The San Jose Earthquakes Sentinel
Squad8 Mar 2027
Daniel keeps San Jose Earthquakes in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Daniel signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel commits to San Jose Earthquakes for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at San Jose Earthquakes
Daniel 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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at San Jose Earthquakes
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Vítor Costa 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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
One of those days for Beau LeRoux
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.20, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match6 Mar 2027
San Jose Earthquakes see off Austin FC
Three points for San Jose Earthquakes, 2‑1 the final word against Austin FC in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The crowd has taken to Beau LeRoux
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Dylan Brooks joins the San Jose Earthquakes first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dylan Brooks is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market San Jose Earthquakes promote Tim Wright from within
- Market One of our own: Sam Reyna joins the San Jose Earthquakes first team
- Market Adam Turner steps up from the San Jose Earthquakes academy