The San Jose Earthquakes Thread

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by TheFalseNine, May 12, 2022.

  1. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    Could have had Hoppe and Ebobisse together. That would have been quite fun to see.

     
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  2. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Hoppe on Almeyda's team would have been fun.
     
  3. ielag

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  4. ussoccer97531

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    Oct 12, 2012
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    Ligue One and not too big of a club would be a good level for him. Too bad.
     
  5. Maximum Optimal

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    Jul 10, 2001
    Cade will move during the winter window.
     
  6. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    I think he would have moved this window if his form wasn’t so ice cold. Last year’s form was red hot to start the season.
     
  7. ussoccer97531

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    Oct 12, 2012
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  8. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #58 xbhaskarx, Jul 29, 2022
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    Come on Quakes, be the next Dallas/Philly, that's why you have a thread here...





    Lopez: yes, now
    Cowell: yes, now or winter
    Yuiell: maybe, depends on $$
     
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  9. ussoccer97531

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    I think the club is scared off by Akanyirige and Fuentes from fully committing to the youth.
     
  10. ussoccer97531

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  11. xbhaskarx

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    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Quakes fans are not so happy to hear this, but it's probably good news for this thread...

     
  12. TarHeels17

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    Jan 10, 2017
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    Seems like a strangely incompetent thing to say, though. If your homegrowns are good enough to win MLS cup, they probably don't want to stick around for another 5 years. Putting your eggs in that basket doesn't make much sense.
     
  13. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States




     
  14. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  15. jeff_adams

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    Monterey, Ca
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  16. ussoccer97531

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    I’m pretty sure Medina is one of these Mexican-Americans that is a third generation Mexican-American. I would not be that worried.
     
  17. ussoccer97531

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    Great news for the academy kids in the first team.

     
  18. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
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    Indeed. That's really a sign of intent with regards to their academy and youth in the first team.

    HOWEVER...................I'm still not convinced about Luchi's ability as a first team coach. Getting Nico Estevez was a huge upgrade for FCD. All of a sudden FCD went from one of the worst defensive teams in the league to one of the best. Lots of other points to make about that. Couldn't seem to figure out what to do with Jesus Ferreira. Anyway, we could talk about that all day.

    But hell, he deserves a second shot. San Jose is as good of a place as any. He'll have learned from his experience in Dallas. [I will say that the San Jose job seems a lot like the Dallas job 3 or 4 years ago. Lots of good youth to work with, but what about the difference-making senior talent in the first team?]
     
  19. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
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    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I imagine Luchi is a lot more prepared now in his second gig and after being a US assistant. He just wasn't ready at FCD and should have spent a few years as an assistant first. Pareja was offered the FCD job before Morrow took it and became an assistant. He did take the Rapids job because by then he was ready. If Pareja wasn't ready after being Academy Director and also having many more club games and also international team experience then Luchi wasn't either. I'm sure it's hard to say no when asked though and it seems to have worked out as he's getting another chance.
     
  20. gogorath

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    May 12, 2019
    If there's any good news here on Luchi, it's that it was his first real head coaching job, he had a couple of reasonably tough situations, and he made the same mistakes that a lot of new head coaches make.
    1. The Jara situation was a tough one for an unestablished head coach in a locker room where he had coached all the youth but he still had a ton of vets. Jara was a pain in the ass about being benched, from all accounts, so Luchi took far too long to stop catering to him. There may have been ownership interference as well. That's a tough one. I don't see a similar issue at San Jose right now. He's going to want to play most of the vets.
    2. He got caught making tactical adjustments piece by piece instead of having confidence in the whole. They kept giving up goals, so he would change an element here or there, keep plugging the dyke, so to speak, and another would crop up. The result at one point was a five man backup with two defensive fullbacks (Hollingshead at winger) and two CDMs in the midfield. Seven guys incapable of progressing, controlling or attacking, and it's not a shock they still shipped goals because they were under constant pressure. This has to be a real concern if you are a SJ fan, because it could easily happen again if Luchi hasn't learned his lesson.
    3. There's a lack of tactical creativity in not finding a way to get Ferreira on the field in an effective manner last year. He still got good time and racked up some stats ... but it's clear that he was too good to not have experimented more. Nico has it easier with Pepi gone and Jara already benched, but I think this is a concern for a player like Cowell, who, used right, is going to bring a lot, and used wrong, is going to look terrible.
    If the Quakes add some fullbacks, they actually aren't a bad team at all, talent wise. I'd like to upgrade a few positions, but they could be mid-table. I will give this to Covelo -- the lack of fullbacks is absolutely killing them -- Marie and Thompson at FB is not a good state right now.
     
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  21. ussoccer97531

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    I don't think he's good at coaching. I don't think it was it being his first job as an MLS coach either. I thought he was mediocre with his coaching at the academy level also, but he was getting credit because he had players like Pepi and Gomez come along in his teams.

    I'm not a fan of San Jose though, so to me it doesn't matter. If I was a fan of theirs, I probably wouldn't be too happy. As a USMNT fan, I'm thrilled because I want to see Cowell, Tsakiris, Walls, Medina, Ochoa, and any future signings play.
     
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  22. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    Doesn’t Luchi have some good connections for off season youth training? Love to see some of the academy players getting a few weeks at a European academy. I recall Dallas players doing that in the past but very few times has San Jose done that.
     
  23. ussoccer97531

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    I thought that was due to a partnership between Dallas and Bayern Munich.
     
  24. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Yeah, its mostly been that.
    In terms of training, its mostly been to Bayern. They've loaned kids out elsewhere.
    By the way, there has been scuttlebutt about that FCD-Bayern partnership being discontinued.

    At one point San Jose had a partnership with Spurs. Almost nothing came out of that.
    San Jose Earthquakes Establish Strategic Partnership with Premier League's Tottenham Hotspur Football Club | MLSSoccer.com
     
  25. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    Did Bayern ever send players over to train in Dallas?
     

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