REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (June 23, Rio Tinto Stadium, 7 p.m. MT) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2012 SEASON RECORDS Real at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 16 10-4-2 32 27 17 8 6-2-0 18 15 9
18 Rimando
Earthquakes 15 9-3-3 30 29 18 on road 8 5-2-1 16 15 10
2
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
EARTHQUAKES
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
F 29 47
A 18 75
8 7 13 1
9 5 4 0
10 9 3 2 3 0 1 1
10 6 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 18 3
1 16 1
TYPE OF PLAY
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
9 4 3 0 1 0 0 0
DISTANCE
2 24 1
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
1 15 1
(W-L-T) RSL SJ
15
7 Espindola
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 6-0-0 4-2-1 0-1-1 5-0-0 2-1-1 2-2-2
REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) 5/26/2012 RSL 3, DAL 2 6/16/2012 RSL 3, CHV 0 6/20/2012 RSL 2, LA 3 4/21/2012 RSL 1, SJ 3 5/09/2012 RSL 0, CHI 0 6/16/2012 RSL 3, CHV 0 5/09/2012 RSL 0, CHI 0
(1) (0) (0) (4) (4) (1) (4)
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Real Salt Lake WWLWWWLLTWWTWWWL Earthquakes WLWWWTWWWLTTWLW
24
8
Lenhart
Wondolowski
10 Dawkins
15 Morrow
81 30
4
Baca
Cronin
Chavez
33
21
26
Hernandez
Bernardez
Beitashour
18 Busch
REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. SAR (bench): Corey Rockwell; JAR (opposite): Fabio Tovar; 4th: Tyler Ploeger INJURY REPORTS REAL SALT LAKE – OUT: DF Chris Schuler (L foot bone stress response); QUESTIONABLE: MF Sebastian Velasquez (R foot turf toe); MF Luis Gil (R knee strain); PROBABLE: MF Javier Morales (R quadriceps strain); DF Jamison Olave (R calf strain) … SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES – OUT: MF Sam Garza (rib fracture); MF Joey Gjertsen (R knee surgery); DF Tim Ward (L non-specific soft tissue injury)
S.J. EARTHQUAKES 1 David Bingham (GK) 4 Sam Cronin (MF) 5 Brad Ring (MF) 6 Shea Salinas (MF) 7 Khari Stephenson (MF) 8 Chris Wondolowski (FW) 9 Sercan Guvenisik (FW) 10 Simon Dawkins (MF) 11 Tressor Moreno (MF) 12 Ramiro Corrales (DF) 13 Evan Newton (GK) 14 Jean-Marc Alexandre (MF) 15 Justin Morrow (DF) 16 Alan Gordon (FW) 17 Joey Gjertsen (MF) 18 Jon Busch (GK) 19 Sam Garza (FW) 20 Tim Ward (DF) 21 Jason Hernandez (DF) 23 Anthony Ampaipitakwong (MF) 24 Steven Lenhart (FW) 25 Ellis McLoughlin (FW) 26 Victor Bernardez (DF) 27 Cesar Diaz Pizarro (FW) 28 Jed Zayner (DF) 30 Rafael Baca (MF) 32 Josh Suggs (DF) 33 Steven Beitashour (DF) 55 Ike Opara (DF) 81 Marvin Chavez (MF)
DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): RSL: Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales, Alvaro Saborio … SJ: Ramiro Corrales, Alan Gordon INTERNATIONAL DUTY none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 8-1-0 2-3-1 5-1-0 4-2-3
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
11
Saborio
HOW SCORED
14 5 1 1 2 0 2 2
8 Johnson
Morales
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
8 3 6 0
Beckerman
Grabavoy
UPCOMING MATCHES EARTHQUAKES REAL Sat. June 30 Los Angeles Sat. June 30 at Columbus Tue. July 3 at Portland Wed. July 4 Seattle Sat. July 7 at FC Dallas Sat. July 7 Portland Sat. July 14 Real Salt Lake Sat. July 14 at San Jose
12 12 3 0
17 Wingert
5
2012 (MLS): 4/21: SJ 3, RSL 1 (Stephenson 47+; Dawkins 92+; Wondolowski 93+ -- Beckerman 53)
A 17 85
6 Borchers
20
AT SALT LAKE (6 meetings): Real 2 wins, 10 goals … Earthquakes 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 4
F 27 53
4 Olave
Beltran
ALL-TIME (14 meetings): Real 5 wins, 21 goals … Earthquakes 4 wins, 17 goals … Ties 5
REAL
ROSTERS REAL SALT LAKE 1 Eduardo Fernandez (GK) 2 Tony Beltran (DF) 4 Jamison Olave (DF) 5 Kyle Beckerman (MF) 6 Nat Borchers (DF) 7 Fabian Espindola (FW) 8 Will Johnson (MF) 11 Javier Morales (MF) 12 Emiliano Bonfigli (FW) 14 Yordany Alvarez (MF) 15 Alvaro Saborio (FW) 16 Nico Muniz (MF) 17 Chris Wingert (DF) 18 Nick Rimando (GK) 19 Enzo Martinez (MF) 20 Ned Grabavoy (MF) 21 Luis Gil (MF) 22 Jonny Steele (MF) 23 Paulo Araujo Jr. (FW) 24 Kyle Reynish (GK) 25 Chris Estridge (DF) 26 Sebastian Velasquez (MF) 27 Cody Arnoux (FW) 28 Chris Schuler (DF) 29 Kenny Mansally (FW) 53 Terakazu Tanaka (DF)
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Date Score (Gms since) 5/02/2012 SJ 5, DC 3 (2) 6/20/2012 SJ 2, COL 1 (0) 3/17/2012 SJ 0, HOU 1 (5) 5/27/2012 SJ 1, KC 2 (1) 5/19/2012 SJ 1, CLB 1 (3) 3/31/2012 SJ 1, SEA 0 (11) 3/17/2012 SJ 0, HOU 1 (13)
TEAM LEADERS REAL G: 7 Saborio A: 4 Morales SHT: 39 Espindola SOG: 16 Espindola/Saborio FC: 33 Beckerman FS: 19 Morales OF: 16 Saborio C: 5 Beckerman E: 1 3 players tied EARTHQUAKES G: 12 Wondolowski A: 5 Beitashour/Chavez SHT: 50 Wondolowski SOG: 22 Wondolowski FC: 30 Lenhart FS: 22 Lenhart OF: 14 Lenhart C: 6 Lenhart E: 0
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG RSL 16 3 4 4 5 0 27 1.69 SJ 15 1 6 3 4 1 29 1.93 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG RSL 16 6 5 3 2 0 17 1.06 SJ 15 3 7 4 1 0 18 1.20 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 RSL 27 3 2 4 8 3 7 SJ 29 4 4 2 1 8 10 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 RSL 17 0 2 2 3 6 4 SJ 18 6 2 3 2 2 3
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (June 23, Rio Tinto Stadium, 7 p.m. MT - MLS Game 143)
REAL SALT LAKE 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Eduardo Fernandez GK 6-3 170 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Claremont, CA 16 16 0 2 94 83 0 5 4 Jamison Olave DF 6-3 210 04/21/1981 Medellin, Colombia 15 15 0 1 114 113 10 2 5 Kyle Beckerman MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 15 15 4 3 284 256 28 36 6 Nat Borchers DF 6-2 175 04/13/1981 Tucson, AZ 10 10 1 0 212 211 9 4 7 Fabian Espindola FW 5-9 160 05/04/1985 Buenos Aires, Argentina 14 13 6 3 109 90 32 13 8 Will Johnson MF 5-10 155 01/21/1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12 11 1 2 106 93 8 7 11 Javier Morales MF 5-9 165 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 12 6 1 4 110 98 18 38 12 Emiliano Bonfigli FW 5-10 148 02/23/1989 Bahia Blanca, Argentina 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 14 Yordany Alvarez MF 5-10 165 05/24/1985 Cienfuegos, Cuba 6 1 0 0 11 5 0 0 15 Alvaro Saborio FW 6-0 170 03/25/1982 San Carlos, Costa Rica 16 12 7 1 66 57 30 7 16 Nico Muniz MF 5-10 155 10/18/1992 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Chris Wingert DF 5-10 170 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 14 14 0 1 201 170 1 12 18 Nick Rimando GK 5-9 184 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 14 14 0 0 302 302 0 6 19 Enzo Martinez MF 5-7 160 09/29/1990 Montevideo, Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Ned Grabavoy MF 5-7 150 07/01/1983 Joliet, IL 13 11 0 2 175 128 8 19 21 Luis Gil MF 5-8 150 11/14/1993 Garden Grove, CA 14 10 1 2 39 24 3 2 22 Jonny Steele MF 6-0 180 02/07/1986 Larne, Northern Ireland 15 5 2 2 15 5 2 2 23 Paulo Junior FW 5-7 158 01/23/1989 Teresina, Brazil 11 7 1 1 25 12 3 5 24 Kyle Reynish GK 6-3 193 11/03/1983 Valencia, CA 2 2 0 0 7 6 0 0 25 Chris Estridge DF 5-11 160 09/21/1989 Brownsburg, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Sebastian Velasquez MF 5-11 155 02/11/1991 Medillin, Colombia 6 5 0 0 6 5 0 0 27 Cody Arnoux FW 5-10 170 04/13/1988 Stony Brook, NY 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 Chris Schuler DF 6-4 185 09/09/1987 St. Louis, MO 9 7 0 1 30 24 2 1 29 Kenny Mansally MF 5-10 165 01/27/1989 Banjul, Gambia 0 0 0 0 89 47 7 5 53 Terakazu Tanaka DF 5-8 150 07/14/1985 Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 HEAD COACH : Jason Kreis
12/29/1972 W67 L54 T45
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 2012 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 David Bingham GK 6-2 185 10/19/1989 Castro Valley, CA 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 13 12 0 2 90 80 1 9 5 Brad Ring MF 5-10 165 04/07/1987 Rockford, IL 1 1 0 0 33 22 0 1 6 Shea Salinas MF 5-10 150 06/24/1986 Lubbock, TX 7 6 1 2 96 46 5 10 7 Khari Stephenson MF 6-1 185 01/18/1981 Kingston, Jamaica 14 8 2 2 65 47 8 7 8 Chris Wondolowski FW 6-0 165 01/28/1983 Danville, CA 13 13 12 3 124 88 53 10 9 Sercan Guvenisik FW 5-9 157 03/01/1980 Donauworth, West Germany 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 Simon Dawkins MF 5-10 160 12/01/1987 Edgware, England 14 10 2 1 40 29 8 3 11 Tressor Moreno MF 5-8 160 11/11/1979 Riosucio, Colombia 11 6 0 3 11 6 0 3 12 Ramiro Corrales DF 6-0 180 03/12/1977 Los Angeles, CA 11 11 0 3 284 258 14 31 13 Evan Newton GK 6-2 185 04/01/1988 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jean-Marc Alexandre FW 5-11 190 08/24/1986 Verrettes, Haiti 0 0 0 0 38 14 1 2 15 Justin Morrow DF 5-9 165 10/04/1987 Cleveland, OH 15 15 1 0 27 24 1 0 16 Alan Gordon FW 6-3 190 10/16/1981 Long Beach, CA 8 1 4 0 126 75 26 16 17 Joey Gjertsen MF 5-9 165 06/13/1982 Tacoma, WA 0 0 0 0 36 29 2 4 18 Jon Busch GK 5-10 165 08/18/1976 Queens, NY 14 14 0 0 212 211 0 0 19 Sam Garza FW 5-11 170 10/17/1989 Carrollton, TX 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 20 Tim Ward DF 6-0 165 02/28/1987 Waukesha, WI 0 0 0 0 71 62 0 7 21 Jason Hernandez DF 5-11 170 08/26/1983 New York, NY 11 9 0 1 163 144 0 3 23 Anthony Ampaipitakwong MF 5-8 160 06/14/1988 Carrollton, TX 0 0 0 0 12 5 0 2 24 Steven Lenhart FW 6-1 190 08/28/1986 Jacksonville, FL 12 10 5 0 89 53 23 7 25 Ellis McLoughlin FW 5-10 165 07/08/1990 Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 26 Victor Bernardez DF 6-2 190 05/24/1982 La Ceiba, Honduras 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 27 Cesar Diaz Pizarro FW 6-1 175 09/15/1990 Chiclayo, Peru 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 Jed Zayner DF 5-11 165 12/13/1984 Valparaiso, IN 0 0 0 0 49 34 0 2 30 Rafael Baca MF 5-8 160 09/11/1989 Tuxcan, Michoacan, Mexico 15 13 1 1 30 24 2 4 32 Josh Suggs DF 6-0 170 04/26/1989 Las Cruces, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 5-10 170 02/01/1987 San Jose, CA 15 15 0 5 42 41 1 12 33 Steven Beitashour 55 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 7 3 0 0 26 18 3 0 81 Marvin Chavez MF 5-5 145 11/03/1983 La Ceiba, Honduras 12 9 0 5 66 52 8 11 HEAD COACH : Frank Yallop 04/04/1961 W104 L98 T72
