Semi-Official 2026 San Jose Earthquakes Roster Thread

Another graphic no one asked for - will be updated as needed.

 

I figure if a billionaire buddy of Trump wants an asylum seeker, he gets an asylum seeker.
I don't actually know who is on amy roster, because i'm boycotting the WC

 

Keep this up please! It’s very helpful!

We need more players!

Go Quakesfans!!
F- RottenFish!!

 

I’m just being lazy and bumping this off page 3 in case anyone’s up for updating it. I think we’re all a little lost on how the international slot math is mathing.

 

The MLS "official" roster page for the Quakes shows 8 intl spots taken, with one of them being Hernán, who's loaned out. That means we're at 7. But for some reason Angus is not listed as an intl. Probably an oversight. DJ and Luka are listed as international, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Then there's the question of how many intl slots we've traded away or acquired. If we need another slot I don't think Bruce would hesitate to cut Adimabua.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/clubs/san-jose-earthquakes/roster/

 

Sorry, things have been crazy. I’ll get the roster updated before we resume the season.

 

We had 1 slot free on opening day, filled the opening with Johnson, and got back the slot we rented out to the Galaxy. So we still have 1 slot to register both Gunn and Jovanović. We’ll pick up at least 1 more slot somehow - question is whether Adimabua sticks around or gets shipped down to play for Covelo.

 

I think someone said that Adimabua is injured. I don’t know how badly but I suppose another option is to say “actually that’s a season ender, Nonso”. Monterey could be an option but although we may enter a partnership with Covelo’s Monterey either formally or informally, he’s gotta want and need the players.

 

This is where I have the roster right now. As far as I know we are 1 slot over for International Slots.

Costa has been injured, so he hasn't played in 4 months. I hope/expect we'll trade Costa and/or Nonny away to free up a slot or two. Alternatively we have enough GAM to buy like 20 slots from anyone willing to sell at the going rate.

 

Now I understand why we hoard up the GAM.

 

Costa played against Xolos IIRC as a sub. No way will Bruce trade him away. He likes him, and picked up his option in the offseason. He'll figure into our 2nd half mostly as a late sub I hope (no starts please, while Ricketts is healthy).

Adimabua is the obvious candidate to get moved off the roster somehow. I don't think we can trade him - don't think the interest would be there. A USL loan would be the best thing for him and us. Just cutting him would be pretty cold, but that's the business of sports and Bruce would not hesitate to do it.

 

Sorry to be sleeping on this. We've had a lot of moves. We've added Darius Johnson, Angus Gunn, Luka Jovanovic, and traded Daniel.

We signed Judd, Roberts, Kikanovic, and Ricketts to new contracts.

We got the INT Slot back that we traded to LAG. As noted, we are still one over the limit here.

I need to check player salaries but need to go to work. What else did I miss?

Salary Budget Roster
1. Angus Gunn #1 (G) (Scotland-INT) {1/22/96} [$742.5K]
2. Earl Edwards Junior #36 {1/24/92} [$210.3K]
3. Dave Romney #4 (D) {6/12/93} [$938K-GAM]
4. Daniel Munie #5 (D) {2/10/2000} [???K]
5. Paul Marie #3 (D) {3/24/95} [$57.3K] [357.5K]
6. Vítor Costa #87 (D) (Brazil-INT) {7/1/94} [$413.4K]
7. DeJuan Jones #24 (D) {6/24/97} [$846.3k-GAM]
8. Jamar Rickets #2 (D) {10/24/01} [$???k]
9. Ian Harkes # 6 (M) {3/30/95} [$450K]
10. Ronaldo Vieira #14 (M) (Guinea-Bissua-INT) {7/19/98} [$???K-GAM]
11. Jonathan González # (M) ?? {4/13/99} [$???K]
12. Jack Skahan #16 (M) {2/7/98} [$175K]
13. Beau Leroux #34 (M) {8/31/03} [$???K]
14. Niko Tsakiris #10 (M) {4/6/20} [$169.2K - U-22 Homegrown Player]
15. Benji Kikanovic (M/F) #28 {1/6/00} [$???K]
16 Darius Johnson (M/F) #79 (3/15/2000) [$???K]
17. Ousseni Bouda #7 (M/F) (Burkina Faso-Green Card) {4/28/00} [Generation Adidas - $152.5K]
18. Preston Judd #19 (F) {5/28/99} [$???k]
19. Timo Werner #11 (F) (German-INT) {3/6/96} [$?,???-DP]
20. Luka Jovanovic #9 (F) {5/20/05} [$???K - U-22 Homegrown Player]

