SSS
We may be in the cellar but we are going to make the most of it
By: Melissa |
6 Comments
If you watched Saturday’s game, you know there were a lot of corner kicks. There were so many corner kicks, our little section wondered if the Quakes were in the process of breaking a new record. Well whaddya know, we did!
The Earthquakes and Columbus Crew combined for 25 corner kicks Saturday night at [...]
Essay time
By: Melissa | 1 Comment
I keep forgetting to mention on this here blog that I went ahead and started the Women’s Professional Soccer blog a few days ago. I’m secretly hoping I can grow it to look like the MLS page here – with individual blogs for each team. So please stop by and leave comments and [...]
Quasi News Wrap-Up
By: Melissa | 6 Comments
If you haven’t had the chance yet, please check out the latest press release from The Offside Rules announcing the Chicago goal post during Saturday’s San Jose game the first official Man of the Match for the 2008 season. Its an absolutely brilliant piece of writing so just go read it.
The big news [...]
Category: SSSI will kick your prom king ass
By: Melissa | 2 Comments
Here are Thursday’s Earthquakes Odds & Ends to get you through the day:
* According to the economic impact summary for the proposed SSS (and my fandom certainly DOES NOT extend to reading that thing) the new stadium will include a concert stage. Personally, I don’t have an opinion about this one way or the [...]
35th most powerful blog? Really?
By: Melissa | 3 Comments
Wow, congrats to us. And with that in mind, its time to finally get down to business and focus on poignant, serious, and informative posts about the subject manner at hand. So lets begin:
* On May 6th, the Quakes will play Stanford University.
* The Bay Soccer’s Earthquakes page is worth bookmarking. They’ve [...]
In Yallop we trust
By: Melissa | 4 Comments
San Jose has the first and fifteenth pick for this Friday’s SuperDraft and TheFrank has made it very clear he will likely trade his picks for MLS veterans. Needless to say, I’m not getting overly excited about this event. A few journalists attended the recent MLS Combine and posted their own favorites. [...]
Boys reinstated, Shaw retrofits won’t be ready, Scoobies set up their out of office replies
By: Melissa | No Comments
The controversy is (almost) over! A story over at Inside Bay Area reports that the High School students benched by the California Interscholastic Federation after attending the Quakes’ tryout tour and supposedly putting their amateur status in danger, were just reinstated. Whew. Unfortunately, Marie Ishida of the CIF is not letting this [...]
Wolff giveth and Wolff taketh away
By: Melissa | 2 Comments
After reading the news about last Tuesday’s city council meeting, I can honestly say, it really looks like the SSS deal between Quakes owner Lew Wolff and the city of San Jose is going to move forward without a hitch. Its a sharp contrast to the debacle Wolff’s other sports club, The Oakland A’s, [...]
The number one best reason MLS is returning to San Jose
By: Melissa | 2 Comments
Okay, I’m going to avoid the elephant in the room (will he or won’t he go back to San Jose?) for just a little bit longer to bring you my absolute favorite bit of news so far regarding San Ho expansion. This past Tuesday, the city council voted to extend negotiations with owner Lew [...]
Category: SSS
Home 