REAL SALT LAKE vs SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES RIO TINTO STADIUM, Sandy, Utah June 23, 2012 (WEEK 16, MLS Game #143) 7 p.m. MT (KUCW-30; CSN-CA) A top-of-the-table clash in the Western Conference is ahead when Real Salt Lake play host to the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real saw their seven-game undefeated run come to an end at midweek, the LA Galaxy storming back for a 3-2 victory in Sandy. The Earthquakes yet once again provided some late dramatics, getting another stoppage-time goal for a victory in a 2-1 midweek win in Colorado. REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. SAR (bench): Corey Rockwell; JAR (opposite): Fabio Tovar; 4th: Tyler Ploeger MLS Career: 135 games; FC/gm: 24.2; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 32; pens: 42 INJURY REPORT: REAL SALT LAKE – OUT: DF Chris Schuler (L foot bone stress response); QUESTIONABLE: MF Sebastian Velasquez (R foot turf toe); MF Luis Gil (R knee strain); PROBABLE: MF Javier Morales (R quadriceps strain); DF Jamison Olave (R calf strain) … SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES – OUT: MF Sam Garza (rib fracture); MF Joey Gjertsen (R knee surgery); DF Tim Ward (L non-specific soft tissue injury) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: RSL: Kyle Beckerman, Javier Morales, Alvaro Saborio … SJ: Ramiro Corrales, Alan Gordon SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: RSL: Jamison Olave … SJ: Steven Beitashour HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (14 meetings): Real 5 wins, 21 goals … Earthquakes 4 wins, 17 goals … Ties 5 AT SALT LAKE (6 meetings): Real 2 wins, 10 goals … Earthquakes 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 4 FUTURE MATCH: 7/14: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. PT The Earthquakes grabbed a stunning victory when the clubs met earlier this season, goals from Simon Dawkins and Chris Wondolowski in stoppage time leading to a 3-1 win April 21 at Buck Shaw Stadium. It was San Jose’s first win in league play against RSL since May 30, 2009, and ended a two-game losing streak to Real in Santa Clara. Real had won three of the five previous meetings, with two draws. Coaches record: Frank Yallop vs. RSL: P15 W4 L7 D4 … Jason Kreis vs. SJ: P10 W5 L2 D3 LAST MEETING (MLS) 4/21: SJ 3, RSL 1 (Stephenson 47+; Dawkins 92+; Wondolowski 93+ -- Beckerman 53) Real went a man down just 29 minutes into the match, when Fabian Espíndola was sent off for a two-footed, studs-up challenge on San Jose midfielder Sam Cronin. The Quakes were then able to take advantage in first-half stoppage time. Khari Stephenson snuck a header past RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando for his first goal of the season, rising to meet a curling cross from fullback Steven Beitashour. The visitors drew even in the 53rd minute. Kyle Beckerman ignited the buildup, creating a turnover in midfield and quickly getting the ball back via Jonny Steele’s cutting pass off the left wing. Beckerman ran onto it after a dummy, and then maneuvered past two San Jose defenders before rolling home from 14 yards out. RSL went another man down in the 69th minute when Jamison Olave was ejected by referee Elias Bazakos after taking down Quakes forward Steven Lenhart at the edge of the area. It took the home side until the 90 minutes were complete to take advantage, but they finally did with two goals in a minute. Two minutes into stoppage time, Simon Dawkins sent home a diving header off a right-wing cross from Beitashour, then Chris Wondolowski scored his league-leading eighth goal off a short chip from Stephenson inside Real Salt Lake’s penalty area. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-4-1-1): Jon Busch - Steven Beitashour, Ike Opara (Alan Gordon 75), Jason Hernandez, Justin Morrow - Tressor Moreno, Sam Cronin (Steven Lenhart 61), Rafael Baca (Sam Garza 82), Simon Dawkins - Khari Stephenson - Chris Wondolowski. REAL SALT LAKE (4-3-1-2): Nick Rimando - Tony Beltran (Paulo Junior 93+), Jamison Olave (sent off 69), Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert - Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman, Jonny Steele (Luis Gil 60) - Javier Morales (Chris Schuler 77) - Fabian Espindola (sent off 29), Alvaro Saborio.
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REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake saw their seven-game undefeated streak ended in dramatic fashion, falling 3-2 to the LA Galaxy on Wednesday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real lead the Western Conference with 32 points from 16 games. LAST MATCH Real had the lead after just nine minutes. Chris Wingert fed Fabián Espíndola on the right flank, and the Argentinean beat Todd Dunivant to the endline and sent it across the middle for Kyle Beckerman, who tapped home for the opener. Then in the 24th minute, Espíndola played creator again, sending another ball to the middle to Álvaro Saborío. Saborío got just a piece of the cross, sending it bouncing up in the air a couple of times before settling in the lower-left corner of the net. But five minutes later, the Galaxy started their climb back. RSL defender Tony Beltran, deep in his own third, tried to send a pass back to ‘keeper Nick Rimando six minutes later. Landon Donovan saw the pass coming and rushed to intercept the ball and deposited it after rounding Rimando. Real's giving mood continued just five minutes into the second half, with Jámison Olave giving the ball away to Donovan about 30 yards from goal. The Galaxy captain hit a perfect through-ball to Mike Magee, who took a touch and hit a brilliant, left-foot strike to the right corner that caromed off the inside of the post. The Galaxy completed the comeback in the 68th minute. Magee sent a ball from the left over the top toward Donovan, who beat an onrushing Rimando to ball, took one touch past the 'keeper and calmly curled it into the open net for the winner. RSL head coach Jason Kreis made no changes to the team that strolled to a 3-0 win against Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center. REAL SALT LAKE (4-1-3-2): Nick Rimando - Tony Beltran, Jamison Olave (Luis Gil 64), Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert - Kyle Beckerman - Will Johnson, Ned Grabavoy (Paulo Junior 80), Jonny Steele (Javier Morales 60) Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio. TEAM NEWS Real blew a 2-goal lead to lose a league game for the first time in the club’s history, after 233 games in MLS competition. "It's pretty bewildering to be up 2-0 and lose a game 3-2," said defender Nat Borchers. "We made some mistakes. We all know we made some bad mistakes in terms of our possession, and they made us pay. Let's give them some credit. They were definitely ice-cold when it came to finishing those chances and they deserve that win.” The loss also put an end to the club’s five-game home winning streak, matching the longest in RSL history. ”I thought we approached the game in the right way. We were really aggressive with our spirit and aggressive with the ball. We got the ball in their half of the field, strung some nice passes together, got some nice chances to score and took them,” said RSL head coach Jason Kreis. “I’m really, really pleased with how we started the match and then not pleased with a lot of things from there.” After scoring two goals vs. Chivas USA at the weekend – his third career two-goal game in MLS – Fabian Espindola turned provider, setting up both goals vs. LA. It was his first career two-assist game in MLS. For a second consecutive match, Jamison Olave was removed just after the hour mark, with midfielder Luis Gil replacing him in the Galaxy match. “It’s injury related. He’s carrying an injury and I think everybody can see it’s affecting him. He also was ill yesterday,” said Kreis. “We are very, very thin on the back line. If we had a healthy Schuler, we probably wouldn’t have played Olave, but at the moment we don’t really have a true center back, so now you’re talking about shifting players all over the place. And, I was trying to get in a little more attack otherwise I’d put in Tanaka--defender for defender. But, I was trying to be positive and go for three points at home.” Javier Morales came on the final half-hour for a second consecutive match, which came after missing two games following five consecutive starts April 21-May 9. “He’s getting there,” Kreis said. “You know I think that come Saturday we take a real strong look on whether or not he can start and at least give us 45-60 and build him towards 90.” Luis Gil also shook off an injury suffered in a U.S. under-20 national team camp to come off the bench for the final 26 minutes. “It felt good, especially getting back on the field so quickly,” said Gil. “I feel like I’ve got to get back into that rhythm, though. Obvioulsy, time off takes that away and you feel a little slow; just getting back into the soccer rhythm, getting back on the ball, more confidence. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES The San Jose Earthquakes once again recorded a dramatic comeback in stoppage time, getting two late goals for a 2-1 win against the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Wednesday. The Quakes are in second place in the Western Conference with 30 points from 15 games.
