San Jose Earthquakes Academy is on its way!

Had this sent to me. Looks like KK Spivey ('09) is in Freiburg, Germany.

Training/trialing at SC Freiburg? pic.twitter.com/5Fzwf2Cibx

— USMNTProspects (@ProspectsUsmnt) August 21, 2024

 

Quakes / Leitch don't fumble the bag with our top prospects challenge

 

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...onal-team-roster-2024-vaclav-jezek-tournament

U.S. U-17 MYNT ROSTER – VACLAV JEZEK TOURNAMENT – CZECH REPUBLIC

GOALKEEPERS (2): Jack Kortkamp (Sporting Kansas City; Olathe, Kan.), Aidan Stokes (New York Red Bulls; Totowa, N.J.)

DEFENDERS (6): Christopher Cupps (Chicago Fire FC; Chicago, Ill.), Pedro Guimaraes (Orange County SC; Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Enrique Martinez (LA Galaxy; Compton, Calif.), Adrian Sanders (Los Angeles FC; Claremont, Calif.), Oliver Tan (San Jose Earthquakes; Piedmont, Calif.), Gio Villa (Real Salt Lake; Chicago, Ill.)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Maximo Carrizo (New York City FC; Greenwich, Conn.), Landon Emenalo (Chelsea/ENG; Tucson, Ariz.), Jack Mize (Borussia Dortmund/GER; New York City, N.Y.), Luca Moisa (Real Salt Lake; Las Vegas, Nev.), Alexander Smith (Rangers/SCO; Glasgow, Scotland), Jude Terry (Los Angeles FC; San Diego, Calif.)

FORWARDS (6): Chase Adams (Columbus Crew; Naperville, Ill.), Mathis Albert (Borussia Dortmund/GER; El Segundo, Calif.), Lorenzo Cornelius (St. Louis City SC; St. Peters, Mo.), Chance Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes; Ceres, Calif.), Vitaliy Hlyut (Chicago Fire FC; Roselle, Ill.), Cavan Sullivan (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.)

 

This is an incredible signing for the Academy. A name to remember.#DOOP #MLSNext #MLSNextPro

📷: Philadelphia Union https://t.co/ld0yExVBkY pic.twitter.com/O9QkAA5Kee

— José Roberto Nuñez (@JoserNunez91) September 6, 2024

 

Meanwhile the Quakes signed Cornell grad Wilson Eisner to an HG contract, a guy that doesn’t look good enough to start for The Town. :facepalm

 

Chance Cowell assist

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— José Roberto Nuñez (@JoserNunez91) September 6, 2024

 

https://yscofficial.beehiiv.com/p/2425-preseason-academy-rankings

6. San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jos Earthquakes have an argument to be even higher on this list. They have incredibly talented 2007s and 2009s. Their 2008 group is not too far behind with the likes of Chance Cowell who has already signed a pro contract with the club. The 2007 class is headlined by Tomo Allen and Rohan Rajagopal. Rohan has signed a contract while Allen is headed Stanford next year. The 2009 class is was good as it gets. Despite the loss of Marcelo Alvalos, they still have a ton of talent headlined by Kaedren Spivey and Will Ostrander.

Rating: 9.2/10

 

This is a talented group, will be interesting to see if Cowell and Tan make the U-17 World Cup roster...

A look at the entire 20 player roster for the upcoming Jezek Cup where the U.S. will face Germany, Czech Republic, and Slovakia 👀 pic.twitter.com/JcnANVVKhi

— Footy Access (@footy_access) August 29, 2024

It’s very early to say, but this could be the best youth team we have ever had. A ton of names not even in this camp who can make a difference.

Jamir Johnson
Tanner Rosobrough
Julian Hall
Nimfasha Berchimas

Just to name a few. The next U17 World Cup could be massive for…

— Youth Soccer Central (@yscentral) September 6, 2024

 

FT: 🇺🇸 USA U17 1-1 Slovakia U18 🇸🇰

USA U17 end a solid Václav Jezek Cup with a draw in the final match against a very good Slovakia side. Admittedly, I only woke up in the 50th minute, so I can’t really do player analysis. From what I did see, Olly Tan played a nice cross to… pic.twitter.com/eROUHQvjXn

— American Ultras Talk (@ameriultrastalk) September 8, 2024

 

https://www.ussoccercollective.com/us-youth-national-teams/u17-usynt-jezek-cup-2024-tournament-recap

Oliver Tan has been the newer addition to this team and I thought he had a really nice set of games. He is known as an attacking full-back and oftentimes plays as a winger for his club, but in this tournament he showed that he is also an above average 1v1 defender. He has the best physical profile of the three and probably the highest ceiling.

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The United States got next to zero production from the center-forward position in this tournament. The only true number nine, Chase Adams, was very quiet and the other players that deputized there, Vitaliy Hlyut and Chance Cowell, did not do much when playing as a nine. ​

 

Is Oliver Tan part of our academy or not? I read that he was playing for the Quakes in the GA Cup as a "guest player". I don't know what that means exactly. Does it mean he's just biding his time with us before the inevitable leaving to join RSL or some other club? :facepalm

 

Losing another top talent to RSL. Chris Leitch is a failure.

I heard it's done. 150K to San Jose for HG rights.

