2015 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

2015 season
Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Coach	Dominic Kinnear
Stadium	Avaya Stadium (Primary) Levi's Stadium (1 League game) Stanford Stadium (1 League game)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 7th Overall: 13th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Fifth round
California Clásico	1st (2–0–1)
Heritage Cup	1st (1–1–0)
Central California Cup	2nd (0–1–0)
Rose City Invitational	2nd (2–1–0)
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Wondolowski (11) All: Chris Wondolowski (13)
Highest home attendance	50,422 (June 27 vs. Los Angeles, at Stanford Stadium)
Lowest home attendance	League: 18,000 (Multiple games, Avaya Stadium capacity) All: 13,196 (June 18 vs. Sacramento)
Average home league attendance	League: 21,037 All: 19,694
Home colors Away colors
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The 2015 San Jose Earthquakes season is the club's 33rd year of existence, their 17th season in Major League Soccer and their 8th consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer. It the club's first season playing in Avaya Stadium, their new soccer-specific stadium.

Background

Club

Current roster

As of July 6, 2015.^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Bingham, DavidDavid Bingham	United States
3	Defender	Stewart, JordanJordan Stewart	England
4	Midfielder	Wynne, MarvellMarvell Wynne	United States
5	Defender	Bernárdez, VíctorVíctor Bernárdez (Vice-Captain)	Honduras
6	Midfielder	Salinas, SheaShea Salinas	United States
7	Midfielder	Cato, CordellCordell Cato	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Forward	Wondolowski, ChrisChris Wondolowski (DP & Captain)	United States
10	Midfielder	Pérez García, MatíasMatías Pérez García (DP)	Argentina
11	Forward	Emeghara, InnocentInnocent Emeghara (DP)	Switzerland
12	Forward	Sherrod, MarkMark Sherrod	United States
14	Forward	Jahn, AdamAdam Jahn	United States
15	Midfielder	Koval, J. J.J. J. Koval	United States
17	Midfielder	Nyassi, SannaSanna Nyassi	Gambia
19	Forward	Fucito, MikeMike Fucito	United States
20	Defender	Francis, ShaunShaun Francis	Jamaica
21	Defender	Goodson, ClarenceClarence Goodson	United States
22	Forward	Thompson, TommyTommy Thompson (HGP)	United States
23	Midfielder	Barrera, LeandroLeandro Barrera	Argentina
24	Forward	Lenhart, StevenSteven Lenhart	United States
27	Midfielder	Alashe, FataiFatai Alashe	United States
35	Goalkeeper	Meredith, BryanBryan Meredith	United States
38	Defender	Renato, PauloPaulo Renato	Portugal
80	Midfielder	Pierazzi, Jean-BaptisteJean-Baptiste Pierazzi	France

Non-competitive

Arizona friendlies

San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo

February 4	San Jose Earthquakes	2–3	Houston Dynamo	Tucson, Arizona
09:00 PST	Jahn  28 ',  57'	Report	Lovejoy  13' Barnes  40' Horst  53'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Ricardo Salazar

San Jose Earthquakes v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

February 7	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Tucson, Arizona
16:30 PST	Trialist  29' Barklage  83'	Report	Watson  34' Manneh  66'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

San Jose Earthquakes v Portland Timbers

February 10	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	Portland Timbers	Tucson, Arizona
09:30 PST		Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

Las Vegas Pro Soccer Challenge Cup

San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids

February 15	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Las Vegas, Nevada
19:00 PST	Wondolowski  43' Harden  47' Koval  75'	Report	Cronin  38'	Stadium: Cashman Field

California friendlies

Sacramento Republic v San Jose Earthquakes

February 21	Sacramento Republic	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Sacramento, California
17:00 PST	Duckett  28' Mirković  59' Klimenta  76'	Report	Salinas  25' García  51'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 9,794

San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy

February 28	San Jose Earthquakes	3–2	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
09:30 PST	Gonzalez  42' (o.g.) Alashe  53' Koval  58' Jahn  67'	Report	Villareal  65' Keane  82'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,134

International Champions Cup

San Jose Earthquakes v América

July 14 2015 International Champions Cup	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	América	San Jose, California
19:30 PST	Goodson  23'	Report	Andrade  76' Rivera  83'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal (United States)

San Jose Earthquakes v Manchester United

July 21 2015 International Champions Cup	San Jose Earthquakes	1–3	Manchester United	San Jose, California
16:00 PST	Alashe  42'	Report	Mata  32' Depay  37' Pereira  61'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Juan Guzman (United States)
Note: Game originally scheduled to be played at California Memorial Stadium.