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LAST MATCH The home side took the lead after 18 minutes. After surging down the wing, right back Hunter Freeman crossed to an open Brian Mullan at the far post, and he made no mistake with the pinpoint service, heading inside the back post. But the Quakes yet again had some late heroics in their bag. In the 83rd minute, after Colorado goalkeeper Matt Pickens denied Steven Lenhart's point-blank chance, San Jose's Alan Gordon and Freeman came crashing in at the far post, and the rebound caromed off the Rapids defender into the net. Then in stoppage time, Gordon drew a penalty after Pickens’ flailing dive at the ball, where the 'keeper appeared to catch Gordon’s boot. Chris Wondolowski stepped to the spot and buried the resulting penalty for the match-winner. Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop made five changes to the team that suffered a 2-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City at Livestrong Sporting Park. David Bingham came in at goal for the suspended Jon Busch, Victor Bernardez came into the back four for Ramiro Corrales, Sam Cronin entered the midfield for Brad Ring, and Steven Lenhart and Chris Wondolowski came into the team for Khari Stephenson and Alan Gordon. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-3-1-2): David Bingham - Steven Beitashour (Shea Salinas 75), Jason Hernandez, Victor Bernardez, Justin Morrow - Rafael Baca (Alan Gordon 65), Sam Cronin (Khari Stephenson 70), Marvin Chavez - Simon Dawkins - Steven Lenhart, Chris Wondolowski. TEAM NEWS For the sixth time in nine league matches, the Quakes scored the tying or winning goal in the 88th minute or later. “We kept going until the end, which we’ve done all year,” Quakes coach Frank Yallop said. “I said to the guys, ‘It doesn’t matter if you score in the first minute or the last minute. The game’s 90 minutes. You’ve got to make sure you’re as good in the first as you are in the last.'” Said Chris Wondolowski: “I didn’t think we were playing our best, but we were creating opportunities, which is all you can really ask for. I thought our defense did really well trying to limit their opportunities. It was great to keep pounding away and get those goals.” The Quakes have scored 10 goals in the game’s final quarter-hour, most in MLS, and 18 from the 60th minute on, also most in the league. “We have character, we have heart and we have a lot of guys that don’t give up. We’ve got competitors and guys that really want to win,” said Alan Gordon. “That’s the difference. It comes down to heart at the end and who’s willing to make the extra run, and battle the extra bit.” Returning to the team after missing two matches while on international duty, Wondolowski scored the gamewinner from the penalty spot and regained the lead in the MLS Golden Boot race, one ahead of New York’s Kenny Cooper. “I’m not sure if comfortable is the right word, but we know that we’re never going to give up. We know that we have it,” Wondolowski said. “We come into the locker room down 1-0 and everyone is positive, everyone knows we’re going to keep fighting until the last second on the clock. That’s just our mentality. Anytime a sub comes in, he raises our level and gives us energy.” As well, the Quakes scored the game-winning goals in both of their U.S. Open Cup matches in the final 20 minutes. They return home for a quarterfinal match vs. holders Seattle Sounders FC next Tuesday at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. “We just keep doing it game in and game out,” Gordon said. “I don’t think it’s a mistake. … We want to get the first goal and keep the lead, but that’s not the way the games have been going. We’ve been doing well in the situations that we’ve been put in, and showing a lot of character, but that’s not a habit that we want to get into. We want to start playing a little bit better from the get go, and get on the front foot for a change.” After suffering fractured ribs in a training ground collision, rookie Sam Garza will be out an expected 4-6 weeks. The trip to Salt Lake completes a two-game road swing of the Mountain states for San Jose, over a four-day span. “The lack of oxygen, obviously the guys from Colorado and Salt Lake are used to it,” Yallop said. “They train every day in it. When you go in there, you don’t think it makes a difference. It’s not a big, big difference, but it is a difference.”
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2012 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (10-4-2, 32 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 15 F Alvaro Saborio 7 F Fabian Espindola 5 M Kyle Beckerman 22 M Jonny Steele 11 M Javier Morales 21 M Luis Gil 8 M Will Johnson 23 F Paulo Junior 12 F Emiliano Bonfigli 6 D Nat Borchers 2 D Tony Beltran 20 M Ned Grabavoy 4 D Jamison Olave 28 D Chris Schuler 53 D Terakazu Tanaka 17 D Chris Wingert 14 M Yordany Alvarez 24 G Kyle Reynish 18 G Nick Rimando 26 M Sebastian Velasquez 27 F Cody Arnoux 25 D Chris Estridge 1 G Eduardo Fernandez 29 M Kenny Mansally (TOT) 29 M Kenny Mansally (RSL) 19 M Enzo Martinez 16 M Nico Muniz Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 16 14 15 15 12 14 12 11 3 10 16 13 15 9 2 14 6 2 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GS 12 13 15 5 6 10 11 7 0 10 16 11 15 7 2 14 1 2 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 1176 1099 1350 536 646 801 983 483 45 900 1424 1034 1274 713 180 1190 113 180 1260 340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 16
16 16
1440 1440
G 7 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 17
A 1 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 38 39 20 7 8 11 19 15 2 6 7 5 5 6 0 4 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 16 16 5 2 3 3 9 7 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 21 24 33 16 12 7 10 7 0 4 7 10 20 7 2 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FS 18 17 11 8 19 5 16 4 0 7 15 16 14 1 0 5 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 16 11 0 0 1 0 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 2 26 1 28 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 4 2 5 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 16
200 186
72 61
203 184
184 203
42 34
64 84
28 22
3 1
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Fabian Espindola 3, Alvaro Saborio 2, Jonny Steele 1, Javier Morales 1 Nat Borchers 1, Kyle Beckerman 1, Paulo Junior 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Javier Morales 2, Kyle Beckerman 2, Luis Gil 1, Fabian Espindola 1 Tony Beltran 1, Paulo Junior 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 1-1, Paulo Junior 1-1 REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 24 G Kyle Reynish 2 18 G Nick Rimando 14 Team totals 16 Opponent totals 16
GS 2 14 16 16
MIN 180 1260 1440 1440
SHTS 7 54 61 72
SV 5 39 44 44
GA 2 15 17 27
GAA 1.00 1.07 1.06 1.69
PG 0 1 1 2
PA 0 2 2 2
W 1 9 10 4
* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only Real Salt Lake statistics listed here.
L 0 4 4 10
T 1 1 2 2
SO 1 5 6 3
2012 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES STATISTICS (9-3-3, 30 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 8 F Chris Wondolowski 24 F Steven Lenhart 16 F Alan Gordon 7 M Khari Stephenson 10 M Simon Dawkins 6 M Shea Salinas 30 M Rafael Baca 15 D Justin Morrow 33 D Steven Beitashour 81 M Marvin Chavez 12 D Ramiro Corrales 11 M Tressor Moreno 4 M Sam Cronin 19 F Sam Garza 21 D Jason Hernandez 26 D Victor Bernardez 1 G David Bingham 18 G Jon Busch 9 F Sercan Guvenisik 55 D Ike Opara 27 F Cesar Diaz Pizarro 5 M Brad Ring 14 F Jean-Marc Alexandre 23 M Anthony Ampaipitakwong 17 M Joey Gjertsen 25 F Ellis McLoughlin 13 G Evan Newton 32 D Josh Suggs 20 D Tim Ward 28 D Jed Zayner Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 13 12 8 14 14 7 15 15 15 12 11 11 13 3 11 7 1 14 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GS 13 10 1 8 10 6 13 15 15 9 11 6 12 0 9 7 1 14 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 1170 870 270 791 895 504 1061 1350 1335 788 928 551 963 72 856 584 90 1260 70 342 29 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 15
15 15
1350 1350
G 12 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 18
A 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 5 5 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 50 31 10 26 25 8 12 3 5 19 9 3 11 3 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 22 17 6 9 9 4 4 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 9 30 12 19 13 5 11 7 16 17 12 3 14 2 6 7 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FS 14 22 7 2 18 4 14 8 12 16 10 6 4 1 3 5 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 12 14 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 0 0 0 11 9 18 0 3 28 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 6 4 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 25
227 176
84 55
191 172
172 191
38 30
84 67
31 28
0 3
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Chris Wondolowski 5, Alan Gordon 2, Steven Lenhart 1, Simon Dawkins 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Steven Beitashour 2, Shea Salinas 1, Jason Hernandez 1, Sam Cronin 1 Ramiro Corrales 1, Marvin Chavez 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Chris Wondolowski 2-3, Khari Stephenson 1-1 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN 1 G David Bingham 1 1 90 18 G Jon Busch 14 14 1260 Team totals 15 15 1350 Opponent totals 15 15 1350
SHTS 5 50 55 84
SV 4 33 37 56
GA 1 17 18 29
GAA 1.00 1.21 1.20 1.93
PG 0 1 1 3
PA 0 1 1 4
W 1 8 9 3
L 0 3 3 9
* = Played with other teams in 2012. Only San Jose Earthquakes statistics listed here.
