 21 0 16 Shea Salinas MF 5-10 150 06/24/1986 Lubbock, TX 6 6 1 2 95 46 5 107 Khari Stephenson MF 6-1 185 01/18/1981 Kingston, Jamaica 5 2 0 1 56 41 6 68 Chris Wondolowski FW 6-0 165 01/28/1983 Danville, CA 6 6 7 1 117 81 48 89 Sercan Guvenisik FW 5-9 157 03/01/1980 Donauworth, West Germany 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 010 Simon Dawkins MF 5-10 160 12/01/1987 Edgware, England 5 1 0 0 31 20 6 211 Tressor Moreno MF 5-8 160 11/11/1979 Riosucio, Colombia 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 112 Ramiro Corrales DF 6-0 180 03/12/1977 Los Angeles, CA 6 6 0 2 279 253 14 3013 Evan Newton GK 6-2 185 04/01/1988 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 014 Jean-Marc Alexandre FW 5-11 190 08/24/1986 Verrettes, Haiti 0 0 0 0 38 14 1 215 Justin Morrow DF 5-9 165 10/04/1987 Cleveland, OH 6 6 0 0 18 15 0 016 Alan Gordon FW 6-3 190 10/16/1981 Long Beach, CA 2 0 1 0 120 74 23 1617 Joey Gjertsen MF 5-9 165 06/13/1982 Tacoma, WA 0 0 0 0 36 29 2 418 Jon Busch GK 5-10 165 08/18/1976 Queens, NY 6 6 0 0 204 203 0 019 Sam Garza FW 5-11 170 10/17/1989 Carrollton, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 Tim Ward DF 6-0 165 02/28/1987 Waukesha, WI 0 0 0 0 71 62 0 721 Jason Hernandez DF 5-11 170 08/26/1983 New York, NY 2 0 0 0 154 135 0 223 Anthony Ampaipitakwong MF 5-8 160 06/14/1988 Carrollton, TX 0 0 0 0 12 5 0 224 Steven Lenhart FW 6-1 190 08/28/1986 Jacksonville, FL 4 4 0 0 81 47 18 725 Ellis McLoughlin FW 5-10 165 07/08/1990 Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 026 Victor Bernardez DF 6-2 190 05/24/1982 La Ceiba, Honduras 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 027 Cesar Diaz Pizarro FW 6-1 175 09/15/1990 Chiclayo, Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Rafael Baca MF 5-8 160 09/11/1989 Tuxcan, Michoacan, Mexico 6 5 1 1 21 16 2 432 Josh Suggs DF 6-0 170 04/26/1989 Las Cruces, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 Steven Beitashour DF 5-10 170 02/01/1987 San Jose, CA 6 6 0 2 33 32 1 955 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 1 0 0 0 20 15 3 081 Marvin Chavez MF 5-5 145 11/03/1983 La Ceiba, Honduras 6 5 0 1 60 48 8 7
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs REAL SALT LAKE BUCK SHAW STADIUM, Santa Clara, Calif.
April 21, 2012 (WEEK 7, MLS Game #61) 7:30 p.m. PT (CSN-BA; KUCW-30) The San Jose Earthquakes put their four-game unbeaten streak on the line in a real test, when they take on Real Salt Lake in a meeting of the top two clubs in the Western Conference on Saturday evening at Buck Shaw Stadium. The Quakes saw their three-game winning streak ended, but still came away with a result in a 2-2 draw at New York. Real started a three-game road swing when their three-game winning streak was ended in a 1-0 loss at Sporting Kansas City. REFEREE: Elias Bazakos. SAR (bench): Chris Strickland; JAR (opposite): Corey Parker; 4th: Terry Vaughn MLS Career: 21 games; FC/gm: 26.6; Y/gm: 2.7; R: 5; pens: 2 INJURY REPORT: SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES – OUT: DF Victor Bernardez (L knee MCL sprain); MF Joey Gjertsen (R knee surgery); MF Shea Salinas (L clavicle fracture); DF Tim Ward (L non-specific soft tissue injury); QUESTIONABLE: MF Cesar Diaz Pizarro (R hamstring strain); FW Alan Gordon (L hamstring strain); FW Steven Lenhart (R hamstring strain) … REAL SALT LAKE – DOUBTFUL: FW Cody Arnoux (L adductor strain); MF Nico Muñiz (R MCL sprain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Ned Grabavoy (L rib cage dislocation); MF Javier Morales (R hamstring strain); PROBABLE: MF Enzo Martinez (lower back spasms) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: SJ: Marvin Chavez (through April 22) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: Steven Lenhart … RSL: Kyle Beckerman HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (13 meetings): Earthquakes 3 wins, 14 goals … Real 5 wins, 20 goals … Ties 5 AT SAN JOSE (6 meetings): Earthquakes 2 wins, 9 goals … Real 3 wins, 10 goals … Ties 1 RETURN MATCHES: 6/23: Real Salt Lake vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 7 p.m. MT; 7/14: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. PT LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/19: SJ 0, RSL 1 (Beckerman 64) 7/23: RSL 4, SJ 0 (Saborio 63, 75; Beckerman 78; Olave 83)
Real won both meetings between the teams last year by shutout, a 1-0 win April 19 in Santa Clara, and a 4-0 win July 23 in Sandy.
San Jose last defeated RSL in league play May 30, 2009; Real have won three of the five meetings since, with two draws.
Real have won on each of their last two trips to Buck Shaw Stadium in league play, and also won an U.S. Open Cup play-in match in 2010 (by penalty shootout).
Coaches record: Frank Yallop vs. RSL: P14 W3 L7 D4 … Jason Kreis vs. SJ: P9 W5 L1 D3 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES The San Jose Earthquakes extended their unbeaten streak to four games in impressive fashion, going to Red Bull Arena and twice coming back before settling for a 2-2 draw on Saturday evening. The Quakes sit in second place in the Western Conference with 13 points from 6 games. LAST MATCH
It took the Red Bulls only six minutes to score the opener and it was the tandem of Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper that combined. Henry slipped a ball inside the penalty area to Cooper, who beat an offside trap and finished with a low shot past goalkeeper Jon Busch.
The Earthquakes pulled level in the 15th minute through a goal from Rafael Baca. Chris Wondolowski played a ball behind the Red Bulls back line that allowed San Jose's Khari Stephenson to exploit the space. He then dribbled forward before squaring a pass to a wide-open Baca to side-foot home.
New York reclaimed the lead eight minutes later when Dax McCarty scored his first-ever goal with the Red Bulls. Winger Dane Richards whipped in a low cross from the right flank that Kenny Cooper flicked up for McCarty to volley into the lower right corner.
But the Quakes again pulled even in the 35th minute. Steven Beitashour collected a long ball on the right flank and floated a cross into the area that Shea Salinas flicked back to a diving Wondolowski, who headed home from close range.
MLS GAME INFORMATION
Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop made one change to the team that came back for a 3-1 victory against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Buck Shaw Stadium. Khari Stephenson came into the side in place of Simon Dawkins.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-4-1-1): Jon Busch - Steven Beitashour, Justin Morrow, Victor Bernardez (Jason Hernandez 46), Ramiro Corrales (Ike Opara 80) - Marvin Chavez, Sam Cronin, Rafael Baca, Shea Salinas (Simon Dawkins 46) - Khari Stephenson - Chris Wondolowski.
TEAM NEWS Chris Wondolowski pulled into a tie atop the MLS Golden Boot standings, along with New York Red Bulls
teammates Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper, after his goal in the draw with New York. Wondolowski has scored in four consecutive games and in 10 of last 11 league contests, dating back to last Sept. 24.
“Once the game settled down a little bit we had the better of the play, especially in the second half. With all the stuff that happened in the game with the two injuries in the first half, it was a great result for us tonight,” San Jose coach Frank Yallop said. “Our goals were excellent tonight. Both of them came after good movement and both Wondo (Chris Wondolowski) and Rafa (Rafael Baca) finished well.”
After the New York match, the main talking points were the injuries to midfielder Shea Salinas and defender Victor Bernardez just before the end of the first half, barely 10 seconds apart.
Salinas will undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a fractured left clavicle after a takedown by Red Bulls midfielder Rafa Marquez in the box on a corner kick, and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks
Bernardez was also injured in the same sequence from a separate incident, spraining his left medial collateral ligament after challenging Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara for a 50-50 ball. He is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.
“It’s never good, losing two players on one play right before halftime, but I’ve got to commend the guys for their second-half performance,” Yallop said. “I thought we bossed the game, to be honest, and were a little bit unlucky not to score the winning goal.”
Jason Hernandez made his second appearance of the season in relief of Bernardez, while Simon Dawkins came on for Salinas.
“The good thing is that we have an extremely deep team, and as you saw, when you can bring Jason Hernandez, Ike Opara and Simon Dawkins off the bench, you’re not missing much,” Chris Wondolowski said. “Sometimes that can be a little worrisome, when you see [teammates hurt], and you see someone coming in and you don’t necessarily have 100 percent faith in them. I know with our team, we can go all the way down to the 28th guy and we still have 100 percent faith in them.”
The Quakes were already missing strikers Alan Gordon and Steven Lenhart, both out with strained hamstrings, and have not yet returned to full training. In addition, striker Sercan Guvenisik and rookie forward Cesar Diaz Pizarro were also held out of training to begin the week.
“I don’t expect the team to suffer from the two guys getting injured, and that’s by design,” Yallop said. “We’re covered in all spots and not lacking in the quality that comes off the bench.”
On Thursday, midfielder Marvin Chavez was suspended for one match by the MLS Disciplinary Committee after committing a reckless challenge in the 52nd minute of the New York match that endangered the safety of his opponent
REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake saw their three-game winning streak put to an end in a top-of-the-table clash of conference leaders, falling 1-0 to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening at Livestrong Sporting Park. Real still lead the Western Conference with 15 points from 7 games. LAST MATCH
The game's lone goal came after 63 minutes. Graham Zusi flighted in a corner from the left and Aurelien Collin slashed in at the back post to head it home. It was Collin’s second goal of the year, both coming on headers off set-piece assists from Zusi.
SKC goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen was called upon to make just one save on the night, a routine stop of a Nat Borchers header from Kyle Beckerman’s free kick in second-half stoppage time that ended Sporting's league-record string of not allowing a shot on goal at 335 minutes.
RSL head coach Jason Kreis made no changes to the team that defeated the Colorado Rapids 2-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium.
REAL SALT LAKE (4-1-3-2): Nick Rimando - Tony Beltran, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert - Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman, Sebastian Velasquez (Jonny Steele 63) - Luis Gil (Paulo Junior 76) - Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio.
TEAM NEWS Real Salt Lake allowed their first goal in 268 minutes, since the 3-2 win in Portland on March 31. It’s the fourth
longest shutout streak in MLS this season.
MLS GAME INFORMATION
“I thought we were ready, I thought we played well, but set pieces can decide a game. And tonight that’s what happened,” said goalkeeper Nick Rimando. “They caught us on that corner kick. We had some chances toward the end, but now we have to turn our focus to the next game.”
Real also allowed their first goal from a deadball situation this season. Last year, seven of RSL’s 36 goals conceded came on set pieces, seventh-fewest in MLS.
It is disappointing. It's something that we really focus on and we know that Kansas City is very, very good on all deadball situations,” said RSL head coach Jason Kreis. “We talked about it a lot, we trained it this week. We don't typically give up goals on dead balls, either, we're pretty good at defending them.”
RSL was shut out for the second time in seven games. They’ve scored multiple goals in four of five games; both losses have come on 1-0 scorelines.
“The thing about giving the goal away was that now it turned our attention to 'How are we going to attack?'”, said Kreis. “I think we were a little too content to defend for most of the night. Perhaps a goal before half, maybe then we spend 45 minutes trying to attack and get the game back and it's different. Soccer is a weird game that way.”
When Real met Sporting KC, it was just the third time since 2002 (when MLS returned to a two-conference alignment) that two conference leaders with leads of more than three points met in a top-of-the-table clash. D.C. United and FC Dallas met in 2006, and the LA Galaxy and Columbus in 2010, when both led by three points or more.
“We’d love to see these guys again,” said Beckerman. “That’ll drive us to work even harder and come back and hopefully get another chance at them in the playoffs. We’ll lick our wounds and come back and learn from it, and work harder.”
2012 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES STATISTICS (4-1-1, 13 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 8 F Chris Wondolowski 6 6 540 7 1 24 12 7 9 4 0 0 0 6 M Shea Salinas 6 6 490 1 2 8 4 5 4 0 9 1 0 30 M Rafael Baca 6 5 438 1 1 2 1 6 6 1 2 2 0 16 F Alan Gordon 2 0 61 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 33 D Steven Beitashour 6 6 540 0 2 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 12 D Ramiro Corrales 6 6 485 0 2 5 1 7 7 0 1 2 0 4 M Sam Cronin 6 6 508 0 2 8 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 81 M Marvin Chavez 6 5 398 0 1 6 1 11 9 0 12 1 0 11 M Tressor Moreno 3 1 136 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 M Khari Stephenson 5 2 214 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 26 D Victor Bernardez 6 6 495 0 0 5 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 18 G Jon Busch 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 M Simon Dawkins 5 1 129 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 9 F Sercan Guvenisik 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 D Jason Hernandez 2 0 90 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 F Steven Lenhart 4 4 316 0 0 7 2 10 9 5 0 3 0 15 D Justin Morrow 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 55 D Ike Opara 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 F Jean-Marc Alexandre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 M Anthony Ampaipitakwong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 G David Bingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 F Sam Garza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 M Joey Gjertsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 F Ellis McLoughlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 G Evan Newton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 F Cesar Diaz Pizarro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 M Brad Ring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 D Josh Suggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 D Tim Ward 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team totals 6 6 540 10 13 73 24 80 69 14 24 11 0 Opponent totals 6 6 540 4 6 65 20 69 80 13 28 12 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Chris Wondolowski 3, Alan Gordon 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Shea Salinas 1, Sam Cronin 1, Ramiro Corrales 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Chris Wondolowski 1-1 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 18 G Jon Busch 6 6 540 20 16 4 0.67 1 1 4 1 1 3 Team totals 6 6 540 20 16 4 0.67 1 1 4 1 1 3 Opponent totals 6 6 540 24 14 10 1.67 1 1 1 4 1 1 * = Played with other teams in 2012. Only San Jose Earthquakes statistics listed here.
2012 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (5-2-0, 15 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 7 F Fabian Espindola 7 6 559 3 1 23 10 11 7 8 2 0 0 15 F Alvaro Saborio 7 3 379 2 1 12 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 21 M Luis Gil 7 7 481 1 1 6 1 3 5 0 0 2 0 11 M Javier Morales 5 1 212 1 1 4 3 2 7 0 9 1 0 23 F Paulo Junior 6 5 335 1 1 9 4 4 2 7 1 0 0 5 M Kyle Beckerman 7 7 630 1 0 10 1 19 5 0 18 3 0 22 M Jonny Steele 6 1 159 1 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 D Tony Beltran 7 7 618 0 2 3 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 8 M Will Johnson 4 3 301 0 1 5 1 6 4 0 1 1 0 14 M Yordany Alvarez 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 F Emiliano Bonfigli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 D Nat Borchers 3 3 270 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 M Ned Grabavoy 5 4 387 0 0 2 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 4 D Jamison Olave 7 7 630 0 0 2 0 8 9 0 0 1 0 18 G Nick Rimando 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 28 D Chris Schuler 4 4 360 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 53 D Terakazu Tanaka 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 M Sebastian Velasquez 5 5 339 0 0 5 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 17 D Chris Wingert 6 6 540 0 0 3 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 27 F Cody Arnoux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 D Leone Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 D Chris Estridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 G Eduardo Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 M Enzo Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 M Nico Muniz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 G Kyle Reynish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 7 7 630 11 8 90 29 87 76 19 31 10 0 Opponent totals 7 7 630 5 4 79 25 76 87 16 44 13 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Alvaro Saborio 1, Javier Morales 1, Fabian Espindola 1, Kyle Beckerman 1 Paulo Junior 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Fabian Espindola 1, Tony Beltran 1, Paulo Junior 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 1-1, Paulo Junior 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 18 G Nick Rimando 7 7 630 25 20 5 0.71 0 0 5 2 0 3 Team totals 7 7 630 25 20 5 0.71 0 0 5 2 0 3 Opponent totals 7 7 630 29 18 11 1.57 2 2 2 5 0 2 * = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Real Salt Lake statistics listed here.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 2012 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: Sat. Mar. 10 New England W 1-0 10,525 1-0-0 T1 3 SJ: Wondolowski (15) Sat. Mar. 17 Houston L 0-1 21,816 1-1-0 T5 3 HOU: Davis (14) Sat. Mar. 24 at Toronto FC W 3-0 20,070 2-1-0 0 6 SJ: Wondolowski (9,67) Salinas (56) Sat. Mar. 31 at Seattle W 1-0 38,301 3-1-0 T1 9 SJ: Wondolowski (24) Sat. Apr. 7 Vancouver W 3-1 10,525 4-1-0 2 12 SJ: Wondolowski (68,78) Gordon (72); VAN: Le Toux (49) Sat. Apr. 14 at New York T 2-2 17,114 4-1-1 2 13 SJ: Baca (15) Wondolowski (35); NY: Cooper (5) McCarty (22) Sat. Apr. 21 Real Salt Lake Sat. Apr. 28 at Philadelphia Wed. May 2 D.C. United Sat. May 5 at Vancouver Sun. May 13 Chivas USA Sat. May 19 Columbus Wed. May 23 at Los Angeles Sun. May 27 at Sporting KC Wed. June 20 at Colorado Sat. June 23 at Real Salt Lake Sat. June 30 Los Angeles Tue. July 3 at Portland Sat. July 7 at FC Dallas Sat. July 14 Real Salt Lake Wed. July 18 FC Dallas Sun. July 22 at Vancouver Sat. July 28 Chicago Sat. Aug. 11 Seattle Sat. Aug. 18 at Montreal Sat. Aug. 25 Colorado Sun. Sept. 2 Chivas USA Sat. Sept. 15 at Chivas USA Wed. Sept. 19 Portland Sun. Sept. 23 at Seattle Sat. Sept. 29 FC Dallas Sat. Oct. 6 at Colorado Sun. Oct. 21 Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 27 at Portland REAL SALT LAKE 2012 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: Sat. Mar. 10 at Los Angeles W 3-1 27,000 1-0-0 T1 3 RSL: own goal (73) Morales (80) Espindola (85); LA: Buddle (71) Sat. Mar. 17 New York W 2-0 16,738 2-0-0 T1 6 RSL: Espindola (39) Gil (58) Sat. Mar. 24 Chivas USA L 0-1 20,415 2-1-0 T2 6 CHV: Townsend (72) Sat. Mar. 31 at Portland W 3-2 20,438 3-1-0 T1 9 RSL: Saborio (39) Steele (89) Beckerman (93+); POR: Nagbe (48,65) Wed. Apr. 4 Montreal W 1-0 20,191 4-1-0 1 12 RSL: Paulo Jr (13) Sat. Apr. 7 Colorado W 2-0 16,870 5-1-0 1 15 RSL: Saborio (20) Espindola (57) Sat. Apr. 14 at Sporting KC L 0-1 19,422 5-2-0 1 15 KC: Collin (63) Sat. Apr. 21 at San Jose Wed. Apr. 25 at FC Dallas Sat. Apr. 28 Toronto FC Sat. May 5 New England Wed. May 9 at Chicago Sat. May 12 at Seattle Sat. May 26 FC Dallas Sat. June 16 at Chivas USA Wed. June 20 Los Angeles Sat. June 23 San Jose Sat. June 30 at Columbus Wed. July 4 Seattle Sat. July 7 Portland Sat. July 14 at San Jose Wed. July 18 at Seattle Sat. July 21 Colorado Fri. July 27 Vancouver Sat. Aug. 4 at Colorado Sat. Aug. 11 at Vancouver Sat. Aug. 18 FC Dallas Fri. Aug. 24 at Philadelphia Sat. Sept. 1 D.C. United Thu. Sept. 6 at Houston Sat. Sept. 22 Portland Sat. Sept. 29 at Chivas USA Sat. Oct. 6 at Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 27 Vancouver
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 2 Chris Wondolowski 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 2 Chris Wondolowski 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Assists 2 Sam Cronin 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 2 Ramiro Corrales 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Shots 6 Chris Wondolowski 03/17/2012 vs. HOU L 0-1 6 Chris Wondolowski 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 Shots on Goal 3 Chris Wondolowski 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 3 Chris Wondolowski 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Fouls Committed 4 Steven Beitashour 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 4 Alan Gordon 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 4 Marvin Chavez 04/14/2012 at NY T 2-2 Fouls Suffered 4 Steven Lenhart 03/10/2012 vs. NE W 1-0 Offside 4 Steven Lenhart 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 Saves 5 Jon Busch 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 5 Jon Busch 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Shots Faced 6 Jon Busch 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Goals Allowed 2 Jon Busch 04/14/2012 at NY T 2-2
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 3 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 Assists 5 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 Shots 24 03/17/2012 vs. HOU L 0-1 Shots on Goal 5 03/17/2012 vs. HOU L 0-1 5 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 5 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 5 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Fouls Committed 18 03/10/2012 vs. NE W 1-0 Fouls Suffered 14 03/17/2012 vs. HOU L 0-1 Corner Kicks 7 03/17/2012 vs. HOU L 0-1 Offside 4 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 Saves 5 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 5 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Shots Faced 6 04/07/2012 vs. VAN W 3-1 Goals Allowed 2 04/14/2012 at NY T 2-2
TEAM LOW GAMES (2012) Shots 6 03/10/2012 vs. NE W 1-0 Shots on Goal 1 03/10/2012 vs. NE W 1-0 Fouls Committed 8 03/17/2012 vs. HOU L 0-1 Fouls Suffered 6 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 Corner Kicks 1 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 Offside 1 03/31/2012 at SEA W 1-0 1 04/14/2012 at NY T 2-2 Saves 1 03/10/2012 vs. NE W 1-0 1 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0 Shots Faced 1 03/10/2012 vs. NE W 1-0 1 03/24/2012 at TOR W 3-0
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 1 10 times Assists 2 Tony Beltran 04/07/2012 vs. COL W 2-0 Shots 6 Fabian Espindola 04/04/2012 vs. MTL W 1-0 Shots on Goal 3 Fabian Espindola 03/17/2012 vs. NY W 2-0 3 Paulo Junior 04/04/2012 vs. MTL W 1-0 Fouls Committed 4 Kyle Beckerman 03/24/2012 vs. CHV L 0-1 4 Kyle Beckerman 04/04/2012 vs. MTL W 1-0 4 Chris Wingert 04/07/2012 vs. COL W 2-0 Fouls Suffered 4 Jamison Olave 04/14/2012 at KC L 0-1 Offside 3 Paulo Junior 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 3 Paulo Junior 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Saves 6 Nick Rimando 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Shots Faced 8 Nick Rimando 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Goals Allowed 2 Nick Rimando 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 3 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 3 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Assists 3 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 3 04/07/2012 vs. COL W 2-0 Shots 17 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Shots on Goal 8 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Fouls Committed 14 03/24/2012 vs. CHV L 0-1 14 04/07/2012 vs. COL W 2-0 14 04/14/2012 at KC L 0-1 Fouls Suffered 14 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Corner Kicks 9 03/24/2012 vs. CHV L 0-1 Offside 4 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 4 03/24/2012 vs. CHV L 0-1 Saves 6 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Shots Faced 8 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2 Goals Allowed 2 03/31/2012 at POR W 3-2
TEAM LOW GAMES (2012) Shots 10 03/17/2012 vs. NY W 2-0 10 04/14/2012 at KC L 0-1 Shots on Goal 1 04/14/2012 at KC L 0-1 Fouls Committed 10 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Fouls Suffered 7 04/07/2012 vs. COL W 2-0 Corner Kicks 2 03/10/2012 at LA W 3-1 Offside 1 04/04/2012 vs. MTL W 1-0 Saves 1 04/07/2012 vs. COL W 2-0 Shots Faced 1 04/07/2012 vs. COL W 2-0
REAL SALT LAKE VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Real 5 wins, 20 goals Earthquakes 3 wins, 14 goals Ties 5 04/30/2005 RSL 2 vs SJ 2 (RE) 06/18/2005 SJ 3 vs RSL 0 (SJ) 08/20/2005 SJ 1 at RSL 0 (RE) 10/08/2005 SJ 2 vs RSL 2 (SJ) 05/31/2008 RSL 3 vs SJ 1 (RE) 06/18/2008 RSL 0 vs SJ 0 (RE) 09/27/2008 RSL 3 at SJ 2 (BS) 05/30/2009 SJ 2 vs RSL 1 (BS) 07/03/2009 RSL 1 vs SJ 1 (RT) 03/27/2010 RSL 3 at SJ 0 (BS) 06/25/2010 RSL 0 vs SJ 0 (RT) 03/19/2011 RSL 1 at SJ 0 (BS) 07/23/2011 RSL 4 vs SJ 0 (RT) U.S. OPEN CUP 04/30/2008 RSL 4 vs SJ 0 (RE, Q1) 04/14/2010 RSL 3 at SJ 3 RSL SOW (OT)
(BS, Q2)
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Earthquakes Real Salt Lake Category 1 2 OT Tot. 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 8 6 0 14 5 15 0 20 Shots 74 74 0 148 76 107 0 183 Shots on Goal 32 39 0 71 34 43 0 77 Fouls 80 86 0 166 89 85 0 174 Offsides 15 17 0 32 21 14 0 35 Corner Kicks 25 29 0 54 29 39 0 68 GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total SJ 3 1 4 2 2 2 0 14 RSL 2 2 1 5 6 4 0 20 CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Frank Yallop vs. RSL 3-7-4 (0.93 pts./game) Jason Kreis vs. SJ 5-1-3 (2.00 pts./game) ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Earthquakes Real Salt Lake Goals 2 3 players tied 4 Javier Morales Assists 3 Cerritos/De Rosario 5 Javier Morales Shots 13 Ryan Johnson 15 Findley/Morales Shots on Goal 7 Ryan Johnson 9 Findley/Morales Fouls Committed 10 Eddie Robinson 13 Andy Williams Fouls Suffered 12 Alejandro Moreno 17 Andy Williams Wins 2 Pat Onstad 5 Nick Rimando Losses 3 Joe Cannon 1 3 players tied Shutouts 2 Pat Onstad 5 Nick Rimando Saves 27 Joe Cannon 33 Nick Rimando Goals Allowed 11 Joe Cannon 6 Nick Rimando ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Earthquakes Real Salt Lake Goals 2 Darren Huckerby (9/27/08) 2 4 players tied Assists 2 Ronald Cerritos (6/18/05) 1 16 players tied Shots 5 Mullan/Wondolowski 9 Yura Movsisyan (9/27/08) Shots on Goal 4 Brian Mullan (4/30/05) 5 Yura Movsisyan (9/27/08) Fouls Committed 5 4 players tied 4 4 players tied Fouls Suffered 8 Alejandro Moreno (6/18/05) 7 Andy Williams (8/20/05) Saves 9 Jon Busch (7/23/11) 13 D.J. Countess (4/30/05) Goals Allowed 4 Jon Busch (7/23/11) 3 D.J. Countess (6/18/05) 2012 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS: SPORTING KANSAS CITY LA GALAXY W-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started) At Halftime: Leading 1-0-0 2 Ws (9/10/2011) 1-0-0 3 Ws (9/9/2011) Tied 3-0-0 5 Ws (10/15/2011 0-1-0 1 Ls (3/10/2012) Trailing 0-0-0 6 Ts (5/28/2011) 0-1-0 3 Ls (10/4/2011) First Goal: Scored 3-0-0 6 Ws (9/28/2011) 1-1-0 1 Ws (3/18/2012) Allowed 1-0-0 1 Ws (3/25/2012) 0-1-0 3 Ls (10/4/2011) Goals Scored: 0 goals 0-0-0 1 Ls (9/17/2011) 0-0-0 2 Ls (8/3/2011) 1 goals 2-0-0 3 Ws (10/22/2011 0-2-0 3 Ls (10/23/2011 2 goals 1-0-0 3 Ws (9/28/2011) 0-0-0 1 Ws (10/1/2011) 3 goals 1-0-0 3 Ws (8/17/2011) 1-0-0 8 Ws (5/1/2010) 4 or more 0-0-0 31 Ws (5/2/1996) 0-0-0 7 Ws (4/26/2008) Goals Allowed: 0 goals 3-0-0 8 Ws (8/3/2011) 0-0-0 7 Ws (7/20/2011) 1 goals 1-0-0 1 Ws (3/25/2012) 1-0-0 6 Ws (5/14/2011) 2 goals 0-0-0 1 Ts (9/5/2011) 0-0-0 1 Ls (10/4/2011) 3 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (4/23/2011) 0-2-0 10 Ls (8/3/2008) 4 goals 0-0-0 20 Ls (5/5/1996) 0-0-0 10 Ls (6/15/2002)
