San Jose Earthquakes General Manager Jesse Fioranelli discusses the Quakes Academy development pathway with reporters in his office December 2019.
In the aftermath of historical failure, the Quakes uncover a potential generational silver lining
PHOTO: ISI Photos The 2018 San Jose Earthquakes’ departing sequence was so fitting that even interim head coach Steve Ralston had a hard time believing otherwise. “It would not have been an Earthquakes 2018 game if it didn’t end that…
The Quakes’ appointment of Matias Almeyda is the franchise’s most laudable move yet
PHOTO: Quakes Epicenter SAN JOSE, Calif. — Perhaps it was always meant to play out this way. As puzzling as it is to comprehend or imagine, Matias Almeyda roamed the corridors of Avaya Stadium, before presenting himself to a sizable…
Domestic or international?: Chris Wondolowski weighs in on Quakes’ coaching hire
PHOTO: ISI Photos LOS ANGELES, Calif. — San Jose Earthquakes captain and legend, Chris Wondolowski, says he hopes San Jose’s next hire at the helm has “knowledge” of the league and a seamless transition to his daily job. “[I…
Steve Ralston ‘hopes’ to turn things around in San Jose as he embarks on new opportunity
PHOTO: ISI Photos SAN JOSE, Calif, — Late Sunday night, Steve Ralston found himself doing laundry at home, just a sleep after the San Jose Earthquakes’ 5-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City, when he suddenly got a call from his…
Quakes have internal questions to answer after shambolic season progresses
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…
Pre-Post-Mortem for the 2018 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…
Andres Guardado dismisses playing for the Quakes but calls a move to MLS “attractive”
PHOTO: SAN JOSE EEARTHQUAKES SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Mexico midfielder Andres Guardado says his comment to San Jose Earthquakes center back Yeferson Quintana about having general manager Jesse Fioranelli reserve a place for him next season was only for good…
Grading the Quakes winter transfer window activity
PHOTO: San Jose Earthquakes, ISI Photos In a matter of months, the San Jose Earthquakes shed two years off their median roster age, while capitalizing by adding an array of young and prime-age players. With general manager Jesse Fioranelli titling…
Earthquakes teen Homegrown acquisitions run deeper than signing a pair of gifted 15-year-olds
PHOTO: SJEarthquakes Twitter, ISI Photos When the signings of Jacob Akanyirige and Gilbert Fuentes were officially announced, a peculiar aura followed. In recent years, primarily due to top European academies prowling on its top youth talent, the San Jose Earthquakes…