Buried in Monday's press release ... "Faria Appears Earthquakes forward Rodrigo Faria, who was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Fire on August 20, practiced with the club on Monday for the first time this season. Faria had been in Brazil attending to family business and renewing his visa. The 2001 MLs Rookie of the Year actually met the Quakes in the Dallas airport on Sunday morning, as the team switched planes from Kansas City to San Jose and Faria completed the last leg of his journey from Brazil to the Bay Area" http://www.sjearthquakes.com/press_box/092203weekly.htm