The Official 2020 San Jose Earthquakes related Blogs/Press thread

Nice... keep us informed on the quality. Good alcohol is the only way to deal with how bad we are!

 

Right now, I would gladly take some bad quakes soccer.

 

An article about our goalkeeper coach, Carlos Roa.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/argentina-hero-carlos-roa-explains-21888586
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Roa was the man who knocked England out of the 1998 World Cup with saves from Paul Ince and David Batty when a dramatic night in St Etienne was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
He was then earmarked as Peter Schmeichel’s replacement by Sir Alex Ferguson after United won the Treble the following year.

But Roa, a devout Seventh-day Adventist, retired from football because he believed in a prediction that the world was about to end."

 

Not sure if this was posted in another thread.

Watched ESPNFC last night (Friday's edition), and it was suggested by Hercules Gomez and Ale Moreno that the MLS season might be cancelled. The thinking being MLS TV revenue is so abysmal ($90 million annually) compared to the NBA/NFL ($2-5 BILLION annually) that having games behind closed doors wouldn't be worth it (a money looser). Apparently the vast majority of MLS's revenue comes from game day attendance (ticket sales, concessions, merchandise, sponsorships).

I would not want to see that happen, but the logic behind potentially cancelling the season does make sense. Hopefully it doesn't come down to that...

 

Well right now, looking out from my bunker, it's hard to disagree.

 

I assume that if fans can't attend then they will watch so the 90M should have significant upside. They problem might be straight overload of sports as all nation's will try to get going as fast a possible. In the US you could have MLS, baseball, nba, hockey, Nascar and golf at at once and compressed. I'm sure I forget some sport

 

The Gap is running out of money. I wonder if this will impact Fisher's operation of the Quakes and the A's in any way.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/business/gap-financials-coronavirus/index.html

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Gap Inc. is rapidly burning through cash as its stores remain shut during the coronavirus pandemic. The clothing company said its future is uncertain if it doesn't get the help it needs to keep its business operational.

The company issued a dire warning in a regulatory filing Thursday that $1 billion in cash has evaporated from its accounts since February. Gap said it might have as little as $750 million in the bank as early as next week."

 

5 subs!
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52443195

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Teams will be given "temporary dispensation" to make five substitutions to help with the congested schedule they could face when the season resumes, Fifa has proposed.

Most leagues around the world have been halted by the coronavirus pandemic.

The dispensation can be implemented by organisers for competitions scheduled until the end of the 2021 season."

 

Did golf even need to be suspended? Pretty easy to adhere to social distancing practices if you just eliminate the crowed (who don't add much to the viewing experience anyway).

 

Ok, chance to vote on your favorite Quakes jersey from 2014-2020.

I picked the 2014-2016 primary since it most resembled our traditional blue/black/blue color scheme.

https://www.centerlinesoccer.com/2020/5/4/21244970/vote-best-san-jose-earthquakes-jersey-2014-20

 

The history of the San Jose Earthquakes.

Our documentary Unshakeable premieres tonight at 7.
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Only 3 votes for this years pukefest!....LOL

 

No.

 

For the same reason why most people would rather have sex with another human being, and not a plastic doll.

 

You haven’t been to Westworld.

 

And neither have you!