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (3-5-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Arturo Alvarez 4 4 360 2 1 8 Mark Chung 3 3 261 2 0 5 Darren Huckerby 1 1 90 2 0 3 Dwayne De Rosario 4 4 356 1 3 8 Wade Barrett 3 3 252 1 1 1 Brian Ching 2 1 98 1 0 3 John Cunliffe 2 1 77 1 0 5 Cornell Glen 4 2 167 1 0 8 Kelly Gray 5 4 379 1 0 3 Alejandro Moreno 3 2 202 1 0 5 Julian Nash 2 1 81 1 0 2 Ronald Cerritos 4 4 279 0 3 9 Brad Davis 4 2 228 0 2 5 Pablo Campos 1 1 87 0 1 1 Ryan Cochrane 4 3 309 0 1 2 Bobby Convey 6 6 443 0 1 3 Nick Garcia 3 3 270 0 1 0 Ned Grabavoy 3 3 241 0 1 1 Brian Mullan 3 3 270 0 1 9 Michael Zaher 2 1 135 0 1 0 Chris Aloisi 1 1 90 0 0 2 Quincy Amarikwa 2 0 38 0 0 0 Anthony Ampaipitakwong 1 0 9 0 0 1 Nana Attakora 1 1 54 0 0 0 Rafael Baca 1 1 90 0 0 0 Steven Beitashour 1 1 90 0 0 1 Bobby Burling 2 2 151 0 0 1 Jon Busch 3 3 270 0 0 1 Danny Califf 2 2 180 0 0 0 Joe Cannon 6 6 540 0 0 0 Ricardo Clark 3 2 198 0 0 2 Ramiro Corrales 7 7 561 0 0 8 Sam Cronin 3 3 270 0 0 1 Simon Dawkins 1 0 24 0 0 1 Troy Dayak 1 1 90 0 0 0 Eric Denton 3 3 270 0 0 0 Simon Elliott 1 1 90 0 0 1 Joey Gjertsen 2 1 116 0 0 2 Kevin Goldthwaite 1 1 90 0 0 0 Ivan Guerrero 1 1 51 0 0 0 Jason Hernandez 8 8 668 0 0 1 Ryan Johnson 8 7 637 0 0 13 Jovan Kirovski 1 1 74 0 0 0 Chris Leitch 5 4 349 0 0 0 Roger Levesque 1 0 12 0 0 0 Francisco Lima 1 1 90 0 0 2 Brandon McDonald 4 3 315 0 0 1 Ellis McLoughlin 1 0 19 0 0 2 Andre Luiz 1 1 90 0 0 1 Ronnie O'Brien 2 2 160 0 0 3 Danny O'Rourke 2 2 180 0 0 2 Pat Onstad 4 4 360 0 0 0 Ike Opara 2 2 180 0 0 2 Jacob Peterson 1 1 90 0 0 1 Aaron Pitchkolan 2 1 96 0 0 0 Antonio Ribeiro 1 1 90 0 0 1 James Riley 2 1 121 0 0 0 Brad Ring 1 0 36 0 0 0 Eddie Robinson 3 3 270 0 0 0 Javier Robles 2 1 61 0 0 2 Ian Russell 1 0 9 0 0 0 Shea Salinas 3 1 131 0 0 1 Scott Sealy 2 2 141 0 0 1 Adam Smarte 1 0 29 0 0 0 Davide Somma 1 0 12 0 0 1 Khari Stephenson 2 2 171 0 0 3 Joe Vide 1 1 71 0 0 0 Craig Waibel 1 1 90 0 0 0 Tim Ward 1 1 90 0 0 0 Chris Wondolowski 4 3 258 0 0 9 Team totals 13 13 1170 14 17 148 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 20 16 183 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Pat Onstad 4 360 21 17 1.00 1 Jon Busch 3 270 16 11 1.67 1 Joe Cannon 6 540 40 27 1.83 1 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 77 55 1.54 3 Opponent totals 13 1170 71 56 1.08 0
CURRENT SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (3-5-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Alan Gordon 8 4 485 1 2 14 Steven Lenhart 5 3 303 1 1 12 Tim Ward 3 2 194 0 1 3 Anthony Ampaipitakwong 1 0 9 0 0 1 Rafael Baca 1 1 90 0 0 0 Steven Beitashour 1 1 90 0 0 1 Jon Busch 9 9 810 0 0 1 Marvin Chavez 4 3 271 0 0 2 Ramiro Corrales 7 7 561 0 0 8 Sam Cronin 5 5 450 0 0 1 Simon Dawkins 1 0 24 0 0 1 Joey Gjertsen 2 1 116 0 0 2 Jason Hernandez 14 12 1046 0 0 1 Ellis McLoughlin 1 0 19 0 0 2 Ike Opara 2 2 180 0 0 2 Brad Ring 1 0 36 0 0 0 Shea Salinas 6 2 264 0 0 2 Khari Stephenson 2 2 171 0 0 3 Chris Wondolowski 5 3 276 0 0 11 Team totals 13 13 1170 14 17 148 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 20 16 183 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Jon Busch 9 810 46 40 0.78 1 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 77 55 1.54 3 Opponent totals 13 1170 71 56 1.08 0
REAL SALT LAKE CAREER STATISTICS VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (5-3-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Javier Morales 8 8 695 4 5 15 Kyle Beckerman 7 7 630 2 2 12 Robbie Findley 6 2 309 2 2 15 Alvaro Saborio 4 3 252 2 1 12 Jason Kreis 3 3 270 2 0 11 Yura Movsisyan 3 2 206 2 0 11 Fabian Espindola 7 7 495 1 1 13 Dema Kovalenko 2 2 180 1 0 8 Kevin Novak 1 1 89 1 0 4 Jamison Olave 8 7 648 1 0 4 Andy Williams 10 8 645 1 0 12 Arturo Alvarez 2 0 36 0 1 1 Tony Beltran 5 5 432 0 1 1 Leslie Fitzpatrick 3 1 161 0 1 1 Clint Mathis 6 5 429 0 1 7 Jamie Watson 2 0 54 0 1 2 Nelson Akwari 3 3 270 0 0 0 Jean-Marc Alexandre 2 0 14 0 0 0 Paulo Junior 1 0 6 0 0 0 Matt Behncke 2 2 180 0 0 1 Nikolas Besagno 1 0 1 0 0 0 Nat Borchers 9 9 783 0 0 6 Paul Broome 1 1 90 0 0 0 Chris Brown 4 4 350 0 0 2 Pablo Campos 1 0 30 0 0 0 Jordan Cila 1 1 64 0 0 1 Matias Cordoba 2 1 78 0 0 2 D.J. Countess 2 2 180 0 0 0 Raphael Cox 1 0 1 0 0 0 Kenny Cutler 4 3 293 0 0 2 Kenny Deuchar 3 2 150 0 0 1 Brian Dunseth 3 3 265 0 0 1 Luis Miguel Escalada 1 1 55 0 0 1 Luis Gil 1 0 6 0 0 1 Ned Grabavoy 6 6 447 0 0 7 Adolfo Gregorio 1 0 45 0 0 2 Will Johnson 6 6 533 0 0 10 Ian Joy 1 1 90 0 0 0 Brian Kamler 4 3 249 0 0 0 Rauwshan McKenzie 1 0 27 0 0 0 Jay Nolly 2 2 180 0 0 0 Tino Nunez 2 0 38 0 0 1 Leighton O'Brien 2 1 69 0 0 1 Rusty Pierce 2 2 135 0 0 0 Eddie Pope 1 1 90 0 0 0 Nick Rimando 9 9 810 0 0 0 Robbie Russell 6 6 540 0 0 3 Robert Scarlett 1 1 90 0 0 1 Chris Schuler 1 1 90 0 0 1 Melvin Tarley 1 1 90 0 0 1 Seth Trembly 2 1 135 0 0 0 Collen Warner 2 0 35 0 0 2 Dante Washington 2 1 88 0 0 3 Evan Whitfield 1 0 10 0 0 0 Chris Wingert 8 8 719 0 0 4 Team totals 13 13 1170 20 16 183 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 14 17 148 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Nick Rimando 9 810 40 33 0.67 0 Jay Nolly 2 180 11 8 1.50 0 D.J. Countess 2 180 20 15 2.50 0 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 71 56 1.08 0 Opponent totals 13 1170 77 55 1.54 3
CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (5-3-5) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Javier Morales 8 8 695 4 5 15 Kyle Beckerman 19 17 1516 2 5 20 Alvaro Saborio 4 3 252 2 1 12 Fabian Espindola 7 7 495 1 1 13 Jamison Olave 8 7 648 1 0 4 Ned Grabavoy 10 8 640 0 2 8 Tony Beltran 5 5 432 0 1 1 Paulo Junior 1 0 6 0 0 0 Nat Borchers 20 20 1783 0 0 8 Luis Gil 1 0 6 0 0 1 Will Johnson 6 6 533 0 0 10 Nick Rimando 21 21 1910 0 0 0 Chris Schuler 1 1 90 0 0 1 Chris Wingert 12 11 979 0 0 6 Team totals 13 13 1170 20 16 183 Opponent totals 13 13 1170 14 17 148 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Nick Rimando 21 1910 109 86 0.99 2 ----------- Team totals 13 1170 71 56 1.08 0 Opponent totals 13 1170 77 55 1.54 3
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
Last Game Earthquakes 2, New York Red Bulls 2; April 14, 2012; Red Bull Arena; Harrison, N.J. The Earthquakes overturned a pair of one-goal deficits in the first half to earn a 2-2 draw with New York at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night. The hosts grabbed an early fifth-minute lead through Kenny Cooper’s seventh goal of the campaign, with Thierry Henry providing the short through ball to beat the offside trap after a Roy Miller throw-in on the left sideline. The Quakes answered 10 minutes later as Rafael Baca stole possession with Sam Cronin’s help and continued his run into the penalty area after passing off to Chris Wondolowski. Wondolowski, meanwhile, fed forward to Khari Stephenson, whose one-touch cross toward the far post was met with a first-time shot by Baca into the back of the net. New York regained the advantage through a right-footed side-volley by Dax McCarty after Cooper had flicked on a Dane Richards cross from the right end-line in the 22nd minute. Wondolowski leveled matters a second time in the 35th minute as Shea Salinas looped a ball destined to cross the end-line over Red Bull center backs Markus Holgersson and Stephen Keel for the San Jose striker to head home his seventh goal of 2012. Steven Beitashour was also credited with an assist on the score. Last Game vs. Real Salt Lake Earthquakes 0, Real Salt Lake 4; July 23, 2011; Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah Real Salt Lake posted a 4-0 victory over the Earthquakes in the last meeting between these teams. RSL’s second-half onslaught began with a pair of Alvaro Saborio goals in the 63rd and 75th minutes, the former from the penalty spot. Kyle Beckerman effectively clinched the three points three minutes later, tallying his second of the 2011 season, both coming against the Quakes, off a Saborio assist. The RSL captain then played the role of provider to cap the scoring in the 83rd as center back and 2011 Best XI selection Jamison Olave found the back of the net. Former Quake Arturo Alvarez, now competing in Portugal’s top division, also aided on the final strike. San Jose was out-shot for the match, 25-3, with Jon Busch facing 13 efforts on goal and coming up with a season-high nine saves.
2012 EARTHQUAKES RESULTS/SCHEDULE (4-1-1, 13 Pts.) Date Day Opponent Result/Time (PT) March 10 Sat. New England Revolution W, 1-0 March 17 Sat. %Houston Dynamo L, 0-1 March 24 Sat. at Toronto FC W, 3-0 March 31 Sat. at Seattle Sounders FC W, 1-0 April 7 Sat. Vancouver Whitecaps FC W, 3-1 April 14 Sat. at New York Red Bulls T, 2-2 April 21 Sat. Real Salt Lake 7:30 p.m. April 28 Sat. at Philadelphia Union 4:00 p.m. May 2 Wed. D.C. United 7:30 p.m. May 5 Sat. at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4:00 p.m. May 13 Sun. Chivas USA 4:00 p.m. May 19 Sat. Columbus Crew 7:30 p.m. May 23 Wed. at LA Galaxy 7:30 p.m. May 27 Sun. at Sporting Kansas City 1:30 p.m. June 20 Wed. at Colorado Rapids 6:30 p.m. June 23 Sat. at Real Salt Lake 6:00 p.m. June 30 Sat. #LA Galaxy 7:00 p.m. July 3 Tues. at Portland Timbers 7:30 p.m. July 7 Sat. at FC Dallas 6:00 p.m. July 14 Sat. Real Salt Lake 7:30 p.m. July 18 Wed. FC Dallas 8:00 p.m. July 22 Sun. at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4:00 p.m. July 28 Sat. Chicago Fire 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11 Sat. Seattle Sounders FC 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 Sat. at Montreal Impact 4:30 p.m. Aug. 25 Sat. Colorado Rapids 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2 Sun. Chivas USA 6:00 p.m. Sept. 15 Sat. at Chivas USA 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 Wed. Portland Timbers 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 Sun. at Seattle Sounders FC 7:00 p.m. Sept. 29 Sat. FC Dallas 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 Sat. at Colorado Rapids 6:00 p.m. Oct. 21 Sun. LA Galaxy 4:00 p.m. Oct. 27 Sat. at Portland Timbers 3:30 p.m. Bold – Home Game *US Open Cup **International Friendly % Match played at AT&T Park # Match played at Stanford Stadium
MATCHDAY INFO San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. PT Location: Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif. Broadcast: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 1590 KLIV, 1370 KZSF San Jose Earthquakes Real Salt Lake Record (Pts.) 4-1-1 (13) 5-2-0 (15) Leading Scorer Chris Wondolowski (7) Fabian Espindola (3) Assist Leader Four Tied (2) Tony Beltran (2) Head Coach Frank Yallop Jason Kreis Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake All-Time MLS Regular Season: 3-5-5 Home: 2-3-1 (9 GF, 10 GA) Away: 1-2-4 (5 GF, 10 GA) Playoffs: 0-0-0; US Open Cup: 0-0-0; US Open Cup Play-In: 0-2-0 All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 14, Real Salt Lake – 20 San Jose’s Record in April The Quakes are 22-26-14 all-time in April in MLS play. Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (TV): Jim Kozimor (play-by-play); Kelly Gray (analyst); Dan Dibley (sideline reporter) 1590 KLIV (English Radio): Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) 1370 KZSF (Spanish Radio): Carlos Cesar Rivera (play-by-play) Twitter: @QuakesMatchday, @SJEarthquakes (#SJEarthquakes); @RealSaltLake
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San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
OPPONENT INFO Real Salt Lake Scouting Report Real Salt Lake (5-2-0) is coming off of a 1-0 loss in a meeting of conference leaders with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, April 14. The lone goal at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park came through an Aurelien Collin header from a Graham Zusi corner kick in the 63rd minute as Sporting KC remained the only unbeaten side in MLS. Collin’s score snapped RSL’s shutout streak at 267 minutes. Real Salt Lake is led in midfield by Kyle Beckerman. The RSL captain tallied two of his three goals a season ago against San Jose while also providing a career-best nine assists. Beckerman has played all 630 minutes thus far in 2012, and scored the 93rd-minute decider in a come-from-behind 3-2 victory at the Portland Timbers on March 31. Real Salt Lake striking options include Argentine Fabian Espindola (3 goals), Costa Rican Alvaro Saborio (2) and Brazilian Paulo Junior (1). Colombian center back Jamison Olave, a Best XI selection in 2010 and 2011, anchors the RSL back line while Nick Rimando, one of the top MLS goalkeepers of all-time, will be between the pipes. History of the Quakes – Real Salt Lake Rivalry Real Salt Lake has had the upper hand recently in the all-time series between these two Western Conference rivals … The Quakes have gone winless at 0-4-2 over the last six meetings in all competitions, including an 0-3-2 mark in the last five MLS regular-season match-ups, and a loss via penalty-kick shootout in a 2010 US Open Cup play-in contest at Buck Shaw Stadium … The Quakes have suffered two straight home defeats in league play during this stretch, in shutout fashion in back-to-back season openers in 2010 (3-0) and 2011 (1-0), since a 2-1 win at Buck Shaw on May 30, 2009 … San Jose enters the April 21 date on a scoreless drought of 387 minutes in four-plus league games against RSL … The Quakes and Real Salt Lake last faced off at Buck Shaw to kick off the 2011 season on March 19, in a match later dubbed The Great Deluge as RSL took a 1-0 decision in a driving rainstorm through a 64th-minute Kyle Beckerman strike from 25 yards out that glanced off the left post and went in … That game marked Simon Dawkins’ MLS debut for the Quakes as a 66th-minute substitute … The Claret-and-Gold swept the 2011 season series with a 4-0 triumph in Utah on July 23 … The two teams played to a 2-2 draw in their first-ever meeting on April 30, 2005, at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, with Alejandro Moreno providing a late equalizer for San Jose … After going 2-0-2 over their first four MLS regular-season meetings, the Quakes dropped their first league tilt to RSL, 3-1, on May 31, 2008, at Rice-Eccles … RSL was the last Quakes opponent to play a regular-season match at Spartan Stadium, earning a 2-2 tie on Oct. 8, 2005 … RSL knocked the Quakes out of the 2010 US Open Cup, advancing 5-3 on penalty kicks after the first 120 minutes ended 3-3 in a play-in game … RSL joined MLS as an expansion side prior to the 2005 campaign. Earthquakes Leaders vs. Real Salt Lake RSL is one of just four clubs among the 19 in MLS in 2012 that Chris Wondolowski has not scored a goal against in a regular-season MLS match, with the others being Houston, Portland and newcomer Montreal, whom he has yet to face … Wondolowski has made five appearances against RSL all-time, with four as a Quakes player … Steven Lenhart had one goal and one assist against RSL in 2009 while with the Columbus Crew, and missed both meetings with RSL in his first year with the Quakes in 2011 … Alan Gordon had one goal and two assists against RSL while with the LA Galaxy, and has not faced them as a Quakes player … Jon Busch is 3-2-4 with five shutouts against RSL for his career, including 0-2-1 with a shutout in his first start at RSL as the Quakes’ goalie in a scoreless draw on June 25, 2010. Real Salt Lake Leaders vs. San Jose Argentine midfielder Javier Morales has four goals and five assists in eight career appearances against San Jose, all with RSL … Midfielder Kyle Beckerman has two goals and five assists in 19 career games against the Quakes, with both goals (2011) and two assists (2011, 2008) coming in seven matches with RSL since 2008 … Forward Alvaro Saborio has two goals and one assist, all coming in a 4-0 RSL win at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 23, 2011, in four matches over the past two seasons … Forward Fabian Espindola has one goal and one assist in seven games … Defender Jamison Olave has one goal (2011) in eight matches … Defender Tony Beltran has one assist (2011) in five games … Goalkeeper Nick Rimando is 10-4-7 with seven shutouts all-time against the Quakes, and 5-1-3 with five shutouts with RSL since 2008. Earthquakes – Real Salt Lake Connections Quakes midfielder Jean-Marc Alexandre was selected by Real Salt Lake in the first round (No. 12 overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, making 38 league appearances for the club over three seasons, all of which ended with qualification into the MLS Cup Playoffs, prior to being traded to San Jose on Dec. 1, 2011 … Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski and RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando have played together twice for the U.S. Men’s National Team, most recently featuring in head coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s starting lineup earlier this year on Jan. 25 for a 1-0 win over Panama in Panama City … Quakes midfielder Tressor Moreno, RSL defender Jamison Olave and RSL midfielder Sebastian Velasquez were all born in Colombia, with Moreno and Olave having played previously for Colombian side Deportivo Cali … RSL midfielder Ned Grabavoy appeared in 24 games for San Jose in 2008 … Grabavoy also played under current Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop while with the LA Galaxy during the early part of the 2006 season, and was a teammate of Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch with the Columbus Crew later in 2006 … Grabavoy played with Quakes forward Alan Gordon for the LA Galaxy from 2004-06 … Busch also played alongside RSL defender Chris Wingert with the Crew in 2004-05 … Wingert (St. John’s) and Quakes defender Jason Hernandez (Seton Hall) played against each other in the BIG EAST Conference from 2001-03 … Quakes rookie midfielder Sam Garza and rookie RSL defender Diogo de Almeida were teammates on the adiPure side at the 2012 MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … Garza (2008) and RSL defender Nat Borchers (1999-2002) each played at the University of Denver … Garza (2010-11) and RSL goalkeeper Kyle Reynish (2002-06) each played at UC Santa Barbara … Quakes midfielder Sam Cronin (2005-08) and defender Ike Opara (2007-09) played with RSL midfielder Cody Arnoux (2006-08) at Wake Forest, guiding the Demon Deacons to the program’s first national title together in 2007 … Rookie defender Chris Estridge, RSL’s newest addition, also played with Cronin (2008) and Opara (2008-09) at Wake … Estridge spent his final two years of college eligibility at Indiana University (2010-11), where Quakes midfielder Brad Ring (2005-08) and Ring’s fellow Illinois native Grabavoy (2001-03) previously played and RSL defender
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT Chris Schuler redshirted (2005) … Quakes defender Justin Morrow and RSL midfielder Jonny Steele both played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2010 … Rimando (Montclair, Calif.), RSL defender Tony Beltran (Claremont) and Quakes rookie forward Cesar Diaz Pizarro (Chino) are all alumni of the Arsenal FC club program based in Temecula, Calif. … Second-year Real Salt Lake assistant coach C.J. Brown is a Hayward, Calif., native who starred in the South Bay in his college playing days at San Jose State (1993-96) prior to a 13-year MLS career, all with the Chicago Fire … Quakes head coach Frank Yallop (52), assistant coach Mark Watson (77) and RSL defender Will Johnson (24) have all earned caps for the Canadian men’s national team, with Johnson having played under Watson at various youth levels, including U-23 during 2008 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying … Quakes captain Ramiro Corrales and RSL assistant coach Jeff Cassar played 90 minutes together for the now-defunct Miami Fusion on May 31, 1998, against the then-Dallas Burn at the Cotton Bowl, with current RSL head coach Jason Kreis scoring the 37th-minute winner in a 2-0 Dallas victory in what was Corrales’ only appearance for Miami … RSL general manager Garth Lagerwey was the back-up goalkeeper for the Burn that day … Corrales also played with RSL assistant coach Miles Joseph with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars from 1998-2000 … Quakes rookie midfielder Jacob Hustedt lists Sandy, Utah, as his hometown, home of RSL’s Rio Tinto Stadium. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Battle for Western Conference Supremacy in Week 7 The San Jose Earthquakes enter their April 21 home date right behind Real Salt Lake in second-place in the Western Conference standings. The Earthquakes (4-1-1, 13 pts.) trail only RSL (5-2-0, 15 pts.) in the West, by just two points, with a game in hand. This week’s first-place showdown at Buck Shaw Stadium was set up when Sporting Kansas City held on for a 1-0 home win over Real Salt Lake last Saturday night, about an hour and a half after the Quakes had rallied from a pair of one-goal deficits to earn a valuable point on the road through a 2-2 draw with the New York Red Bulls. Yallop on the Verge of 100 MLS Victories Eighth-year Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop is just a single win away from 100 regular-season triumphs in his MLS career, which also includes a two-year stint with the LA Galaxy in 2006-07. Yallop is currently 99-96-70 (.506) as an MLS head coach in regular-season matches. He ranks sixth on the all-time MLS chart in wins, behind Sigi Schmid (160), Bruce Arena (130), Bob Bradley (124), Steve Nicol (112) and former pupil Dominic Kinnear (102). He would be just the sixth coach in MLS history to reach the 100-win plateau. Weekend Wrap-Up San Jose overturned multiple one-goal deficits to earn at least a point for the first time since an identical 2-2 draw, at home against Seattle on April 2, 2011, when they also answered two first-half Sounders FC strikes … After accumulating 15 points away from home a year ago (3-8-6), the Quakes are already almost halfway to that mark with seven through three road dates in 2012 (2-0-1) … Rafael Baca’s goal was his first this season and second of his career, with the other one coming in a 4-2 home victory over FC Dallas in the 2011 finale … Chris Wondolowski’s strike was his seventh overall and fourth on the road this year, both league bests … The assists by Wondolowski and Khari Stephenson on Baca’s goal were the first of 2012 for each player … The contributions by Steven Beitashour and Shea Salinas on the Wondolowski score gave each player his second helper of 2012, tying them with Ramiro Corrales and Sam Cronin for the team lead … Ike Opara made his 2012 MLS debut, coming on as a substitute for the injured Corrales for the final 10 minutes … The Quakes’ top pick in this year’s SuperDraft, Sam Garza, was named to the 18-player game roster for the first time, while Sercan Guvenisik was back in the 18 after missing the previous two matches through a hip injury suffered in the first half of the Quakes’ Reserve League opener on March 27 in San Jose. Six-Game Superlatives At 4-1-1 and 13 points, this is the second-best six-game start to a year in the San Jose Earthquakes’ 15-season club history. In 2003, the eventual MLS Cup champion Quakes trotted out to a 4-0-2 start for 14 points. They were 4-2-0 to begin both the 2010 (12 pts.) and 1999 campaigns, picking up just four points in 1999, however, through four shootout victories. With just four goals conceded thus far, this is the franchise’s best six-game defensive start. San Jose allowed five goals over its first six matches in both 2002 and 2003. At 2-0-1 for seven points over their first three road dates, the Quakes have equaled their best three-game road start. They were an identical 2-0-1 with seven points following their first three road forays in 2003. San Jose was 2-1 after three road tests in 1999, but with only two points after a pair of shootout triumphs. Race for the Budweiser Golden Boot Quakes star Chris Wondolowski came away from last Saturday night’s showdown of top MLS goal-scorers with a share of the Budweiser Golden Boot lead. Wondolowski is now equal on seven goals with Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper of the New York Red Bulls through just six weeks. He and Cooper each completed the 2-2 draw at Red Bull Arena with a goal and an assist, while Henry aided on Cooper’s opener. Having had his club-record goal-scoring streak snapped at six games against Houston on March 17, Wondolowski has reeled off another four-game run since then to equal the second-best stretch of his career. It is currently tied with Cooper’s for the longest scoring streak in MLS, while Wondolowski also remains the league leader with three game-winning strikes and four road goals. He is easily on his most torrid run to begin a season, as he had to wait until the 18th game in 2010 for his seventh goal, and the 20th game in 2011. He is on pace (19.83) to better both his 2010 (18) and 2011 (16) totals by the midway point of the current campaign. Of his seven goals, Wondolowski has tallied three with his right foot (vs. NE, at SEA, vs. VAN), two with his left foot (at TFC, vs. VAN) and two with his head (at TFC, at NY). Keep the Streak Alive The San Jose Earthquakes enter their April 21 home meeting with Real Salt Lake still on a club-record streak of eight straight sellouts inside Buck Shaw Stadium. The Quakes have extended their stretch of consecutive sellouts at their regular home venue in Santa Clara
