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PHOTO: ISI Photos There’s a good rule about playing Portland at your home stadium: if you don’t want to be victimized by a late Diego Valeri free kick, don’t put yourself in a position where you’re tied in the 88th minute as the reigning MLS MVP
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The Expected Goals (xG) metric is the all the rage in soccer analytics right now. To some, xG is the Swiss army knife of metrics: it can be used for everything from predicting game outcomes, to setting fantasy lineups, to being the cure for any ailment a team has. While
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PHOTO: San Jose Earthquakes When the news broke out about Jon Busch's impending retirement, I was immediately flooded with thoughts, memories, and nostalgia of one of the San Jose Earthquakes greatest players ever. I know that's quite a bold statement, to have a goalkeeper who oversaw
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It's my favorite time of year: the MLS Players Union salary guide release day! I thought I would put down a couple thoughts about what we learned about the San Jose Earthquakes based on this release: * I had previously estimated that the Quakes had genuine under-cap room to
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There are coaches in soccer who only practice transition: switching quickly from the attack to putting together a defense, or from winning the ball to pressing the attack. It seems clear, seven games in, that San Jose is not one of those teams. For the second straight game, San Jose
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Data analysis has changed sports forever. Sandy Alderson, the first baseball general manager credited with taking a quantitative approach to baseball, focused on principles known as “sabermetrics”. Sabermetrics in baseball say a large part of a player’s value is based on his ability to score more runs than the
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PHOTO: ISI Photos Mikael Stahre, who has expressed time and time again that the sensation that winning games brings is a key reason why he coaches, has struggled early on at the helm of the San Jose Earthquakes. The Quakes sit second from the bottom in the Western Conference table,
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PHOTO: San Jose Earthquakes It is fair to be confused over Mikael Stahre’s comments to reporters after last week’s 3-2 loss at Orlando. “I was actually really pleased with the performance in the first half, but we were still 2-0 down,” Stahre said in the club's
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PHOTO: ISI Photos After a disappointing home draw where San Jose levelled the score with a deflected Jahmir Hyka shot, the Earthquakes go on their longest road trip of the year to face off against white-hot Orlando City. The Lions have won three straight by throwing caution to the wind
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FOTO: ISI Photos Yeferson Quintana, indiscutiblemente, tiene sangre ganadora. A los 21 años de edad, con menos de un año jugando regularmente en el máximo circuito en su país natal, fue campeón del Campeonato Uruguayo 2017 con Peñarol. Pero no por suerte, el nombre de el equipo lo dice todo.
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PHOTO: ISI Photos Not since April 17, 2015 (ever, really) has a cameo by Chris Wondolowski received such attention. On Saturday night, the San Jose Earthquakes were on the better side of luck -- only down 2-1 to a dominant Houston Dynamo after 63 minutes at Avaya. Shortly after conceding