Pre-match: Real Salt Lake - San Jose Earthquakes (Saturday, 6/23) pregame thread

Need black shorts. Look like KC and MTL in all blue.

 

the blue uni's did looked great, gonna get a blue jersey at the next game to help push blue jersey sales so the FO can stop saying black sells better and so black is the primary uni

 

I've seen some comments (not so much on this forum) on how it looks too much like Montreal, like Montreal invented blue in MLS (not that the Quakes invented it either, but it is part of a 10+ year legacy). Maybe it's time to bring back the Clash's "celery".

 

Should be interesting to see who starts this one...

wouldn't it be nice to see an easy Quake win....wishful thinking...

i'm sure RSL will be fired up for this one....lets hope Quakes come out firing on all cylinders and not have to rely on last minute heroics. And here's hoping for 1st place in the standings !

 

Last I checked, they sure as hell make it hard to pump up the Blue jersey numbers by not offering a replica version. It's $120 for the real one or "black"

 

As long as the back four and the keeper play long ball, we're going to see the same as Wed night

 

For once, GS and I are on the same page!

I loved the blue unis, but agree that black shorts would really set the jerseys off!

Anyway -- very much looking forward to this game: I think we're going to see over the next week if this team is for real (i.e. if we have a real shot at the Open Cup/MLS Cup double) or not. If we can get a win or tie in Rio Tinto (probably tougher after last night...) and a win at Kezar, I have a feeling this is going to be an epic season!

 

Wrong shade of blue too. Not dark enough...

 

As far as the game, RSL will be looking for blood after beating them in Santa Clara and them losing to LA. Will be a good test for the team. I would be happy with a tie as I don't think that we are clicking as a team again.

 

Will be interesting to see if Yallop rotates a lot of guys because of the quick turnaround, or if he figures they should all be ok because they had such a long layoff and were well rested going into last night. I think we'll probably see minimal rotation, as at this point it is important to get the guys playing well together and part of the way to do that is to keep a consistent core group. We'll probably see Corrales inserted, and maybe Salinas for Dawkins. With all of the options in the middle we could see changes there, but I'd rather see Cronin and Baca together again and see if they can get back playing well together again. If I were the coach, the only changes I'd make would be Busch and Corrales, and sit down Bingham and Hernandez.

Then for the Open Cup game you can play a lot of the other guys, and also start rotating more guys in and out over the next couple of weeks as the games start to pile up. If the team can get at least a draw on Saturday, that would be a great result. But mostly I want to see the midfield click better and provide possession and linking between the defense and forwards, and to see the defense play well.

 

I don't care what shade of blue the uniforms are, what color they are doesn't keep me awake at night. The team could wear purple for all I care as long as they play exceptional football.

If you want some unintentional humor go to the RSL pre-game thread, their incessant whining is terribly amusing.

 

Correction. MTL and KC look like us in all blue. They stole it from us.

 

Not I. I've seen enough of that midfield pairing. So, no one else noticed we suddenly became a much better team last night after Baca and Cronin were subbed out? Our central midfield is weak with them paired there. Baca plays like a second DM with no connection to the offense, and I've seen enough needless Cronin fouls and long-range floaters over the goal to have faith in him there.

My ideal lineup:

----Lenhart----Wondo----
---------Dawkins----------
Salinas------------Chavez
---------Corrales-----------
Morrow--Ike--Vic--Beita
----------Busch------------

Bench: Baca, Gordon, Khari, Cronin, Hernandez, Bingham

 

heres my prediction RSL scores twice in the first once in the second half. then the Quakes score 4 after the 80th minute.

 

All blue has not been a common color theme for the Quakes over the years.

 

I know. Just stating we had our all blue before KC rebranded, Montreal got their blue, and even Philly got an a(mostly) blue this year. Our FO hasn't rightfully claimed it as our own, going with black almost entirely, and white next most.

 

I don't think it's that Baca is worse than Dawkins. I think it's just not the best idea to play both Dawkins and Baca at the same time. I talked before about how the shape of the team was all over the place because Dawkins drifted to the middle and Baca didn't move out wide, forcing Cronin out of position and leaving a pretty big hole behind the midfield. I think either those two shouldn't be on the field together or they really have to work on making sure each player knows where to go if and when Dawkins goes on the move.