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT with capacity crowds (10,525) on hand for MLS First Kick 2012 against the New England Revolution on March 10 and for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC match on April 7. The streak dates back to San Jose’s game against D.C. United on July 30, 2011, and also includes games against Portland on Aug. 6, Colorado on Aug. 13, Chicago on Sept. 10, Sporting Kansas City on Oct. 1 and FC Dallas on Oct. 22. With an added stand on the South End, the attendance for the 2011 season finale with FC Dallas actually rose to 10,744 spectators. It’s Wondo’s World… -Seven goals in first six games of 2012 (tied for MLS lead with Thierry Henry and Kenny Cooper of NYRB) -Current four-game goal-scoring streak (tied with Cooper for best active streak in MLS) -Leads MLS for third straight year in game-winning goals with three -Leads MLS for second straight year in road goals with four -13 goals over the last 11 games dating back to 2011 -15 goals over the last 15 games -Scored in 12 of the Quakes’ last 15 games -Scored 13 of the Quakes’ last 19 goals -Since start of 2010 season, scored 41 of San Jose’s 84 goals, an incredible 49 percent -Since start of 2010 season, 41 goals in 64 matches equals a per-game average of 0.64 -Since start of 2010 season, tallied winning goal in 17 of the Earthquakes’ 25 victories, or 68 percent -41 goals since 2010 is 10 more than next closest in MLS during same stretch (Dwayne De Rosario) -Has most game-winning goals (17) and road goals (21) in all of MLS since start of 2010 season -Trails only Ronald Cerritos (61) for No. 1 on the all-time San Jose scoring chart with 44 -Club records of 18 game-winners and eight multi-goal performances (tied with Cerritos for latter) -San Jose is 21-4-9 all-time in games in which he scores -Closing in on goal No. 50 for his MLS career, currently at 48 Defense a Key Early in the Season The Earthquakes allowed more than one goal in a game for the first time this season in the 2-2 draw at New York on Saturday. Having still conceded just four scores thus far in 2012, this represents the best six-game defensive start for the Quakes in club history. San Jose previously gave up five goals over its first six matches to begin the 2002 and 2003 campaigns. Against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 7, the Quakes finally let in their first goal in open play after 408 minutes to begin the year, or just over four and a half games, as ‘Caps forward Sebastien Le Toux struck in the 49th minute of the Quakes’ 3-1 win at Buck Shaw Stadium. Prior to that score, the only other goal the Quakes had allowed came from a 14th-minute penalty kick by Brad Davis in the 1-0 Houston Dynamo defeat at AT&T Park on March 17. Head coach Frank Yallop’s defense has generally consisted of Jon Busch in goal, Victor Bernardez and Justin Morrow at the center back positions, Steven Beitashour at right back and captain Ramiro Corrales on the left. For the second half in Seattle on March 31, an injured Corrales was replaced by Jason Hernandez, with Morrow moving over to left back. At Red Bull Arena, injuries again forced changes at the back, as Hernandez replaced Bernardez just before halftime, and Ike Opara took over for Corrales with 10 minutes left in the match. San Jose already has three shutouts after producing just one over its final 15 games a year ago. The results at Toronto FC (3-0 on March 24) and Seattle Sounders FC (1-0 on March 31) marked back-to-back clean sheets for the first time since Oct. 2 (0-0 at Columbus) and Oct. 9, 2010 (2-0 at D.C. United). Hernandez Awaiting Milestone Start No. 100 The next starting assignment drawn by veteran Quakes center back Jason Hernandez will mark No. 100 for him in San Jose since he joined the franchise prior to the 2008 season. Hernandez is steadily climbing the all-time club charts, as he is one start away from tying Eddie Lewis (1996-99) for No. 8 on that list, and ninth in minutes played (8,847), right behind Lewis (8,867). Hernandez made his 100th appearance in an Earthquakes uniform in his 2012 debut when he entered the March 31 match at Seattle Sounders FC at halftime. Western Edge Through the first six weeks of the 2012 MLS season (games played on April 15), the Western Conference has an edge over the Eastern Conference. The nine Western Conference teams have collected 84 points, compared to 68 by the 10 Eastern Conference squads, and have trotted out to a 16-10-4 record in games involving teams from both divisions. The Eastern Conference had its best showing over Week 3 and Week 4, posting a 6-3-2 mark against the Western Conference during that stretch. Weekly MLS Honors and Consideration for Quakes Marvin Chavez is up for Latino de la Jornada (Latino of the Week) for the second time this season for Week 6. Quakes captain Ramiro Corrales and Chris Wondolowski were each named to MLSsoccer.com’s Team of the Week while Frank Yallop was selected Manager of the Week and Shea Salinas earned honorable mention for their performances against Vancouver in Week 5. Corrales was also nominated for Latino de la Jornada 5 by FutbolMLS.com. Wondolowski’s opener against Whitecaps FC was up against Alan Gordon’s winner for AT&T Goal of the Week, falling short in the fan vote to Real Salt Lake’s Alvaro Saborio, who pays a visit to Buck Shaw Stadium this Saturday, April 21. Previously, Victor Bernardez picked up Latino de la Jornada 4 honors over Chavez among others for his Week 4 effort at Seattle Sounders FC, with Jon Busch earning consideration for Save of the Week from that same game. Best Five-Game Start in Club History At 4-1-0 and 12 points, the San Jose Earthquakes sprinted out to their best five-game start in their 15-season history. They previously picked up 11 points from a 3-0-2 run for openers en route to their second MLS Cup in 2003. The club, then known as the Clash, got out to a 4-1 start in 1999, but only picked up four points, as all four wins were via shootout and thus worth a point apiece. MLS did away with the shootout as a tiebreaking mechanism following the 1999 campaign after four seasons of use.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT First Home Comeback Since 2005 In rallying from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Buck Shaw Stadium on April 7, the Earthquakes posted their first come-from-behind victory at home since July 23, 2005. On that day at Spartan Stadium, the MetroStars took a 32nd-minute lead on an own goal, before goals by Mark Chung in the 33rd and Dwayne De Rosario in the 53rd made it a 2-1 final in favor of the Quakes. San Jose has completed 18 comebacks at home in club history. The club’s last comeback win away from home came at RFK Stadium on June 11, 2011, as the Quakes overturned a 1-0 deficit after 13 minutes to defeat D.C. United, 4-2, behind a Steven Lenhart hat trick. A Look Back at the Vancouver Victory The 3-1 come-from-behind win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Buck Shaw Stadium on April 7 brought with it several other notes … With his contributions on the first two goals, Ramiro Corrales produced the second multi-assist game by a Quakes player in 2012, after Sam Cronin’s two-assist effort at Toronto FC on March 24 … The helpers marked No. 29 and No. 30 for Corrales’ 14-year MLS career, and his fourth multi-assist performance in MLS … Tressor Moreno’s assist on the clinching goal was the first of his MLS career … The Earthquakes earned their fourth victory of 2012 on April 7, having had to wait until June 4 for their fourth win of 2011 … Chris Wondolowski’s brace against the ‘Caps marked his second multi-goal game this season and eighth of his career, tying the club record set by Earthquakes Hall of Fame member Ronald Cerritos … Wondolowski’s 68th-minute goal snapped Vancouver’s MLS-record streak of not allowing a goal for 427 minutes to open a new season … With Alan Gordon grabbing the game-winner four minutes later, that snapped a string of six straight Quakes victories with Wondolowski providing the decisive strike. Wondo Unkind to Neighbors from the North In nine games against Canadian opposition as an Earthquakes player, Chris Wondolowski has tallied 11 goals. He has six strikes in six games against TFC as a member of the Quakes, and has scored more times against the Reds than any other MLS club. All six goals that Wondolowski has scored against TFC have come in his last three appearances at Toronto’s BMO Field. His other five strikes against Canadian foes have come in San Jose’s first three matches all-time against 2011 MLS newcomer Vancouver Whitecaps FC, including a two-goal brace during a 3-1 win over the ‘Caps at Buck Shaw Stadium on April 7. Wondolowski and the Earthquakes still have three more matches versus Canadian sides in 2012, with two road trips to Vancouver and one to expansion side Montreal Impact. Gordo Grabs a Winner Veteran MLS striker Alan Gordon registered his first goal of the season and first game-winner as a Quakes player in San Jose’s come-from-behind, 3-1 home victory over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 7. Entering the game as a substitute in the 52nd minute, Gordon latched onto a left-sided cross from captain Ramiro Corrales at the near post in the 72nd, producing a glancing header toward the far netting while going to ground. It was his first MLS goal since August 6, 2011, which also came via header at home inside Buck Shaw Stadium. Both of Gordon’s goals for the Quakes have either tied the game or given his side the lead. The decider against the ‘Caps marked the first game-winner by a Quakes player other than Chris Wondolowski this season, and was in fact the Quakes’ first non-Wondolowski winner since a 4-2 victory at D.C. United on June 11, 2011, with Simon Dawkins registering that one in the 49th. Gordon made his 2012 debut as a second-half substitute at Seattle Sounders FC on March 31, playing in his first MLS game since Aug. 6, 2011. Road Stretch Rewind The San Jose Earthquakes recorded several notable achievements in putting together back-to-back shutout victories on their two-game road stretch last month, marking the beginning of their travels for 2012. Having won 3-0 at Toronto FC on March 24 and 1-0 at Seattle Sounders FC on March 31, San Jose kept consecutive road shutouts for the first time since Oct. 2 (0-0 at Columbus) and Oct. 9, 2010 (2-0 at D.C. United). They posted two straight road wins for the first time since Sept. 5 (2-1 at Houston) and Sept. 25, 2010 (3-2 at Toronto FC). The Quakes won road games in consecutive weeks for the first time since Aug. 8 (1-0 at Kansas City) and Aug. 13, 2003 (3-0 at Dallas). San Jose came out on top in its first two road games to open a season for the first time since 2003, having also done so in 1999. The Quakes already have two road victories this season after winning just three times away from home in 2011 (3-8-6). Still Undefeated in Toronto With its most recent 3-0 triumph on March 24, San Jose remains unbeaten in five matches against Toronto FC at BMO Field (2-0-3) since 2008. The Quakes’ first MLS match in Canada ended in a 0-0 draw on July 19, 2008. That result was followed by a 1-1 tie on Oct. 10, 2009. The Quakes then edged TFC, 3-2, on Sept. 25, 2010, with Chris Wondolowski scoring all three goals for his first MLS hat trick, and played to another 1-1 draw last Aug. 27, with Wondolowski again finding his way onto the scoresheet on an 87th-minute equalizer. Having tied at Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 1-1, last May 11, the Quakes are actually an undefeated 2-0-4 in MLS contests in Canada, with three more trips north of the border remaining for 2012. Toronto Superlatives The 3-0 win at Toronto FC on March 24 marked San Jose’s biggest road victory since a 4-1 decision at Kansas City on Sept. 20, 2003 … The Quakes struck for three goals away from home for the first time since a 4-2 win at D.C. United on June 11, 2011 … Chris Wondolowski’s two-goal performance marked the seventh multi-goal game of his career, putting him one off of Ronald Cerritos’ club mark … Wondolowski’s multi-goal game was San Jose’s first since a Simon Dawkins brace in the 2011 finale versus FC Dallas … Sam Cronin produced his first career multi-assist game against Toronto FC, the team that selected him with the second overall pick of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft … Cronin’s multi-assist game was San Jose’s first since Anthony Ampaipitakwong aided on both goals in a 2-2 tie at the Chicago Fire on May 28, 2011 … Marvin Chavez’s assist on Shea Salinas’ goal marked his first helper for the club … For his role on Wondolowski’s game-clincher in the 67th minute, three of Rafael Baca’s four career assists have now come on Wondolowski scores.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT And Then There Was One Ramiro Corrales is the lone remaining active player in MLS who participated in the league’s inaugural 1996 season. Defender Frankie Hejduk and goalkeeper Zack Thornton made a handful of appearances for the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA, respectively, in 2011, but neither player currently appears on an MLS roster. Corrales was the youngest to play in MLS in 1996 as a 19-year-old. Corrales Draws 200th Start for Quakes Veteran defender and team captain Ramiro Corrales made the 200th start of his San Jose career against the Houston Dynamo on March 17. He thus became the 19th player in league history to draw 200 starts for one club. Corrales is the franchise’s all-time leader in games played (222), starts (204) and minutes played (18,136). Now in his 11th season in San Jose, Corrales played in his 200th game for the Earthquakes on July 2, 2011, against the New York Red Bulls. He made his MLS debut as a 19-year-old on April 28, 1996, at the LA Galaxy. The list of (now 20) players who have made 200-plus starts with one MLS club follows (bold are still active with listed teams): 1. C.J. Brown – 290 starts for CHI 2. Jaime Moreno – 288 starts for DC 3. Cobi Jones – 281 starts for LA 4. Shalrie Joseph – 244 starts for NE 5. Kevin Hartman – 238 starts for LA 5. Jay Heaps – 238 starts for NE 7. Kerry Zavagnin – 228 starts for KC 8. Jason Kreis – 227 starts for DAL 9. Nick Garcia – 224 starts for KC 10. Matt Reis – 220 starts for NE
11. Mike Clark – 216 starts for CLB 12. Davy Arnaud – 213 starts for SKC 13. Chris Armas – 212 starts for CHI 13. Zach Thornton – 212 starts for CHI 13. Pablo Mastroeni – 212 starts for COL 16. Logan Pause – 209 starts for CHI 17. Ramiro Corrales – 204 starts for SJ 18. Jimmy Conrad – 203 starts for KC 19. Chad Marshall – 201 starts for CLB 19. Ben Olsen – 200 starts for DC
Busch Joins 200 Club Veteran Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch drew his 200th MLS start at Toronto FC on May 24. The previous week on March 17, he had become just the second player on the current Quakes roster to make his 200th MLS appearance when he started at AT&T Park against the Houston Dynamo. In his third season as the Quakes’ goalkeeper, Busch has now played in 204 MLS matches for Columbus, Chicago and San Jose, joining team captain Ramiro Corrales (279) in the 200 Club. Busch Among MLS Career Leaders With a current mark of .754, Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch is second on Major League Soccer’s all-time chart in career saves percentage. He trails only Brad Friedel, currently of Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League, who produced a mark of .756 over 38 games with the Columbus Crew in 1996-97. Busch picked up the 63rd clean sheet of his 11-year MLS career on March 31 at Seattle Sounders FC, moving him into sole possession of seventh among the all-time leaders, ahead of former MLS and U.S. Men’s National Team standout Tony Meola. Busch has posted 17 shutouts in his three seasons as the starter in San Jose, to go along with his 21 during three seasons (2007-09) with the Chicago Fire, and 25 in five seasons (2002-06) with the Columbus Crew. Next on the list is former Quake Pat Onstad with 64. Busch is also No. 8 all-time in saves in MLS history with 817 over his career. Cronin Coming Up Big Sam Cronin has started all six games thus far in 2012 for head coach Frank Yallop, playing 508 out of 540 available minutes and sharing the team lead with Steven Beitashour, Ramiro Corrales and Shea Salinas at two assists apiece. Both of those helpers came in Week 3 during a 3-0 road romp over his former club, Toronto FC, for the first multi-assist game of Cronin’s four-year MLS career. That offensive contribution has come as a bonus to Cronin’s already-steady work rate and dependable performance defensively in the Quakes midfield. Salinas Back in San Jose To mark his return to the franchise that selected him with its top pick (2nd Round, 15th Overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, Earthquakes midfielder Shea Salinas assisted on the game-winning goal against the New England Revolution at Buck Shaw Stadium on March 10. Salinas ran onto a loose ball inside the New England half, took two dribbles and fed Chris Wondolowski, with the star striker making no mistake for the game’s lone score in the 15th minute. Salinas added his first goal of 2012 to double San Jose’s advantage in the 56th minute en route to a 3-0 victory at Toronto FC on March 24, slamming a left-footed shot just inside the post following a Marvin Chavez cross. He spent the first two seasons of his professional career in San Jose before being chosen by the Philadelphia Union during the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft. The Texas native played with the Union in 2010 and with Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2011, before the Quakes reacquired him via trade on Nov. 30. Honduran Hook-Up San Jose’s new Honduran connection of center back Victor Bernardez and midfielder Marvin Chavez made both their club and home debuts in front of the Earthquakes faithful at Buck Shaw Stadium against the New England Revolution on March 10. Bernardez recovered in time from an injury suffered during the second game of the Portland Preseason Tournament, to make his first MLS appearance and play a significant role in the 1-0 shutout victory, while Chavez also started and remained in the match for 63 minutes before being replaced by Simon Dawkins. Bernardez and Chavez both hail from the same northern port city of La Ceiba, Honduras. Wondolowski Aiming for No. 1 on Quakes’ Career Goals List Chris Wondolowski continues to chase Ronald Cerritos for No. 1 on the franchise career goals list. The Danville native has scored 13 goals over the last 11 matches and 15 in 15 dating back to the end of the 2011 season, to increase his career haul in San Jose to 44. Cerritos is the club’s all-time leader with 61 goals from 1997-2001 and 2005.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT Road Warrior After completing the 2011 season in a tie with Fredy Montero of Seattle Sounders FC for the most goals scored away from home at nine apiece, Chris Wondolowski opened his new road account with a two-goal brace at Toronto FC in the Quakes’ 2012 road debut on March 24. In 2011, Wondolowski collected his ninth in San Jose’s last away fixture of the year with a 24th-minute strike against Seattle Sounders FC on Oct. 15 at CenturyLink Field, to pull even with Montero, who he opposed again on that same field on March 31 and came up with the game’s lone goal. Having struck again at Red Bull Arena on April 14, Wondolowski currently leads MLS with four road goals in 2012. He finished third in road goals in 2010 with eight, behind Dwayne De Rosario (10), then of Toronto FC, and Juan Pablo Angel (9), then of the New York Red Bulls. The list of MLS leaders in road goals since the start of the 2010 season follows: 1. Chris Wondolowski (SJ) – 21 2. Dwayne De Rosario (DC) – 16 3. Juan Pablo Angel (CHV) – 14 4. Fredy Montero (SEA) – 12 5. Fabian Espindola (RSL), Dominic Oduro (CHI), Marco Pappa (CHI) – 9 Record-Breaking Winner for Wondo Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski wasted little time in opening his goal-scoring account for the 2012 campaign, the two-time MLS leader needing just under 15 minutes of the season opener against the New England Revolution on March 10 to find the back of the net. The right-footed strike from just outside the penalty area moved Wondolowski into sole possession of the all-time club record for game-winning goals, which he previously shared with Quakes great Ronald Cerritos at 15 deciders apiece. With a league-best three already in 2012, Wondolowski now has 18 career game-winners, and is up to 14th on the all-time MLS chart, tied with three others. While Jeff Cunningham compiled his record 40 winners in 365 appearances, Wondolowski’s current haul has come in just 117 games. Since the start of the 2010 season, Wondolowski has accounted for the decisive goal in 17 of the Earthquakes’ 25 victories, or 68 percent. The list of MLS leaders in game-winning goals since the start of the 2010 season follows: 1. Chris Wondolowski (SJ) – 17 2. Alvaro Saborio (RSL) – 10 3. Brek Shea (FCD) – 9 3. Fredy Montero (SEA) – 9 5. Dwayne De Rosario (DC) – 8 Wondolowski Approaching Three-Year Goal-Scoring Output List Through the first six games of the 2012 season, Chris Wondolowski has a league-best seven goals. That gives him 41 since the start of the 2010 season. Below are the top 10 three-year goal-scoring performances in MLS history: 1. Raul Diaz Arce – 56 in 1996-98 2. Roy Lassiter – 55 in 1996-98 3. Carlos Ruiz – 50 in 2002-04 4. Mamadou Diallo – 47 in 2000-02 4. Taylor Twellman – 47 in 2002-04 6. Raul Diaz Arce – 46 in 1997-99 6. Roy Lassiter – 46 in 1997-99 8. Juan Pablo Angel – 45 in 2007-09 9. Roy Lassiter – 44 in 1998-2000 9. Taylor Twellman – 44 in 2005-07 The list of MLS leaders in goals since the start of the 2010 season follows: 1. Chris Wondolowski (SJ) – 41 2. Dwayne De Rosario (DC) – 31 3. Sebastien Le Toux (VAN) – 27 4. Alvaro Saborio (RSL) – 25 5. Juan Pablo Angel (CHV), Thierry Henry (NY) – 23 Wondolowski Sees End to Career-Best Scoring Streak With a 1-0 defeat to the Houston Dynamo at AT&T Park on March 17, Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski saw an end to his club-record streak of games with at least one goal scored. His 15th-minute game-winner against the New England Revolution at Buck Shaw Stadium on March 10 had extended his then-MLS-best run to six dating back to last season. From Sept. 24 to Oct. 22, Wondolowski scored in the Quakes’ last five matches of the 2011 campaign, with six strikes in all during that period. That five-game stretch tied Landon Donovan of the LA Galaxy for the longest in MLS in 2011, and was the longest active streak heading into 2012. A tally against Houston would have tied Wondolowski for the league record, shared at seven straight contests by Raul Diaz Arce (1997), Wolde Harris (2000) and Carlos Ruiz (2006). Wondolowski is no stranger to streaks. His previous best was a four-game run from April 17-May 8, 2010. More notably, from Sept. 15, 2010, through March 26, 2011, Wondolowski provided all 12 Quakes goals. He tallied the club’s final 10 regular-season markers to close 2010, setting the all-time MLS record for the most consecutive goals scored by one player in league play. Wondolowski passed Carlos Ruiz, who scored nine straight for the LA Galaxy from 2002-03. He then extended his own standard by striking twice in
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT the Quakes’ second match of 2011 at FC Dallas, following a season-opening shutout defeat at home to Real Salt Lake. The incredible string was finally halted when Simon Dawkins found the back of the Seattle Sounders FC net in the 32nd minute on April 2, 2011. Wondolowski’s 2011 Campaign Again Among the Most Prolific in Club History For the second straight season in 2011, Chris Wondolowski posted one of the top five goal-scoring outputs in Earthquakes history. With his first-half penalty-kick goal against FC Dallas on Oct. 22 at Buck Shaw Stadium, Wondolowski put the finishing touches on San Jose’s second-best single-season scoring performance, falling two strikes short only of his own standard in 2010. Wondolowski is the only player in Earthquakes history to score 15 goals or more twice in his career. He and Ronald Cerritos (12 in 1997, 13 in 1998, 15 in 1999 and 11 in 2001) are the only players in club history to produce multiple seasons with double-digit goal totals. The five best single-season goal outputs in club history follow: 1. Chris Wondolowski – 18 goals in 2010 2. Chris Wondolowski – 16 goals in 2011 3. Ronald Cerritos – 15 goals in 1999 4. Ariel Graziani – 14 goals in 2002 5. Ronald Cerritos – 13 goals in 1998 5. Paul Bravo – 13 goals in 1996 Wondolowski Joins Elite Goal-Scoring Club Chris Wondolowski became the ninth player in MLS history to score 15 or more goals in back-to-back seasons with his strike against Seattle Sounders FC on Oct. 15, 2011, at CenturyLink Field. In addition, Wondolowski’s two-year output of 34 goals in 2010-11, ranks No. 8 all-time. The Danville native scored 18 in 2010 to win the Budweiser Golden Boot and 16 more in 2011 for a share of the league lead. Below is a list of players who have scored 15 or more goals in back-to-back seasons, followed by the top 10 two-year performances in league history: Chris Wondolowski – 2010 (18), 2011 (16) Dwayne De Rosario – 2010 (15), 2011 (16) Carlos Ruiz – 2002 (24), 2003 (15) Taylor Twellman – 2002 (23), 2003 (15) Diego Serna – 2000 (16), 2001 (15) Roy Lassiter – 1998 (18), 1999 (18) Stern John – 1998 (26), 1999 (18) Jaime Moreno – 1997 (16), 1998 (16) Raul Diaz Arce – 1996 (23), 1997 (15), 1998 (18) 1. Stern John – 44 goals in 1998-99 2. Carlos Ruiz – 39 goals in 2002-03 3. Raul Diaz Arce – 38 goals in 1996-97 3. Taylor Twellman – 38 goals in 2002-03 5. Roy Lassiter – 37 goals in 1996-97 6. Roy Lassiter – 36 goals in 1998-99 7. Mamadou Diallo – 35 goals in 2000-01 8. Chris Wondolowski – 34 goals in 2010-11 9. Juan Pablo Angel – 33 in 2007-08 9. Raul Diaz Arce – 33 in 1997-98 Moreno, Guvenisik Make MLS Debuts San Jose newcomers Tressor Moreno and Sercan Guvenisik each made their MLS debuts as second-half substitutes against the Houston Dynamo on March 17. Moreno came on for Khari Stephenson in the 63rd minute, while Guvenisik replaced Sam Cronin in the 80th. Guvenisik also made league history that day, becoming the first Turkish player to appear in an MLS match. Both were on the bench for San Jose’s opener against New England on March 10, but did not get the nod from head coach Frank Yallop. Guvenisik originally signed with San Jose on Jan. 26, and Moreno followed suit a week later on Feb. 2. Moreno and Guvenisik are the second and third Quakes to have made their league debuts in the early going, following center back Victor Bernardez on March 10. Moreno drew his first MLS start at Toronto FC on March 24. Bernardez has featured in Yallop’s starting lineup in each of the first six matches. Dawkins Back for a Second Season in MLS On Feb. 14, the Earthquakes and English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur reached a second season-long loan agreement to bring midfielder Simon Dawkins back to San Jose. Dawkins completed his first season in MLS with six goals, second-best on the team behind Chris Wondolowski’s 16, and two assists over 26 games, 19 of them starts. The then-23-year-old native of Edgware, England, was named the 21st-best player in MLS under the age of 24 according to MLSsoccer.com’s annual 24 Under 24 list unveiled in September of 2011. Dawkins originally joined the club on loan from Spurs on March 16, 2011. Quakes Reverse Season-Opening Fortunes In defeating New England for MLS First Kick 2012 at Buck Shaw Stadium on March 10, the Earthquakes put an end to several unsavory streaks. Prior to the 1-0 decision against the Revolution, the Quakes had not won in their season opener since a 2-1 triumph at the
