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…
Early Season Statistical Observations
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…
Quick Salary Report Thoughts
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…
Sorry, but Landon Donovan is a Quakes Hero
I already know in advance how poorly this will be received in large sections of the Earthquakes fanbase, and that’s precisely why I’m writing it. When San Jose won its first MLS cup, in 2001, I was 11 years old,…
Quick hits: Quakes draw RSL 1-1 in Desert Friendly
I got around to watching yesterday’s friendly (replay available here) and had a few miscellaneous thoughts to share that went beyond what I’ll cover in my upcoming encore episode of The Aftershock Podcast: Harold Cummings and Yeferson Quintana are big boys, and…
Colin Entire’s in-depth salary budget spreadsheet (2015-2020)
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Why the Quakes won’t (and shouldn’t) buy out Simon Dawkins
PHOTO: Quakes Fan (quakesfan.com) It genuinely pains me that I have to write this article. Simon Dawkins has a wonderful, happy place in the club’s history, firing 14 goals in 53 games in his first stint, playing an essential role…