T 0 3 3 3
SO 0 3 3 1
REAL SALT LAKE 2012 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar.
OPPONENT 10 at Los Angeles
RESULT W 3-1
ATT. 27,000
Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.
17 New York 24 Chivas USA 31 at Portland
W 2-0 L 0-1 W 3-2
16,738 20,415 20,438
Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.
4 7 14 21
W W L L
1-0 2-0 0-1 1-3
20,191 16,870 19,422 10,202
Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.
Montreal Colorado at Sporting KC at San Jose
Wed. Apr. Sat. Apr.
25 at FC Dallas 28 Toronto FC
T 1-1 W 3-2
10,069 17,629
Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.
5 9 12 26
W T W W
2-1 0-0 1-0 3-2
18,219 13,544 39,312 19,341
W 3-0 L 2-3
13,816 20,382
May May May May
New England at Chicago at Seattle FC Dallas
Sat. June Wed. June
16 at Chivas USA 20 Los Angeles
Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sat. Thu. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.
23 30 4 7 14 18 21 27 4 11 18 24 1 6 22 29 6 27
June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct.
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 RSL: own goal (73) Morales (80) Espindola (85); LA: Buddle (71) 2-0-0 T1 6 RSL: Espindola (39) Gil (58) 2-1-0 T2 6 CHV: Townsend (72) 3-1-0 T1 9 RSL: Saborio (39) Steele (89) Beckerman (93+); POR: Nagbe (48,65) 4-1-0 1 12 RSL: Paulo Jr (13) 5-1-0 1 15 RSL: Saborio (20) Espindola (57) 5-2-0 1 15 KC: Collin (63) 5-3-0 2 15 RSL: Beckerman (53); SJ: Stephenson (47+) Dawkins (92+) Wondolowski (93+) 5-3-1 3 16 RSL: Bonfigli (72); DAL: Shea (46+) 6-3-1 T1 19 RSL: Beckerman (7) own goal (57) Steele (93+); TOR: Avila (48) Henry (77) 7-3-1 T1 22 RSL: Saborio (33,55); NE: Brettschneider (22) 7-3-2 1 23 8-3-2 1 26 RSL: Espindola (51) 9-3-2 1 29 RSL: Saborio (59,76) Borchers (93+); DAL: Hedges (75) B. Perez (85) 10-3-2 1 32 RSL: Espindola (41,54) Johnson (94+) 10-4-2 1 32 RSL: Beckerman (9) Saborio (24); LA: Donovan (29,68) Magee (50)
San Jose at Columbus Seattle Portland at San Jose at Seattle Colorado Vancouver at Colorado at Vancouver FC Dallas at Philadelphia D.C. United at Houston Portland at Chivas USA at Los Angeles Vancouver
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 2012 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr.
10 17 24 31 7 14 21
OPPONENT New England Houston at Toronto FC at Seattle Vancouver at New York Real Salt Lake
RESULT W 1-0 L 0-1 W 3-0 W 1-0 W 3-1 T 2-2 W 3-1
ATT. 10,525 21,816 20,070 38,301 10,525 17,114 10,202
Sat. Apr. Wed. May
28 at Philadelphia 2 D.C. United
W 2-1 W 5-3
18,581 8,734
Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed.
May May May May
5 13 19 23
at Vancouver Chivas USA Columbus at Los Angeles
L T T W
1-2 1-1 1-1 3-2
19,271 9,619 10,256 16,512
Sun. Wed. Sat. Sat. Tue. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sat.
May June June June July July July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct.
27 20 23 30 3 7 14 18 22 28 11 18 25 2 15 19 23 29 6 21 27
at Sporting KC L 1-2 at Colorado W 2-1 at Real Salt Lake Los Angeles at Portland at FC Dallas Real Salt Lake FC Dallas at Vancouver Chicago Seattle at Montreal Colorado Chivas USA at Chivas USA Portland at Seattle FC Dallas at Colorado Los Angeles at Portland
19,974 13,080
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 SJ: Wondolowski (15) 1-1-0 T5 3 HOU: Davis (14) 2-1-0 0 6 SJ: Wondolowski (9,67) Salinas (56) 3-1-0 T1 9 SJ: Wondolowski (24) 4-1-0 2 12 SJ: Wondolowski (68,78) Gordon (72); VAN: Le Toux (49) 4-1-1 2 13 SJ: Baca (15) Wondolowski (35); NY: Cooper (5) McCarty (22) 5-1-1 1 16 SJ: Stephenson (47+) Dawkins (92+) Wondolowski (93+); RSL: Beckerman (53) 6-1-1 T1 19 SJ: Lenhart (76,93+); PHI: Gomez (83) 7-1-1 1 22 SJ: Lenhart (19,74) Wondolowski (21,69) Morrow (31); DC: De Rosario (8) Woolard (64) Salihi (88) 7-2-1 T1 22 SJ: Wondolowski (15); VAN: Koffie (40) Hassli (94+) 7-2-2 2 23 SJ: Gordon (88); CHV: Correa (4) 7-2-3 2 24 SJ: Gordon (90); CLB: Meram (47+) 8-2-3 1 27 SJ: Lenhart (76) Stephenson (82) Gordon (94+); LA: Jimenez (3) Magee (73) 8-3-3 0 27 SJ: Dawkins (72); KC: Sapong (5) Kamara (39) 9-3-3 2 30 SJ: own goal (83) Wondolowski (92+); COL: Mullan (18)
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012) Goals 2 Alvaro Saborio 2 Alvaro Saborio 2 Fabian Espindola Assists 2 Tony Beltran 2 Kyle Beckerman 2 Fabian Espindola Shots 6 Fabian Espindola 6 Fabian Espindola Shots on Goal 4 Alvaro Saborio
05/05/2012 05/26/2012 06/16/2012
04/07/2012 06/16/2012 06/20/2012
04/04/2012 06/16/2012
05/05/2012
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)
vs. NE vs. DAL at CHV
vs. COL at CHV vs. LA
vs. MTL at CHV
vs. NE
W 2-1 W 3-2 W 3-0
W 2-0 W 3-0 L 2-3
Goals 3 03/10/2012 3 03/31/2012 3 04/28/2012 3 05/26/2012 3 06/16/2012 Assists 4 04/28/2012 4 06/16/2012
W 1-0 W 3-0
Shots 17 03/31/2012
W 2-1
Shots on Goal 8 03/31/2012
at at vs. vs. at
vs. TOR at CHV
at
at
Fouls Committed 4 7 times
Fouls Committed 19 04/25/2012 at
Fouls Suffered 5 Alvaro Saborio 5 Javier Morales
Fouls Suffered 18 06/16/2012
04/21/2012 05/05/2012
at SJ vs. NE
L 1-3 W 2-1
LA POR TOR DAL CHV
at
W W W W W
3-1 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-0
W 3-2 W 3-0
POR
POR
TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)
W 3-2
DAL
CHV
W 3-0
L 0-1
3-1 3-2 3-2 3-0
Offside 6 04/28/2012 6 05/05/2012
vs. TOR vs. NE
W 3-2 W 2-1
at POR at SJ vs. NE
W 3-2 L 1-3 W 2-1
Saves 6 03/31/2012 6 04/21/2012 6 05/05/2012
at POR at SJ vs. NE
W 3-2 L 1-3 W 2-1
04/21/2012
at
SJ
L 1-3
Shots Faced 9 04/21/2012
at
SJ
L 1-3
04/21/2012 06/20/2012
at SJ vs. LA
L 1-3 L 2-3
Goals Allowed 3 04/21/2012 3 06/20/2012
at SJ vs. LA
L 1-3 L 2-3
at at vs. at
Saves 6 Nick Rimando 6 Nick Rimando 6 Nick Rimando
03/31/2012 04/21/2012 05/05/2012
Shots Faced 9 Nick Rimando Goals Allowed 3 Nick Rimando 3 Nick Rimando
LA POR TOR CHV
W W W W
SJ
L 1-3
Shots on Goal 1 04/14/2012
at
KC
L 0-1
Fouls Committed 6 05/09/2012 at
CHI
T 0-0
Fouls Suffered 4 05/09/2012 at
CHI
T 0-0
Corner Kicks 1 04/21/2012 1 05/12/2012
at at
SJ SEA
L 1-3 W 1-0
Offside 0 05/26/2012
vs. DAL
W 3-2
Saves 0 05/12/2012 0 06/20/2012
at SEA vs. LA
W 1-0 L 2-3
Shots Faced 0 05/12/2012
at
W 1-0
T 1-1
vs. CHV
03/10/2012 03/31/2012 04/28/2012 06/16/2012
at
W 3-2
Corner Kicks 9 03/24/2012
Offside 3 Paulo Junior 3 Paulo Junior 3 Alvaro Saborio 3 Alvaro Saborio
Shots 8 04/21/2012
SEA
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2012)
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2012)
TEAM LOW GAMES (2012)
Goals 2 5 times
Goals 5 05/02/2012
vs. DC
W 5-3
Shots 6 03/10/2012
vs. NE
W 1-0
Assists 5 03/24/2012
at
W 3-0
Shots on Goal 1 03/10/2012
vs. NE
W 1-0
Assists 2 Sam Cronin 2 Ramiro Corrales 2 Steven Beitashour 2 Marvin Chavez
03/24/2012 04/07/2012 04/21/2012 04/28/2012
at vs. vs. at
Shots 7 Khari Stephenson
04/21/2012
vs. RSL
Shots on Goal 4 Khari Stephenson 4 Steven Lenhart
04/21/2012 05/13/2012
TOR VAN RSL PHI
vs. RSL vs. CHV
W W W W
3-0 3-1 3-1 2-1
W 3-1
W 3-1 T 1-1
Fouls Committed 5 Steven Lenhart 5 Steven Lenhart
05/23/2012 06/20/2012
at at
LA COL
W 3-2 W 2-1
Fouls Suffered 4 Steven Lenhart 4 Chris Wondolowski 4 Steven Lenhart 4 Simon Dawkins
03/10/2012 03/17/2012 05/23/2012 06/20/2012
vs. vs. at at
NE HOU LA COL
W L W W
1-0 0-1 3-2 2-1
Offside 4 Steven Lenhart
03/24/2012
at
TOR
W 3-0
Saves 5 Jon 5 Jon 5 Jon 5 Jon
Busch Busch Busch Busch
03/31/2012 04/07/2012 05/02/2012 05/05/2012
at vs. vs. at
SEA VAN DC VAN
W W W L
Shots Faced 8 Jon Busch
05/02/2012
vs. DC
W 5-3
Goals Allowed 3 Jon Busch
05/02/2012
vs. DC
W 5-3
1-0 3-1 5-3 1-2
Shots 24 03/17/2012 24 05/13/2012 Shots on Goal 9 04/21/2012 9 06/20/2012
TOR
vs. HOU vs. CHV
vs. RSL at COL
L 0-1 T 1-1
W 3-1 W 2-1
Fouls Committed 8 03/17/2012 vs. HOU
L 0-1
Fouls Suffered 6 03/24/2012 at
TOR
W 3-0
SEA VAN KC
W 1-0 L 1-2 L 1-2
Saves 0 05/13/2012 0 05/19/2012
vs. CHV vs. CLB
T 1-1 T 1-1
Shots Faced 1 03/10/2012 1 03/24/2012 1 05/13/2012 1 05/19/2012
vs. at vs. vs.