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT Colorado Rapids on April 12, 2003, going 0-5-1 to kick off the previous six campaigns. The stretch included four straight losses since returning to MLS for the 2008 season, the last three of them coming at home inside Buck Shaw, 1-0 to the Revs in 2009, 3-0 to Real Salt Lake in 2010, and 1-0 again to RSL a year ago. The Quakes also had not won a home opener since a 2-1 victory over the Revs on April 6, 2002, at Spartan Stadium, going 0-4-3 since then. In fact, prior to Chris Wondolowski’s 15th-minute strike which ultimately proved to be the game-winner on March 10, the Quakes had not managed a goal over their previous four season openers or home openers since rejoining MLS. San Jose is now 6-8-1 all-time in season openers, and 5-7-3 in home openers. Looking for Turnaround in Narrow Decisions The San Jose Earthquakes’ win over the New England Revolution to open the season on March 10 marked their first 1-0 victory in league play since Sept. 15, 2010, at home against the Philadelphia Union. They doubled their 2012 total with another 1-0 triumph at Seattle Sounders FC on March 31. The Quakes’ only such scoreline in their favor a season ago came in overtime in a US Open Cup play-in tilt at the Portland Timbers on May 3, going the entire 34-game MLS schedule without one. Through four weeks, San Jose has already reached its 2011 number of one-goal victories in MLS matches, with both of last year’s coming against New England by 2-1 counts. San Jose went 2-7 in one-goal games during its 2011 MLS campaign. The Quakes are now 2-1 in such contests in 2012. Making the First One Count The Earthquakes are 97-9-24 in their last 130 matches when scoring first, dating back to July 8, 2000. They finished 8-1-3 in 2008 when scoring first, 6-1-5 in 2009, an unbeaten 12-0-2 in 2010 and 7-4-5 last season. The Quakes are off to a 3-0-0 start to the 2012 campaign. Prior to 2010, San Jose also went undefeated in 2001 (13-0-2), 2003 (11-0-1) and 2005 (14-0-5) when scoring first. The Earthquakes were 12-2-0 in 2002 when finding the back of the net first, only giving up leads two times in losing 2-1 at the LA Galaxy on July 4, and falling at Kansas City by the same score on July 27. In 2004, the Quakes went 8-1-1 when scoring first, the best mark in MLS. The Quakes surrendered a 1-0 advantage and dropped a 2-1 decision at the LA Galaxy on July 4, 2004, losing for just the first time since July 27, 2002, when striking first. The Quakes are also impressive in the playoffs when scoring first, posting an 8-0-1 record all-time. Scoring First Under Yallop During Frank Yallop’s tenure with San Jose, the Earthquakes are one of the best teams in the league when scoring the first goal. The team went 36-2-3 from 2001-03 when producing the first goal of the contest. The Quakes only gave up leads two times in 2002, losing 2-1 at the LA Galaxy on July 4 and falling at Kansas City by the same score on July 27. Yallop’s team was 8-1-3 in 2008 when scoring first, 6-1-5 in 2009, 12-0-2 in 2010, 7-4-5 in 2011, and 3-0-0 early in 2012. The Quakes are 72-8-18 (.827) in seven-plus seasons under Yallop when striking first. Halftime Success The Earthquakes remain amongst the best in league history in holding onto a halftime lead. Since the beginning of the 2000 season, the Quakes are 72-3-15 (.883) when leading at the half, including impressive marks of 7-0-2 in 2010, 4-0-3 in 2009, 7-0-3 in 2005, 7-0-1 in 2004 and 8-0-1 in 2003. They are off to a 3-0-0 start in 2012. Despite holding a 1-0 halftime lead on May 10, 2008, vs. Columbus, the Quakes were edged by the final score of 3-2. That game marked the team’s first loss since 1999 when holding a halftime advantage. Wells Fargo Goals for Education Wells Fargo has again pledged to donate $250 for each goal the Earthquakes score in 2012 through the Goals for Education program. With 10 goals through six games, the donated total for this season currently stands at $2,500. Thanks to 40 goals in 2011, the partnership raised $10,000 for local youth soccer and athletic development programs a year ago. After fielding dozens of applications, the Earthquakes and Wells Fargo awarded 16 grants to deserving organizations, and with Quakes midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong on hand, made special check presentations at America SCORES Bay Area and Castro Valley Soccer Club in January. Earthquakes, Wondolowski Support Street Soccer USA Two-time MLS leading goal-scorer Chris Wondolowski and Street Soccer USA, a non-profit organization that seeks to end homelessness through sports, have partnered to make a difference in the lives of the homeless in the Bay Area through the “One Goal at a Time” campaign. For every goal Wondolowski scores during the 2012 season, the Quakes star has pledged a $100 donation to Street Soccer USA (SSUSA), and is asking fans to join in his mission. Additionally, the Earthquakes Community Fund will match Wondolowski’s donations. Wondolowski, who has been a national ambassador for SSUSA since August of 2011, got an early start on his 2012 scoring account with a strike in San Jose’s season opener on March 10, and now has a league-leading seven goals already through just six contests. Opara’s Stint with U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team Earthquakes defender Ike Opara played the full 90 minutes at center back of all three matches during group play for the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team during the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament, but the U-23 MNT fell short of the desired result of entry into the 2012 Olympic Games. The U.S. was tasked with defeating El Salvador in its third match at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn., on March 26 in order to secure a berth in the tournament semifinals at LiveSTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., on March 31, with the two semifinal winners earning trips to England this July. A goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time, however, produced a 3-3 final and eliminated the U.S. (1-1-1, 4 pts.) from contention for one of those two spots. In the U.S.’s 6-0 defeat of Cuba to open the competition on March 22, Opara assisted on the game’s fifth goal by Freddy Adu in the 62nd minute. The third-year Quake was among 20 players named by head coach Caleb Porter to the official U.S. U-23 roster for Olympic qualifying on March 20. Opara was previously in camp with the U-23s from Feb. 19-29. He wore the captain’s armband and played all 90 minutes as the Americans blanked Mexico on Feb. 29, 2-0, at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Opara was unavailable to the Earthquakes against the Houston Dynamo on March 17 as the U-23 group convened in Nashville on March 13, and also missed the Toronto FC match on March 24.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT AT&T Park Added to Quakes’ Bay Area Tour The Earthquakes’ 1-0 defeat to the Houston Dynamo on March 17 marked the club’s first-ever game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Having called Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara home since the franchise returned to MLS for the 2008 season, and spent the 1996-2005 seasons at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, the Earthquakes have also now played matches at AT&T Park, Candlestick Park, Kezar Stadium, Oakland Coliseum, Stanford Stadium, and even Negoesco Stadium in the City, among other venues. The Quakes are 2-3-3 all-time in San Francisco over five exhibitions, two MLS contests and one US Open Cup match. San Jose’s only previous MLS regular-season game in San Francisco ended in a 3-0 loss to the Columbus Crew at Candlestick Park on Aug. 8, 2009. 2012 Newcomers General Manager of Soccer Operations John Doyle and head coach Frank Yallop brought in a number of new acquisitions through several transactions during a busy offseason to bolster the Earthquakes lineup and add bench depth. They first traded for Shea Salinas, who was selected by the Quakes in the second round of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft and spent two seasons in San Jose prior to being picked up by the Philadelphia Union in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft. In December, the Quakes negotiated trades for a midfield tandem with MLS Cup Playoffs experience in Jean-Marc Alexandre and Marvin Chavez, formerly of Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas, respectively. At the end of the month, San Jose signed Chavez’s Honduran compatriot, veteran center back Victor Bernardez. The team then inked Turkish forward Sercan Guvenisik in January and Colombian playmaker Tressor Moreno in February. In early March, the club signed a pair of trialists and second-year professionals in goalkeeper Evan Newton and defender Josh Suggs. 2012 Draft Class The San Jose Earthquakes’ 2012 draft class is headlined by winger Sam Garza, the No. 6 overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Garza is a Generation adidas player who spent his sophomore and junior seasons of eligibility at UC Santa Barbara after earning conference newcomer of the year honors as a true freshman at Denver in 2008, and missing 2009 through injury. The Quakes also signed midfielder Jacob Hustedt, a second-round pick (No. 25 overall) in the SuperDraft out of Washington, and forward Cesar Diaz Pizarro, their top selection in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft (2nd round, No. 25) from UC Riverside. Busch the Shot-Stopper Third-year Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch led the league in saves in 2011 with 113 in 33 matches, edging out New England Revolution net-minder Matt Reis, who finished with 111 saves in 27 games played. Hat Trick Heroes San Jose’s striking tandem of Chris Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart each have the distinction of having produced a hat trick in a Quakes uniform. Of just five three-goal hat tricks in franchise history, the duo has accounted for three. Wondolowski has achieved the feat twice, at Toronto FC on Sept. 25, 2010, and at home against Chivas USA on Oct. 20, 2010, the latter in just 50 minutes on the pitch. Lenhart collected his hat trick in a resounding 4-2 victory at D.C. United on June 11, 2011. Wondolowski is Mr. October Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski is earning the reputation of Mr. October for his fall goal-scoring sprees. He is tied for No. 1 all-time in MLS history for career regular-season goals scored in October, with 11. He shares that spot with Edson Buddle, back with the LA Galaxy for the 2012 campaign after a season in Europe, and D.C. United’s Dwayne De Rosario, a former teammate. Wondolowski’s first-half penalty-kick goal during a 4-2 win over FC Dallas last Oct. 22 in the 2011 season finale at Buck Shaw Stadium enabled him to pass Christian Gomez on the list and catch Buddle and De Rosario at the top. Wondolowski’s entire October haul has come in nine appearances over the last two seasons, more than double the next player on the list (DeRosario with five) over that same time period. Not surprisingly, Wondolowski has earned MLS Player of the Month distinction for October in each of the past two years. Quakes Set Career Milestones for Minutes Played in 2011 A number of current Earthquakes set new all-time career highs for minutes played in a single season in 2011. The list includes: Steven Beitashour – 1,655; Previous high: 640 in 2010 Jon Busch – 2,970; Previous high: 2,700 in 2008 and 2009 with Chicago Fire Jason Hernandez – 2,491; Previous high: 2,451 in 2008 Justin Morrow – 810; Previous high: 59 in 2010 Brad Ring – 1,600; Previous high: 435 in 2010 Khari Stephenson – 2,256; Previous high: 776 in 2010 Chris Wondolowski – 2,672; Previous high: 2,308 in 2010 Ramiro Corrales’ 2,552 minutes were the single-season high of his San Jose career, but fell short of the 2,659 minutes he played in New York/New Jersey in 1999. Likewise, Sam Cronin played 1,903 minutes, a high for his Earthquakes career, but short of his 2,363 minutes as a rookie in 2009 for Toronto FC. Additionally, newcomers Jean-Marc Alexandre (703; Previous high: 494 in 2010), Marvin Chavez (2,521; Previous high: 818 in 2010) and Shea Salinas (1,695; Previous high: 1,306 in 2009 with San Jose Earthquakes) recorded career highs in minutes in 2011 for their former clubs, Real Salt Lake, FC Dallas and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, respectively. Assist Anecdotes from 2011 Steven Beitashour, who led the Earthquakes with seven assists in 2011, tying for 11th in MLS, was not credited with his first career assist until June 4, 2011, marking the 12th game of the season … The first time that Beitashour was even on the bench for the Quakes in 2011 was the eighth game on May 11, making his season debut in a starting role … All seven of Beitashour’s assists came in a furious
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT stretch of 22 contests to close the season for the young right back, with the first three of them coming on Steven Lenhart goals … A total of 15 different Quakes players were credited with assists on Wondolowski’s 16 strikes in 2011, with Rafael Baca, Ramiro Corrales, Simon Dawkins and former players Ryan Johnson and Jacob Peterson registering two apiece. Earthquakes Announce Inaugural 5K/10K Challenge The San Jose Earthquakes have announced that the club will stage its first annual Quakes 5K/10K Challenge, benefitting The Health Trust and the San Jose Earthquakes Community Fund, on Sunday, May 27. More information and a registration link are available at www.quakeschallenge.com. The 5K/10K Challenge begins at 8 a.m. with three options for runners of all ages. The costs of entry are $45 for the 10K, $35 for the 5K, and $10 for a Kids Fun Run. All participants get a race t-shirt, a ticket to a future Earthquakes home game at Buck Shaw Stadium, and access to a post-race celebration. The Memorial Day Weekend event will start and finish at the site of the Quakes’ planned new stadium at 1125 Coleman Avenue in San Jose. Supervisor Ken Yeager of District 4 will serve as honorary chair. Earthquakes Announce Partnership with T-Mobile The San Jose Earthquakes announced that the team has partnered with T-Mobile to launch the T-Mobile 4G Power Zone at all remaining home games for the 2012 season. The promotion gives fans the opportunity to purchase great seats for only $15 - the most affordable Earthquakes tickets available to the public. Through the agreement, T-Mobile has rebranded the Corner Flag Section 107 at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara as the T-Mobile 4G Power Zone, which made its debut during the April 7 home match with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Fans can purchase tickets with a regular day-of-game price of $24 for only $15 at 41 participating T-Mobile stores throughout the Bay Area. The vouchers can be used toward any home game, subject to availability, including the June 30 California Clasico with the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium beginning at 7 p.m. PT. The vouchers can be redeemed at Earthquakes team headquarters at 451 El Camino Real, Suite 220, Santa Clara 95050, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or at the stadium on the day of the game. For more information on the T-Mobile 4G Power Zone promotion and participating stores, please visit: www.sjearthquakes.com/t-mobile-4gpowerzone. Quakes Join Up with Aurasma The Earthquakes and Aurasma, the world’s leading augmented reality platform, recently announced a partnership to transform the club’s logo and promotional materials into cross-media experiences that will draw fans closer to their favorite Major League Soccer team in 2012. Using the free Aurasma Lite app for iPhone, iPad and Android, fans can now aim their devices at San Jose Earthquakes logos anywhere in the world and view special video messages from Quakes players, game highlights, and more. Quakes Get Go-Ahead from San Jose Planning Commission on New Stadium The San Jose Planning Commission voted 6-0 to uphold the Earthquakes’ Planned Development Permit on Feb. 22, paving the way for the club to break ground on its new stadium at 1125 Coleman Avenue. The Earthquakes’ PD Permit was initially consented for approval by city planners on Dec. 14, but was appealed by a Newhall Neighborhood Association member on Jan. 1. Fans clad in Earthquakes colors filled the council chambers to capacity. Owner Lew Wolff, Club President Dave Kaval and MLS President Mark Abbott spoke on behalf of the Quakes, among numerous community members and stakeholders, for over two hours before the commission closed discussion and took action on the appeal. The club has already sold 10 of 12 available field-level luxury suites for its new stadium, generating over $3.5 million in revenue for the project. For more information about the remaining suites, visit www.sjearthquakes.com/newstadium, email [email protected] or call 408-556-7700. Quakes Feature Comprehensive Broadcast Partnerships in 2012 For the first time in club history, the San Jose Earthquakes have all of their games on television, English radio and Spanish radio during the 2012 season. The Quakes have partnerships this year with Comcast SportsNet (CSN), 1590 KLIV and KZSF 1370 AM. Marking the most comprehensive regional television schedule in team history, CSN is televising 29 Earthquakes games in 2012 in High Definition, with 18 on CSN California, eight on CSN Bay Area and three more on CSN Plus. The remaining five contests will have national television audiences, with four on NBC Sports Network and the June 30 California Clasico against the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium on ESPN2. Two of the CSNCA tilts will also air nationally on Spanish-language Galavision. The club’s local broadcast team consists of Jim Kozimor (play-by-play), Kelly Gray (color analyst) and Dan Dibley (sideline reporter). La Kaliente will cover all 34 Quakes games in Spanish for the second straight season. On the English side, KLIV returns as the broadcast partner for the first time since 2005, having carried Quakes matches in 2004 and 2005. Anthony Passarelli serves as the primary play-by-play commentator on KLIV, while Carlos Cesar Rivera is back for his fifth consecutive season as the Spanish voice of the Quakes, and his eighth overall. Quakes President Dave Kaval’s Office Hours Earthquakes President Dave Kaval’s office hours continue during the 2012 season. Fans can drop by his office at 451 El Camino Real, Suite 220 in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesdays between 3 and 5 p.m. PT. Participants will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Be sure to follow his blog, Kaval’s Kickoff, exclusively at www.sjearthquakes.com, and new this year, follow him on Twitter: @QuakesPrez. Dayak Joins Doyle, Cerritos in Earthquakes Hall of Fame The San Jose Earthquakes inducted star defender and member of the 2001 and 2003 MLS Cup champion teams, Troy Dayak, to the Earthquakes Hall of Fame in 2011. He was first honored at the Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation Dinner on Oct. 19, before the club unveiled his jersey at Buck Shaw Stadium three days later during a halftime ceremony at the Quakes’ season finale against FC Dallas. Dayak ranks No. 7 all-time in minutes played (10,830) and games started (122), and No. 8 in appearances (129). He was selected as an MLS All-Star and was named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year in 2001. He is the third player to be inducted into the Earthquakes Hall of Fame, alongside current General Manager John Doyle in 2005 and all-time leading scorer Ronald Cerritos in 2010.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT Up Next: Earthquakes Head East Again to Face Union After this Saturday’s first-place Western showdown with Real Salt Lake, the Earthquakes head back east the following week to take on the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park on Saturday, April 28, at 4 p.m. PT. Follow the San Jose Earthquakes on Twitter @SJEarthquakes – Official account of the San Jose Earthquakes @QuakesMatchday – NEW! this season, follow for live updates on game days @QuakesPrez – Club President Dave Kaval is now on Twitter @KelGray22 – Club ambassador, Quakes television color analyst and former Quakes defender Kelly Gray @AnthonyAmpai – Second-year midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong @SamGarza19 – The Quakes’ first-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, Sam Garza @JGjertsen17 – Earthquakes winger Joey Gjertsen @SercanGuvenisik – First Turkish player in MLS, newcomer Sercan Guvenisik @J_Hernandez_21 – Veteran center back and social maven Jason Hernandez @JacobHustedt – The rookie midfielder is the latest Quakes player on Twitter @Lenny24balls – Second-year strike Steven Lenhart @EMacMac25 – Second-year Quake Ellis McLoughlin @TressorMoreno10 – New Colombian playmaker Tressor Moreno @JMo_row_15 – Third-year defender Justin Morrow @NewtonEvan13 – San Jose goalkeeper Evan Newton @IkeOpara – Third-year defender and U.S. U-23 national team player Ike Opara @CesarDPizarro – Quakes’ top selection in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, Cesar Diaz Pizarro @BradRing87 – Fourth-year central midfielder Brad Ring @SalinasSJ11 – In his return to the franchise that drafted him, winger Shea Salinas@ChrisWondo – Two-time MLS goal-scoring leader Chris Wondolowski Earthquakes Recent Transactions Nov. 23, 2011: D Bobby Burling selected by the Montreal Impact in MLS Expansion Draft. Nov. 30, 2011: Signed F Steven Lenhart to a new contract; Acquired M Shea Salinas from Vancouver Whitecaps FC for allocation money. Dec. 1, 2011: Acquired M Jean-Marc Alexandre from Real Salt Lake for first-round pick (6th overall) in 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. Dec. 2, 2011: Traded M Bobby Convey to Sporting Kansas City for an international player slot. Dec. 16, 2011: Acquired M Marvin Chavez from FC Dallas for allocation money. Dec. 28, 2011: Signed D Victor Bernardez. Dec. 31, 2011: Declined options for M Andre Luiz, F Matt Luzunaris, F Scott Sealy and GK Andrew Weber. Jan. 12, 2012: Signed F Alan Gordon to a new contract; Selected M Sam Garza (1st round, 6th overall), M Jacob Hustedt (2nd round, 25th overall) and GK Chris Blais (2nd round, 33rd overall) in 2012 MLS SuperDraft.Jan. 17, 2012: Selected F Cesar Diaz Pizarro (2nd round, 25th overall), D David Tiemstra (3rd round, 44th overall), D James Kiffe (4th round, 63rd overall) and D Tyler Krumpe (4th round, 73rd overall) in 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. Jan. 26, 2012: Signed GK Jon Busch to a new contract; Signed F Sercan Guvenisik. Feb. 2, 2012: Signed M Tressor Moreno. Feb. 9, 2012: Signed F Chris Wondolowski to a new contract. Feb. 14, 2012: Reacquired M Simon Dawkins on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. Feb. 28, 2012: Signed F Cesar Diaz Pizarro. Mar. 9, 2012: Signed GK Evan Newton and D Josh Suggs. Mar. 10, 2012: Signed M Jacob Hustedt. Apr. 5, 2012: Loaned D Josh Suggs to the Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL).
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
QUAKES ALL-TIME LEADERS Games Played 1. Ramiro Corrales .......................................... 222 2. Joe Cannon ................................................... 171 3. Richard Mulrooney ........................................ 163 4. Ronald Cerritos ............................................. 148 5. Wade Barrett ................................................. 142 6. John Doyle .................................................... 132 7. Ian Russell .................................................... 131 8. Troy Dayak .................................................... 129 9. Eddie Lewis ................................................... 115 10. Dwayne De Rosario .................................... 108 Minutes Played 1. Ramiro Corrales ..................................... 18,136 2. Joe Cannon .............................................. 15,561 3. Richard Mulrooney ................................... 14,204 4. Ronald Cerritos ........................................ 12,382 5. Wade Barrett ............................................ 12,218 6. John Doyle ............................................... 11,385 7. Troy Dayak ............................................... 10,830 8. Eddie Lewis ................................................ 8,867 9. Jason Hernandez ..................................... 8,847 10. Ian Russell ............................................... 8,146 Games Started 1. Ramiro Corrales .......................................... 204 2. Joe Cannon ................................................... 171 3. Richard Mulrooney ........................................ 155 4. Ronald Cerritos ............................................. 142 5. Wade Barrett ................................................. 136 6. John Doyle .................................................... 129 7. Troy Dayak .................................................... 122 8. Eddie Lewis ................................................... 100 9. Jason Hernandez .......................................... 99 10. Ian Russell .................................................... 91
Goals Scored 1. Ronald Cerritos ............................................... 61 2. Chris Wondolowski ....................................... 44 3. Landon Donovan ............................................. 32 4. Dwayne De Rosario ........................................ 27 5. Brian Ching ...................................................... 25 6. Eric Wynalda ................................................... 21 7. Jeff Baicher...................................................... 20 8. Ryan Johnson ................................................. 17 9. Ramiro Corrales............................................. 14 9. Ariel Graziani ................................................... 14 9. Manny Lagos ................................................... 14 9. Lawrence Lozzano .......................................... 14 Game-Winning Goals 1. Chris Wondolowski ....................................... 18 2. Ronald Cerritos ............................................... 15 3. Landon Donovan ............................................. 10 4. Dwayne De Rosario .......................................... 8 All-Time MLS Shutout Leaders Player Team GP SO 1. Kevin Hartman FCD 392 107 2. Nick Rimando RSL 295 90 3. Joe Cannon VAN 311 80 4. Zach Thornton CHV 282 76 5. Matt Reis NE 260 65 5. Pat Onstad HOU 223 64 7. Jon Busch SJ 204 63 7. Tony Meola NY 250 62 9. Scott Garlick RSL 237 48 10. William Hesmer CLB 133 42 Note: Players in Bold are Active
Earthquakes Head Coach: Frank Yallop San Jose Earthquakes 10th Season (8th with SJ) MLS Coaching Career: YEAR CLUB W L T Pct. GF GA 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 13 7 6 .615 47 29 2002 San Jose Earthquakes 14 11 3 .554 45 35 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 14 7 9 .617 45 35 2006 LA Galaxy 9 7 5 .548 37 37 2007 LA Galaxy 9 14 7 .417 38 48 2008 San Jose Earthquakes 8 13 9 .417 32 38 2009 San Jose Earthquakes 7 14 9 .383 36 50 2010 San Jose Earthquakes 13 10 7 .550 34 33 2011 San Jose Earthquakes 8 12 14 .441 40 45 2012 San Jose Earthquakes 4 1 1 .750 10 4 MLS Coaching Totals: 99 96 70 .506 364 354 MLS Cup Playoffs: YEAR CLUB W L T Pct. GF GA 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 5 1 0 .833 13 3 2002 San Jose Earthquakes 0 2 0 .000 2 4 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 3 1 0 .750 12 8 2010 San Jose Earthquakes 1 2 0 .333 3 3 MLS Coaching Totals: 9 6 0 .600 30 18
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
Earthquakes Player Bios: #14 JEAN-MARC ALEXANDRE M 5-11 190 DOB 8-24-86 DELRAY BEACH, FL MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his first season with the Earthquakes and fourth in MLS after being acquired in a trade with RSL on 12/1/11 … Played three previous seasons with RSL, advancing to the MLS Cup Playoffs each year … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 and scored the game’s lone goal in the 53rd minute on a left-footed shot from 25 yards into the lower corner … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/14/11 at COL (with RSL); Last Goal: 6/4/11 vs. VAN (with RSL); Last Assist: 6/11/11 at PHI (with RSL). 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #23 ANTHONY AMPAIPITAKWONG M 5-8 160 DOB 6-14-88 CARROLLTON, TX MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his second professional season with the Earthquakes after being San Jose’s top selection (2nd Round, 33rd Overall) during the 2011 MLS SuperDraft … Reserves: Started and played 74 minutes vs. POR on 3/27, assisting on the game’s lone goal in the 53rd minute … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 and scored San Jose’s only goal in the 77th minute … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 7/30/11 vs. DC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 5/28/11 at CHI. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #30 RAFAEL BACA M 5-8 160 DOB 9-11-89 LAWNDALE, CA MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Started and played the first half vs. HOU on 3/17 … Came on as a substitute in the 57th minute at TFC on 3/24 and assisted on the game’s final goal in the 67th minute … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14 and tallied his first goal of 2012 to tie the game at 1-1 in the 15th minute … In his second professional season with the Earthquakes after being signed on 7/8/11 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Assist: 3/24/12 at TFC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (4/14 at NY) … A: 1 (3/24 at TFC). #33 STEVEN BEITASHOUR D 5-10 170 DOB 2-1-87 SAN JOSE, CA MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 … Notched his first assist of 2012 on the second goal in the 56th minute at TFC on 3/24 … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14 and provided his second assist of the year with a left-footed cross on the second equalizer in the 35th minute … In his third professional season with the Earthquakes … Team’s assist leader in 2011 with a career-high seven … Only San Jose native on the current Quakes roster … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 4/24/10 at CHV; Last Assist: 4/14/12 at NY. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 1 (3/24 at TFC, 4/14 at NY). #26 VICTOR BERNARDEZ D 6-2 190 DOB 5-24-82 LA CEIBA, HONDURAS MLS: Made his MLS debut vs. NE on 3/10, playing 90 minutes … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, and at SEA on 3/31, after which he was voted by fans as Latino de la Jornada 4 (Latino of the Week 4) through FutbolMLS.com … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 … Started and played 45 minutes at NY on 4/14 before having to leave the match due to a knee injury … In his first season with the Earthquakes after being signed on 12/28/11 … Only player on the current Quakes roster to have appeared in a FIFA World Cup, playing all 90 minutes in a scoreless draw with Switzerland on 6/25/10 in Bloemfontein, South Africa … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #1 DAVID BINGHAM GK 6-2 185 DOB 10-19-89 PLEASANTON, CA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his second professional season with the Earthquakes after being awarded to the franchise via the MLS weighted lottery system on 1/26/11 … Made MLS debut at NE on 10/8/11, and notched first career assist in a 2-1 victory … Also scored a much-replayed goal from 90 yards out in the third minute of a 2-1 home exhibition victory over West Bromwich Albion of the English Premier League on 7/12/11 … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27, making four saves in keeping the shutout … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8, making five saves … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/8/11 at NE; Last Shutout: --; Most Saves: 4. 2012 MLS Game Highs: SV: -- … SOG: --. #18 JON BUSCH GK 5-10 165 DOB 8-18-76 ALBANY, NY MLS: Played 90 minutes and earned the shutout in a 1-0 home win over NE on 3/10 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 … Kept his second shutout of 2012 in the 3-0 win at TFC on 3/24, needing to make just one save … Third shutout came at SEA on 3/31 with a season-high five saves, after which he was nominated for Save of the Week: Week 4 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, making five more saves … Played 90 minutes in his homecoming at NY on 4/14 … In his third season with the Earthquakes and 11th year in MLS overall … Played the full 90 minutes of every league contest a season ago, except 10/8 at NE, and led the league with 113 saves … Oldest player on the current Quakes roster … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Shutout: 3/31/12 at SEA; Most Saves: 12 (8/29/04 at MET for CLB). 2012 MLS Game Highs: SV: 5 (3/31 at SEA, 4/7 vs. VAN) … SOG: 6 (4/7 vs. VAN).