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	LA Galaxy	34	14	11	9	56	46	+10	51	Knockout round
6	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	11	9	48	45	+3	51
7	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	13	8	41	39	+2	47
8	Houston Dynamo	34	11	14	9	42	49	−7	42
9	Real Salt Lake	34	11	15	8	38	48	−10	41

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Overall Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
11	New England Revolution	34	14	12	8	48	47	+1	50
12	Toronto FC	34	15	15	4	58	58	0	49
13	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	13	8	41	39	+2	47
14	Orlando City SC	34	12	14	8	46	56	−10	44
15	Houston Dynamo	34	11	14	9	42	49	−7	42

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

1. CONCACAF Champions League
   Selection Procedure

   • Four US-based teams qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League:
     1. The winner of the MLS Cup 2015;
        
     2. The winner of the Supporters' Shield (New York Red Bulls);
        
     3. The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (FC Dallas);
        
     4. The winner of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
        
     Each qualifier is placed in Pot 3, along with the four Mexican qualifiers. Should a team qualify through more than one method, or should a team from Canada win the MLS Cup, the next best US team in the overall table (Columbus Crew) would take its place.
     One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
     1. The winner of the 2015 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps)
        
     They are placed in Pot 1, along with the three Caribbean qualifiers, the two qualifiers from El Salvador, and one qualifier each from Belize and Nicaragua.

Results

FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes

March 7 Round 1	FC Dallas	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Frisco, Texas
17:30 PDT	Harris  50' Pérez  90+2'		Francis  67' Salinas  77' Nyassi  90+2' Jahn  90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,236 Referee: Ted Unkel

Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes

March 14 Round 2	Seattle Sounders FC	2–3	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
19:00 PDT	Dempsey  1' Azira  57' Martins  84' Roldan  90+4'	Report	Wondolowski  13 ',  48' Bernárdez  52' Innocent  70',  85'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,175 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

San Jose Earthquakes v Chicago Fire

March 22 Round 3	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Chicago Fire	San Jose, California
16:00 PDT	Alashe  5' Harden  21'	Report	Polster  26' Shipp  29'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000

New England Revolution v San Jose Earthquakes

March 28 Round 4	New England Revolution	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Foxborough, Massachusetts
12:00 PDT	Rowe  21 ',  37'	Report	Goodson  13' Francis  57' Wondolowski  62' (pen.)	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,668

San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake

April 5 Round 5	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Real Salt Lake	San Jose, California
14:00 PDT	Innocent  43' Wondolowski  60' Alashe  90+3'	Report	Morales  44' García  73' Mansally  82'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000

San Jose Earthquakes v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

April 11 Round 6	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	San Jose, California
19:30 PDT	Bingham  11' Nyassi  75' Jahn  88'	Report	Mattocks  3' Manneh  26' Kah  32' Flores  61' Morales  88' Waston  90+3'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000

New York Red Bulls v San Jose Earthquakes

April 17 Round 7	New York Red Bulls	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Harrison, New Jersey
16:00 PDT	Perrinelle  11' Kljestan  29' Grella  35'	Report	Alashe  36' Nyassi  54'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 16,406

Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes

May 1 Round 8	Real Salt Lake	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah
19:00 PDT	Beckerman  1' Allen  48' Bernárdez  71' (o.g.)	Report	Wondolowski  19' Innocent  21'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,715

Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes

May 5 Round 9	Houston Dynamo	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas
17:30 PDT	Clark  26' Sarkodie  79'	Report	Jahn  54' Stewart  75'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,018