Supplemental Roster (Off-Budget-min $85.44K)
21. Francesco Montali #31 (G) {9/6/00} [$107.2K]
22. Nick Fernandez #20 (M) {12/22/01} [$82.6K]
23. Nanso Adimabua #32 (F) (Nigeria-Int) {9/7/00} [$???K]
24. Noel Buck #22 (M) {4/5/05} [$115K]

Reserve Roster (Off-Budget-in $50K, under 25)
25. Nate Crockford # 22 (G) {9/6/02} [$???k]
26. Max Floriani #25 (D) {2/6/03} [$82.2k]
27. Reid Roberts #18 (D) {12/9/03} [$???k]
28. Jack Jasinski #17 (D) {12/4/04} [$???k]

Homegrown Players (Additional Reserves Slots)
29.
30.

Off Roster
Edwyn Mendoza #38 (M) [$93.1K- Homegrown Player]
Jermaine Spivey $29? (F) {1/23/06} [$83.7K - Homegrown Player]
Kaedren Spivey $29? (M) {5/28/09} [$??K - Homegrown Player]
Tomo Allan (F) {7/3/07} #70

On Loan
Hernán López #23 (M) (Argentina) {9/7/24} [$????K]
Christian "Chicho" Arango #9 (Columbia-INT) {3/9/95} [$2,216.7K]
Cruz Medina* (M) #15 [158.4K]

Allocations, Slots, Rights, & Trades
Allocations
*** We traded Daniel to DAL for $300k GAM in 2026, $400k GAM in 2027, and $300k GAM in additional incentives. We acquired $350K in GAM from Chicago Fire for and Int slot for the season. We acquired $225,000 in GAM from LAG for an Int Slot for half a season (7/13). $50k of GAM to NYRB for Werner's discovery rights. Chance Cowel to RSL for up to $650 GAM if certain performance-based incentives are achieved. 2026 first round draft pick to Houston Dynamo FC for $75,000 2026 GAM and $75,000 2027 GAM. Pellegrino and Verhoeven to SDFC for $350k GAM in 2026 and $400k in 2025. Arango acquired from RSL for $700k GAM in 2025, $700k GAM in 2026, and an INT for the 2026 season. Edwards acquired from NE Revs for $150k GAM in 2025. $50k on GAM in 2025 and $50k of GAM in 2026 acquired from Austin FC for 1st pick in the Waiver Draft. Romney, Harkes, and Kaye acquired from NE Revs for $250k GAM in 2025, $250k GAM in 2026, and an INT slot through 2025. ***

Trades, waivers, losses
---*Daniel to DAL for up to 1,000,00 in GAM - 7/9/26
---*Chicho Arango loaned to Atletico Nacional - 2/2/26
---* 7/8/25---*Lima retired - 1/17/26
---*Declined options on Espinoza, Eisner, Rodrigues, Wilson, Kaye, and Martínez - 11/26/25
---*Verhoeven to San Diego FC for $100k(loan) in 2025 and $350k in 2026 GAM - 11/19/25
---*Pellegrino to San Diego FC for $300k in 2025 GAM - 8/22/25
---*Hernan Lopez loaned to Argentinos Juniors - 7/8/25

Slots
---* DP's - Werner occupies a DP slots, so two slots are open.
---* We currently have 0 of 8 open INT slots. Four players require slots (Werner, Costa, Vieira, Admabua, Johnson, Gunn, and Jovanovic, 1 slot traded to RSL in the 2026 season, 1 slot to Chicago Fire for the 2026 season.

Rights
---* All of our 2027 Superdraft picks..
---* All of our 2027 Waiver Draft and Re-Entry Draft picks.
---* Lottery eligible for the 2026 season.
---* We hold the rights to these unsigned MLS draftee: none

Staff
* Jared Shawlee (President)
* Bruce Arena (Head Coach)
* Dave Sarachan(Assistant Coach)
* Steve Ralston (Assistant Coach)
* Shalrie Joseph (Assistant Coach)
* Adin Brown (Goalkeeper Coach)
* John Wolyneic (Technical Director)


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Thank you for updating that—I know it takes a lot of time.