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
#81 MARVIN CHAVEZ M 5-5 145 DOB 11-3-83 LA CEIBA, HONDURAS MLS: Made his Earthquakes debut vs. NE on 3/10, starting and playing 63 minutes … Came on as a halftime substitute vs. HOU on 3/17 and took three shots … Started and played 72 minutes at TFC on 3/24, providing his first assist in a Quakes uniform in the 56th minute … Started and played 89 minutes at SEA on 3/31, after which he was nominated for Latino de la Jornada 4 (Latino of the Week 4) by FutbolMLS.com … Started and played 38 minutes before leaving with an injury vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14, earning MLSsoccer.com Man of the Match distinction … In his first season with the Earthquakes after being acquired in a trade with FCD on 12/16/11 … Played two-plus previous seasons in MLS with FCD … Played 105 minutes in FCD’s 2-1 overtime loss to the Colorado Rapids in MLS Cup 2010 at Toronto’s BMO Field on 11/21/10 … Shortest player on the current Quakes roster … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 10/15/11 vs. VAN (with FCD); Last Assist: 3/24/12 at TFC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 1 (3/24 at TFC). #12 RAMIRO CORRALES D 6-0 180 DOB 3-12-77 SALINAS, CA MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17, marking the 200th start of his San Jose career … Played 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24 … Started and played the first half at SEA on 3/31 before having to leave through injury (R – ankle sprain) … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, assisting on both the game-tying and game-winning goals in the second half of the 3-1 come-from-behind win for the fourth multi-assist game of his MLS career … Performance earned him Latino de la Jornada 5 consideration from FutbolMLS.com … Started and played 80 minutes at NY on 4/14 before having to leave with an apparent injury … In his fifth consecutive season with the Earthquakes and 11th year in the organization … Team captain … In his 17th professional campaign and 14th in MLS, is the only active player remaining from the inaugural 1996 MLS season … Club record-holder for career games played (222), starts (204) and minutes played (18,136) … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 9/10/11 vs. CHI; Last Assist: 4/7/12 vs. VAN. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 2 (4/7 vs. VAN). #4 SAM CRONIN M 5-10 165 DOB 12-12-86 WINSTON-SALEM, NC MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Started and played 80 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 … Played all 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24, producing his first career two-assist game against the club that selected him with the second overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft … Assisted on Chris Wondolowski’s game-winner in the ninth minute at TFC, as well as Wondolowski’s 67th-minute clincher … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 … Started and played 68 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14 … In his third season with the Earthquakes … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 6/13/09 vs. NY; Last Assist: 3/24/12 at TFC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 2 (3/24 at TFC). #10 SIMON DAWKINS M 5-10 160 DOB 12-1-87 EDGWARE, ENGLAND MLS: Came on as a substitute for the final 27 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … DNP vs. HOU on 3/17 … Came on as a substitute for the final five minutes at TFC on 3/24 … Came on as a substitute for the final minute at SEA on 3/31 … Drew his first start of 2012 and 20th of his MLS career at forward in the place of an injured Steven Lenhart vs. VAN on 4/7, and played 52 minutes … Came on as a substitute for an injured Shea Salinas in the final minute of the first half at NY on 4/14 … In his second season with the Earthquakes following a second loan agreement with England’s Tottenham Hotspur on 2/14/12 … Reserves: Played all 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 10/22/11 vs. FCD; Last Assist: 10/8/11 at NE. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #19 SAM GARZA M 5-11 160 DOB 10-17-90 HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TX MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Made the 18-player game roster for the first time in his pro career at NY on 4/14 … In his rookie season with the Earthquakes after being the club’s top selection (1st Round, 6th Overall) during the 2012 MLS SuperDraft … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 and assisted on the Quakes’ lone goal in the 77th minute … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #17 JOEY GJERTSEN M 5-9 165 DOB 6-13-82 TACOMA, WA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 (R knee surgery) … In his third season with the Quakes … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/22/11 vs. FCD; Last Goal: 8/13/11 vs. COL; Last Assist: 9/17/11 at HOU. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #16 ALAN GORDON F 6-3 190 DOB 10-16-81 LONG BEACH, CA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 (R hip surgery) … Rejoined training on 3/19 … Made 2012 debut and played in first MLS game since 8/6/11 at SEA on 3/31, coming on as a substitute for the final 23 minutes … Came on as a substitute for the final 38 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, scoring the 72nd-minute game-winner off a glancing header to the far corner … Goal, which was nominated for AT&T Goal of the Week, was his second for the club, with the other one a game-tying header in the 67th minute of a 1-1 draw vs. POR on 8/6/11 … DNP at NY on 4/14 (L – hamstring strain) … In his first full season with the Earthquakes after being acquired in a trade with TFC on 7/14/11 and missing the end of the 2011 season through injury … Reserves: Started and played 61 minutes vs. POR on 3/27, assisting on the game’s lone goal in the 53rd minute … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/7/12 vs. VAN; Last Goal: 4/7/12 vs. VAN; Last Assist: 4/23/11 vs. CLB (with TFC) 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (4/7 vs. VAN) … A: --.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
#9 SERCAN GUVENISIK F 5-9 157 DOB 3-1-80 DUSSELDORF, GERMANY MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10 … Made MLS debut vs. HOU on 3/17, coming on as a substitute for the final 10 minutes … DNP at TFC on 3/24 … DNP at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 (R – hip flexor strain) … Returned to the 18-player official game roster at NY on 4/14, but DNP … In his first season with the Earthquakes and in MLS after being signed on 1/26/12 … First Turkish national to appear in an MLS match … Reserves: Started and played 24 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 before having to leave the game with an injury … Scored a first-half brace in a 3-0 win vs. LA Galaxy on 6/6/11, in his MLS Reserve League debut while on a one-week trial in San Jose … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 3/17/12 vs. HOU; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #21 JASON HERNANDEZ D 5-11 170 DOB 8-26-83 ENGLEWOOD, NJ MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 … Made 2012 debut at SEA on 3/31, coming on as a halftime substitute for injured captain Ramiro Corrales … DNP vs. VAN on 4/7 … Came on as a substitute for an injured Victor Bernardez in the final minute of the first half at NY on 4/14 … In his fifth season with the Earthquakes … Next game started will mark No. 100 in San Jose … Reserves: Played 90 minutes and captained the side vs. POR on 3/27 and vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 7/10/10 at PHI 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #2 JACOB HUSTEDT M 5-9 170 DOB 1-30-90 SANDY, UT MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his rookie season with the Earthquakes after being selected in the second round (25th Overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft … Reserves: Came on as a substitute in the 90th minute vs. POR on 3/27 … DNP vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #24 STEVEN LENHART F 6-1 190 DOB 8-28-86 JACKSONVILLE, FL MLS: Started and played the first 70 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 and took four shots … Played 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24 … Started and played 67 minutes at SEA on 3/31, drawing the penalty-kick decision that resulted in the game’s lone goal in the 24th minute … DNP vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 after sustaining a right hamstring injury during training on 4/5 … In his second season with the Earthquakes … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 3/31/12 at SEA; Last Goal: 7/2/11 vs. NY; Last Assist: 7/20/11 vs. VAN. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #25 ELLIS MCLOUGHLIN F/M 5-10 165 DOB 7-8-90 SEATTLE, WA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his second season with the Earthquakes … Reserves: Came on as a substitute for the final 29 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/22/11 vs. FCD; Last Goal: 5/21/11 vs. NE; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #11 TRESSOR MORENO M 5-8 170 DOB 1-11-79 RIOSUCIO, COLOMBIA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10 … Made MLS debut vs. HOU on 3/17, coming on as a substitute for the final 27 minutes … Drew his first MLS start at TFC on 3/24, playing the first 57 minutes … DNP at SEA on 3/31 … Came on for an injured Marvin Chavez in the 38th minute vs. VAN on 4/7, providing his first MLS assist on the 78th-minute game-clinching goal off a free kick to Chris Wondolowski … DNP at NY on 4/14 … In his first season with the Earthquakes and in MLS after being signed on 2/2/12 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/7/12 vs. VAN; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 4/7/12 vs. VAN. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 1 (4/7 vs. VAN). #15 JUSTIN MORROW D 5-9 165 DOB 10-4-87 CLEVELAND, OH MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10, starting at center back for the first time in his MLS career after nine starts at left back in 2011 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31, switching from center back to left back for the second half … Returning to center back, played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14, moving from center back to left back for the final 10 minutes … In his third professional season with the Earthquakes … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
#13 EVAN NEWTON GK 6-2 185 DOB 4-1-88 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his first season with the Earthquakes after being signed on 3/9/12 … Reserves: DNP vs. POR on 3/27 and vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Shutout: --; Most Saves: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: SV: -- … SOG: --. 2011: MLS: Did not appear in any league matches for the Houston Dynamo as a rookie after being drafted in the first round (No. 7 overall) of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft … Joined FC Tampa Bay of the North American Soccer League (NASL) on loan on 5/5 … Made his debut with six saves in the second half of a 1-0 combined shutout against Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League in an exhibition match on 7/14 … Played all 90 minutes of two league matches, recording a win and a tie, including a 4-0 clean sheet at Atlanta on 8/6 … Produced 12 saves and a 1.50 goals-against average … College: Spent five years at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., where he finished as the program's all-time leader in saves (254) and shutouts (36) … Guided the Monarchs to three NCAA Championship berths … 2010: NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region Second Team and All-Colonial Athletic Association First Team … Posted six shutouts and a 1.07 GAA … Made four saves in a 1-0 road upset of defending national champion Virginia in NCAA Tournament First Round … Old Dominion was eliminated in the next round by Penn State … 2009: All-CAA Third Team … Led CAA with nine shutouts … 2008: Redshirted due to injury … 2007: NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region Third Team and All-CAA Second Team … Posted league-leading 11 shutouts and a career-best 0.63 GAA … Led ODU to CAA title … Named to CAA All-Tournament Team … Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) All-State First Team … 2006: Started 17 games as a true freshman, producing 10 shutouts and a 0.97 GAA … CAA All-Rookie Team … Helped ODU reach NCAA Championship Third Round, advancing past Winthrop via penalty kick tiebreaker after a 0-0 tie, and posting a 1-0 upset of No. 10 North Carolina on the road … The Monarchs lost to eventual national champion UC Santa Barbara, 2-1 … Amateur: Named Premier Development League Goalkeeper of the Year in 2007 after allowing only three goals in 14 games for the Hampton Roads Piranhas … International: Former member of the U.S. U-17 residency program in Bradenton, Fla. … High School/Club: Graduated from Edison Academic Center in Bradenton, Fla. … ESP All-Star selection in 2005 … Three-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American in 2002-03 and 2005 … Personal: Parents are Stephen and Tammy Newton … Has one brother, Clayton … Earned his degree at ODU in sports management … Interned in the ODU marketing and promotions office while in college. #55 IKE OPARA D 6-2 180 DOB 2-21-89 DURHAM, NC MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10 … DNP vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 while with the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team in Nashville, Tenn. … Was back on the 18-man game roster at SEA on 3/31, but DNP … DNP vs. VAN on 4/7 … Made his 2012 MLS debut at NY on 4/14, coming on as a substitute for an injured Ramiro Corrales for the final 10 minutes at center back … In his third professional season with the Earthquakes after being selected third overall during the 2010 MLS SuperDraft … Changed his jersey number from 6 to 55 ahead of the 2012 season … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: -- … International: Played 90 minutes for the U.S. U-23 MNT vs. Cuba on 3/22, vs. Canada on 3/24 and vs. El Salvador on 3/26 in CONCACAF Olympic qualifying in Nashville … Credited with an assist in the 6-0 win vs. Cuba … Was among 20 players named to the official U.S. U-23 MNT roster for Olympic qualifying on 3/20 … Was previously in camp with the U-23s from Feb. 19-29 … Captained the U-23s to a 2-0 shutout victory over Mexico at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on 2/29. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 7/3/10 vs. DC; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #27 CESAR DIAZ PIZARRO F 6-1 175 DOB 9-15-90 CHINO, CA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his rookie season with the Earthquakes after being the club’s top selection (2nd Round, 25th Overall) during the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft … Youngest player on the current San Jose roster … Reserves: Came on as a substitute for the final 66 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #5 BRAD RING M 5-10 165 DOB 4-7-87 ROCKFORD, IL MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … In his third full professional season with the Earthquakes after being picked in the second round (17th Overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and missing all of that season with an injury … Reserves: Started and played 89 minutes at right back vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes at right back vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/15/11 at SEA; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 5/14/11 vs. CLB. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #6 SHEA SALINAS M 5-10 150 DOB 6-24-86 GRAPEVINE, TX MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10, assisting on Chris Wondolowski’s 15th-minute game-winner … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 … Started and played 85 minutes at TFC on 3/24, producing his first goal of the season with a left-footed shot in the 56th minute … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Started and played 45 minutes at NY on 4/14 before having to leave the game just before halftime with a broken left clavicle suffered during a corner-kick tussle with Red Bulls midfielder Rafael Marquez … Prior to his departure, assisted on his second goal of 2012 on Chris Wondolowski’s 35th-minute equalizer … In his third season with the Earthquakes, and first year back after being reacquired from VAN on 11/30/11 … Originally San Jose’s top selection (2nd Round, 15th Overall) during the 2008 MLS SuperDraft … Played for SJ in 2008 and 2009, PHI in 2010 and VAN in 2011 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 3/24/12 at TFC; Last Assist: 4/14/12 at NY. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (3/24 at TFC) … A: 1 (3/10 vs. NE, 4/14 at NY). #7 KHARI STEPHENSON M 6-1 185 DOB 1-18-81 KINGSTON, JAMAICA MLS: Came on as a substitute for the final 20 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Started and played 63 minutes in central midfield vs. HOU on 3/17 … Came on as a substitute for the final 18 minutes at TFC on 3/24 … DNP at SEA on 3/31 … Came on as a substitute for the final 22 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, helping to set up the game-winning goal … Drew his second start at NY on 4/14, playing 90 minutes as Chris Wondolowski’s strike partner and providing his first assist of the campaign on Rafael Baca’s 15th-minute goal … In his third season with the Earthquakes … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 9/21/11 at POR; Last Assist: 4/14/12 at NY. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 1 (4/14 at NY).
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
#32 JOSH SUGGS D 6-0 170 DOB 4-26-89 LAS CRUCES, NM MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24 and at SEA on 3/31 … Loaned to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League (NASL) on 4/5 for the remainder of the 2012 season (10/31), though he can be recalled at any time, and will still join the Quakes for the rest of the MLS Reserve League schedule … DNP vs. FC Edmonton on 4/14 as Tampa Bay won 1-0 in its home opener at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla. … In his first season with the Earthquakes and in MLS after being signed on 3/9/12 … Reserves: Started and played 81 minutes at left back vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes at left back vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. 2011: MLS: During a week-long trial with the San Jose Earthquakes, played the full 90 minutes of a 1-0 loss at Vancouver Whitecaps FC in an MLS Reserve League match on 9/6, earning an invite back for 2012 training camp … Professional Experience: 2011: Played for the Los Angeles Blues during the inaugural season of the United Soccer Leagues Professional Division (USL PRO) … College: Played four years at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif. … As a midfielder and forward, completed career with 22 goals and seven assists, finishing No. 6 on the program’s all-time goal-scoring chart … Started 63 of 73 games played … 2010: Started 17 of 18 games played … Led the Lumberjacks with eight goals and one assist, earning All-California Collegiate Athletic Association Second Team distinction … Produced a three-goal hat trick in a 5-1 win at Cal State Monterey Bay on 10/29 … 2009: Played in all 20 games, starting 19 … Led Jacks with nine goals and three assists … All-CCAA Second Team … 2008: Appeared in 18 matches, making 17 starts … Contributed five goals and two assists … All-CCAA Honorable Mention … 2007: Started 10 of 17 matches … Assisted on one goal … High School/Club: Earned one varsity letter at Las Cruces (N.M.) High School … Honored as a second-team All-State performer as a senior … Was a member of the New Mexico ODP state team for five years, captaining the side for three years … Selected to the ODP regional pool in 2006 and 2007 … Personal: Parents are Wayne and Kiki Suggs … Majored in criminal justice at Humboldt State, with an eye on a career in law enforcement after soccer. #20 TIM WARD D 6-0 165 DOB 2-28-87 WAUKESHA, WI MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 (L non-specific soft tissue injury) … In his third season with the Earthquakes after being acquired from CHI on 8/6/10 … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 7/30/11 vs. DC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 10/9/10 at DC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. #8 CHRIS WONDOLOWSKI F 6-0 165 DOB 1-28-83 DANVILLE, CA MLS: Needed just 15 minutes to open his 2012 goal-scoring account after finishing each of the past two seasons with at least a share of the league lead … Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 and tallied his club-record 16th game-winner in the 1-0 victory … Strike also extended his personal-best and club-record goal-scoring streak to a then-league-best six games, dating back to the last five matches of 2011 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17, taking a game-high five shots … Played 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24, recording a two-goal brace with a header in the ninth minute and a left-footed shot in the 67th … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31, recording the game’s lone goal from the penalty spot in the 24th minute and sharing the game high with six shots, a game-high three of them on goal … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 and produced his second two-goal brace of 2012, scoring the game-tying and game-clinching goals in the second half of a 3-1 come-from-behind victory and tying Ronald Cerritos’ club record with the eighth multi-goal game of his career … Opener was nominated for AT&T Goal of the Week … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14, aiding in the Quakes’ first goal for his first assist of 2012, before heading in the second … In his third full season back with the Earthquakes since being reacquired from HOU on 6/9/09 … Rewarded with new contracts prior to the 2011 and 2012 seasons … Open Cup Qualifying: -- … Exhibition: -- … International: Drew two caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team during a second straight January Camp, in consecutive 1-0 victories vs. Venezuela (1/21) and at Panama (1/25), and has now earned seven full caps for the U.S. MNT. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Assist: 4/14/12 at NY. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 2 (3/24 at TFC, 4/7 vs. VAN) … A: 1 (4/14 at NY).
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
2012 MLS CATEGORICAL WIN-LOSS-TIE
Overall Home Away Overall: 4-1-1 2-1-0 2-0-1 Buck Shaw Stadium: 2-0-0 2-0-0 ----- AT&T Park: 0-1-0 0-1-0 ----- Stanford Stadium: 0-0-0 0-0-0 ----- vs. Western Conference: 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 vs. Eastern Conference: 2-1-1 1-1-0 1-0-1 Scoring First: 3-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 Opponent Scoring First: 1-1-1 1-1-0 0-0-1 Leading at Half: 3-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 Trailing at Half: 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Tied at Half: 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 Leading at 75 Minutes: 4-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 Trailing at 75 Minutes: 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 Tied at 75 Minutes: 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 Out-Shooting Opponent: 0-1-1 0-1-0 0-0-1 Out-Shot by Opponent: 3-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 Shots Even: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 One-Goal Games: 2-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 Day Games: 2-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 Night Games: 2-0-1 1-0-0 1-0-1 In Black Kits: 4-1-1 2-1-0 2-0-1 In Blue Kits: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In White Kits: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 On Comcast SportsNet: 4-1-1 2-1-0 2-0-1 On NBC Sports Network: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 On Galavision: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 On ESPN2: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In March: 3-1-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 In April: 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 In May: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In June: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In July: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In August: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In September: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In October: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 On Saturdays: 4-1-1 2-1-0 2-0-1 On Wednesdays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 On Sundays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 On Tuesdays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 In Sunny Weather: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 In Clear Weather: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 In Cloudy Weather: 2-1-1 0-1-0 2-0-1 In Rain: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 30-49 Degrees at Kickoff: 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 50-59 Degrees at Kickoff: 3-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 60-69 Degrees at Kickoff: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 70-79 Degrees at Kickoff: 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 80-89 Degrees at Kickoff: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 90-Plus Degrees at Kickoff: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Using Three Substitutions: 3-1-1 1-1-0 2-0-1 Using Two Substitutions: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Using One Substitution: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Using No Substitutions: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 On Natural Grass: 3-1-1 2-1-0 1-0-1 On FieldTurf/Artificial Surface: 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
2012 MISCELLANEOUS MLS STATS
Quickest Goal: ............................................ Chris Wondolowski, 9th, 3/24 at TFC Quickest Goal Against: ....................................... Kenny Cooper, 5th, 4/14 at NY Game-Winning Goals: ...................................................... Chris Wondolowski (3) ..................................................................................................... Alan Gordon (1) Game-Winning Assists: ....................................................... Ramiro Corrales (1) ...................................................................................................... Sam Cronin (1) .................................................................................................... Shea Salinas (1) Game-Tying Goals: ........................................................... Chris Wondolowski (2) ...................................................................................................... Rafael Baca (1) Game-Tying Assists: ......................................................... Steven Beitashour (1) ............................................................................................... Ramiro Corrales (1) .................................................................................................... Shea Salinas (1) ............................................................................................. Khari Stephenson (1) ........................................................................................... Chris Wondolowski (1) Game-Winning Goals After 75th Minute: ................................................... None Game-Tying Goals After 75th Minute: ........................................................ None Game-Winning Goals Against After 75th Minute: ..................................... None Game-Tying Goals Against After 75th Minute: .......................................... None Hat Tricks: .................................................................................................... None Hat Tricks Against: ...................................................................................... None Braces: ...............................................................Chris Wondolowski, 3/24 at TFC ............................................................................Chris Wondolowski, 4/7 vs. VAN Braces Against: ........................................................................................... None Multi-Assist Games: ......................................... Ramiro Corrales (2), 4/7 vs. VAN .................................................................................. Sam Cronin (2), 3/24 at TFC Multi-Assist Games Against: ...................................................................... None Own Goals For: ............................................................................................ None Own Goals Against: .................................................................................... None Red Cards: ................................................................................................... None Opponent’s Red Cards: ............................................................................... None Yellow Card Accumulation: ................................................... Steven Lenhart (3) ...................................................................................................... Rafael Baca (2) ............................................................................................... Ramiro Corrales (2) ............................................................................................ Steven Beitashour (1) ................................................................................................. Marvin Chavez (1) ..................................................................................................... Alan Gordon (1) .................................................................................................... Shea Salinas (1)
2012 PENALTY KICKS FOR/AGAINST
SJ Player Goalkeeper, Team Date Min. Res. Chris Wondolowski Michael Gspurning, SEA 3/31 24th Goal Player, Team SJ Goalkeeper Date Min. Res. Brad Davis, HOU Jon Busch 3/17 14th Goal
EARTHQUAKES INTERNATIONAL UPDATE
U.S. Men’s National Team Caps Goals *Chris Wondolowski 7 0 Ramiro Corrales 6 0 Sam Cronin 2 0 Jon Busch 1 1 SHO Honduras National Team Caps Goals *Victor Bernardez 52 2 *Marvin Chavez 27 2 Haiti National Team Caps Goals *Jean-Marc Alexandre 13 2 Colombia National Team Caps Goals Tressor Moreno 32 7 Jamaica National Team Caps Goals Khari Stephenson 26 3 U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team Caps Goals *Ike Opara 4 0 *Member of 2012 player pool…as of April 15, 2012
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown College Status 14 Jean-Marc Alexandre M 5-11 190 8-24-86 Delray Beach, FL Lynn University 23 Anthony Ampaipitakwong M 5-8 160 6-14-88 Carrollton, TX Akron 30 Rafael Baca M 5-8 160 9-11-89 Lawndale, CA Loyola Marymount INTL 33 Steven Beitashour D 5-10 170 2-1-87 San Jose, CA San Diego State 26 Victor Bernardez D 6-2 190 5-24-82 La Ceiba, Honduras -- INTL 1 David Bingham GK 6-2 185 10-19-89 Pleasanton, CA California GA 18 Jon Busch GK 5-10 165 8-18-76 Albany, NY UNC Charlotte 81 Marvin Chavez M 5-5 145 11-3-83 La Ceiba, Honduras -- INTL 12 Ramiro Corrales D 6-0 180 3-12-77 Salinas, CA -- 4 Sam Cronin M 5-10 165 12-12-86 Winston-Salem, NC Wake Forest 10 Simon Dawkins M 5-10 160 12-1-87 Edgware, England -- INTL 19 Sam Garza M 5-11 160 10-17-89 Highland Village, TX UC Santa Barbara GA 17 Joey Gjertsen M 5-9 165 6-13-82 Tacoma, WA Evergreen State College 16 Alan Gordon F 6-3 190 10-16-81 Long Beach, CA Oregon State 9 Sercan Guvenisik F 5-9 157 3-1-80 Dusseldorf, Germany -- INTL 21 Jason Hernandez D 5-11 170 8-26-83 Englewood, NJ Seton Hall 2 Jacob Hustedt M 5-9 170 1-30-90 Sandy, UT Washington 24 Steven Lenhart F 6-1 190 8-28-86 Yorba Linda, CA Azusa Pacific 25 Ellis McLoughlin F/M 5-10 165 7-8-90 Seattle, WA Washington 11 Tressor Moreno M 5-8 170 1-11-79 Riosucio, Colombia -- INTL 15 Justin Morrow D 5-9 165 10-4-87 Cleveland, OH Notre Dame 13 Evan Newton GK 6-2 185 4-1-88 Virginia Beach, VA Old Dominion 55 Ike Opara D 6-2 180 2-21-89 Durham, NC Wake Forest GA 27 Cesar Diaz Pizarro F 6-1 175 9-15-90 Chino, CA UC Riverside 5 Brad Ring M 5-10 165 4-7-87 Rockford, IL Indiana 6 Shea Salinas M 5-10 150 6-24-86 Grapevine, TX Furman 7 Khari Stephenson M 6-1 185 1-18-81 Kingston, Jamaica Williams College GC 32 Josh Suggs D 6-0 170 4-26-89 Las Cruces, NM Humboldt State 20 Tim Ward D 6-0 165 2-28-87 Waukesha, WI Saint Louis 8 Chris Wondolowski F 6-0 165 1-28-83 Danville, CA Chico State EARTHQUAKES NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Player Pos. Pronunciation Place of Birth Last Club 1 David Bingham GK BING-um Castro Valley, CA California 2 Jacob Hustedt M HUGH-sted Bothell, WA Washington 4 Sam Cronin M Atlanta, GA Toronto FC 5 Brad Ring M Rockford, IL Indiana University 6 Shea Salinas M SHAY Lubbock, TX Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7 Khari Stephenson M CAR-ee Kingston, Jamaica Aalesunds FK (Norway) 8 Chris Wondolowski F wan-dough-LOWW-skee Danville, CA Houston Dynamo 9 Sercan Guvenisik F SER-john gu-VEN-ah-shuck Ankara, Turkey Preussen Muenster (Germany) 10 Simon Dawkins M Edgware, England Tottenham (England) 11 Tressor Moreno M tress-OR Riosucio, Colombia Santiago Wanderers (Chile) 12 Ramiro Corrales D Los Angeles, CA S.K. Brann (Norway) 13 Evan Newton GK Virginia Beach, VA Houston Dynamo 14 Jean-Marc Alexandre M (French pronunciation) Verrettes, Haiti Real Salt Lake 15 Justin Morrow D MO-row Cleveland, OH Notre Dame 16 Alan Gordon F Long Beach, CA Toronto FC 17 Joey Gjertsen M JURT-son Tacoma, WA Montreal Impact (USL) 18 Jon Busch GK Queens, NY Chicago Fire 19 Sam Garza M Carrollton, TX UC Santa Barbara 20 Tim Ward D Waukesha, WI Chicago Fire 21 Jason Hernandez D New York City, NY Chivas USA 23 Anthony Ampaipitakwong M am-PIE-pi-talk-wong Carrollton, TX Akron 24 Steven Lenhart F LEN-heart Jacksonville, FL Columbus Crew 25 Ellis McLoughlin F/M mick-LOFF-lin Seattle, WA Hertha BSC (Germany) 26 Victor Bernardez D La Ceiba, Honduras RSC Anderlecht (Belgium) 27 Cesar Diaz Pizarro F Chiclayo, Peru UC Riverside 30 Rafael Baca M BOCK-uh Tuxpan, Mexico Loyola Marymount 32 Josh Suggs D Las Cruces, NM Los Angeles Blues (USL) 33 Steven Beitashour D BAY-tah-sure San Jose, CA San Diego State 55 Ike Opara D oh-PAR-ah Durham, NC Wake Forest 81 Marvin Chavez M CHAW-vez La Ceiba, Honduras FC Dallas Key: GA = Generation adidas; GC = Green Card; INTL = International Head Coach: Frank Yallop Assistant Coach: Ian Russell Assistant Coach: Mark Watson Goalkeeper Coach: Jason Batty
Fitness Coach: Greg Tella Head Athletic Trainer: Bruce Morgan Assistant Athletic Trainer: Hank House Team Administrator: Joe Dincecco
Video Analyst: Sean Rubio Equipment Manager: Jose Vega
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, April 21, 2012, 7:30 p.m. PT
2012 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES RESERVES STATISTICS (1-1-0, 3 PTS.) Through April 8, 2012 POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A C E M Anthony Ampaipitakwong 2 2 164 1 1 0 0 M Jean-Marc Alexandre 2 2 180 1 0 1 0 M Sam Garza 2 2 180 0 1 0 0 F Alan Gordon 1 1 61 0 1 0 0 D Jason Hernandez 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 D/M Brad Ring 2 2 179 0 0 1 0 D Josh Suggs 2 2 171 0 0 0 0 F Cesar Diaz Pizarro 2 1 156 0 0 0 0 F/M Ellis McLoughlin 2 1 119 0 0 0 0 M Simon Dawkins 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 D Ike Opara 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 F Sercan Guvenisivik 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 M Jacob Hustedt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 D ^Kyle Kaveny 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 M ^Sullivan Silva 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 F *Julio Cervantes 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 D *Christian De Luna 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 GK David Bingham 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 GK Evan Newton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own goal - - -- - - - - Team Totals 2 2 180 2 3 3 0 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jean-Marc Alexandre 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Anthony Ampaipitakwong 1, Alan Gordon 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS-ATTEMPTS: Ellis McLoughlin 0-1 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES RESERVES INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN GA GAA PG PA W L T SO GK David Bingham 2 2 180 2 1.00 0 0 1 1 0 1 GK Evan Newton 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Totals 2 2 180 0 1.00 0 0 1 1 0 1 2012 SAN JOSE RESERVE LEAGUE RESULTS (1-1-0, 3 PTS.) Date Opponent Score Record Goals Site March 27 Portland Timbers 1-0 W 1-0-0 Alexandre Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. April 8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-2 L 1-1-0 Ampaipitakwong Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. May 8 at LA Galaxy TBD, Carson, Calif. May 14 Chivas USA Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. June 8 at Chivas USA The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. Aug. 12 Seattle Sounders FC Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. Aug. 26 at Portland Timbers JELD-WEN Field, Portland, Ore. Sept. 4 LA Galaxy Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. Sept. 10 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Sept. 25 at Seattle Sounders FC Starfire Sports Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
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4 Sam Cronin 90M 80M 90M 90M 68M 90M
5 Brad Ring
6 Shea Salinas 90M 90M 85M 90M 90M 45M
7 Khari Stephenson 21 63M 18 22 90M
8 Chris Wondolowski 90M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F
9 Sercan Guvenisik 10
10 Simon Dawkins 26 5 1 52M 45
11 Tressor Moreno 27 57M 52
12 Ramiro Corrales 90D 90D 90D 45D 90D 80D
13 Evan Newton
14 Jean-Marc Alexandre
15 Justin Morrow 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
16 Alan Gordon 23 38
17 Joey Gjertsen
18 Jon Busch 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
19 Sam Garza
20 Tim Ward
21 Jason Hernandez 45 45
23 Anthony Ampaipitakwong
24 Steven Lenhart 69F 90F 90F 67F
25 Ellis McLoughlin
26 Victor Bernardez 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45D
27 Cesar Diaz Pizarro
30 Rafael Baca 90M 45M 33 90M 90M 90M
32 Josh Suggs
33 Steven Beitashour 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
55 Ike Opara 10
81 Marvin Chavez 64M 45 72M 89M 38M 90M
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Game #1 03/10/2012 SJ 1 vs NE 0 W Wondolowski 1 (Salinas 1) 15
Game #2 03/17/2012 SJ 0 vs HOU 1 L
Game #3 03/24/2012 SJ 3 at TOR 0 W Wondolowski 2 (Cronin 1) 9; Salinas 1 (Chavez 1, Beitashour 1) 56; Wondolowski 3 (Baca 1, Cronin 2) 67
Game #4 03/31/2012 SJ 1 at SEA 0 W Wondolowski 4 (penalty kick) 24
Game #5 04/07/2012 SJ 3 vs VAN 1 W Wondolowski 5 (Corrales 1) 68; Gordon 1 (Corrales 2) 72; Wondolowski 6 (Moreno 1) 78
Game #6 04/14/2012 SJ 2 at NY 2 T Baca 1 (Stephenson 1, Wondolowski 1) 15; Wondolowski 7 (Salinas 2, Beitashour 2) 35
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
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ANOTHER TOP-OF-THE-TABLE “CLASH”: Saturday’s trip to San Jose (4-1-1, 13 points) comes on the heels of last week’s 0-1 loss at MLS leader Kansas City, RSL hoping to earn points at the Earthquakes’ expense for the 11th time in 12 games (and 13th in 16 meetings all-time) ... However, a San Jose victory would allow Frank Yallop’s team to vault past RSL and assume a one-point lead in the 2012 Western Conference race, with a game in hand over the Claret & Cobalt ...
