Semi-Official 2018 San Jose Earthquakes Roster Thread

Can we haz Lee Nguyen now???

(I know, I know I know.)

 

You typical, so-bitterly-conflicted-you're-lobotomized, longtime Quake fan.

Oh man I punched the mirror again.

 

Florian Jungwirth who has only been here for around 13 months... that should be the new Quakes standard for getting international signings their green cards!

 

I've heard that somewhere before

I scoped Falvo's birds (I've hired squirrels which I think are easier to work with)!

 

In real life, squirrels are rather hard to work with.

 

Have you met Falvo's birds? They seem to understand him.

 

Obviously because Flo is not from a sh**hole country...

And he is clearly smarter than Simon Dawkins

 

NEWS: Earthquakes sign two MLS SuperDraft selections

The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club has signed both of its second-round selections in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: forwards Danny Musovski and Mohamed Thiaw. Discussions with MLS regarding first-round pick Paul Marie’s eligibility as a domestic player are ongoing.
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Marie's international status for the next year shouldn't matter because they need to just loan him to Reno for the season, he's no more MLS-ready than those other guys.

No word on Partida, I thought he looked decent...

 

RENO 1868 FC ACQUIRES TWO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES DRAFT PICKS ON LOAN

Forwards Danny Musovski and Mohamed Thiaw were signed by the San Jose Earthquakes Thursday and were sent on a one-year loan to Reno, both clubs announced on Thursday.

 

This is good news! We need to take the draft more seriously, and we need to stash young players (those not ready for Prime Time) with Reno. This is exactly what we should be doing, and we're thin on strikers, so a good call all the way around here. Hopefully, these two develop and get some minutes with the first team either late this season or next. (Even if just a couple of handfuls of minutes, the exposure and working out with the first team will be very valuable.)

GO QUAKES!!

- Mark

 

I heard Partida tweeked a knee (meniscus?) in preseason and has about another month to go before he can join any team ... most likely Reno.

 

The Quakes have the fifth youngest roster in MLS this season...

https://public.tableau.com/views/ML...:embed=y&:display_count=yes&:showVizHome=no#3

ICYMI, here's my visual guide to Ages of @MLS Players.
Focus on different age ranges & find names of specific players in the interactive version👇https://t.co/m01R2Mq8MW pic.twitter.com/ZQoAe2vfjO

— Steve Fenn //\\ Mast: StatHunting@skrimmage.com (@StatHunting) February 8, 2018

Addressing follow-up questions that people have had:
Q: Which positions tend to have the youngest players?
A: In MLS, generally the further from goal, the younger the players. pic.twitter.com/ZHVOEmOrku

— Steve Fenn //\\ Mast: StatHunting@skrimmage.com (@StatHunting) February 8, 2018

Q: How does this compare to previous years in MLS?
(Data for this is challenging, & @kevinminkus was big help, so here I'm only comparing non-keepers)
A: MLS' avg age seems to have gone down by a full year, but the offseason is not over yet & there's more nuance to discuss. pic.twitter.com/MyqDRuoYiz

— Steve Fenn //\\ Mast: StatHunting@skrimmage.com (@StatHunting) February 8, 2018

Q: How have minutes been distributed among different age groups in @MLS?
A: This led to an interesting chart. Seems to show certain classes of players holding on to a large share of minutes as they age.
Also, grand total row shows most minutes have gone to players in their prime. pic.twitter.com/r7S4dxjOm4

— Steve Fenn //\\ Mast: StatHunting@skrimmage.com (@StatHunting) February 8, 2018

 

It's game day! We are roster compliant and have two senior slots plus GAM and TAM to spend. I'm really liking the 2018 leadership team! I can't remember that last time I felt this good about our preseason roster management.

