Beuler? Beuler?

By: Melissa | January 30th, 2008

So far, not a peep from our team this week. Oh well. Here’s some news to tide us over:

* Camp starts Feb 4th at the 49ers practice facility in Santa Clara. No official word whether its open to the public (but it probably is).

* And the pre-season schedule so far

Wed 2/13/2008 6:30 SJ Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo PAL Stadium
Thurs 2/14/2008 2:00 Houston Dynamo v TBA PAL Stadium
Sat 2/16/2008 7:00 SJ Earthquakes Houston v Dynamo Kezar Stadium
Tues 2/19/2008 7:00 SJ Earthquakes v DC United San Luis Obispo
Fri 2/22/2008 7:00 SJ Earthquakes v Columbus Crew San Luis Obispo
Sun 2/24/2008 7:00 SJ Earthquakes v DC United San Luis Obispo

Carolina Challenge Cup
Tournament Schedule
Sat…. 3/15/2008…. SJ Earthquakes Toronto
Wed….3/19/2008…. SJ Earthquakes Charleston
Sat…. 3/22/2008…. SJ Earthquakes New York

I don’t have the info on when tickets are available for the Houston games but when I do, I’ll post it.

On the Houston games against the Quakes: There are currently two supporters groups for the team. The Casbah is unofficially hosting the San Jose game and the 1906/Ultras are unofficially hosting the San Francisco game. One “supporters section” will be set aside for both groups to sit together during the games but each group gets the spotlight for whichever match they are hosting. What this basically means is: if you are getting fired up about the Quakes and want to get more involved, attending one or both of these games is a great opportunity to learn more about the supporters groups and pledge your undying allegiance and a bit of your free time to one. This holds ESPECIALLY true for the San Francisco game. The Ultras can really use some help to get ready for the Kezar match and to all SF Bay Area residents reading this, you really have nothing better to do around noon on a Saturday in February than head over to Golden Gate Park and help folks make signs and flags and banners. Oh and you are requested to wear Quakes colors which at this point I think means blue and/or black (I guess red is too retro?… or not retro enough?).

In other news, Northern California is bat sh*t crazy and super awesome. Here’s a snippet of the police report of an incident that occurred on Monday on the 880 freeway near Hayward/San Leandro:

Incident: 1495 Type: Pedestrian on the Roadway Location: NB I880 AT WASHINGTON AV Zoom Map: 691 5C info as of: 1/28/2008 9:36:29 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
3:34PM RE: L-11, MORE BELLY DANCERS, STOPPING TRAFFIC/RUNNING IN THE CD
3:31PM ALMOST WAS HIT ON WB LNS
3:29PM PER ANOTHER RP, NB 880 TO SB 238 CON - CD
3:11PM PER ANOTHER CALLER XRAY RAN INTO THE #3, #4 AND #5 LNS IFO VEHS // BACK ON RHS
3:09PM XRAY IS POLE DANCING ON ONE OF SIGNS
3:08PM LADY DANCING NR THE ROADWAY PER 2ND RP
3:08PM PER ANOTHER CALLER//PED IS ALSO DOING A POLE DANCE USING THE LIGHT POLE
3:07PM WF, IN BELLY DANCING GARB, ON THE RHS, BELLY DANCING

Hrrrmmm… is that it for now? Basically, yes it is. Oh wait – here’s another thrilling installment of Song of the Week. Buried in that recent article in the Santa Clara University paper on Cochrane and Cannon, is the news that the first four home games of the season will be in Oakland. Is that a typo? Are TheShaw retrofits really that far behind schedule? Well, if this news is for-realsies true then it is absolutely time to give some local love to my town. Here’s a super rad collaboration between San Francisco’s own Dan the Automator and Oakland’s finest, The Heiroglyphics.