W W T T
Fouls Committed 18 03/10/2012 vs. NE
W 1-0
Corner Kicks 1 03/31/2012 1 05/05/2012 1 05/27/2012
Fouls Suffered 15 05/23/2012
at
W 3-2
Offside 1 6 times
Corner Kicks 15 05/13/2012
vs. CHV
Offside 7 06/20/2012
at
LA
COL
T 1-1
W 2-1
Saves 5 03/31/2012 5 04/07/2012 5 05/02/2012 5 05/05/2012
at vs. vs. at
Shots Faced 8 05/02/2012
vs. DC
W 5-3
Goals Allowed 3 05/02/2012
vs. DC
W 5-3
SEA VAN DC VAN
W W W L
1-0 3-1 5-3 1-2
at at at
NE TOR CHV CLB
1-0 3-0 1-1 1-1
2012 REAL SALT LAKE VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (0-1-0) UNF 5 22 23 2 6 7 21 8 11 4 18 15 28 17
POS MID MID FWD DEF DEF FWD MID MID MID DEF GK FWD DEF DEF
PLAYER Kyle Beckerman Jonny Steele Paulo Junior Tony Beltran Nat Borchers Fabian Espindola Luis Gil Will Johnson Javier Morales Jamison Olave Nick Rimando Alvaro Saborio Chris Schuler Chris Wingert ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GS 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
MIN 90 60 1 89 90 29 30 90 77 69 90 90 13 90
G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
SOG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1
FS 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1
OFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
CK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
1 3
1 4
8 21
2 9
12 15
15 12
1 2
1 14
3 3
2 0
0 0
GP 1
GS 1
MIN 90
SHTS 9
SV 6
GA 3
GAA 3.00
PG 0
PA 0
W 0
L 1
T 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
9 2
6 1
3 1
3.00 1.00
0 0
0 0
0 1
1 0
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 18 GK Nick Rimando ----------Team totals Opponent totals
SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0
2012 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES VS. REAL SALT LAKE (1-0-0) UNF 7 10 8 33 11 30 18 4 19 16 21 24 15 55
POS MID MID F/M DEF MID MID GK MID FWD FWD DEF FWD DEF DEF
PLAYER Khari Stephenson Simon Dawkins Chris Wondolowski Steven Beitashour Tressor Moreno Rafael Baca Jon Busch Sam Cronin Sam Garza Alan Gordon Jason Hernandez Steven Lenhart Justin Morrow Ike Opara ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
MIN 90 90 90 90 90 82 90 61 8 15 90 29 90 75
G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 8 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
SOG 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0
FS 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
OFF 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
3 1
4 1
21 8
9 2
15 12
12 15
2 1
14 1
3 3
0 2
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Simon Dawkins 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Steven Beitashour 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 18 GK Jon Busch ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1
GS 1
MIN 90
SHTS 2
SV 1
GA 1
GAA 1.00
PG 0
PA 0
W 1
L 0
T 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
2 9
1 6
1 3
1.00 3.00
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 1
0 0
SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0
REAL SALT LAKE VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Real 5 wins, 21 goals Earthquakes 4 wins, 17 goals Ties 5 04/30/2005 06/18/2005 08/20/2005 10/08/2005
RSL 2 vs SJ SJ 3 vs RSL SJ 1 at RSL SJ 2 vs RSL
2 0 0 2
(RE) (SJ) (RE) (SJ)
05/31/2008 06/18/2008 09/27/2008
RSL 3 vs SJ 1 RSL 0 vs SJ 0 RSL 3 at SJ 2
(RE) (RE) (BS)
05/30/2009 07/03/2009
SJ 2 vs RSL 1 RSL 1 vs SJ 1
(BS) (RT)
03/27/2010 06/25/2010
RSL 3 at SJ 0 RSL 0 vs SJ 0
(BS) (RT)
03/19/2011 07/23/2011
RSL 1 at SJ 0 RSL 4 vs SJ 0
(BS) (RT)
04/21/2012
SJ 3 vs RSL 1
(BS)
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Real Salt Lake 1 2 OT Tot. 5 16 0 21 80 111 0 191 34 45 0 79 95 91 0 186 22 14 0 36 29 40 0 69
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
Earthquakes 1 2 OT Tot. 9 8 0 17 83 86 0 169 37 43 0 80 85 96 0 181 16 18 0 34 29 39 0 68
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:
RSL SJ
1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 2 2 1 6 6 4 3 1 5 2 2 4
OT 0 0
Total 21 17
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jason Kreis vs. SJ Frank Yallop vs. RSL
5-2-3 (1.80 pts./game) 4-7-4 (1.07 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: U.S. OPEN CUP 04/30/2008 04/14/2010
RSL 4 vs SJ 0 (RE, Q1) RSL 3 at SJ 3 RSL SOW (OT) (BS, Q2)
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
4 5 15 9 13 17
Real Salt Lake Javier Morales Javier Morales Findley/Morales Findley/Morales Andy Williams Andy Williams
Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
5 2 5 39 9
Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick
2 3 13 7 10 12
Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando
2 3 2 27 11
Earthquakes 3 players tied Cerritos/De Rosario Ryan Johnson Ryan Johnson Eddie Robinson Alejandro Moreno Pat Joe Pat Joe Joe
Onstad Cannon Onstad Cannon Cannon
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Saves Goals Allowed
2 1 9 5 4 7
Real Salt Lake 4 players tied 17 players tied Yura Movsisyan (9/27/08) Yura Movsisyan (9/27/08) 5 players tied Andy Williams (8/20/05)
13 D.J. Countess (4/30/05) 3 Countess/Rimando
2 2 8 4 5 8
Earthquakes Darren Huckerby (9/27/08) Cerritos/Beitashour Khari Stephenson (4/21/12) Mullan/Stephenson 4 players tied Alejandro Moreno (6/18/05)
9 Jon Busch (7/23/11) 4 Jon Busch (7/23/11)
2012 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:
At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
REAL SALT LAKE W-L-T Streak (started)
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES W-L-T Streak (started)
6-1-0 4-2-1 0-1-1
1 Ls (6/20/2012) 2 Ws (5/12/2012) 1 Ts (4/25/2012)
5-0-0 2-1-1 2-2-2
6 Ws (10/22/2011 1 Ls (5/5/2012) 1 Ws (6/20/2012)
8-1-0 2-3-1
1 Ls (6/20/2012) 1 Ws (5/5/2012)
5-1-0 4-2-3
1 Ls (5/5/2012) 1 Ws (6/20/2012)
0-2-1 2-1-1 3-1-0 5-0-0 0-0-0
1 1 1 7 10
Ts Ws Ls Ws Ws
(5/9/2012) (5/12/2012) (6/20/2012) (8/6/2011) (8/9/2006)
0-1-0 2-2-2 2-0-1 4-0-0 1-0-0
4 1 2 7 7
Ls Ls Ws Ws Ws
(7/23/2011) (5/27/2012) (4/28/2012) (9/25/2010) (5/22/2004)
5-0-1 2-2-1 3-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0
2 1 3 5 10
Ws Ws Ws Ls Ls
(5/12/2012) (5/5/2012) (3/31/2012) (8/20/2011) (7/9/2005)
3-0-0 4-1-2 1-2-1 1-0-0 0-0-0
4 1 1 1 3
Ws Ws Ls Ws Ls
(9/10/2011) (6/20/2012) (5/27/2012) (5/2/2012) (5/8/2009)
REAL SALT LAKE CAREER STATISTICS VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (5-4-5) PLAYER Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Robbie Findley Alvaro Saborio Jason Kreis Yura Movsisyan Fabian Espindola Dema Kovalenko Kevin Novak Jamison Olave Andy Williams Arturo Alvarez Tony Beltran Leslie Fitzpatrick Clint Mathis Jonny Steele Jamie Watson Nelson Akwari Jean-Marc Alexandre Paulo Junior Matt Behncke Nikolas Besagno Nat Borchers Paul Broome Chris Brown Pablo Campos Jordan Cila Matias Cordoba D.J. Countess Raphael Cox Kenny Cutler Kenny Deuchar Brian Dunseth Luis Miguel Escalada Luis Gil Ned Grabavoy Adolfo Gregorio Will Johnson Ian Joy Brian Kamler Rauwshan McKenzie Jay Nolly Tino Nunez Leighton O'Brien Rusty Pierce Eddie Pope Nick Rimando Robbie Russell Robert Scarlett Chris Schuler Melvin Tarley Seth Trembly Collen Warner Dante Washington Evan Whitfield Chris Wingert Team totals Opponent totals
GP 9 8 6 5 3 3 8 2 1 9 10 2 6 3 6 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 10 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 4 3 3 1 2 6 1 7 1 4 1 2 2 2 2 1 10 6 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 9 14 14
GS 9 8 2 4 3 2 8 2 1 8 8 0 6 1 5 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 10 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 6 0 7 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 10 6 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 9 14 14
