San Jose Earthquakes

The San Jose Earthquakes are San Jose, California's Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. The Earthquakes won the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003. The Earthquakes play their home games at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San Jose State University. They were known as the San Jose Clash from 1994 to 1999.

The San Jose Earthquakes was also the name of a North American Soccer League (NASL) team from 1974 to 1982 and a Western Soccer Alliance team from 1985 to 1988. The NASL San Jose Earthquakes were known as the Golden Bay Earthquakes from 1983 to 1984. The team also played indoor soccer in the original MISL. The name Earthquakes originally came from a newspaper contest in the San Jose Mercury News.

Honors

Major Titles

• MLS Cup 2 (2001, 2003)

Minor Titles

• Conference Champions 2 (2001, 2003)
• Carolina Challenge Cup 1 (2004)

Current roster

Past Rosters

Notable players

• Jeff Agoos (2001–2004)
• Joe Cannon (1999–2002)
• Brian Ching (2003-)
• Ronald Cerritos (1996–2001)
• Landon Donovan (2001–2004)
• John Doyle (1996–2000)
• Ronnie Ekelund (2001–2004)
• Eddie Lewis (1996–1999)
• Richard Mulrooney (1999–2004)
• Eric Wynalda (1996–1999)

Head coaches

• Laurie Calloway (1996–1997)
• Brian Quinn (1997–1998)
• Lothar Osiander (1998–2001)
• Frank Yallop (2001–2003)
• Dominic Kinnear (2004-)

General managers

• Peter Bridgwater (1995–1998)
• Lynne Meterparel (1999–2000)
• Tom Neale (2001)
• Johnny Moore (2002–2004)
• Alexi Lalas (2004-)

Ownership

• Major League Soccer (1994–1999)
• Kraft Group Sports (1999–2002)
• Anschutz Entertainment Group (2002-)

Average Attendance

• 1996: 17,232
• 1997: 13,597
• 1998: 13,653
• 1999: 14,959
• 2000: 12,460
• 2001: 9,635
• 2002: 11,150
• 2003: 10,465
• 2004: 13,001
• All-Time: 12,905

External links

• www.sjearthquakes.com Team's official website
• www.clubquake.org Supporters' Club website
• www.thecasbah.org Supporters' Club website
• www.bigsoccer.com BigSoccer's online community for Earthquakes fans