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Salary Budget Roster

1. Andrew Tarbell #28 (G) {10/7/93} [$94K]
2. Matt Bersano # 35 (G) {9/10/92} [$65]
3. Joel Qwiberg #2 (D) {10/09/92} (Columbia, INT) [$???K]
4. Harold Cummings #31 (D) (Panama, INT) {3/1/92} [$300.7K]
5. Francois Affolter #3 (D) (Switzerland, INT) {3/13/91} [$???K]
6. Jimmy Ockford #15 (D) {6/10/92} [$??]
7. Yeferson Quintana #30 (D){4/19/96} [$???]
8. Shea Salinas #6 (M) {6/24/86} [$185K*]
9. Florian Jungwirth, #23 (D/M) (Germany-Green Card) {1/27/89} [$516.7K]
10. Fatai Alashe #27 (M) {10/21/93} [$114.4K]
11. Anibal Godoy #30 (M) (Panama-Green Card} {2/10/90} [$256.2K]
12. Eric Calvillo # 26 (M) {1/2/98}
13. Jamir Hyka #10 (M) (Albania, INT) {3/8/88} [$520K]
14. Danny Hoesen #9 (F) (Netherlands, INT) {1/15/91} [$503.1K]
15. Valeri Qazaishvili #11 (M/F) (Georgia, INT) {1/29/93} [$???K]
16. Magnus Eriksson #7(M/F) (Sweden, INT) {4/2/90} [$???K]
17. Chris Wondolowski #8 (F) {1/28/83} [$800?*]
18. Quincy Amarikwa # 25 (F) {10/29/87}[$270.2k]
19. [Empty]
20. [Empty]

* Indicates a known guaranteed contract.​

Supplemental Roster (Off-Budget-min $65K)

21. Jackson Yueill (M) #14 {3/19/97} [Generation Adidas - $176]
22. Chris Wehan # 16 (M) {1/29/94} [$??]
23.
24.
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Reserve Roster (Off-Budget-in $50K, under 25)

25. JT Marcinkowski # 18 (G) {5/09/97] [$???K - Homegrown Player]
26. Luis Felipe # 96 (M) {1/29/96} [$??]
27. Jacob Akanyirige # 29 (D) {12/31/01} [$???K - Homegrown Player]
28. Gilbert Fuentes # 35 (M) {2/21/02} [$???K - Homegrown Player]
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Homegrown Players (Additional Reserves Slots)

29. Tommy Tompson (M/F) #22 {8/15/95} [$155K - Homegrown Player]
30. Nick Lima (D) #24 {11/17/94} [$86.2-Homegrown Player]​

Players on Loan
Danny Musovski (F) # 19 {11/30/95} - Reno 1868 FC
Mohamad Thiaw (F) # 17 {1/24/95} - Reno 1868 FC

Unsigned Draft Picks
Paul Marie (D) {3/24/95}
Kevin Partida (M) {3/10/95}


CURRENT SALARY TOTAL for 2018 the cap is was approximately $4,035,000, and our overall salary is unknown. Note: Some player's salaries were likely bought down this year with allocation money, and this cost is not represented in the figure above. The 2017 figures above were used to calculate our cap, rounding up to the nearest thousand from the union's released salaries from April 2017. Part of Wondo's salary (TAM) has been bough down and he has since signed a new multi-year contract in 2016. Hyka, Jungwirth & Hoesen signing also used TAM in 2017.

Allocations, Slots, Rights, & Trades

Allocations
***We received allocation money for Darwin Cerin fron Houston, for David Bingham from LAG and for Urena in the Expansion Draft: $250k in GAM, $175k in TAM, and $100k of conditional GAM in 2019***

Trades, waivers, losses
---* DAWKINS - Contract bought out - 2/16/18
---* CEREN - to Houston for $175k in allocation money and $50k based on performance - 1/19/18
---* BINGHAM - to the Galaxy for up to $250k in allocation money - 12/18/17
---* COLVEY - Selected by Rapids in the Waiver Draft - 12/13/17
---* MFEKA - Signed by Reno 1868 - 12/13/17
---* URENA - Selected by LAFC in the Expansion Draft- 12/12/17
---* FRANCIS - to Montreal for their 2nd round draft pick or $50,000 in GAM. - 7/13/17.
---* General Allocation Money from New England for the 2nd place Allocation spot and either TAM or TAM and GAM for the 2018 season - 7/3/17.

Slots
---* DP's - Wondolowski, Qazaishvili, and Eriksson occupy a DP slot, so all slots are currently occupied.
---* We currently have no open INT slots. We have eight slots, and all eight of those slots are occupied (Cummings, Hyka, Hoesen, Qazaishvili, Affolter, Qwiberg, Eriksson & Quintana = INT).