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Jay Nolly D.J. Countess ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 10 2 2
MIN 900 180 180
14 14
1260 1260
CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (5-4-5) MIN 772 720 309 342 270 206 524 180 89 717 645 36 521 161 429 60 54 270 14 7 180 1 873 90 350 30 64 78 180 1 293 150 265 55 36 447 45 623 90 249 27 180 38 69 135 90 900 540 90 103 90 135 35 88 10 809 1260 1260
G 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 17
A 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21
SHT 15 14 15 14 11 11 14 8 4 4 12 1 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 7 2 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 4 191 169
SHTS 49 11 20
SV 39 8 15
GAA 0.90 1.50 2.50
PG 0 0 0
80 79
62 56
1.21 1.50
0 3
PLAYER Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Jamison Olave Ned Grabavoy Tony Beltran Jonny Steele Paulo Junior Nat Borchers Luis Gil Will Johnson Kenny Mansally Nick Rimando Chris Schuler Chris Wingert Team totals Opponent totals
GP 9 20 5 8 9 10 6 1 2 21 2 7 3 22 2 13 14 14
GS 9 18 4 8 8 8 6 1 0 21 0 7 2 22 1 12 14 14
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 22
MIN 2000
14 14
1260 1260
MIN 772 1606 342 524 717 640 521 60 7 1873 36 623 182 2000 103 1069 1260 1260
G 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 17
A 5 5 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21
SHT 15 22 14 14 4 8 1 0 0 8 1 13 3 0 1 6 191 169
SHTS 118
SV 92
GAA 1.08
PG 2
80 79
62 56
1.21 1.50
0 3
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (4-5-5) PLAYER Arturo Alvarez Mark Chung Darren Huckerby Dwayne De Rosario Wade Barrett Khari Stephenson Brian Ching John Cunliffe Simon Dawkins Cornell Glen Kelly Gray Alejandro Moreno Julian Nash Chris Wondolowski Ronald Cerritos Steven Beitashour Brad Davis Pablo Campos Ryan Cochrane Bobby Convey Nick Garcia Ned Grabavoy Tressor Moreno Brian Mullan Michael Zaher Chris Aloisi Quincy Amarikwa Anthony Ampaipitakwong Nana Attakora Rafael Baca Bobby Burling Jon Busch Danny Califf Joe Cannon Ricardo Clark Ramiro Corrales Sam Cronin Troy Dayak Eric Denton Simon Elliott Sam Garza Joey Gjertsen Kevin Goldthwaite Alan Gordon Ivan Guerrero Jason Hernandez Ryan Johnson Jovan Kirovski Chris Leitch Steven Lenhart Roger Levesque Francisco Lima Brandon McDonald Ellis McLoughlin Andre Luiz Justin Morrow Ronnie O'Brien Danny O'Rourke Pat Onstad Ike Opara Jacob Peterson Aaron Pitchkolan Antonio Ribeiro James Riley Brad Ring Eddie Robinson Javier Robles Ian Russell Shea Salinas Scott Sealy Adam Smarte Davide Somma Joe Vide Craig Waibel Tim Ward Team totals Opponent totals
GP 4 3 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 3 2 5 4 2 4 1 4 6 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 6 3 7 4 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 9 8 1 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 14 14
GS 4 3 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 3 6 3 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 4 2 6 2 7 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 7 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 14 14
MIN 360 261 90 356 252 261 98 77 114 167 379 202 81 348 279 180 228 87 309 443 270 241 90 270 135 90 38 9 54 172 151 360 180 540 198 561 331 90 270 90 8 116 90 15 51 758 637 74 349 29 12 90 315 19 90 90 160 180 360 255 90 96 90 121 36 270 61 9 131 141 29 12 71 90 90 1260 1260
G 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21
A 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 17
SHT 8 5 3 8 1 11 3 5 5 8 3 5 2 12 9 1 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 9 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 13 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 169 191
GOALKEEPER Pat Onstad Jon Busch Joe Cannon ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 4 4 6
MIN 360 360 540
SHTS 21 18 40
SV 17 12 27
GAA 1.00 1.50 1.83
PG 1 1 1
14 14
1260 1260
79 80
56 62
1.50 1.21
3 0
CURRENT SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (4-5-5) PLAYER Alan Gordon Steven Lenhart Khari Stephenson Simon Dawkins Chris Wondolowski Steven Beitashour Tressor Moreno Tim Ward Anthony Ampaipitakwong Rafael Baca Jon Busch Marvin Chavez Ramiro Corrales Sam Cronin Sam Garza Joey Gjertsen Jason Hernandez Ellis McLoughlin Justin Morrow Ike Opara Brad Ring Shea Salinas Jed Zayner Team totals Opponent totals
GP 9 6 3 2 6 2 1 3 1 2 10 4 7 6 1 2 15 1 1 3 1 6 4 14 14
GS 4 3 3 1 4 2 1 2 0 2 10 3 7 6 0 1 13 0 1 3 0 2 2 14 14
GOALKEEPER Jon Busch ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 10
MIN 900
14 14
1260 1260
MIN 500 332 261 114 366 180 90 194 9 172 900 271 561 511 8 116 1136 19 90 255 36 264 215 1260 1260
G 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21
A 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 17
SHT 15 13 11 5 14 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 8 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 169 191
SHTS 48
SV 41
GAA 0.80
PG 1
79 80
56 62
1.50 1.21
3 0
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
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RSL INJURY REPORT OUT: DF Chris Schuler (L foot bone bruise); DOUBTFUL: n/a QUESTIONABLE: MF Sebastian Velasquez (L turf toe); PROBABLE: MF Javier Morales (R quad strain); MF Luis Gil (L knee MCL strain)
RSL DISCIPLINARY REPORT
MF Kyle Beckerman - WARNING - SUSPENDED next Yellow FW Alvaro Saborio - WARNING - SUSPENDED* next Yellow (2) MF Javier Morales - WARNING - SUSPENDED* next Yellow (3)
* eligible for MLS “Good Behavior Incentive
“CALI WEEK” CONTINUES AT RIO TINTO: Real
Salt Lake continues its fourth 3-game week of the 2012 MLS regular season by continuing its California trifecta, welcoming the Western Conference’s current #2 side, San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday ... San Jose visits on the heels of RSL’s 3-0 road win over the weekend against Chivas and Wednesday night’s 2-3 loss to Los Angeles ... The SJ game marks the 3rd match of eight in a 35-day span from June 16-July 21, after RSL played just one MLS match in 35 days from May 12-June 16 ... Saturday’s Earthquakes match continues a run that sees 4 of RSL’s 5 matches on Utah soil - where it has lost just 10 of 81 games in all competitions since Jason Kreis’ first full season (2008) - and a homestand of 6 out of 8 leading up to and including July 27 ... A gauntlet of West teams proceed through Rio Tinto Stadium, as LA (2-3 L), SJ, SEA, POR, COL and VAN visit the Wasatch Front ...
LOSS OF GALACTIC PROPORTIONS:
Real Salt Lake’s 2-3 home loss Wednesday snapped the team’s 5-game home MLS win streak and overall 7-game MLS unbeaten run, while RSL coughed up a 2-goal lead for a loss for the first time ever in its 234-game MLS history ... The disappointing, self-inflicted mistakes that led to the loss caused RSL to suffer back-to-back losses in all competitions at Rio Tinto Stadium for the first time ever (70 games since Oct. 2008) and dropped RSL to only 6-6-4 in 16 sellouts at the Sandy venue ...
8 JOHNSON
6
7 ESPINDOLA
BORCHERS
18
5
11
RIMANDO
BECKERMAN
MORALES
4 OLAVE
20 2
15 SABORIO
GRABAVOY
BELTRAN
RSL FIRST TO 10 WINS IN 2012:
This year’s total of 10 wins - in only the club’s first 16 games of 2012 - meets or exceeds the total number of victories by RSL in several past campaigns, including 2005 (5), 2006 (10), 2007 (6) and 2010 (10) ... RSL’s next victory would allow RSL to match the 11 wins captured during the regular-season of RSL’s historic 2009 MLS Cup-winning year, while the club needs five more wins in its remaining 19 matches to equal the 15 victories recorded in each of the 2010 and 2011 seasons ...