BEST START EVER FOR RSL?: Should RSL emerge victorious Saturday in San Jose, Jason Kreis’ team would accrue its 18th point faster (in its 8th game) than any previous season (10 games, 2010 and 2011) for the eighth-year club ... A year ago, RSL went enjoyed a 5-1-2 (17 points) start ...
In the midst of last year’s CONCACAF run, RSL started the year with a 4-0-0 mark (before losing at Portland just 3 days after the home loss to Monterrey in the CCL Final 2nd leg) and improved to 5-1-0 with the May 7 win v Chivas on the day remembered for Javier Morales’ horrific ankle injury ...
A win over San Jose would also allow RSL to open up an early five-point lead at the top of the Western Conference race nearly 1/4 of the way through the 34-game season ... However, the Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders would each still have a game in hand over RSL ...
RSL PROBABLE STARTERS @ SJ
HISTORY v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES:RSL posted season-opening victories at Buck Shaw Stadium in both 2010 (3-0 W, Morales 2g, Espindola) and 2011 (1-0 W, Beckerman 1g, Rimando 9 saves) ...
In MLS and U.S. Open Cup competition since San Jose returned to the league in 2008, RSL has earned at least a point in 10 of the 11 contests between the clubs, dropping only a 1-2 match at Buck Shaw in 2009 ...
RSL owns an all-time 6-3-6 mark against SJ in MLS and Open Cup play, including a 6-1-4 record since 2008 and a 3-1-2 mark at Buck Shaw (last loss on May 30, 2009) ...
Overall, RSL has score the last NINE unanswered goals in the MLS series, beginning with a stoppage-time Own Goal by SJ DF Chris Leitch that gave RSL a 1-1 draw back on July 3, 2009 ...
RSL has fond memories of Buck Shaw Stadium due to its “coming-of-age” road comeback win on Sept. 27, 2008, the 3-2 win sparked by Yura Movsisyan serving as a critical impetus for the team’s first-ever playoff berth later that year ...
Real Salt Lake v. San Jose Earthquakes - All-Time Results
Real Salt Lake record: 6-3-6 (27 GF / 17 GA) Home games: 3-1-4 (14 GF, 5 GA; includes 4-0 Open Cup win)
Road games: 3-2-2 (13 GF, 12 GA; includes 3-3 Open Cup draw, won by RSL via shootout)
04/30/2008 RSL 4 vs SJ 0 W Rice-Eccles Stadium (Open Cup)
05/31/2008 RSL 3 vs SJ 1 W Rice-Eccles Stadium
06/18/2008 RSL 0 vs SJ 0 T Rice-Eccles Stadium
09/27/2008 RSL 3 at SJ 2 W Buck Shaw Stadium
05/30/2009 RSL 1 at SJ 2 L Buck Shaw Stadium
07/03/2009 RSL 1 vs SJ 1 T Rio Tinto Stadium
03/27/2010 RSL 3 at SJ 0 W Buck Shaw Stadium
04/14/2010 RSL 3 at SJ 3 T* Buck Shaw Stadium (Open Cup; RSL advances 5-3 in SO)
06/25/2010 RSL 0 vs SJ 0 T Rio Tinto Stadium
03/19/2011 RSL 1 at SJ 0 W Buck Shaw Stadium
07/23/2011 RSL 4 vs SJ 0 W Rio Tinto Stadium
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REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
ROAD WARRIORS SEEK 2012 TURNAROUND:In the midst of a stretch of 5 road games out of 7 in very difficult stadiums (LIVESTRONG, Buck Shaw, FC Dallas, Toyota Park & Century Link from April 14 - May 12), RSL continues the current 3-game road swing coming out of KC with games at SJ and at DAL, after starting the season 2-0-0 on the road for 2nd straight year, with dramatic, come-from-behind victories on March 10 at LA (W 3-1; trailed 0-1 after 70 minutes) and on March 31 at Portland (W 3-2; trailed 1-2 after 88 min) ...
A year ago, RSL opened the campaign at San Jose (1-0)and at New England (2-0) with shutout performances out of the gates, in games mixed in with CCL play ... The recent advent of road success places the squad’s all-time MLS regular season road mark at 21-64-27 (.301; 106 GF / 186 GA) following the 112th road contest in League play Saturday at Kansas City …
The Jeld-Wen drama back on 3/31 allowed the team to defeat the Timbers for first time in 3 tries and scratch Portland off list of places the team has never won, which now includes just Philadelphia (2 attempts), Canada (7) and Texas (17) ... RSL travels to Dallas (April 25), Vancouver (Aug. 11), Philly (Aug. 24) and Houston (Sept. 6) later this year in attempts to rectify that situation ...
Since Jason Kreis took over in May, 2007, RSL’s MLS road mark is 17-40-22, with the new team mark of five road wins in 2011 exceeding the four achieved in 2010, and more than doubling the two earned in each of the 2007-09 seasons … Last year’s 5-8-4 road mark was good for 19 points, matching the 2010 team-record total (4-4-7 in 2010) …
DOES JAVIER KNOW WAY TO SAN JOSE?: RSL talisman Javier Morales will be a game-time decision for this crucial Bay Area match, after suffering a hamstring injury against Montreal and missing the 2-0 W over COL and the 0-1 L at KC ... RSL has now played 54 MLS regular-season/playoff, CCL or Open Cup games without Morales available as its playmaker, posting a 23-17-14 overall mark (only 7-13-5 away from home) … Head Coach Jason Kreis’ team has gone 18-15-12 in MLS reg. season play, 0-0-1 Playoff, 3-0-0 in CONCACAF and 1-2-1 in Open Cup sans Javi … Since 2009, that record is 19-14-11, scoring 2+ goals in only 21 of those 44 games ...
RSL - EARTHQUAKES CONNECTIONS:Former RSL MF Jean-Marc Alexandre was traded to SJ on Dec. 1, 2011, after being selected by Real Salt Lake 12th overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, making 38 league appearances for the club over three seasons, each of which ended with qualification into the MLS Cup Playoffs ... Prior to being traded to San Jose, the Haitian international appeared in 38 MLS regular-season contests, starting 14, scoring 1 goal and adding 2 assists, earning MLS Player of the Week honors for the 1 goal/1 assist performance last June in a 2-0 W vs Vancouver …
Second-year Real Salt Lake assistant coach C.J. Brown is a Hayward, Calif., native who starred in the South Bay in his college playing days at San Jose State (1993-96) prior to a 13-year MLS career, all with the Chicago Fire …
During his Chicago career, Brown was a teammate of current SJ ‘keeper Jon Busch, who backstopped the Fire during the 2009 Eastern Conference Final at Toyota Park, won by RSL in a 5-4 shootout following a scoreless 120 minutes ... Busch also played alongside RSL DF Chris Wingert with the Crew in 2004-05 …
RSL MF Ned Grabavoy appeared in 24 games for San Jose in 2008 … Grabavoy also played under current Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop while with the Los Angeles Galaxy during the early part of the 2006 season, and was a teammate of Quakes GK Jon Busch with the Columbus Crew later in 2006 … Grabavoy played with Quakes FW Alan Gordon for LA from 2004-06 … Quakes FW Chris Wondolowski and RSL GK Nick Rimando have played together twice for the U.S. Men’s National Team, most recently featuring in head coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s starting lineup earlier this year on Jan. 25 for a 1-0 win over Panama in Panama City … Quakes MF Tressor Moreno, RSL DF Jamison Olave and RSL MF Sebastian Velasquez were all born in Colombia, with Moreno and Olave having played previously for Colombian side Deportivo Cali …
Quakes rookie MF Sam Garza and RSL DF Nat Borchers (1999-2002) each played at the University of Denver … Garza (2010-11) and RSL GK Kyle Reynish (2002-06) each played at UC Santa Barbara … Quakes MF Sam Cronin (2005-08) and DF Ike Opara (2007-09) played with RSL FW Cody Arnoux (2006-08) at Wake Forest, guiding the Demon Deacons to the program’s first national title together in 2007 … Rookie DF Chris Estridge, RSL’s newest addition, also played with Cronin (2008) and Opara (2008-09) at Wake … Estridge spent his final two years of college eligibility at Indiana University (2010-11), where Quakes MF Brad Ring (2005-08) and Ring’s fellow Illinois native Grabavoy (2001-03) previously played and RSL DF Chris Schuler redshirted (2005) … Quakes DF Justin Morrow and RSL MF Jonny Steele both played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2010 … Rimando (Montclair, Calif.), RSL DF Tony Beltran (Claremont) and Quakes rookie FW Cesar Diaz Pizarro (Chino) are all alumni of the Arsenal FC club program based in Temecula, Calif. …
Quakes head coach Frank Yallop (52), assistant coach Mark Watson (77) and RSL MF Will Johnson (24) have all earned caps for the Canadian men’s national team, with Johnson having played under Watson at various youth levels, including U-23 during 2008 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying … Quakes captain Ramiro Corrales and RSL assistant coach Jeff Cassar played 90 minutes together for the now-defunct Miami Fusion on May 31, 1998, against the then-Dallas Burn at the Cotton Bowl, with current RSL head coach Jason Kreis scoring the 37th-minute winner in a 2-0 Dallas victory in what was Corrales’ only appearance for Miami … RSL GM Garth Lagerwey was the back-up goalkeeper for the Burn that day … Corrales also played with RSL assistant coach Miles Joseph with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars from 1998-2000 ...
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
SECOND OF FIVE “3-GAME WEEKS” IN 2012:This week’s SJ / DAL / TOR trio of games marks the second of at least five stanzas this year that sees RSL play 3 games in 8 days, testing depth, travel legs and stamina for the roster ...
3/31 @ POR (3-2 W); 4/4 v MTL (1-0 W); 4/7 v COL (2-0 W) -> 3-0-04/21 @ SJ; 4/25 @ DAL; 4/28 v TOR5/5 v NE; 5/9 @CHI; 5/12 @ SEA6/16 @ CHV; 6/20 v LA; 6/23 v SJ6/30 @ CLB; 7/4 v SEA; 7/7 v POR
The sweep of the maximum 9 points through 3 games against POR / MTL / COL marked the 2nd time in 25 possible weeks all-time that RSL went a perfect 3-0-0 ...
Should RSL progress through the first 2 Open Cup rounds (May 29 & June 5), the 2012 Lamar Hunt USOC Quarterfinal Rounds would be on Tues, June 26 a 7th game in the 23-day span from June 16 to July 7 ...
THREE-GAME WEEKS PILE UP: In the Jason Kreis era, RSL has played 3 games in a week a total of 18 times (in all competitions), registering a 28-21-17 record … As indicated in RED below, RSL is 4-3-2 when opening a 3-game week with two on the road, concluding with a home match … The overall list:
2011:4/5 @ SAP (1-2 L); 4/9 @ NE (2-0 W); 4/13 v COL (1-0 W) -> 2-1-06/4 v VAN (2-0 W); 6/8 @ CLB (1-2 L); 6/11 @ PHI (1-1 T) -> 1-1-16/18 v DC (1-1 T); 6/22 @ CHI (1-1 T); 6/25 v TOR (3-1 W) -> 1-0-27/4 v NE (3-3 T); 7/9 v DAL (2-0 W); 7/12 @ DAL (0-2 L) -> 2-1-07/30 v CLB (0-2 L); 8/3 @ KC (0-2 L); 8/6 v NY (3-0 W) -> 1-2-0*9/17 v KC (1-0 W); 9/21 @ NY (3-1 W); 9/24 @DC (1-4 L) -> 2-1-0*9/28 v CHI (0-3 L); 10/1 @ LA (1-2 L); 10/6 @ VAN (0-3 L) -> 0-3-0*6 games in 19 days from Sept. 17 – Oct. 6 2010:4/10 v SEA (2-2 T); 4/14 @ SJ (3-3 T); 4/17 @ LA (1-2 L) -> 0-1-25/29 v KC (4-1 W); 6/2 @ DC (1-2 L aet); 6/5 @ DC (0-0 T) -> 1-1-18/7 @ KC (1-1 T); 8/11 @ PHI (1-1 T); 8/14 v CLB (2-0 W) -> 1-0-29/15 v TOR (4-1 W); 9/18 v CHI (1-0 W); 9/22 @ AUO (3-2 W) -> 3-0-09/25 v COL (1-1 T); 9/28 @ TOR (1-1 T); 10/2 @ NE (2-1 W) -> 1-0-210/16 vDAL (2-0 W); 10/19 vCAZ (3-1 W); 10/23@ COL (2-2 T) -> 2-0-1 2009: 5/2 @ COL (0-2 L); 5/6 v LA (2-2 T); 5/9 @ CHV (0-1 L) -> 0-2-18/23 @ NE (1-3 L); 8/26 v CHV (4-0 W); 8/29 @ KC (1-0 W) -> 2-1-010/10 v GUA (1-1 T); 10/14 v NY (2-0 W); 10/17 @ TOR (0-1 L) -> 1-1-1 2008: 4/26 @ DC (1-4 L); 4/30 v SJ (4-0 W); 5/3 @ LA (2-2 T) -> 1-1-15/24 @ DAL (1-2 L); 5/27 @ CLB (0-2 L); 5/31 v SJ (3-1 W) -> 1-2-06/14 @ CHV (1-0 W); 6/18 v SJ (0-0 T); 6/21 v NE (2-1 W) -> 2-0-1 2007: 4/14 v CLB (0-0 T); 4/18 v KC (2-1 W); 4/21 @ CHV (0-4 L) -> 1-1-15/20 @ DAL (1-2 L); 5/23 @ COL (1-2 L); 5/27 @ CHI (0-0 L) -> 0-2-17/14 @ KC (0-1 L); 7/21 v EVE (2-0 W); 7/24 v BOC (1-1 T) -> 1-1-18/26 @ CHV (0-1 L); 8/29 v KC (3-1 W); 9/01 @ LA (2-1 W) -> 2-1-0
* doesn’t include the 5 games in 15 days in late 2007: -> 1-2-29/8 @ HOU (3-4 L); 9/12 @ DC (1-2 L); 9/15 @ TOR (0-0 T);9/19 v LA (2-2 T); 9/22 v COL (1-0 W)
GOAL-SCORING DIVERSITY ON RSL ROSTER:With Paulo Junior finding the back of the net on April 4 in the 1-0 W against Montreal (his first goal since April 9, 2011 at NE), RSL now has 11 goals on the season from 8 different sources through its first seven games, with only Fabian Espindola and strike partner Alvaro Saborio scoring multiple goals so far ... A year ago, RSL saw 17 different players score goals in MLS, CCL or Open Cup play (including one OG) ...
3/10 - RSL 3:1 @ LA - Own Goal / Morales / Espindola 13/17 - RSL 2:0 v NY - Gil / Espindola 23/24 - RSL 0:1 v CHV - none3/31 - RSL 3:1 @ POR - Saborio / Steele / Beckerman4/4 - RSL 1:0 v MTL - Paulo PK4/7 - RSL 2:0 v COL - Saborio 2 / Espindola 34/14 - RSL 0:1 @ KC - none
100% HEALTHY - FOR HALF A GAME: Following offseason surgeries for MF Javier Morales, DF Nat Borchers, MF Will Johnson and FW Alvaro Saborio, RSL boss Jason Kreis spent the preseason searching to see who would step up in the group of traditional starters’ absences ... Young players Luis Gil, Chris Schuler, Sebastian Velasquez and Paulo Junior stepped up in the early going and have performed yeomen’s work, contributing mightily to the team’s success ...
On April 4 at home against Montreal, Kreis and the RSL Technical Staff had nearly a full roster of healthy bodies to choose from for the middle match of a 3-game week ... That fantasy only lasted about 50 minutes, however, as two of the team’s most stalwart midfielders - talisman Morales (pulled hamstring) and utility man Ned Grabavoy (dislocated rib) - were both injured in the final 30 minutes of the 1-0 home win over Montreal ...
IRON MEN THROUGH SEVEN GAMES: Despite the early-season injury concerns and schedule congestion for RSL, five players have started in every game thus far, with another two appearing in all 7 and only three playing every minute of the season thus far ... The list:
Player GP GS MINGK Nick Rimando 7 7 630MF Kyle Beckerman 7 7 630DF Jamison Olave 7 7 630DF Tony Beltran 7 7 618MF Luis Gil 7 7 475FW Fabian Espindola 7 6 559FW Alvaro Saborio 7 3 379
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
FANTASTIC FABI NOW FIRST WITH FINDLEY:FW Fabian Espindola scored his 29th career regular-season goal on 4/7 v COL, providing the insurance strike in the 2-0 home win against the Rapids ... That strike leaves Fabi - recipient of a new 4-year contract this offseason - just one goal shy of sole possession of the career RSL scoring lead, with the controversial score against Colorado (aren’t they all?) matching former RSL FW Robbie Findley’s 29 career goals for the club’s all-time lead ... Strike partner Alvaro Saborio is not far behind, with 25 career goals in 56 games, nearly half as many all-time games played as Findley (96) and Espindola (102) ...
Espindola has increased his goal output each year with RSL, sharing time with Findley, Yura Movsisyan, Paulo Junior and Saborio, primarily ... With both Saborio and Espindola notching 10 goals last season, RSL boasted a pair of double-digit scorers for the first time in its seven-year history … RSL’s single-season double-digit scoring list:
SINGLE-SEASON GOALS – RSL YEAR PLAYER GP GOALS 2011 Alvaro Saborio 23 11 Fabian Espindola 27 10 2010 Alvaro Saborio 27 12 2009 Robbie Findley 27 12 2006 Jeff Cunningham 31 16
SABORIO STRIKES BACK IN RUN OF PLAY: On April 7, RSL assumed the early lead when a superb pass by DF Tony Beltran freed FW Alvaro Saborio in alone on Rapids GK Matt Pickens, the Costa Rican international burying the shot for what proved to be his 10th career game-winning goal, tops in RSL history ...
On March 31 at Portland, “Sabo” set up MF Ned Grabavoy in alone on the ‘keeper, but a defensive handball in the box was whistled for the late first-half penalty, setting the stage for Saborio to slot home the resultant PK, making him a perfect 9-for-9 from the spot in an RSL uniform (6-for-6 in reg. season games, 3-for-3 in CONCACAF) ...
With the strike against Colorado, RSL now improves to 22-3-5 in games in which Saborio - who has 36 goals in 66 games since arriving in Utah in early 2010 - finds the back of the net ... (the last loss coming in the 2011 West Final at LA, and the only loss prior to 9/24 at DC was the rain-soaked 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul), compared to the 13-16-14 mark when he plays and does not score, as well as RSL’s 7-3-4 record when Sabo is unavailable …
DEFENSIVE DONUT REDUX - 50% CHANCE:For the third time in four home games in 2012, RSL’s defense pitched a shutout April 7 against Colorado, as it had back in the home opener vs New York and April 4 against Montreal ... The clean sheet Saturday was RSL’s 34th across all competitions since moving into Rio Tinto Stadium back in October 2008, a total of 67 games in MLS regular-season and playoff games, CONCACAF and U.S. Open Cup matches ...
MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR RIMANDO: The April 7 win / shutout continued a historic rise up the MLS record books for sixth-year RSL GK Nick Rimando, as “The Wall of the Wasatch” earned his 126th career MLS win and his 90th career clean sheet ... Only Kevin Hartman (172 wins) and Zach Thornton (131) have emerged victorious more often than Rimando has for Miami / D.C. / RSL, while only Hartman (106) owns more regular-season shutouts than Nicky ...
This season, Rimando should cross the 300-game barrier (only Hartman and Joe Cannon have crossed that threshold) and could surpass 28,000 minutes played (trailing Hartman/Cannon again) ... Rimando does lead MLS GKs all-time in one key category - PK stops (15), as opponents have converted only 38 of 53 spot kicks against the U.S. National Team ‘keeper ...