Colorado Rapids v San Jose Earthquakes

May 8 Round 10	Colorado Rapids	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Commerce City, Colorado
19:00 PDT	Moor  26' Cronin  52' Riley  90+3'	Report	Wondolowski  19' Bingham  90+1'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,169

San Jose Earthquakes v Columbus Crew

May 16 Round 11	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Columbus Crew	San Jose, California
19:30 PDT	Goodson  40' García  45+2' Wondolowski  55' Salinas  60'	Report	Saeid  14', 33' George  90+1'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000

San Jose Earthquakes v Orlando City SC

May 24 Round 12	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Orlando City SC	Santa Clara, California
16:00 PDT	Alashe  44' Wondolowski  68' (pen.)	Report	Shea  51' Kaká  64' (pen.) Paterson  85'	Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 36,224

Toronto FC v San Jose Earthquakes

May 30 Round 13	Toronto FC	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Toronto, Ontario
14:00 PDT	Morrow  22' Creavalle  33' Moore  71'	Report	Wondolowski  24' (pen.) Nyassi  55'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 17,711

San Jose Earthquakes v FC Dallas

June 7 Round 14	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	FC Dallas	San Jose, California
16:00 PDT	Wynne  11' Sherrod  53' Koval  87'	Report	Ulloa  16' Michel  40' Díaz  40' Watson  75'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000

Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes

June 20 Round 15	Seattle Sounders FC	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
13:00 PDT	Thomás  59' Scott  87'	Report	Nyassi  23',  28' García  73'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,971

San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy

June 27 Round 16	San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	LA Galaxy	Stanford, California
19:30 PDT	Nyassi  13' Bernárdez  23' Wondolowski  28' Goodson  53' Cato  72'	Report	Juninho  17' Ishizaki  19' Gordon  88'	Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 50,422

Portland Timbers v San Jose Earthquakes

July 5 Round 17	Portland Timbers	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, Oregon
14:00 PDT	Jewsbury  91'	Report	Goodson  51' Sherrod  75'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144

San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo

July 10 Round 18	San Jose Earthquakes	0–2	Houston Dynamo	San Jose, California
20:00 PDT		Report	Clark  10' Deric  31' Beasley  37' Rodríguez  45+2' Sturgis  45+3' Bruin  81'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sorin Stoica

LA Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes

July 17 Round 19	LA Galaxy	5–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Keane  30' (pen.), 64 ',  80' (pen.) Rogers  36' Gerrard  37' Lletget  90+2'	Report	Amarikwa  22 ',  25' Thompson  30' Salinas  55' Bingham  69' Stewart  70'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alan Kelly

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v San Jose Earthquakes

July 26 Round 20	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 PDT	Rosales  5' Waston  32' Koffie  37' Rivero  56' (pen.) Mezquida  60' Teibert  90'	Summary	Amarikwa  45'  90'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,298 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

San Jose Earthquakes v Portland Timbers

August 2 Round 21	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	Portland Timbers	San Jose, California
20:00 PDT	Francis  14' Stewart  88'	Recap		Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes

August 8 Round 22	Houston Dynamo	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas
18:00 PDT	Beasley  55' Raúl Rodríguez  71' Alex  76'	Summary	Bernárdez  28' Pelosi  34' Alashe  43 ' Amarikwa  70' Nyassi  82'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,876 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids

August 14 Round 23	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Colorado Rapids	San Jose, California
20:00 PDT	Bernárdez  49' Goodson  53' Pelosi  88'	Report	Burling  65' Cronin  74' Goodson  51' Figueroa  84'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Allen Chapman

Sporting Kansas City v San Jose Earthquakes

August 19 Round 24	Sporting Kansas City	0–5	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Kansas
17:30 PDT	Feilhaber  71' Németh  74'	Report	Cato  3 ',  58' Wondolowski  17' (pen.), 61' Godoy  23'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,866 Referee: Jair Marrufo

D.C. United v San Jose Earthquakes

August 22 Round 25	D.C. United	0–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Washington, D.C.
16:00 PDT		Report	Wondolowski  4' Salinas  52' Godoy  89'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 20,043 Referee: Alan Kelly

