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…
How the Quakes can take momentum into Columbus and get points
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…
Yeferson Quintana: Tenemos mucho para mejorar con este equipo
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…
Wondolowski’s exclusion an aberration; unconvincing performances routine
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…
Stahre, players hint at lineup changes ahead of Houston clash
PHOTO: SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SAN JOSE, Calif. — As Mikael Stahre observed his men partake in an intrasquad scrimmage, moderately strong South Bay winds helped scatter a handful of grey colds, allowing for sunshine to flood the San Jose Earthquakes’…
Three things we learned from the Quakes hard-earned point against the Union
PHOTO: SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES The San Jose Earthquakes first of four away matches in the next month saw the Black and Blue draw to the Philadelphia Union 1-1 at Talen Energy Stadium, with 39 percent possession and nine total shots…
Mikael Stahre following 2-1 loss to NYCFC: “We are on the right track”
PHOTO: ISI Photos SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Earthquakes manager, Mikael Stahre, insists his team is “on the right track” despite dropping three points against a David Villa-less NYCFC at Avaya Stadium. The 2-1 loss, which is the club’s third…
Opening night exposes the efficiency and tenderness of Stahre’s Quakes
PHOTO: Quakes Epicenter/Alexis Flores SAN JOSE, Calif. — At times, MLS team’s play with such divine fashion that it makes you forget what that we’re still in North America. A responsive, new-look San Jose Earthquakes under Mikael Stahre did that in…
As preseason develops, Mikael Stahre’s tactical identity with the Quakes takes form
PHOTO: SJEarthquakes/ISI Photos SAN JOSE, Calif. — From Dominic Kinnear’s conventional 4-4-2, to Chris Leitch’s hit-or-miss 3-5-2, the San Jose Earthquakes took the field in 2017 with a tactical strategy in mind, but the final results did not always convince…
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…