HOME DEBUTS AGAINST EXPANSION SIDES:Following the three-game road trip in the next 2 weeks at KC, at SJ and at Dallas, RSL returns home on April 28 to face Toronto FC, the lone Canadian or expansion team to ever win in Utah ... Following the April 4 Montreal visit, expansion sides continue to struggle in their inaugural Utah visits over the years, posting a 1-7-1 mark and being outscored 5-17 by RSL on their first time in Zion ... The list:
Exp. Team 1st Result / Date All-Time in UTMontreal 0-1 L - 4/4/12 0-1-0 (0/1)Portland 1-1 T - 10/27/11 0-0-1 (1/1)Vancouver 0-2 L - 6/2/11 0-1-0 (0/2)Philadelphia 0-3 L - 5/8/10 0-2-0 (1/5)Seattle 0-1 L - 8/8/09 1-1-1 (4/4)San Jose 1-3 L - 5/31/08 1-2-4 (5/10)Toronto FC 2-1 W - 7/4/07 1-4-0 (5/11)Houston 1-3 L - 8/19/06 1-3-4 (4/8)Chivas USA 0-2 L - 5/18/05 3-4-3 (10/15)OPP. TOTAL 1-7-1 (5/17) 7-18-13 (30/57)
CARDIAC KIDS CREATE KILLER COMEBACK: On March 31 in Portland, for the second time in as many road games in 2012, RSL erased a late deficit with both the equalizing and game-winning goals to capture the full 3 points at one of MLS’ most imposing venues ...
In the 3-2 win at JELD-WEN Field in Portland, RSL rode a Jonny Steele equalizer in the 89’ to knot things up at 2-2 before Captain Kyle Beckerman blasted home the winner at the death (93+’) - from almost the exact same spot on the field as Steele - to defeat the Timbers for the first time in three attempts ... However, the pair of come-from-behind road wins in March at LA and at PDX - two of the most difficult places to win a year ago - equals the total road comebacks the team has had in its first 7 seasons ...
In Sept 2008, RSL came from behind to win 3-2 in San Jose on a Yura Movsisyan goal that was a tipping point in qualifying for he club’s first-ever playoff berth, while a year later, against Columbus in the Eastern Conference Semis, came from behind to shock defending champion Columbus - also by a 3-2 scoreline - en route to the MLS Cup 2009 title, the state of Utah’s first major league professional championship in nearly 40 years ...
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
LATE DRAMA PART OF RSL DNA: MF Kyle Beckerman’s 93+’ game-winning goal at Portland on March 31 marked the 17th all-time go-ahead goal scored by RSL in the final 15 minutes of a regular-season MLS or CCL game … RSL had gone nearly a year without a late game-winner, having to go all the way back to May 7, 2011, when MF Will Johnson finally broke through in the 87’ after RSL had a 2-man advantage for nearly 50 minutes in the game most remember due to the horrific ankle injury suffered by playmaker Javier Morales … All-time lists for equalizers and GWG (active players in bold): RSL GAME-WINNERS AFTER 75’ (17 total) 93+............ Beckerman, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 93+............ Espíndola, 04/13/11 v. COL (1-0 W) 92+.......... Saborío (PK), 8/18/10 v. DAU* (2-1 W) 92+ ........ Cunningham (PK), 7/29/06 v. DC (2-1 W) 90’................... Talley, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W) 89’............... Espíndola, 05/22/10 @ CHV (2-1 W) 88’............. Torres (OG), 7/24/09 v. DAL (4-2 W) 87’.................. Johnson, 5/7/11 v. CHV (1-0 W) 87’................. Findley, 7/28/08 v. TOR (2-1 W) 87’................. Findley, 10/20/07 @ COL (1-0 W) 84’................... Saborío, 10/2/10 @ NE (2-1 W) 84’................. Findley, 8/04/07 v. HOU (1-0 W) 81’................. Dunseth, 4/16/05 v. COL (1-0 W) 80’.................. Morales, 6/09/10 v. LA (1-0 W) 80’................ Williams, 10/14/09 v. NY (1-0 W) 80’ ................. Morales, 4/11/09 v. DC (2-1 W) 80’............... Cunningham, 5/20/06 v. KC (2-1 W)
RSL EQUALIZERS AFTER 75’ (19 total) 95+ ................ Saborío, 10/23/10 @ COL (1-1 T) 94+ ............... Saborío, 04/10/10 v. SEA (2-2 T) 93+ .............. Borchers, 09/25/10 v. COL (1-1 T) 92+ ................ Johnson, 8/25/10 @ CAZ* (4-5 L) 92+................. C. Brown, 5/05/07 v. NY (3-3 T) 91+’ ............ Leitch (OG), 7/03/09 v. SJ (1-1 T) 90’ .............. Movsisyan, 10/15/08 @ COL (1-1 T) 90’.................. Cunningham, 7/29/06 v. DC (2-1 W) 90’......................... Kreis (PK), 7/4/05 v. NY (2-2 T) 89’..................... Steele, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 89’.................. Morales, 04/20/11 @ MTY* (2-2 T) 89’................................ Soto, 10/15/06 @ CHV (1-1 T) 89’.................................... Kreis, 4/15/06 v. NY (1-1 T) 88’............................... Kreis, 5/27/06 v. COL (2-2 T) 86’.............................. Morales, 9/19/07 v. LA (2-2 T) 83’............................ Espindola, 7/4/11 v. NE (3-3 T) 81’.................................. Kreis, 9/30/06 @ KC (3-3 T) 78’....................... Ballouchy, 5/20/06 v. KC (2-1 W) 75’................................ Klein, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W)
LONGEST-TENURED CORE IN MLS HISTORY: The Kreis/Lagerwey “Team is the Star” mantra has long been lauded for its simple, unselfish approach that has redefined the culture of an organization and enabled a small-market club to compete annually with DP-laden payrolls ... The philosophy that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts is perfectly epitomized by the fact that TEN players return this year, with the 2012 MLS season marking the group’s fifth or sixth campaign in Claret & Cobalt ... The list:
Player Acquisition Date RSL GPGK Kyle Reynish Jan., 2007 5GK Nick Rimando Feb. 2007 150DF Chris Wingert June, 2007 128MF Kyle Beckerman July, 2007 128MF Javier Morales August, 2007 103FW Fabian Espindola August, 2007 102DF Tony Beltran Jan., 2008 63DF Nat Borchers Feb., 2008 123DF Jamison Olave March, 2008 106MF Will Johnson July, 2008 92
Back on 3/10 at LA, this group marked 5+ seasons together and set a new MLS record, breaking the current one held by New England, which saw 8 players compete together from the 2003-07 seasons ... That group was: Joe Franchino, Jay Heaps, Shalrie Joseph, Marshall Leonard, Pat Noonan, Steve Ralston, Matt Reis & Taylor Twellman ...
UNPRECEDENTED TURNOVER FOR KREIS:The price of keeping that group together, however, came in the form of a massive offseason overhaul of the team’s depth, Kreis, Lagerwey and the RSL technical staff introducing 8 new faces to the 2012, the most since the 2007/08 offseason, the duo’s first in charge of the club ... Gone are GK Tim Melia (0 RSL games played), FW Chris Agorsor (1 gp), DF Blake Wagner (2 gp), DF Rauwshan McKenzie (11 gp, now signed with Chivas), MF Collen Warner (37 gp, selected by Montreal in expansion draft), MF Jean Alexandre (38 gp, traded to SJ) and DF Robbie Russell (78 gp, traded to D.C. United) ...
The most notable absence from RSL’s locker room is that of MF Andy Williams, whose seven-year tenure as an “RSL Original” came to end with his retirement in December, 2011 ... Williams played 14 years in MLS, bouncing from Columbus, to New England, to New York, to Miami and finally to Chicago in his first 7 seasons, the 1998 Jamaica World Cup veteran coming to RSL in November, 2004 as the club’s top expansion draft pick ... Williams went on to play a club-record 189 games for RSL, with 14 goals, 29 assists and one MLS Cup ring marking his time on the Wasatch Front ...
IDENTIFYING NEW BLOOD, THE RSL WAY:The RSL time for “Bomma” is not over, however, as Williams immediately accepted a position as the club’s Head Scout, working with Lagerwey, Kreis and the technical staff to identify players of all ages for RSL’s senior, academy and youth teams, including many of the new faces beginning their MLS and/or professional careers now ...
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Those players include:
GK Lalo Fernandez (signed as Home Grown)DF Terukazu Tanaka (Discovery - Jan. 2012)DF Leone Cruz (via trade from SEA 1/17/12)DF Chris Estridge (via trade from VAN 4/11/12)MF Jonny Steele (Discovery - Feb. 2012)MF Sebastian Velasquez (MLS SuperDraft 2012)MF Enzo Martinez (MLS SuperDraft 2012)FW Emiliano Bonfigli (MLS Supplemental Draft 2012)
VELASQUEZ A FIRST DURING KREIS ERA:When rookie MF Sebastian Velasquez took the field for the starting whistle 3/10 in LA, he became the only first-year player to receive a starting nod on Opening Day during Jason Kreis’ five full seasons as the RSL boss ... The last RSL rookie to start a season opener was current NY MF Medhi Ballouchy, who started in RSL’s 0-3 L at Chivas in 2006 ...
Velasquez acquitted himself well in his “baptism-by-fire” moment against the defending champs in LA, starting and playing 89 minutes on the left side of Kreis’ midfield diamond, his searching cross for FW Alvaro Saborio near post being knocked home for the equalizing own goal by LA DF Franklin to spark the RSL comeback ...
On 3/17 v NY, Velasquez started and played 86 minutes, once again creating a goal for RSL, as it was his interplay with Paulo Junior that led to his cross for Espindola, whose saved shot rebounded to Luis Gil for the 2-0 lead against the Red Bulls ...
SCHULER STEPS UP ONCE AGAIN, TOO:Third-year RSL DF Chris Schuler again joined Velasquez in the starting lineup at LA and vs NY, the tall, athletic and tactically-solid center-back moving once again into prime candidacy to see significant minutes when RSL’s 2010 Best XI duo and perennial MLS DF of the Year center-backs Nat Borchers and Jamison Olave cannot play … Schuler’s first-ever MLS start came in September, 2010, at Qwest Field, with RSL earning a 0-0 draw before 36,000+ … That venue was also the site of his first-ever post-season start last year …
Throughout the 2011 campaign, Schuler started 20 games and appeared in 25 in all competitions, scoring two goals – both game-winners – at New England and vs Philadelphia … As a rookie in 2010, Schuler also appeared in the team’s 1-2 aet Open Cup loss at D.C. United and started RSL’s 3-2 victory in CCL play at Panamanian club Arabe Unido … RSL has understandably struggled since RSL’s Cup-winning 2009 campaign, across all competitions, without the vaunted Borchers/Olave combo, affectionately known as “Bor-Lave” ... The team’s record, with goals and goals against average:
The Borchers / Olave tandem is considered the finest in MLS, the duo posting a 42-22-27 mark in all competitions (reg season, playoff, CONCACAF) since ‘09, 83 goals allowed in 91 games ...
RIO TINTO STADIUM - A HEROIC HOME:The 2-0 win over Colorado back on April 7 saw RSL conclude an early-season homestand that saw Rio Tinto Stadium host 4 out of 5 games, with RSL posting a 3-1-0 mark in Sandy, outscoring opponents 5-1 ...
The Aprll 7 victory over the hated Rapids improved RSL to 51-8-17 in its last 76 home games since the beginning of 2008, Jason Kreis’ first full season at the helm ... In that span, RSL has outscored opponents by 95 goals (148-53), with a 41-6-15 reg. season mark (122/44), 5-1-0 CCL record (15/5), 3-1-1 playoffs (5/2) and 2-0-1 int’l exhibition (5/2) ...
SHOCKINGLY RARE LOSS AT RIO TINTO:The extended run of success on Utah soil for RSL makes a setback all the more bitter, including the 0-1 home loss suffered to Chivas back on March 24, just the team’s eighth since the inception of the 2008 season, the Kreis-led team now 51-8-17 on the Wasatch Front across all competitions in that span ... Those losses:
8/26/08 v CHV L 0-1 Rice-Eccles finale11/02/08 v NY* L 0-1 West Conf Final5/16/09 v KC L 0-2 Wolff double dooms RSL4/27/11 v MTY* L 0-1 CONCACAF Champions League Final5/28/11 v SEA L 1-2 Sounders snap MLS-record streak7/30/11 v CLB L 0-2 Crew rides dual Rogers assists9/28/11 v CHI* L 0-3 Worst home loss in club history3/24/12 v CHV* L 0-1 Dominant performance wasted
YET ANOTHER SELLOUT AT THE RIOT:Unfortunately for Real Salt Lake, four of those eight home losses have come in front of sellout crowds at Rio Tinto Stadium, with RSL posting only a 6-5-4 mark when “The RioT” is packed to capacity ... The sellouts (2012 dates in claret):
9/28/11 v CHI 20,762 L 0-3 3/26/11 v LA 20,507 W 4-1 10/19/10 v CAZ 20,463 W 3-1 3/24/11 v CHV 20,415 L 0-1 10/22/11 v POR 20,378 T 1-1 4/27/11 v MTY 20,378 L 0-1 10/16/10 v DAL 20,236 W 2-0 4/4/12 v MTL 20,191 W 1-0 10/9/08 v NY 20,008 T 1-1 11/15/08 v NY 20,008 L 0-1 9/17/11 v KC 19,888* W 1-0 5/16/09 v KC 19,340* L 0-2 6/6/09 v COL 19,546* T 1-1 7/24/10 v CHV 19,469* T 1-1 7/22/11 v SJ 19,429* W 4-0
* sellout w/ diminished “concert stage” capacity
All-time, the club is is 18-12-16 across all competitions when playing before 18,000+ fans at home, at either Rice-Eccles Stadium (4-6-9 from 2005-08) or Rio Tinto Stadium (14-6-7 from 2008-present) ...
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2012 REAL SALT LAKE MISCELLANEOUS STATS:Quickest Goals Scored: 13’ - Paulo Jr.; 4/04 v MTL (PK) 20’ – Saborio; 4/07 v COL 39’ - Saborio; 3/31 @ POR (PK) 39’ - Espindola; 3/17 v NY
Quickest Goals Allowed: 48’ – Nagbe; 3/31 @ POR 57’ - Collin; 4/14 @ KC RSL Equalizers after 75’: 89’ – Steele, 3/31 @ POR
Opp. Equalizers after 75’:
RSL Game-Winners after 75’: 93+’ – Beckerman; 3/31 @ POR Opposition GWG after 75’: RSL Multi-Goal Games:
Opp. Multi-Goal Games: Nagbe (2); 3/31 @ POR
RSL Multi-Assist Games: Beltran (2); 4/07 v COL
Opp. Multi-Assist Games:
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Own Goals for RSL: Francis, LA; 3/10 @ LA, 72’
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2012 RSL AWARD WINNERSMLS Player of the Week
MLS Goal of the WeekWeek 4 – FW Alvaro Saborio (20’ v COL)
MLS Save of the WeekWeek 5 – GK Nick Rimando (70’ @ KC v Kamara) ???
On ABC4: 1-0-0 (2/0) 2-0-0 (6/3) 3-0-0 (8/3)On CW30: 2-1-0 (3/1) 0-1-0 (0/1) 2-1-0 (3/2)On NBC Sports: On ESPN2:On Telefutura:Opp. Local TV:
MLS Reg. Season: 3-1-0 (5/1) 2-1-0 (6/4) 5-2-0 (11/5)MLS Reserves: U.S. Open Cup: CONCACAF CL: Friendlies: TOTALS
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RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME)INCLUDES GAMES OF April 14, 2012(active players in claret)
GAMES PLAY / START GP GS Andy Williams 189 122Nick Rimando 150 150Kyle Beckerman 128 124Chris Wingert 128 118Nat Borchers 122 122Jamison Olave 106 105Javier Morales 103 94Fabian Espindola 102 84Robbie Findley 96 59Will Johnson 92 84
MINUTES PLAYED MIN Nick Rimando 13445Andy Williams 11536Kyle Beckerman 11089Nat Borchers 10779Chris Wingert 10605Jamison Olave 9216Javier Morales 8121Will Johnson 7659Fabian Espindola 6924Tony Beltran 6638
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HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 12/16/92HOMETOWN: El Paso, TXACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown Player, 1/11/12LAST CLUB: C.A. Penarol (Uruguay)PRONOUNCIATION: LAW-loLAST GAME: yet to appear in an RSL league or reserve match
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 1/2/89HOMETOWN: Piricicaba, Brazil ACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraftPRONOUNCIATION: dee - OH -go DAY al - MAY - duhLAST SEASON: Played 22 games (all starts) in goal for D.C. United, registering five shutouts and a 1.68 goals-against averageLAST GAME: 03/27/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ CHI (reserves)
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 10/11/87HOMETOWN: Claremont, CA ACQUIRED: PRONOUNCIATION: BELL - trannLAST SEASON: Played 28 games (23 starts) in all competitions, scor-ing one goal, adding one assistLAST MLS GOAL: yet to score in 85 career MLS gamesLAST MLS ASSIST: 04/07/12 v COL (20’/57’) - 1 game agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 210 DOB: 4/21/81HOMETOWN: Medellin, Colombia ACQUIRED: March, 2008PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-miss-son oh-LAW-vayLAST SEASON: Played 31 games (all starts) in all competitions, scor-ing 3 goals, adding 1 assist and named MLS Best XILAST MLS GOAL: 07/23/11 v SJ (83’) - 15 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 7/4/11 v NE (83’) - 17 games agoLAST MLS GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
Real Salt Lake’s eye towards the future was bolstered in February with the signing of promising goalkeeper Lalo Fernandez as the club’s third-ever Homegrown Player. The addition of Fernandez marks the second dip into the Homegrown Player well by Real Salt Lake in less than a year, following on the heels of fellow RSL-Arizona Academy product Nico Muñiz (Sept. 2011) and Donny Toia (May 2011).
The 19-year-old Fernandez has kept busy over the last year-and-a-half, helping the RSL-Arizona Under-18 squad begin its first season in U.S. Soccer Development Academy in October 2010 and going 5-3-3 (1.00 GAA, 4 shutouts) in 11 appearances through the spring of 2011. After initially agreeing to play collegiately at the University of Wisconsin, Fernandez tacked course and tested the international waters, first spending a training stint with Mexican first division side Atlas – based in his birthplace of Guadalajara – before signing with Uruguayan power C.A. Peñarol last August.
The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Fernandez has been involved in the Youth National Team set-ups of both the United States and Mexico, playing for the Mexican Under-17s and training with the U.S. Under-20s last November. The El Paso, Texas, native’s goalkeeping skills run in the family, as his father, enjoyed a career as a professional netminder in Mexico.
Real Salt Lake’s search for a naturally left-footed fit on its back line may very well have come to an end with its selection of SMU product Diogo de Almeida back in January. Other outside back options were on the board towards the start of the second round, RSL was enamored with the athletic de Almeida’s size and speed, not to mention his technical ability, which was no surprise after his progression from forward to midfielder to defender during his first three years with the Mustangs. While RSL will not expect the 23-year-old to fill in minutes right away, the Brazilian’s progress throughout the year will prove vital to the planned wing-back rotation system that could prove crucial to the Utah side’s late-season success.
After playing the second-most minutes of his career in 2011, Tony Beltran again showed why he belongs in the discussion with the best outside backs in Major League Soccer. For the second time in his career the 24-year-old made more than 20 starts and helped solidify a back line that was depleted by injuries all season long – until he unfortunately suffered one of his own, limiting his minutes in the final two months of the season.
While his staunch 1-v-1 defending continued to be rock solid, the cerebral and supremely fit Beltran has also provided more consistency when jumping into the attack, his flying runs up either flank ending with dangerous service into the area more often than during his previous two seasons of play. It can’t be long until Beltran sheds the status of one of the most underrated outside defenders in Major League Soccer, but, until then, the RSL braintrust will be more than happy to unleash the mature-beyond-his-years winger upon opponents that may underestimate the UCLA product’s considerable talent and tenacity.
It seemed to take a couple of years for MLS fans and pundits to fully appreciate the depth of talent that RSL center back Jamison Olave possessed. However, now that he’s a known commodity, the RSL center back can’t seem to stop the plaudits coming his way, the ultra-athletic center back garnering spots on the MLS Best XI and MLS All-Star teams for a second consecutive season in 2011. He began the year by not only displaying his usual defensive prowess, but also securing himself an even bigger spot in RSL lore courtesy of some offense, as it was his goal at Deportivo Saprissa that would swing the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal series the Utah side’s way.
While RSL fans loved seeing “The Verb” represent the Claret-and-Cobalt against Manchester United in the All-Star Game once again, they were also left holding their collective breath after a sliding tackle sidelined him with an MCL sprain in his left knee. Success, it appeared, might come at a price. However, Olave would return after missing only a month, using his unique blend of size and closing speed – in addition to a growing sense of comfort with the ball at his feet – to keep opposing forwards on lockdown. Olave would again suffer from injury, this time a quadriceps strain, during the 2011 postseason, but the 2012 preseason sees the Colombian fit as a fiddle and ready to lead the RSL backline to more impressive and historic numbers – more specifically the ones in the “W” and “SO” columns. And, speaking of numbers, the 30-year-old Olave will hit a nice round one the next time he sees the field, as his next appearance on the fiels will mark his 100th in MLS regular season play.
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NAT BORCHERS
WILL JOHNSON
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HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 4/23/82HOMETOWN: Crofton, MDACQUIRED: Trade with Colorado for Mehdi Ballouchy on 6/17/07LAST SEASON: Played 36 games (34 starts) as Captain, scoring 3 goals & 9 assists (6 game-winners), earning USMNT call-ups and All-Star considerationLAST MLS GOAL: 03/31/12 @ POR (93+) - 3 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 09/17/11 v KC (54’) - 8 games agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 5/4/85HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina ACQUIRED: 8/07 PRONOUNCIATION: fah - bee - AHN ess - PEEN - doh - lahLAST SEASON: Played 34 games (32 starts) in all competitions, scoring career-high 11 goals & 5 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 4/07/12 v COL (57’) - 1 game agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 03/31/12 @ POR (93+) - 3 games ago LAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 4/13/81HOMETOWN: Pueblo, CO ACQUIRED: Feb. 2008PRONOUNCIATION: NATTLAST SEASON: Played team-high 37 games (all starts), scoring 4 goals & 1 assist as MLS DF of the Year FinalistLAST MLS GOAL: 9/17/11 v KC (54’) - 9 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 05/7/11 v CHV (87’) - 27 games agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 1/21/87HOMETOWN: Woodridge, IL ACQUIRED: July, 2008PRONOUNCIATION: LAST SEASON: Played 33 games (30 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals & 2 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 07/04/11 v NE (24’) - 18 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 03/31/12 @ POR (89’) - 3 games agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
Many players start to think about the next stage of their careers after a dozen seasons in the pros, the portion involving final contracts, farewell tours and the like. However, most players aren’t like Kyle Beckerman, whose 12th season only propelled him towards bigger heights both with his club and for his country, as 2011 saw the RSL captain go from a perennial MLS All-Star and part-time U.S. Men’s National Team performer to a legitimate league MVP candidate and First XI stalwart for Jurgen Klinsmann’s USA squad. Beckerman’s ability to step up his game in the absence of main playmaker Javier Morales showed both on and off the stat sheet, his increased leadership role on the field during an adversity-filled 2011 proving just as crucial as his career-best nine assists (including six game-winning helpers) across regular season play.
The 29-year-old Beckerman is hitting his peak as he enters 2012, a year in which he’ll likely leap into the league’s all-time top 20 in games played and started while also playing an integral role for the US Men’s National Team as it begins its qualifying journey for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals in Brazil. While an offseason adductor strain might have slowed RSL’s heart-and-soul down temporarily, Beckerman should be ready to set the tone for the Claret-and-Cobalt right out of the gates in what he hopes is a lucky 13th season in MLS.
Seemingly overshadowed by other forwards every since he joined Real Salt Lake five years ago, the attention turned Fabian Espíndola’s way in 2011 seemed to increase. Then again, everything involving Espíndola seemed to be ratcheted up a notch last season – his focus, an already-high energy-level and even his notoriety across the league all received noticeable bumps. However, the most important thing the fiery Argentine increased last year was his production, as Espíndola knocked home a career-best 10 goals in league play and added a goal and two assists during RSL’s CONCACAF Champions League run that allowed to Utahns to continue their historic path to the tourney’s finals.
It’s easy to forget that Espíndola was a part of the massive rebuilding process that Jason Kreis began midway through 2007; and yet, at the same time, it seems hard to think about RSL without the passion and grit of the 26-year-old forward. Re-signing Espíndola was priority #1 for Real Salt Lake this past offseason, and when two sides were able to agree to a four-year pact you could almost hear an audible sigh of relief from Claret-and-Cobalt fans near and far. With his regular up-top running mate, Álvaro Saborío, a question mark for the start of the campaign, the scoring burden will likely fall to Espíndola – then again, that’s something the confident striker will likely pick up as well.
Ever since he crashed the Colorado Rapids roster as an undrafted camp invitee back in 2003, Nat Borchers has been tough to take off the roster sheet … make that nearly impossible to take off. While missing four of 34 regular season games like Borchers did in 2011 wouldn’t be noteworthy for most players, for the “Ironman of MLS” it was more than a bit out of the ordinary. And even with that said, Borchers’ 30 starts last season allowed him to become the only player across Major League Soccer with at least 29 starts in each of the last four years. Death … Taxes … Borchers, indeed.
The big story for Real Salt Lake as it approaches its season opener in Los Angeles might just be if the three-time RSL Defender of the Year winner will be in Jason Kreis’ First XI. The right quadriceps strain the 30-year-old backline staple suffered in last October’s postseason opener against Seattle has forced a cautious approach during this year’s preseason camp, but Borchers vows to be ready to go for rematch of the Western Conference Championship … a game the ever-steady center back would have certainly been a difference-maker in had he been able to give it a go.
Will Johnson was a busy guy in 2011, but when you’re depended upon to be a stalwart for both your club and country, well, that just goes with the territory. But with Johnson possessing one of – if not the best – motors in all of Major League Soccer, the industrious 25-year-old not only has the stamina to handle the added workload, but the pride and character to relish it. He also has the history to prove he can handle the added miles as well, playing at least 2,000 minutes and in at least 25 regular season contests for the Claret-and-Cobalt in each of his first three full seasons … and that’s not counting the additional wear-and-tear (and pressure) endured during Cup competitions.
With another round of World Cup qualifying in store for his Canadian National Team and another run in the CONCACAF Champions League on the docket for Real Salt Lake, it’s going to be another chock full calendar in 2012 for Johnson, who will again be depended upon to man the left side of RSL’s midfield diamond. While a procedure to correct a sports hernia issue might slow Johnson down for the first few weeks of the season, the RSL faithful can rest assured his odometer will start spinning furiously sooner rather than later.