 

Reminder that the official version of the roster profiles is available here, and should be updated in September after the transfer window closes: https://mlssoccer.app.box.com/s/8rlpwuftshm29fhixg9w08q834j491wp

Key updates:

• Darius Johnson takes up an international slot (British / Grenada citizen). Presumably a supplemental roster slot.
• Daniel (domestic / GC) is gone, and Angus Gunn (UK ENG/SCO) and Jovanovic (AUS/SRB) require international slots, of which the latter still does not have a slot allocated.
• Jona González is a US citizen and is therefore domestic.
• Tomo Allen is technically not an "off-roster" player - he only has a Next Pro deal for 2026. The only practical difference is that he can only appear in 4 MLS matchday squads (and play in 2), whereas an off-roster HG (Edwyn, Rohan, KK) can play in 6 matches.
• IMO it's possible we used some of our surplus GAM to give Judd a nice little bonus as part of his recent contract extension.
• Roberts is likely in a senior roster slot following the contract extension of Roberts, Ricketts, and Kikanovic.

So once we get Luka sorted out we likely have 1 more senior roster slot to play with. Hopefully we do something with that!

 

Thank you @Seismothusiast!! You are more reliable than MLS!

It’s a lot of work to keep up on this, and I appreciate your efforts.

Go Quakesfans!!

 

OK, so has Vieira gotten fat and out of shape? I think so. And who’s his backup? Harkes, sort of, Jona actually, but Jona is hurt. Buck maybe, but Buck is shit. Also, Jona at his best is only just acceptable as a backup.

If I could wave a magic wand and spend some of that ~$5M in GAM that we have …

We need a better backup d-mid or two. If for any reason we needed subs for both Vieira and Beau, we’d be screwed. Buck isn’t good enough. Cut him. Jona isn’t good enough, and he’s out right now. Harkes is just barely good enough as a Beau replacement. So more like an 8 than a 6. Nick could sub for Beau once we get Niko back. Nick can also sub for Niko. In another year or two, Nick might be able to take over for the oft injured Niko.

We need a back up for Judd. Luka fills that bill. We should have our eyes on other forwards too, because we can’t count on everyone staying healthy and happy.

Timo is great when he’s on, but is he durable? And how many seasons does he have left in the tank? Our other wide players are:
Bouda, who’s been “off” for ten weeks or so?
Jack - acceptable as a backup.
Marie - acceptable as a backup. He’s also about to age out. Maybe two more seasons?
Darius - acceptable as a backup. Maybe more, but he needs more time with the team.

We could stand to sign a starting quality wide player.

On defense, Costa isn’t good enough. He’s alright, but he’s also getting long of tooth. But! We have Ricketts, and hopefully Dejuan, should he recover well. So maybe we’re OK there? Munie and Roberts are good and pair well together. But Romney is a big drop off and getting old. Floriani may not be good enough. I think we need another CB or two. Benji and Jasinski are fine.

Anus, er, Angus, might be OK, but needs more integration with the team. Earl Jr. sucks, and he’s out injured. What little I’ve seen of Montali gives me hope, but he’s young. We need a better backup GK.

OK, tell me why I’m wrong.

Go Quakesfans!!

 

Remember when we were winning every game and there was debate about whether or not we’re actually better off without Espinoza. :facepalm I was always firmly on the “no” on that. I guess the argument was that he made our attack “too predictable” and that he pumped in crosses to “nowhere”. Imagine how much better we’d be with Espinoza bookended with Timo on the other side, an in-form Judd in the middle and Niko behind them.

 

Any team is better with Espinoza.

Bouda was good enough early, then his form fell off, badly. He’s been playing better lately, but not up to his earlier standard. Giving Jack or Marie a start in place of Bouda light light a fire under his butt.

But really, I think we need to make an upgrade there. Without Niko’s work rate, our short coming are exposed.

And we need two more d-mids!

Go Quakesfans!!

 

Bouda really needs to be playing on the left. His best attribute is his shot - he hits it as hard as anyone, and when he’s cutting in from the left he’s dangerous. On the right he’s reduced to playing the Espinoza role, going wide and crossing, and does OK with it but it’s not his forte. The problem is that Timo’s best position is also on the left. If we had Espinoza we could use Bouda to spell Timo on the left. But for now I think we should have Timo and Bouda switch sides occasionally to give the defense a different look. Timo would be dangerous on the right as well, just not as much of a threat to score.

 

Does Darius play mostly on the left? I know we’ve seen him on the right, but is the left better for him?