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MLS roster rules can be arcane (available here), so clubs need a competent front office to navigate those issues in order to put the best possible product on the field. With the acquisition of Guram Kashia and the extension of Nick Lima, a few significant roster moves occurred under the
Reno 1868
I've watched quite a bit of Reno 1868 lately, probably due to a combination of the fact every game is available on ESPN+ and the fact that the team is incomparably more successful than its senior affiliate (having just finished its 16th consecutive game without a defeat). Truly,
San Jose Earthquakes
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Florian Jungwirth says the San Jose Earthquakes, who currently sit bottom of the Western Conference and have only won games against Minnesota United this season, don't have the talent to compete with the majority of the teams in the league. More than halfway into
Aftershock Radio
PODCAST- Joel Soria and Daniel Sperry return to bring you some good discussions on the Earthquakes. They both give their take-aways from the 3-3 Cali Classico draw at Stanford Stadium. Daniel gives his thoughts on what turned into a very impressive showing from the attack, and how there is promise
San Jose Earthquakes
STANFORD, Calif. -- There's something about cool, summer nights at Stanford Stadium. For six years and counting, when the San Jose Earthquakes and the Los Angeles Galaxy meet in front of over 50,000 thousand fans, epochal matches come to life. It's the "neutral"
MLS
PHOTO: Lyndsay Radnedge/LRadiCal Photography With the recent signing of center back Guram Kashia, captain of the Georgian national team and from Vitesse of the Dutch Eredivisie, and with the ongoing back line carousel of the San Jose Earthquakes this not-so-great season, fans can be forgiven for yearning for the
Aftershock Radio
PODCAST- Joel Soria and Daniel Sperry return to the airwaves to discuss all things San Jose Earthquakes! With plenty of things to talk about Joel and Daniel discuss their own lives and what the last few months have been like for them personally. Joel updates his life, and Daniel rants
San Jose Earthquakes
PHOTO: Lyndsay Radnedge/LRadiCal Photography Minutes, hours, days and months have passed by and the San Jose Earthquakes are demonstrating that they haven't hit rock bottom. But it might very well be that for structural reasons they never will. They can never become Nottingham Forest, Atlante FC, or
MLS
PHOTO: ISI Photos Following a disheartening California Clasico loss to the Zlatan-less LA Galaxy, 1-0, on Friday night courtesy of an out-of-the-box strike from Romain Alessandrini and a stellar save amidst a less-than-stellar season from deposed goalkeeper David Bingham, last Sunday morning mlssoccer.com’s Bobby Warshaw (@bwarshaw14) and Matt
San Jose Earthquakes
PHOTO: ISI Photos By Dan Mazin The San Jose Earthquakes have pulled 9 points from 12 matches, which by any metric, is a tire fire in a dumpster fire covered in fresh elephant manure. Were this any other league and sacking the manager would unquestionably be on the table. The
San Jose Earthquakes
Sports analytics don't tell the whole story, particularly in soccer, a game that is notoriously hard to quantify, with 11 players on each team, low sample size of successes (goals), and about a million confounding variables. I do, however, like to dive into the data, particularly advanced metrics
San Jose Earthquakes
PHOTO: San Jose Earthquakes The Earthquakes entered the friendly confines of Minnesota and left with their second win—against Minnesota United, and for the year. It was a strange match, one in which San Jose looked dominant for long stretches but only really scored off of two penalty kicks and