"MLS releases 2012 Reserve League schedule: San Jose Earthquakes open 10 game season against Portland Timbers" (Center Line Soccer - Monday, 2/20/12) (Photo courtesy of Lyndsay Radnedge) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
"Earthquakes announce 2012 Reserve League schedule" (SJEarthquakes.com - Monday, 2/27/12) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
It appears that with the loss of the Amway jersey sponsorship also went Amway's sponsorship (under the Nutralite name) of the San Jose Earthquakes' training facility. GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Reserve League Matches and Results [R] The Quakes have their first Reserve match tomorrow against Portland. The match is at 11am at the training facility. This will be a good chance for guys like Guvenisik and Gordon to get some playing time and get ready to play with the full team, and maybe Dawkins to get some more gametime to sharpen his play. With very few injuries, the Quakes have a lot of guys who probably will be available to play tomorrow. I'm going to try to get away from work (I work only 10 minutes away from the facility) to see the match, not sure if I'll be able to. If anyone else goes, please share your observations on this thread. Here's the full schedule for the Reserve team this year: Tues Mar 27 11:00am Portland at San Jose Sun April 8 11:00am Vancouver at San Jose Tues May 8 11:00am San Jose at LA Mon May 14 11:00am Chivas at San Jose Fri June 8 11:00am San Jose at Chivas Sun Aug 12 11:00am Seattle at San Jose Sun Aug 26 6:00pm San Jose at Portland Tues Sept 4 11:00am LA at San Jose Mon Sept 10 11:00am San Jose at Vancouver Tues Sept 25 7:00pm San Jose at Seattle
The season starts tomorrow (Tuesday, 3/27/12) against the visiting Portland Timbers Reserves at 11:00am PDT. GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Good thing you posted this, I wasn't sure I could trust sportsfan-quakes prediction that game will be tomorrow at 11...
"A Grand Day Off: No Reservations." (Center Line Soccer - Tuesday, 3/27/12) (Photos: Lyndsay Radnedge, centerlinesoccer.com) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Can't believe that I missed the game. I have the schedule on my board and I am only 10 min from the field. Any way, can anyone who were at the game report what they saw?
Jonas tweeted we won 1-0 by a 25 yard JMA strike, and Guvenisik limped off in the first half and didn't return.
"Recap: Quakes edge Timbers in Reserve League opener, 1-0" (SJEarthquakes.com - Tuesday, 3/27/12) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
I'm bummed I wasn't able to get away to see the match today. Dawkins played the full match and Gordon played 60+ minutes, so that's a good sign for those two getting some playing time. Hopefully Guvenisik isn't hurt badly. Looking at the match report, the only backup player on the roster who wasn't in the match was Hustedt (Newton didn't play but was on the bench). I wonder if that means he's hurt again (or still). He was supposedly training a few weeks ago. There's a new trialist with the team, Kyle Kaveny played central defender for the match. From what I found about him online, he's a former UCSB player who has been in the lower divisions in Europe (Germany, Croatia) for a few years. here's a link to an article about him. And here's a link to the Bigsoccer Yanks abroad thread about him. Not a lot of info, just shows the teams he was on the past couple of years.
Thanks for the info and hopefully you'll be able to make it to the next match. GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Kind of disappointed that Dawkins's name didn't show up at all in the match report or Jonas's twitter account of the match, other than maybe moving positions when Sercan went out, even though he played the full match. Of course, working with very little info here.
Yeah, had the same thought. Would love to hear someone who was at the game talk about how Dawkins and Gordon and Garza played. Getting Dawkins in a position to contribute, whether as a starter or off the bench, will really help the Quakes. It's gotta be a bit tough on Dawkins to take - after being named to the 25 man roster for Tottenham, to end up playing in an MLS Reserve match a couple of months later is a big comedown. But hopefully he's sucking it up and working hard so he can make an impact for the Quakes this year.
"Jean-Marc Alexandre's goal leads San Jose Earthquakes to 1-0 win over Portland Timbers" (San Jose Mercury News - Tuesday, 3/27/12) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
"CenterLine Report: Value of the Reserve League" (SJEarthquakes.com - Thursday, 3/29/12) (Tony Medina / ISIPhotos.net) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
"Earthquakes reserves host Whitecaps FC on April 8" (SJEarthquakes.com - Saturday, 4/7/12) GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
halftime 1-0, them. Ellis missed a pk. Vancouver goal assisted by Atiba (should he be playing!?!). Players: Amp, Jason, Josh Suggs, Ike, Jean-Marc, Cesar, Brad, a trialist, Bingham, Garza.