Rights
---* 12th on the allocation list.
---* All of our 2019 Superdraft picks.
---* All of our 2019 Waiver Draft and Re-Entry Draft picks.
---* Lottery eligible for the 2018 season.
---* We hold Olmes Garcia's MLS rights.
---* Still hold Yannick Djalo's MLS rights.
---* Still hold Jaime Alas' MLS rights.
---* We hold the right to Bryan Jordan, acquired in the re-entry draft on 12/14/12.
---* We hold the rights to these unsigned MLS draftees: Christian Thierjung & Auden Schilder through 2018 and Marie, Musovski, and Thiaw through 2019.​

Staff

* Tom Fox (President)
* Jared Shawlee (Chief Operating Officer)
* Jesse Fioranelli (General Manager)
* Mikael Stahre(Head Coach)
* Steve Ralson (Assistant Coach)
* Alex Covelo (Assistant Coach)
* Alex de Crook (Assistant Coach)
* Jyri Nieminen (Goalkeeper Coach)
* Chris Leitch (Technical Director)​

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MLS Roster Rules and Regulations 2018

2018 MLS Rosters

 

https://www.mlssoccer.com/rosters/2018/san-jose-earthquakes


Roster Composition

Senior Roster (Spots 1-20)
1 Affolter, Francois INTL
2 Alashe, Fatai
3 Amarikwa, Quincy
4 Bersano, Matt
5 Calvillo, Eric
6 Cummings, Harold INTL
7 Eriksson, Magnus INTL
8 Godoy, Anibal
9 Hoesen, Danny INTL
10 Hyka, Jahmir INTL
11 Jungwirth, Florian
12 Lima, Nick HG
13 Ockford, Jimmy
14 Qazaishvili, Valeri DP, INTL
15 Quintana, Yeferson INTL
16 Qviberg, Joel INTL
17 Salinas, Shea
18 Tarbell, Andrew
19 Wondolowski, Chris DP
20

Supplemental Roster (Spots 21-24)
21 Felipe, Luis
22 Thompson, Tommy HG
23 Yueill, Jackson GA
24

Reserve Roster (Spots 25-30)
25 Marcinkowski, JT HG
26 Musovski, Danny
27 Thiaw, Mohamed
28 Wehan, Chris
29 Akanyirige, Jacob HG
30 Fuentes, Gilbert HG

Designated Players
1 Qazaishvili, Valeri INTL
2 Wondolowski, Chris

International slots
1 Affolter, Francois
2 Cummings, Harold
3 Eriksson, Magnus
4 Hoesen, Danny
5 Hyka, Jahmir
6 Qazaishvili, Valeri
7 Quintana, Yeferson
8 Qviberg, Joel

International players that don't count against slots

Unavailable Players

Season-ending Injury List

 

Next year maybe we can avoid the hundreds of comments panicking over whether the Quakes have enough international roster spots, speculating about whether MLS will increase the number of international roster spots, etc.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/league/official-rules/mls-roster-rules-and-regulations

Player Categories on the Roster
Domestic/International
In 2018, a total of 184 international roster spots are divided among the 23 clubs. In 2008, each MLS Club was given the right to have eight international players on their roster and expansion Clubs were given the right to have eight international spots for their inaugural season. These spots are tradable, in full season increments, such that some clubs may have more than eight and some clubs may have fewer than eight. There is no limit on the number of international roster spots on each club's roster.

184 / 23 = 8 per team

 

What would be the fun in that?

 

More Green card news.

Source tells me Jahmir Hyka is traveling to Albania this week to address green-card related details #Quakes74: https://t.co/QLw6KFKLzB

— Joel Soria (@soriajoelfutbol) March 4, 2018

 

At the end of preseason, it ended up we didn’t have enough because of the Paul Marie situation. So the worriers were right, just not for the right reason. If Hyka can solve the Marie problem initially that’s great. But then we still have to solve the Marie problem before summer DP time.

 

How would you feel about Zlatan joining the Quakes? He cited one reason for coming to MLS is because there are some Swedes in the league! What if he decided he liked Atherton better than Malibu? Hahahahaha.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/03/05/report-zlatan-ibrahimovic-tempted-possible-move-la-galaxy

 

MLS Retains Status as Youngest, Most Diverse League in North America

 

36 year-old coming off a severe knee injury?

Welcome to 2008. No thank you. There is no "Ibrohimovich" in "team"...