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HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 1/10/80HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina ACQUIRED: 8/07PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-vee-errLAST SEASON: Played 16 games (15 starts) in all competitions, scor-ing 5 goals & 4 assists in injury-shortened campaignLAST MLS GOAL: 03/10/12 @ LA (80’) - 4 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 03/31/12 @ POR (89’) - 1 game agoLAST GAME: 04/04/12 - sub/26’ in 1-0 W v MTL
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 5/24/85HOMETOWN: Cienfuegos, Cuba ACQUIRED: Sept. 2011PRONOUNCIATION: jor-DONN-eeLAST SEASON: Played 5 games (4 starts) on loan from Orlando City, where he was named 2011 USL PRO MVP as championship-winnerLAST MLS GOAL: yet to score in 7 gamesLAST MLS ASSIST: yet to assist in 7 gamesLAST GAME: 04/07/12 - sub/8’ in 2-0 W v COL
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 4/15/88HOMETOWN: Bahia Blanca, ArgentinaACQUIRED: 2012 MLS Supplemental DraftPRONOUNCIATION: bone-FIGG-leeLAST GAME: 04/07/12 - sub/1’ in 2-0 W v COL (MLS debut)
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 3/25/82HOMETOWN: San Carlos, Costa Rica ACQUIRED: March 2010PRONOUNCIATION: AL-vuh-ro sabb-oh-REE-ohLAST SEASON: Played 29 games (28 starts) in all competitions, scoring team-high 13 goals (incl. 5 game-winners) & 4 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 04/07/12 v COL (20’) - 1 game agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 03/10/12 @ LA (85’) - 6 games agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
Perhaps no player in Major League Soccer was poised to have a better 2011 than Javier Morales. From the get-go, the Argentine midfield maestro was pulling the strings for a Real Salt Lake side on the cusp of international glory, his infectious attitude, quiet leadership and abundant skill helping a pioneering club earn plaudits from every corner of America’s soccer landscape. So while RSL’s disappointment at the end of its CONCACAF Champions League run in late April was a tough blow for the squad, it’s quite telling that the result’s effect on the team’s season paled in comparison to the loss of Morales to an ankle injury just 10 days after the stinging defeat.
It is also telling that, during a stretch of two weeks when clumsy challenges like the one Morales suffered from felled some of MLS’ other brightest attacking talents, RSL’s playmaker vowed to come back before season’s end. Anyone who saw the incident must have thought Morales’ thoughts were wishful thinking at best, but they also weren’t witness to the hard work he put in day after day. While the air was sucked out of the building that day, Morales knew it wasn’t sucked out of the season, and he wanted to make sure he could help the squad finish the challenge it had laid down at the start of the year – add hardware to the trophy case.
While that goal wouldn’t come to fruition, the comeback of Morales inspired not only his teammates, but the RSL faithful as well, who could not get enough updates on the status of “Javi” and when – not if – he would return to the field. While Morales was never back to 100% during the final six weeks of the season, he showed plenty enough to make it clear that he was closer than anyone, save himself, might have thought. But, perhaps more than anything, his comeback allowed everyone the opportunity to remember a different image of #11 at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2011 – the thunderous standing ovation he received upon entering the Sept. 28 match against Chicago in front of the largest crowd in the stadium’s history. 20,762 fans, all there to pay tribute to the heart-and-soul of RSL, to see the maestro pick up his baton once again.
The start of the 2012 campaign sees Morales continuing to overcome injury, an offseason procedure to clean out bone spurs in his left foot and a right quad strain suffered during the preseason limiting him during the squad’s preparations for the upcoming season. But if 2011 proved anything, it’s that Morales will be able to overcome any challenge thrown at him … and likely sooner than anyone could imagine.
When it came to taking advantage of an opportunity in 2011, nobody did it better than midfielder Yordany Alvarez, who parlayed his USL PRO League MVP performance for Orlando City S.C. into a quasi-starting gig last September shortly after joining Real Salt Lake on loan at the roster freeze deadline. The one-time Cuban international provided quality cover for Kyle Beckerman, whose suspensions and U.S. MNT call-ups across the last quarter of the season forced Alvarez onto the field for five contests.
The 26-year-old performed well enough during the impromptu “trial by fire” that RSL sought to secure his services on a more permanent basis, and the Utah side did just that in February by coming to buyout terms with Orlando and locking up the holding midfielder via a new three-year deal. With Beckerman again slated to pull double-duty for club and country during much of 2012, fans can expect to see Alvarez back in the Starting XI mix on many more occasions.
Five years ago, Real Salt Lake brought a young Argentinean striker into its side by the name of Fabian Espíndola … and now the Utah side is hoping it has unearthed a similar talent in his countryman, Emiliano Bonfigli. The lanky striker proved worth taking a flyer on in the MLS Supplemental Draft, the 23-year-old showing more than enough finishing prowess during RSL’s opening preseason camp to earn a spot on the team’s forward depth chart. With a congested schedule ahead, expect Bonfigli to be firmly in the mix for the “spot starter” role up top alongside fellow “young guns” Paulo Jr. and Cody Arnoux.
As a forward there’s always pressure to perform, and in 2011 the pressure seemed to be both a blessing and a curse for Álvaro Saborío, who began the year with a new contract that heaped on the added weight of becoming Real Salt Lake’s first-ever “Designated Player” (though the title was more a technicality thanks to the transfer fees involved in obtaining his full rights). The roller-coaster season saw Saborío bag goals in bunches and in some critical moments, but also included some droughts and mountains of adversity on the national team front for his native Costa Rica.
A part of that ebb-and-flow of output was due to injury, as Saborío rushed back from offseason knee surgery quickly in order to help keep his hot hand in the CONCACAF Champions League going from the prior fall. While he indeed helped carry the squad to the tournament’s finals, his production and availability would suffer in the months to follow, only to ratchet back up during a torrid stretch in mid-summer. When the dust settled, “Sabo” had collected 16 goals across 32 games in all competitions, keeping pace with the 18 tallies in 36 contests the season prior. The wear-and-tear resulted in another surgery on his right knee immediately after the season, making his return to the line-up at the start of 2012 a question mark. However, the “Tico Terror” won’t be sidelined for long, as he has progressed strongly during the club’s preseason camps and is expected to be on the field and creating havoc for the opposition by April at the very latest.
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
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NICO MUNIZ
NICK RIMANDO
CHRIS WINGERT
ENZO MARTINEZ
MIDFIELDER
GOALKEEPER
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MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 10/18/92HOMETOWN: Albuquerque, NMACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown player in Sept. 2011PRONOUNCIATION: MOON-yeesLAST GAME: 3/27/12 - sub/17’ in 0-1 L @ CHI (reserves)
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 6/17/79HOMETOWN: Montclair, CAACQUIRED: Trade with NY, March, 2007LAST SEASON: Played 39 games (all starts) in all competitions in goal for RSL, with 16 wins and 15 shutouts and a 1.08 GAALAST MLS WIN: 04/07/12 v COL - 1 game agoLAST MLS SHUTOUT: 04/07/12 v COL - 1 game agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 6/16/82HOMETOWN: Babylon, NYACQUIRED: Trade with COL, 6/14/07LAST SEASON: Played 29 games (28 starts) in all competitions, tallying one assistLAST MLS GOAL: 05/22/10 @ CHV - 46 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 08/26/09 v. CHV (85’) - 56 games agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 9/29/90HOMETOWN: Rock Hill, SCACQUIRED: 2011 MLS SuperDraft, 17th overall pick, 1/15/12PRONOUNCIATION: ENN-zohLAST GAME: 04/08/12 - start/45’ in 0-1 L v COL (reserves)
Real Salt Lake broke new ground last fall when it agreed to terms with Nico Muñiz, making the midfielder the first RSL-Arizona Academy member to jump straight to the “big club” from Casa Grande. While technically unable to perform for the MLS outfit until the new year, the now 19-year-old Muniz joined the first team in Utah upon the announcement in September, giving him a leg up on preparations for his first professional campaign with what amounted to a seven week “sneak peek.” Muñiz started three of his six appearances (346 min.) as a regular call-up for the RSL Reserves in 2011, and the Albuquerque native should expect to see his development continue largely through opportunities in MLS Reserve League fixtures during the 2012 campaign.
Nick Rimando would have been hard-pressed to duplicate the record-setting 2010 campaign he presided over between the posts for Real Salt Lake, but his 2011 season was not all that far behind. Once again finishing at or near the top of Major League Soccer in goals against average, shutouts and wins, Rimando’s 12th MLS season gave credence to the theory that the shelf life of the American goalkeeper is almost limitless … a good sign now that the 32-year-old Rimando is the elder statesman of the Claret-and-Cobalt after the offseason retirement of Andy Williams. That being said, it takes more than age to climb towards the top of MLS’ record books, which is exactly what Rimando has done by ranking second in all-time shutouts (87) and third in wins (121), games played in goal (288), starts in goal (also 288) and minutes in goal (26,073).
Much like teammate Kyle Beckerman, Rimando’s international career has also picked up steam once again, as the Southern California native has been a regular call-up under the new regime of Jurgen Klinsmann since his appointment as USMNT’s sideline boss last summer. If Rimando can continue to produce sparkling performances like the first half he turned in against Panama in January, it will be a busy year of shuffling between club and country for the RSL fanbase’s favorite “homeboy.”
The outside back position in RSL’s 4-4-2 system is perhaps one of the most challenging spots in Major League Soccer – to call them “defenders” is simply not doing them justice. The role requires players to have the physicality to defend one-on-one, the speed and stamina to make run after run up and down the flank to provide width in attack and the technical acumen to make things happen with the ball, be it by providing crosses into the area or quick combinations with the midfield. You have to be smart, disciplined and in ridiculously good shape … in other words, you almost have to be Chris Wingert.
The 29-year-old Wingert will enter the 2012 season as RSL’s longest-tenured field player, beating out his former ex-Colorado teammate Kyle Beckerman for the honor by three days courtesy of their back-to-back trades in mid-July 2007. That longevity has not only shot him up the RSL all-time rankings in numerous categories, but it’s also allowed him to master the abilities necessary to thrive on the island that can sometimes be the outside back position in Jason Kreis’ preferred line-up. To protect against the wear-and-tear that saw nagging injuries effect the three-man rotation of Wingert, Tony Beltran and the departed Robbie Russell last season, the Claret-and-Cobalt will hope Wingert can mentor whichever two players emerge in the back-up battle out wide during preseason to increase the rotation to four by midseason. If there’s anyone up for the task of mentoring it would be Wingert, a locker room leader who also has the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor from his Senior season at St. John’s in his back pocket.
Some things are just meant to be, and that seemed to be the general consensus when highly-touted midfielder Enzo Martinez fell right into the lap of Real Salt Lake late in the first round of January’s MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City. Why the key cog for North Carolina’s College Cup-winning side slid to the 17th overall pick will never be known, but what is for certain is that the motivated midfielder’s savvy on the ball, mature decision-making and industrious workrate will make the native Uruguayan a perfect fit in the diamond midfield RSL has perfected under Jason Kreis. While the RSL Technical Staff gushed about the Generation adidas product’s production and ability, it was even more impressed with his maturity off the field, forcing many of the pundits who questioned where the 21-year-old might fit on the field for many teams to also admit that the Claret-and-Cobalt might just have come away with the steal of draft day.
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
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JONNY STEELE
LUIS GIL
PAULO JUNIOR
MIDFIELDER
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HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/1/83HOMETOWN: New Lenox, ILACQUIRED: Waivers from SJ Earthquakes, 3/--/09LAST SEASON: Played 33 games (25 starts) in all competitions, scoring playoff-series-clinching goal vs SEA in West SemisLAST MLS GOAL: 10/16/10 v. DAL (59’) - 30 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 07/31/10 v. DC (13’) - 39 games agoLAST GAME: 04/04/12 - sub/26’ in 1-0 W v MTL
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 180 DOB: 2/7/86HOMETOWN: Larne, Northern IrelandACQUIRED: via discovery option in Jan., 2012PRONOUNCIATION: LAST MLS GOAL: 03/31/12 @ POR (89’) - 3 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: none in 7 career appearancesLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - sub/32’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 11/14/93HOMETOWN: Garden Grove, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with KC, 3/10PRONOUNCIATION: GILLLAST SEASON: Played 27 games (16 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goalsLAST MLS GOAL: 3/17/12 v NY (58’) - 5 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 04/07/12 v COL (57’) - 1 game agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/70’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 1/23/89HOMETOWN: Teresina, BrazilACQUIRED: via loan in August, 2010 (purchased Jan., 2012)PRONOUNCIATION: PAUL-lowLAST SEASON: Played 13 games (5 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals & 4 assistsLAST MLS GOAL: 04/04/12 v MTL (13’ PK) - 1 game agoLAST MLS ASSIST: 3/17/12 v NY (39’) - 4 games agoLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - sub/20’ in 0-1 L @ KC
During his third season in Claret-and-Cobalt in 2011, Ned Grabavoy continued to find more minutes in the platoon system with Andy Williams on the right side of Real Salt Lake’s diamond midfield, but, due to injuries and national team call-ups, the veteran also found himself at other spots in the diamond through necessity. Despite suffering from a nagging hamstring injury of his own late in the campaign, the gritty Grabavoy was able to register the second most appearances, starts and minutes of his eight seasons in Major League Soccer.
With Williams retiring during the offseason, the versatile Grabavoy will be depended upon even more by Head Coach Jason Kreis to set the tone on the field and in the locker room as one of the team’s core members. The good news for Kreis and fans of RSL is that, thanks to a new offseason contract, the 28-year-old midfielder will put his masterful on-the-ball ability, vision and tenacity on display at Rio Tinto Stadium for at least the next three seasons.
Jonny Steele has squeezed a career’s worth of stops into his first eight professional seasons, but the preseason pact he signed with Real Salt Lake might just allow the 26-year-old midfielder to stop and settle down for awhile … besides, there’s precedence for this sort of thing with the Utah side (see Williams, Andy). After years of hopping between second divisions clubs and indoor teams, the native of Northern Ireland has finally earned the opportunity to display his talents on the North American continent’s top stage, eight years after his stateside journey began with a trial for FC Dallas. While Steele’s presence will ratchet up the amount of bite in the RSL midfield, thinking of him as simply a “hardman” would be a mistake, as the former Wolverhampton performer didn’t win the 2008 USL-1 MVP award for the Puerto Rico Islanders on hard tackles alone.
Real Salt Lake’s philosophy for the development of Luis Gil had always been “slow and steady,” but then Javier Morales’ devastating ankle injury and a slew of national team call-ups hit in the spring, and the acceleration of Gil’s learning curve soon followed. RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis originally took a committee approach to replacing Morales as the summer progressed, but the rotation would eventually include a heavy dose of the then-17-year-old Gil, who indeed proved capable of rising to the challenge while also doing plenty of “on-the-job” training. While inconsistent, as most teenagers growing up in a professional league tend to be, Gil more often than not showed glimpses as to why he was coveted by some of the world’s top sides prior to joining the Claret-and-Cobalt back in 2010.
The physicality of the opposition might not be as much of a problem in 2012, as Gil entered RSL’s preseason camp noticeably bigger and more confident, both on the ball and within the squad. With regular starters Morales and Will Johnson both dealing with injuries heading into the season, Gil may very well find himself a member of the starting XI when March rolls around
As explosive as the fall 2010 debut of Paulo Jr. onto the Real Salt Lake scene was, it appeared that the Brazilian’s 2011 was equally as disappointing … but one look at the limited sample size of stats might just prove otherwise. While the swashbuckling striker missed exactly half of the season due to lingering hamstring and hip flexor injuries over the summer, when he was on the field he was able to produce, notching a pair of goals and five assists in what amounted to just under 600 minutes across MLS and CONCACAF play.
The diminutive forward’s season got off to a sparkling start, as he recorded a goal, an assist or both during his first four overall appearances. However, the injury bug would strike soon afterwards, derailing a promising start and limiting him to substitute and spot-start duty across the last three months of the season. Despite the health concerns, Real Salt Lake recognized Paulo Jr.’s potential this past offseason and acquired the 23-year-old’s player rights from the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers in February. The Utah side hopes a new three-year contract will provide the stability and confidence the still-developing striker needs in order to perform, which would result in a dangerous complement to first-choice forwards Fabian Espíndola and Álvaro Saborío.
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
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KYLE REYNISH
CODY ARNOUX
SEBASTIAN VELASQUEZ
CHRIS SCHULER
GOALKEEPER
FORWARD
MIDFIELDER
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 190 DOB: 11/3/83HOMETOWN: Valencia, CAACQUIRED: 2007 MLS SuperDraftLAST SEASON: Played 3 games (all starts) in goal for RSL, register-ing 2 wins, 2 shutouts and a 0.67 GAALAST MLS WIN: 4/9/11 @ NE (1 career win)LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 4/9/11 @ NE – 2nd career clean sheetLAST GAME: 3/27/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ CHI (reserves)
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 4/13/88HOMETOWN: Wilmington, NCACQUIRED: via special MLS lottery in March, 2011PRONOUNCIATION: arr-KNOWLAST SEASON: Played 2 games (0 starts) in all competitions for RSL, totaling 69 minutesLAST MLS GOAL: yet to scoreLAST MLS ASSIST: yet to assistLAST GAME: 3/20/12 - start/45’ in 1-1 T v KC (reserves)
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 140 DOB: 2/11/91HOMETOWN: Greenville, SCACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraftLAST MLS GOAL: none in 5 career MLS appearancesLAST MLS ASSIST: none in 5 career MLS appearancesLAST GAME: 04/14/12 - start/58’ in 0-1 L @ KC
HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 9/6/87HOMETOWN: Aurora, IL ACQUIRED: 2010 MLS SuperDraft (37th)PRONOUNCIATION: SHOO-lerLAST SEASON: Played 23 games (18 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goalsLAST MLS GOAL: 9/3/11 v PHI (26’) - 10 games agoLAST MLS ASSIST: yet to record assist in 24 career gamesLAST GAME: 04/04/12 - start/90’ in 1-0 W v MTL
With the retirement of Andy Williams this past offseason, goalkeeper Kyle Reynish becomes the recipient of the “current longest tenured RSL player” title, as the netminder drafted on Jan. 18, 2007 will begin his sixth full season with the squad in 2012. As the back-up to the 2nd-longest tenured player, Nick Rimando, the UC-Santa Barbara native hasn’t had many occasions to show his stuff in recent seasons, but when he was able to in 2011 he would deliver, notching two shutout wins in his three first-team appearances. The 27-year-old ‘keeper will not only continue to be perhaps the league’s most underrated understudy, but will also be looked at to help mentor young Lalo Fernandez, RSL’s latest Homegrown addition to the roster.
The 2012 season can almost be considered a fresh start for forward Cody Arnoux, who was injured upon joining Real Salt Lake last February and couldn’t return to the field from injuries until the season was mostly through. However, with a year of seasoning in RSL’s system under his belt, a completely clean bill of health and plenty of work ethic in tow, the former Wake Forest standout will be ready to make up for lost time and contribute major minutes off the bench during the Claret-and-Cobalt’s busy campaign.
If you were not aware of Sebastian Velasquez when Real Salt Lake selected him towards the end of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, well, you weren’t alone … the plucky playmaker was the first Junior College player to be selected on draft day since Kansas City took another member of the RSL family, Yura Movsisyan, six years earlier. The Wasatch Front is a long way from Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina, but when word from collegiate scouting contacts about the “diamond-in-the-Upstate” came across RSL’s attention, due diligence by assistant coach Miles Joseph paid off for the now-21-year-old midfielder via an invite to the club’s December combine in Arizona. Velasquez impressed enough there to earn the nod to the next level, where he will be allowed plenty of time to learn how pull the strings on the top of RSL’s midfield diamond behind Javier Morales and Luis Gil.
What a difference a year made for defender Chris Schuler. After showing a glimpse of promise that was cut short due to injury in 2010, the Chicagoland native returned to the field with a vengeance in 2011, playing in 27 matches across all competitions as injuries and suspensions wrecked havoc at times on the RSL backline. Five months after breaking his foot just the day after RSL clinched a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout phase, it was perhaps fate that Schuler would be called upon to serve in place of the suspended Nat Borchers right off the bat against Columbus in the CCL Quarterfinals. The 24-year-old would pass that test with flying colors, and, as the RSL Technical Staff began to grow more and more comfortable with him, Schuler would also begin to draw assignments at outside back as situations dictated.
While some may think it unfortunate to sit behind one of the best center back tandems in league history on the depth chart, it is clear during the 2012 preseason that Schuler has been soaking up knowledge from Borchers and Jamison Olave over the course of his first two pro seasons. Learning the tricks of the trade from those pillars both technically and leadership-wise will certainly pay off with even better performances when called upon down the road, which may occur just as much this season with another congested schedule on the docket for the Claret-and-Cobalt.
REAL SALT LAKE @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESSATURDAY APRIL 21 2012 8:30PM MT BUCK SHAW STADIUM SAN JOSE, CA
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HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 6/13/87HOMETOWN: Round Rock, TXACQUIRED: Trade with Seattle, 1/17/12PRONOUNCIATION: lee-OH-knee KRUZELAST GAME: 3/27/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ CHI (reserves)
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/14/85HOMETOWN: Ibaraki, JapanACQUIRED: via Discovery option in Jan., 2012PRONOUNCIATION: tuh-KNOCK-uhLAST MLS GOAL: no goals in 1 career gameLAST MLS ASSIST: yet to record assist in 1 career gameLAST GAME: 04/04/12 - start/90’ in 1-0 W v MTL
The path to the ranks of Major League Soccer for Leone Cruz was not a common one, but, in the end, the talented center back appears to have found a willing dance partner in Real Salt Lake the second time around. After failing to stick around with Seattle Sounders FC after being drafted by the Cascadia outfit in 2011, Cruz chose to finish up his studies at Southern Methodist University and stay soccer-sharp by playing in matches in the newly-resurrected Reserve League. Those stints included a pair of games in Claret-and-Cobalt last summer, when RSL reaffirmed its pre-draft assessments of Cruz’s skills and kept the Texas native on its radar through January, when it swung a deal with Seattle during the Supplemental Draft to bring the defender on board. After winning a spot on the roster during preseason, Cruz will be expected to form a solid bond with fellow reservist Chris Schuler – with the added benefit of being able to learn from two of the league’s best “middle men” in Jamison Olave and Nat Borchers.
As proof the RSL Technical Staff is committed to leaving no stone unturned in its search for talent, enter Terukazu Tanaka, an outside back prospect GM Garth Lagerwey spotted during a combine in Tokyo shortly after the end of the 2011 season. The 26-year-old right-sided defender brings five years of professional experience in the Japanese first and second divisions with him across the Pacific, a pedigree he hopes will earn him not only a spot on the RSL roster, but a regular slot in the outside back rotation alongside returning vets Chris Wingert and Tony Beltran.
HC ACJASON KREIS JEFF CASSARHEAD COACH ASST. COACH
ALL-TIME RECORD: 62-52-43 (MLS); 77-66-52 (all comps)COLLEGE: Duke ‘94HOMETOWN: Omaha, NE APPOINTED: May 3, 2007PRONOUNCIATION: KRYSELAST SEASON: 15-11-8 (MLS); CCL Finalist; lost in Open Cup QtrsAS A PLAYER: scored 108 career goals w/ Dallas (1996-2004) & RSL (2005-07)
COLLEGE: Florida International University ‘97HOMETOWN: Livonia, MIAPPOINTED: May 2007PRONOUNCIATION: cuss-SARRAS A PLAYER: Played 11 seasons as a goalkeeper for Dallas, Miami and New York from 1996-2006 ...
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis traded in his record-setting boots and captain’s armband on May 3, 2007 to become the organization’s second head coach, overhauling a previously moribund locker room to become just two seasons later the youngest Cup-winning coach in MLS history, guiding RSL to the title in 2009. Under his watch, RSL has also advanced to three of the last four Conference Finals, become the first American side to win a CONCACAF Champions League group and the first U.S. team to advance to the CCL Finals. With back-to-back 15-win MLS seasons in 2010 and 2011, Kreis’ teams have earned points in two out of every three matches they play, as the intense, demanding leader now owns an all-time 77-66-52 mark as a head coach, breaking down as follows: MLS regular-season (62-52-43), CONCACAF Champions League (6-3-3), MLS Cup Playoff (4-4-4), Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2-5-1) and international friendlies (3-2-1).
At the time of his hire, Mr. Kreis became the youngest active head coach in MLS at 34 years and 127 days of age. Kreis works closely with former Blue Devil and Dallas Burn teammate and current RSL General Manager Garth Lagerwey regarding player acquisitions, scouting, the MLS Draft and all player personnel-related matters. The Kreis-Lagerwey partnership has resulted in the implementation of a culture where players, staff and fans work as one for the RSL shield, epitomizing a “Team is the Star” attitude. Kreis, Lagerwey and the team’s coaching staff – Jeff Cassar, Miles Joseph and C.J. Brown – compose the lone technical staff among MLS’ 18 teams comprised entirely of ex-MLS players. This distinction means that the RSL braintrust now boasts cumulative MLS experience of 74,811 total minutes, covering 923 games and including 128 goals and 22 shutouts (the equivalent of nearly 30 complete seasons of service). The RSL staff has the unparalleled ability to tap into personal experience as it guides, assists and develops RSL players.
AC MILES JOSEPH ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Clemson ‘98HOMETOWN: Clifton Park, NYAPPOINTED: February, 2010PRONOUNCIATION:AS A PLAYER: Played in six MLS seasons from 1996-2001 for New York and Dallas, scoring 12 career goals in 125 games ...
AC C.J. BROWN ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Cal-State Hayward ‘96HOMETOWN: Hayward, CAAPPOINTED: January, 2011PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Won 4 U.S. Open Cups and one MLS Cup during 13-year MLS career with Chicago Fire ... Will be inducted into Chicago’s “Ring of Fire” as part of RSL visit to Toyota Park on May 9 ...
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2 Tony Beltran 90D 90D 90D 78D 90D 90D 90D
3 Diogo de Almeida
4 Jamison Olave 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
5 Kyle Beckerman 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M
6 Nat Borchers 90D 90D 90D
7 Fabian Espindola 90F 90F 90F 20 90F 89F 90F
8 Will Johnson 31 90M 90M 90M
11 Javier Morales 23 28 45 90M 26
12 Emiliano Bonfigli 1
14 Yordany Alvarez 1 8
15 Alvaro Saborio 23 28 45 90F 13 90F 90F
16 Nico Muniz
17 Chris Wingert 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
18 Nick Rimando 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
19 Enzo Martinez
20 Ned Grabavoy 90M 90M 90M 90M 27
21 Luis Gil 67M 62M 71M 59M 64M 82M 76M
22 Jonny Steele 6 19 12 63M 32 27
23 Paulo Junior 67F 62F 45F 70F 77F 14
24 Kyle Reynish
25 Chris Estridge
26 Sebastian Velasquez 89M 84M 45M 58M 63M
27 Cody Arnoux
28 Chris Schuler 90D 90D 90D 90D
44 Leone Cruz
53 Terakazu Tanaka 90D
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Game log:
Game #1 03/10/2012 RSL 3 at LA 1 W own goal (Franklin) 73; Morales 1 (unassisted) 80; Espindola 1 (Saborio 1) 85
Game #2 03/17/2012 RSL 2 vs NY 0 W Espindola 2 (Paulo Junior 1) 39; Gil 1 (unassisted) 58
Game #3 03/24/2012 RSL 0 vs CHV 1 L
Game #4 03/31/2012 RSL 3 at POR 2 W Saborio 1 (penalty kick) 39; Steele 1 (Johnson 1, Morales 1) 89; Beckerman 1 (Espindola 1) 93+
Game #5 04/04/2012 RSL 1 vs MTL 0 W Paulo Junior 1 (penalty kick) 13
Game #6 04/07/2012 RSL 2 vs COL 0 W Saborio 2 (Beltran 1) 20; Espindola 3 (Gil 1, Beltran 2) 57