— Marcus Chairez | US/SC (@USSoccerColl) September 15, 2024

 

Can't sign people who may not want to sign.

 

It's up to Leitch and co. to build an environment where they do want to sign.

 

Never good to lose a talented player from our academy but how many times have we “lost Owen Anderson to RSL” now?

 

It's been a while but Quakes protested it, so officially it's finally done and over with now.

 

I know but it's been a long painful process and it feels like we lost him 5 or 6 times.

 

Agreed

 

The new MLS Academy protected lists came out today. One thing that shocked me in this update, but maybe should not have, is further evidence of the level of incompetence within the San Jose Earthquakes organization, from top to bottom. No academy has lost more talent from their academy over the last couple of years.

They preside in an immensely talent rich territory and yet they only protected three players of a possible nine within their region. Every club has the option to claim the rights of nine U15 aged players or above within their region that are not currently at their academy. Whether you like this rule or not, I do not, clubs would be wise to take advantage of it.

I wish I could say that SJ did this for altruistic reasons, but of course that is not true, it's incompetence. They are essentially allowing other academies to get access to talent they should have exclusive access to. It's absolutely head scratching.

The new MLS Academy protected lists came out today. One thing that shocked me in this update, but maybe should not have, is further evidence of the level of incompetence within the San Jose Earthquakes organization, from top to bottom. No academy has lost more talent from their…

— Marcus Chairez | US/SC (@USSoccerColl) September 19, 2024

 

This is actually a tough one for any MLS team. Yes, the Quakes could have Geo-fenced more players but then the criticism is “they just did it to block them from developing elsewhere”.

Does Diego Luna become the player he is today in San Jose? Probably not (see Jacob Akanyinge and Gilberto Fuentes as exhibit A).

Luna was not blocked from relocating to Barcelona AZ academy but Alejandro Cano was. Have the Quakes developed Cano? Maybe, but he hasn’t been offered a first team contract (despite starting a ton of NextPro games with the top defensive numbers in the league).

Would Cano have been better off at Barcelona AZ? Perhaps. Will the Quakes development of him pay off in San Jose? Perhaps as well. Will the Quakes get criticized either way? Of course they will.

 

This is just nuts... so you think the only thing keeping Gilbert Fuentes from being one of the best American players in MLS was that he was signed by the Quakes as opposed to going through the much more circuitous path of Barca residency academy -> USL El Paso Locomotive -> Real Monarchs -> RSL??

I think it's far more likely that the difference between Fuentes/Akanyirige and Luna/Barajas is that the Quakes talent identification is not great, and that if they had signed the latter pair they would have developed fairly similar to how they did elsewhere.

 

Brutal...

San Jose Earthquakes: What we learned from their 2024 season

Here’s a list of guys from San Jose’s player pathway who have shown significant development this past year:

• Cade Cowell
• Max Arfsten
• Diego Luna
• Fidel Barajas

Know who none of those guys play for in 2024? The San Jose Earthquakes.

 

Medina

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U.S. U-19 MYNT ROSTER – OCTOBER TRAINING CAMP – MATCHES VS. SWEDEN AND JAPAN

Goalkeepers (2): Duran Ferree (FC Nordsjaelland/DEN; San Diego, Calif.), Andrew Rick (Philadelphia Union; Berwyn, Pa.)

Defenders (6): Andrew Baiera (New York City FC; Darien, Conn.), Stuart Hawkins (Seattle Sounders FC; Fox Island, Wash.), Harbor Miller (LA Galaxy; Brea, Calif.), Neil Pierre (Philadelphia Union; Hersey, Pa.), Tahir Reid-Brown (Orlando City SC; Orlando, Fla.), Chibuike Ukaegbu (Sacramento Republic FC; Roseville, Calif.)

Midfielders (6): Colin Guske (Orlando City SC; Saint Johns, Fla.), Cruz Medina (San Jose Earthquakes; San Francisco, Calif.), Paulo Rudisill (Feyenoord/NED; Irvine, Calif.), Ervin Torres (Austin FC; Laredo, Texas), David Vazquez (Philadelphia Union; Los Angeles, Calif.), Nathan Worth (Tampa Bay Rowdies; Chester, N.J.)

Forwards (6): Nimfasha Berchimas (Charlotte FC; High Point, N.C.), Jykese Fields (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim/GER; Heidelberg, Germany), Keyrol Figueroa (Liverpool/ENG; Warrington, England), Zavier Gozo (Real Salt Lake; Eagle Mountain, Utah), Mykhi Joyner (St. Louis City SC; Bloomington, Ill.), Dino Klapija (RB Leipzig/GER; New York City, N.Y.)

 

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Not sure what's going on, guess we'll find out soon enough

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Medina, 18, will represent the United States Under-20 Youth National Team against Chile on Saturday, Oct. 12, and again on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Cruz will then represent the United States U-19 Youth National Team against Sweden on Friday, Oct. 11, and against Japan on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Ochoa, 19, will represent the Mexico U-20 National Team against Greece on Saturday, Oct. 12, and against Croatia on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Tsakiris, 19, will represent the United States Under-20 Youth National Team against Chile on Saturday, Oct. 12, and again on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Verhoeven, 18, will represent the United States U-19 Youth National Team against Sweden on Friday, Oct. 11, and against Japan on Tuesday, Oct. 15.​