San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy

August 28 Round 26	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
20:00 PDT	Salinas  18' Bernárdez  90'	Report	Leonardo 47' Rodgers  74'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

San Jose Earthquakes v Philadelphia Union

September 5 Round 27	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	Philadelphia Union	San Jose, California
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Avaya Stadium

San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders FC

September 12 Round 28	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	San Jose, California
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Avaya Stadium

San Jose Earthquakes v Montreal Impact

September 16 Round 29	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Montreal Impact	San Jose, California
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Avaya Stadium

New York City FC v San Jose Earthquakes

September 19 Round 30	New York City FC	3–2	San Jose Earthquakes	The Bronx, New York
16:00 PDT				Stadium: Yankee Stadium

San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake

September 27 Round 31	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Real Salt Lake	San Jose, California
16:00 PDT				Stadium: Avaya Stadium

San Jose Earthquakes v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

October 3 Round 32	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	San Jose, California
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Avaya Stadium

San Jose Earthquakes v Sporting Kansas City

October 16 Round 33	San Jose Earthquakes	1-0	Sporting Kansas City	San Jose, California
20:00 PDT				Stadium: Avaya Stadium

FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes

October 25 Round 34	FC Dallas	2-1	San Jose Earthquakes	Frisco, Texas
16:00 PDT				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

San Jose will enter the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.^[2]

San Jose Earthquakes v Sacramento Republic

June 18, 2015 Round 4	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2 (6–5 p)	Sacramento Republic	San Jose, California
19:30 PT	Wondolowski  74', 79' Bernardez  105'	Report	López  6' (pen.) Klimenta  54'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 13,196 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
		Penalties
	Wondolowski Bernardez Stephenson Pierazzi Thompson Koval Barrera Francis		López Vuković Daly Gilberto Klimenta Estrada Gabeljic Kiffe

San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy

July 1, 2015 Round 5	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
19:30 PT			Jose Villareal	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 13,329

transfers in

• F Kris Tyrpak (11/19/14 - Dispersal Draft)
• M Leandro Barrera (12/10/14 - Waiver Draft)
• F Mark Sherrod (12/11/14 - trade from Orlando City)
• GK Andy Gruenebaum (12/12/14 - Re-Entry Stage 1 Draft)
• D Marvell Wynne (12/18/14 - Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft)
• M Sanna Nyassi (12/18/14 - Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft)
• M Fatai Alashe (1/15/15 - SuperDraft)
• F Innocent Emeghara (1/31/15 - free)
• D Paulo Renato (2/26/15 - free)
• GK Tomas Gomez (3/26/15 - free)
• F Quincy Amarikwa (6/26/15 - trade from Chicago)
• M Matheus Silva (7/15/15 - waivers)
• M Marc Pelosi (7/17/15 - Allocation)
• M Anibal Godoy (8/6/15 - signed from Budapest Honved)
• M Khari Stephenson (9/11/15 - returned from loan

transfers out

• D Jason Hernandez (12/10/14 - Expansion Draft: to NYCFC)
• GK Jon Busch (12/11/14 - out of contract)
• D Andreas Gorlitz (12/11/14 - option declined)
• GK Billy Knutsen (12/11/14 - option declined)
• D Tommy Muller (12/11/14 - option declined)
• F Billy Schuler (12/11/14 - option declined: to Whitecaps FC 2)
• M Atiba Harris (12/18/14 - Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft: to FC Dallas)
• M Yannick Djalo (12/31/14 - loan expired: to Benfica)
• M Sam Cronin (1/19/15 - traded: to Colorado)
• GK Andy Gruenebaum (retired)
• F Kris Tyrpak (2/26/15 - waived: to Austin Aztex)
• D Brandon Barklage (3/18/15 - mutual contract termination:to Saint Louis FC )
• D Ty Harden (6/26/15 - traded: to Chicago)
• M Khari Stephenson (8/5/15 - loaned: to San Antonio)

References

1. "Players | San Jose Earthquakes". SJEarthquakes.com. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
2. "102nd Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.