SUPPORTERS SHIELD LEAD ON LINE SAT:
In the West, all games in hand previously held by SJ and SEA have essentially been made up, while only KC could surpass RSL, due to its superior points-per-game avg. (2.10) than RSL or SJ (2.00 PPG) ... RSL exited the FIFA break as the hottest team in MLS, with 13 of a possible 15 points secured in the five matches prior to Wednesday ... RSL owned the best goal differential in MLS (+11) - until it fell apart against LA and SJ scored twice late at COL, while only DC and SJ (29), and NY (28) have scored more goals than RSL’s 27 ... 2012 MLS COMBINED PLAYOFF TABLE - as of 6/21/12 TEAM W-L-T PTS PPG GPG GF / GA +/- L5 RSL 10-4-2 32 2.00 1.67 27 / 17 10 TWWWL SJ 9-3-3 30 2.00 1.93 29 / 18 11 DDWLW DC 9-4-3 30 1.87 1.81 29 / 19 10 LWWWW KC 9-3-2 29 2.10 1.46 20 / 11 9 LTWWT NY 8-4-3 26 1.85 1.93 28 / 22 6 WWTLT VAN 7-3-5 26 1.78 1.21 18 / 16 2 TTWWT SEA 7-4-4 25 1.71 1.21 18 / 14 4 TLTLT CHI 6-5-4 22 1.50 1.28 19/ 19 = WLLWT COL 6-8-1 19 1.35 1.43 21 / 21 = LTWLL CLB 5-4-4 19 1.46 1.00 13 / 13 = WTWWT
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
REAL SALT LAKE HISTORY v SAN JOSE:
RSL’s last loss prior to Wednesday night came against Saturday’s visitor, as the Earthquakes saw RSL dropped to nine men for the first time ever in an MLS game back on April 21 in a disappointing 1-3 loss at San Jose’s Buck Shaw Stadium ... Red cards on either side of halftime to FW Fabian Espindola and DF Jamison Olave ... RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman equalized with a short-handed goal shortly after halftime - only the 8th such goal in RSL history, and the first away from home - but a pair of stoppage-time goals by Earthquakes FW Steven Lenhart and Chris Wondolowski doomed RSL ... In each of the previous two seasons, RSL posted season-opening victories at Buck Shaw Stadium in both 2010 (3-0 W, Morales 2g, Espindola) and 2011 (1-0 W, Beckerman 1g, Rimando 9 saves) ... In MLS and U.S. Open Cup competition since San Jose returned to the league in 2008, RSL has earned at least a point in 10 of the 12 contests between the clubs, dropping only a 1-2 match at Buck Shaw in 2009 as well as this season’s bizarre 1-3 debacle ... RSL owns an all-time 6-4-6 mark against SJ in MLS and Open Cup play, including a 6-2-4 record since 2008 and a 3-0-2 mark in Utah ... Overall, RSL had scored NINE unanswered goals in the MLS series prior to the first-half stoppage-time score at Buck Shaw ... San Jose was closest to snapping RSL’s MLS-record home unbeaten run for RSL, a stoppagetime Own Goal by SJ DF Chris Leitch back on July 3, 2009, that gave RSL a 1-1 draw ... Real Salt Lake v. San Jose Earthquakes - All-Time Results Real Salt Lake record: 6-4-6 (28 GF / 20 GA) Home games: 3-1-4 (14 GF, 5 GA; includes 4-0 Open Cup win) Road games: 3-3-2 (14 GF, 15 GA; includes 3-3 Open Cup draw, won by RSL via shootout)
04/30/2005 RSL 2 vs SJ 2 T Rice-Eccles Stadium 06/18/2005 RSL 0 at SJ 3 L Spartan Stadium RSL 0 vs SJ 1 L Rice-Eccles Stadium 08/20/2005 10/08/2005 RSL 2 at SJ 2 T Spartan Stadium -------------------------------------------------------------04/30/2008 RSL 4 vs SJ 0 W Rice-Eccles Stadium (Open Cup) 05/31/2008 RSL 3 vs SJ 1 W Rice-Eccles Stadium 06/18/2008 RSL 0 vs SJ 0 T Rice-Eccles Stadium 09/27/2008 RSL 3 at SJ 2 W Buck Shaw Stadium 05/30/2009 RSL 1 at SJ 2 L Buck Shaw Stadium 07/03/2009 RSL 1 vs SJ 1 T Rio Tinto Stadium 03/27/2010 RSL 3 at SJ 0 W Buck Shaw Stadium 04/14/2010 RSL 3 at SJ 3 T* Buck Shaw Stadium (Open Cup; RSL advances 5-3 in SO) 06/25/2010 RSL 0 vs SJ 0 T Rio Tinto Stadium 03/19/2011 RSL 1 at SJ 0 W Buck Shaw Stadium 07/23/2011 RSL 4 vs SJ 0 W Rio Tinto Stadium 04/21/2012 RSL 1 at SJ 3 L Buck Shaw Stadium
RSL - EARTHQUAKES CONNECTIONS:
Former RSL MF Jean-Marc Alexandre was traded to SJ on Dec. 1, 2011, after being selected by Real Salt Lake 12th overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, making 38 league appearances for the club over three seasons, each of which ended with qualification into the MLS Cup Playoffs ... Prior to being traded to San Jose, the Haitian international appeared in 38 MLS regular-season contests, starting 14, scoring 1 goal and adding 2 assists, earning MLS Player of the Week honors for the 1 goal/1 assist performance last June in a 2-0 W vs Vancouver … Second-year Real Salt Lake assistant coach C.J. Brown is a Hayward, Calif., native who starred in the South Bay in his college playing days at San Jose State (1993-96) prior to a 13-year MLS career, all with the Chicago Fire … During his Chicago career, Brown was a teammate of current SJ ‘keeper Jon Busch, who backstopped the Fire during the 2009 Eastern Conference Final at Toyota Park, won by RSL in a 5-4 shootout following a scoreless 120 minutes ... Busch also played alongside RSL DF Chris Wingert with the Crew in 2004-05 … RSL MF Ned Grabavoy appeared in 24 games for San Jose in 2008 … Grabavoy also played under current Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop while with the Los Angeles Galaxy during the early part of the 2006 season, and was a teammate of Quakes GK Jon Busch with the Columbus Crew later in 2006 … Grabavoy played with Quakes FW Alan Gordon for LA from 2004-06 … Quakes FW Chris Wondolowski and RSL GK Nick Rimando have played together twice for the U.S. Men’s National Team, most recently featuring in head coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s starting lineup earlier this year on Jan. 25 for a 1-0 win over Panama in Panama City … Quakes MF Tressor Moreno, RSL DF Jamison Olave and RSL MF Sebastian Velasquez were all born in Colombia, with Moreno and Olave having played previously for Colombian side Deportivo Cali … Quakes DF Justin Morrow and RSL MF Jonny Steele both played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2010 … Rimando (Montclair, Calif.), RSL DF Tony Beltran (Claremont) and Quakes rookie FW Cesar Diaz Pizarro (Chino) are all alumni of the Arsenal FC club program based in Temecula, Calif. … Quakes head coach Frank Yallop (52), assistant coach Mark Watson (77) and RSL MF Will Johnson (24) have all earned caps for the Canadian men’s national team, with Johnson having played under Watson at various youth levels, including U-23 during 2008 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying … Quakes captain Ramiro Corrales and RSL assistant coach Jeff Cassar played 90 minutes together for the now-defunct Miami Fusion on May 31, 1998, against the then-Dallas Burn at the Cotton Bowl, with current RSL head coach Jason Kreis scoring the 37th-minute winner in a 2-0 Dallas victory in what was Corrales’ only appearance for Miami … RSL GM Garth Lagerwey was the back-up goalkeeper for the Burn that day … Corrales also played with RSL assistant coach Miles Joseph with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars from 1998-2000 ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
RIO TINTO STADIUM - FORTRESS RESTORATION:
Despite 3 home losses this year and 7 in the last two seasons, RSL is 54-10-17 in its last 81 home games since the beginning of 2008, Jason Kreis’ first full season at the helm, RSL has outscored opponents by 105 goals (161-57), with a 44-7-19 reg. season mark (133/45), 5-10 CCL record (15/5), 3-1-1 playoffs (5/2), 1-1-0 Open Cup (3/3) and 2-0-1 int’l exhibition (5/2) ... All-time, RSL is 59-26-32 in MLS regular-season play during 8 seasons at home, outscoring opposing sides 193-117 ...
SHOCKINGLY RARE LOSS AT RIO TINTO:
The Minnesota Open Cup loss proved that by no means should RSL take visiting teams lightly, as Chivas USA came to Utah in week 3 of the 2012 season and escaped with a 1-0 win ... The extended run of success on Utah soil for RSL since 2008 makes a setback all the more bitter, with the Minnesota loss and the Galaxy loss Wednesday marking RSL’s 9th & 10th home defeats since the inception of the 2008 season, and the firstever back-to-back home losses in Rio Tinto Stadium history ... Those losses: DATE 8/26/08 11/02/08 5/16/09 4/27/11 5/28/11 7/30/11 9/28/11 3/24/12 5/29/12 6/20/12
OPP. v CHV v NY* v KC v MTY* v SEA v CLB v CHI v CHV v MIN v LA
* competition FINAL
LOSS L 0-1 L 0-1 L 0-2 L 0-1 L 1-2 L 0-2 L 0-3 L 0-1 L 1-3 L 2-3
NOTE:
Rice-Eccles finale West Conf Final Wolff double dooms RSL
CONCACAF Champions League Final Sounders snap MLS-record streak
Crew rides dual Rogers assists Worst home loss in club history Dominant performance wasted Lifeless LHUSOC before 17,212 1st-ever 2g lead blown
YET ANOTHER SELLOUT AT THE RIOT:
Unfortunately for RSL, 6 of those 10 home losses have come in front of sellout crowds at Rio Tinto Stadium, with RSL posting only a 6-6-4 mark when “The RioT” is packed to capacity ... 2012 sellouts in claret:
6/20/12 v LA 9/28/11 v CHI 3/26/11 v LA 10/19/10 v CAZ 3/24/12 v CHV 10/22/11 v POR 4/27/11 v MTY 10/16/10 v DAL 4/4/12 v MTL 10/9/08 v NY 11/15/08 v NY 9/17/11 v KC 5/16/09 v KC 6/6/09 v COL 7/24/10 v CHV 7/22/11 v SJ
20,382 20,762 20,507 20,463 20,415 20,378 20,378 20,236 20,191 20,008 20,008 19,888* 19,340* 19,546* 19,469* 19,429*
L 2-3 L 0-3 W 4-1 W 3-1 L 0-1 T 1-1 L 0-1 W 2-0 W 1-0 T 1-1 L 0-1 W 1-0 L 0-2 T 1-1 T 1-1 W 4-0
* sellout w/ diminished “concert stage” capacity
All-time, the club is 20-13-16 across all competitions when playing before 18,000+ fans at home, at either Rice-Eccles Stadium (4-6-9 from 2005-08) or Rio Tinto Stadium (16-7-7 from 2008-present) ...
