I understand that Peter Bridgwater worked as a consultant with the Earthquakes in 2001. Did he work in the same capacity with the Quakes in 2002?       Just curious.       GO EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Goodsie, I met him earlier this year he told me he was working with the Quakes as a consultant. I believe this was in January or February of this year -- at the time when it looked like the USMNT might play one of its WC tuneups at Pac Bell or at Candlestick. At any rate, I can't find his card, but I believe front office could lead you to him.
Enlighten me...who's Peter Bridgwater? He sounds like someone who could be on Behind the Music or something. TRANSFORM MARI
Goodsie is always looking for someone and reminding us of things to do (like setting back the clocks, which I forgot anyhow). Who is that guy? Besides "He worked in the front office"?
      Actually, you're not that far off. Peter Bridgwater managed (as president and general manager) the Clash some years back.       Plus, here's an interview he conducted with The Casbah back in 1998.       GO EARTHQUAKES!!! -G P.S. = Peter Bridgwater also owned the San Jose Earthquakes during the WSA (which he co-founded) days of 1985-1988.
      Actually, I've never worked in the front office.       GO EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
I found this on MLSnet.com: http://www.mlsnet.com/content/01/datastore/mls0727leaders.html SAN JOSE TOP 50 SOCCER LEADERS (in alphabetical order): 1. Jeff Allen - Ex-California Youth Soccer Association President. 2. Fernando Alvarez - Former FIFA referee who is currently a member of the FIFA Technical Committee. 3. Umberto Ambrozino - Long-time Hall of Fame referee of the Bay Area and referee coordinator. He also developed the Bay Area’s first adult soccer league in the 1950s - the Peninsula Soccer League. 4. Tom Anderson - Founder of the West Valley Soccer Club, he is currently a youth soccer coach and volunteer. 5. Carl Berg - Former owner of the NASL’s San Jose Earthquakes between 1982 and 1984. 6. Clay Berling - Founder of Soccer America, the most popular soccer magazine in America dedicated to U.S. Soccer. 7. John Boesch - Ex-chairman of the Legacy Committee and chairman of the host committees for the 1994 World Cup (men’s) and 1999 World Cup (women’s) in San Jose. 8. Peter Bridgwater - Former owner of the old Earthquakes (1984-88) and executive director of the 1994 World Cup for the Bay Area. He is also a former president and general manager of the Clash/Earthquakes in MLS.
Umberto Ambrozini is The Man. I LOVE that ornery Italian. Except nowadays, he can't see squat. He Y-Carded me for fouling and there wasn't anyone even near me.
Good gawd, don't tell me he's *still* workin' games (unless we're talkin' U-10 or something like that--I dunno, that might even be a stretch). He was over the hill back in the mid-80s. I used to love the guy, too, 'cause we'd play an offside trap and he'd always give us the call no matter how badly out of position he was (we got lots of bad calls in our favor, 'cause we'd figured out how to work 'im). And then when the opposition got upset about it, they usually drew a yellow. Hell, if you just looked at him the wrong way, he'd pull out the card. The guy's done a lot for the game here locally, but he should've handed in his whistle looooong ago. It's almost as though nobody has had the courage all these years to say something to the guy--maybe they figured he'd just die eventually (or maybe they feared they'd get carded if they said anything ). Regarding the San Jose Top 50, anybody else find it odd that Milan Mandaric only rates #27, but Carl Berg checks in at #5? WTF? --PaulChild
Peter I have seen Peter Bridgewater around - maybe at the US Nat'l games last January in LA. I'm pretty sure he was also going to the World Cup in Korea to watch the US for a vacation. If you are trying to get ahold of him, you may want to check out the San Diego area. Speaking of old Clash personal, I have heard Brian Quinn is a coach for the indoor San Diego soccer team. Maybe they are friends and he could help you out. Jay
Yeah sounds like Umberto. At my games he just stands on the sideline, looks at the ground and eats sunflower seeds. Oh, and that's when he's reffing.
Re: Re: In Search of Peter Bridgwater...       Don't worry, the only edit I did to the previous post was to add the bracket to the image tags surrounding the smiley face URL... otherwise, the smiley image wasn't showing up.       To answer your question: sorry about that. I guess from now on I'll keep that one in there.       GO EARTHQUAKES!!! -G