The San Jose Earthquakes Sentinel
Squad21 May 2046
Cameron Sargent damages knee ligaments — 103 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 103 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match19 May 2046
No mercy from San Jose Earthquakes
Real Salt Lake will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. San Jose Earthquakes were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market21 May 2046
Ricardo Yedlin 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.
The terraces21 May 2046
San Jose Earthquakes supporters have found a favourite in Brandon Morris
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Brandon Morris has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match19 May 2046
Real Salt Lake blown away early
There is a particular helplessness in conceding 3 times before the twentieth minute. Real Salt Lake tried to reorganise, San Jose Earthquakes did not allow it, and the result was written long before it was confirmed.
Player ratings21 May 2046
Ninety minutes of Guillermo Gutierrez at his very best
Marked 8.15. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at San Jose Earthquakes.
Player ratings21 May 2046
Nobody could get near Diego Herrera
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 May 2046
Brandon Wright signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brandon Wright and San Jose Earthquakes agree another 3 years.
Squad21 May 2046
Words at San Jose Earthquakes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miles Adams is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad George Reyna gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Ryan Dest was immovable
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Aaron Johnson