The San Jose Earthquakes Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
San Jose Earthquakes say no — this time
The offer from FC Lorient for Luka Jovanović was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
San Jose Earthquakes to lose Francesco Montali for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Francesco Montali has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Market10 Aug 2026
Francesco Montali is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at San Jose Earthquakes is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at San Jose Earthquakes
Timo Werner was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Beau LeRoux signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Beau LeRoux commits to San Jose Earthquakes for another 4 years.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Noel Buck
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dave Romney gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ousséni Bouda falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between San Jose Earthquakes and Dave Romney
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to DeJuan Jones
- Market Nobody at San Jose Earthquakes has picked up the phone to Vítor Costa
- Match Point won or two lost for San Jose Earthquakes?