DEMONSTRATING ROAD FORTITUDE IN 2012:
The week started with a win at Chivas on Saturday that improved RSL to 4-2-2 away from its Rio Tinto Stadium fortress this year, the 14 points already amassed on the road just five shy of matching the club record set last year by the historically road-weary side ... RSL’s all-time MLS regular season road mark improves to 23-65-29 (.300; 112 GF / 189 GA) through 117 road contests in League play … Since Jason Kreis took over in May, 2007, RSL’s MLS road mark is 19-41-24, with the new team mark of five road wins in 2011 exceeding the four achieved in 2010, and more than doubling the two earned in each of the 2007-09 seasons … Last year’s 5-8-4 road mark was good for 19 points, matching the 2010 team-record total (4-4-7 in 2010) … On Saturday at Chivas, GK Nick Rimando and the RSL defense extended its road shutout streak to 315 minutes, not allowing a goal away from home since a late firsthalf penalty kick by Brek Shea in an eventual 1-1 draw at Dallas back on April 25 ... The club-record road shutout streak was set back in the fall of 2010, when the RSL rearguard did not allow a goal for 344 minutes over four games ...
HISTORIC 3-0 ROAD WIN SAT AT CHIVAS:
The dominating victory Saturday at The Home Depot Center in Carson was the third 3-0 road win in RSL history, and the fourth away victory to be recorded by a three-goal margin ... All-time, eight of the club’s 23 road victories - more than 1/3 of the overall total - have come at the shared home of the Galaxy and Chivas USA, RSL winning four times against each SoCal tenant ...
JUST CALL KB5 “CAPTAIN CLUTCH”:
RSL Captain and MF Kyle Beckerman set up all three goals against Chivas, earning credit for two assists, including his 12th game-winning helper in now 136 career matches since mid-2007 with Salt Lake ...
ONLY TWO IRON MEN REMAIN 15 GAMES IN:
Due to early-season injury concerns, schedule congestion and disciplinary situations for RSL, only two players - DF Tony Beltran & FW Alvaro Saborio - have appeared in every MLS game thus far, with only Beltran starting all 15, surpassing Captain Kyle Beckerman, who had played every one of 1,170 minutes through the first 13 matches prior to last month’s U.S. duty (26 minutes in 5-1 W v Scotland, 15 minutes in 1-4 L v Brazil and 1 minute in 1-1 WCQ draw at Guatemala) ... The list through 16 games: GS MIN Player GP DF Tony Beltran 16 16 1424 MF Kyle Beckerman 15 15 1350 GK Nick Rimando 14 14 1260 FW Alvaro Saborio 16 12 1179
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
AMID FOURTH OF SEVEN “3-GAME WEEKS”:
RSL enters Saturday hoping to secure 6 points from the current week, unable after the LA loss to repeat the feat achieved during March 31-April 7, when it started on road at Portland with a 3-goal effort and returned home for back-to-back shutout wins to complete the perfect 3-00 sweep, the 2nd ever in 24 previous 3-game weeks ... The May 12 trip to Seattle secured 7 of a possible 9 points for RSL as it concluded the third of five “3-game weeks” for RSL this season, the only one of the quintet to start at home, with RSL visiting CHI and SEA in the following days ... With RSL’s CONCACAF slate falling as it has, two more 3-game weeks occur in July/Aug ... 3/31 @ POR (3-2 W); 4/4 v MTL (1-0 W); 4/7 v COL (2-0 W) 4/21 @ SJ (1-3 L); 4/25 @ DAL (1-1 T; 4/28 v TOR (3-2 W) 5/5 v NE (2-1 W); 5/9 @CHI (0-0 T); 5/12 @ SEA (1-0 W) 6/16 @ CHV (3-0 W); 6/20 v LA 2-3 L); 6/23 v SJ 6/30 @ CLB; 7/4 v SEA; 7/7 v POR 7/27 v VAN; 7/31 @ HER; 8/4 @ COL 8/18 v DAL; 8/21 v TAU; 8/24 @ PHI
-> 3-0-0 -> 1-1-1 -> 2-0-1 -> 1-1-0
THREE-GAME WEEKS PILE UP: In the Jason Kreis
era, RSL has now been forced to play 3 games in a week a total of 25 times (in all competitions), registering a 32-23-19 record entering the final game this week … As indicated in RED below, RSL is now 7-2-2 when opening a 3-game week on the road, followed by two at home … The overall list:
2011: 4/5 @ SAP (1-2 L); 4/9 @ NE (2-0 W); 4/13 v COL (1-0 W) 6/4 v VAN (2-0 W); 6/8 @ CLB (1-2 L); 6/11 @ PHI (1-1 T) 6/18 v DC (1-1 T); 6/22 @ CHI (1-1 T); 6/25 v TOR (3-1 W) 7/4 v NE (3-3 T); 7/9 v DAL (2-0 W); 7/12 @ DAL (0-2 L) 7/30 v CLB (0-2 L); 8/3 @ KC (0-2 L); 8/6 v NY (3-0 W) *9/17 v KC (1-0 W); 9/21 @ NY (3-1 W); 9/24 @DC (1-4 L) *9/28 v CHI (0-3 L); 10/1 @ LA (1-2 L); 10/6 @ VAN (0-3 L) *6 games in 19 days from Sept. 17 – Oct. 6
-> 2-1-0 -> 1-1-1 -> 1-0-2 -> 2-1-0 -> 1-2-0 -> 2-1-0 -> 0-3-0
2010: 4/10 v SEA (2-2 T); 4/14 @ SJ (3-3 T); 4/17 @ LA (1-2 L) 5/29 v KC (4-1 W); 6/2 @ DC (1-2 L aet); 6/5 @ DC (0-0 T) 8/7 @ KC (1-1 T); 8/11 @ PHI (1-1 T); 8/14 v CLB (2-0 W) 9/15 v TOR (4-1 W); 9/18 v CHI (1-0 W); 9/22 @ AUO (3-2 W) 9/25 v COL (1-1 T); 9/28 @ TOR (1-1 T); 10/2 @ NE (2-1 W) 10/16 vDAL (2-0 W); 10/19 vCAZ (3-1 W); 10/23@ COL (2-2 T)
-> 0-1-2 -> 1-1-1 -> 1-0-2 -> 3-0-0 -> 1-0-2 -> 2-0-1
2009: 5/2 @ COL (0-2 L); 5/6 v LA (2-2 T); 5/9 @ CHV (0-1 L) 8/23 @ NE (1-3 L); 8/26 v CHV (4-0 W); 8/29 @ KC (1-0 W) 10/10 v GUA (1-1 T); 10/14 v NY (2-0 W); 10/17 @ TOR (0-1 L)
Joining the RSL captain is FW Alvaro Saborio, who received his fourth yellow card of the year on Saturday at Chivas ... Sabo is eligible for the good behavior incentive, in which case he will see his total reduced to three cautions IF he can go without a booking in upcoming games v SJ and at CLB on June 30 ... RSL MF Javier Morales joined Saborio and Beckerman in the danger zone with his caution on Wednesday, the Argentine talisman searching for discipline-free games v SJ, @CLB and v SEA on July 4 ... 2010 MLS Defender of the Year and 2010/11 MLS Best XI Defender Jamison Olave also has 3 cautions on the season, at the precipice of the danger zone ...
RIMANDO CLIMBING ALL-TIME MLS CHARTS:
Nick Rimando’s victory over Chivas allowed the veteran ‘keeper to earn career win #130, just one win short of former NY/CHI GK Zach Thornton (131 wins) in the MLS career record books for second place all-time ... Active DAL netminder Kevin Hartman has 174 career victories, but has played 96 games more than Rimando, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on Sunday, June 17 ...
FABI Y SABO - TRUE STRIKE PARTNERS:
On an individual note, the two-goal brace by FW Fabian Espindola Saturday at Chivas allowed the sixth-year striker to extend his lead atop the all-time RSL regularseason goal-scoring table, with 35 career goals in 109 games ... Wednesday against LA, Espindola set up his partner, FW Alvaro Saborio, with career goal #41 across all competitions in only 76 games, six more than the Argentine when considering postseason and CONCACAF Champions League outputs ... In their time together at RSL since Sabo’s arrival in 2010, the duo have combined for 76 goals (62 MLS, 4 Playoff, 10 CONCACAF - RSL has 146 total, in 91 games) and have each scored in the same game 7 times ...
-> 1-1-1 -> 1-2-0 -> 2-0-1
Espindola also set up Captain Kyle Beckerman’s 9th minute salvo, giving him RSL’s 3rd multi-assist game of the season ... Beckerman had 2 assists in the 3-0 at Chivas on Saturday, while Beltran had 2 assists on April 7 against Colorado ...
2007: 4/14 v CLB (0-0 T); 4/18 v KC (2-1 W); 4/21 @ CHV (0-4 L) 5/20 @ DAL (1-2 L); 5/23 @ COL (1-2 L); 5/27 @ CHI (0-0 L) 7/14 @ KC (0-1 L); 7/21 v EVE (2-0 W); 7/24 v BOC (1-1 T) 8/26 @ CHV (0-1 L); 8/29 v KC (3-1 W); 9/01 @ LA (2-1 W) * doesn’t include the 5 games in 15 days in late 2007: 9/8 @ HOU (3-4 L); 9/12 @ DC (1-2 L); 9/15 @ TOR (0-0 T); 9/19 v LA (2-2 T); 9/22 v COL (1-0 W)
In the April 21 1-3 loss at San Jose, RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman earned his fourth yellow card of the year, placing the 13-year veteran in danger of a one-game suspension with his fifth caution, per league regulations ... However, as Beckerman appeared in three consecutive games without a booking since, the MLS “Good Behavior Incentive” kicked in, reducing the Crofton, Maryland native’s total to three ... In Chicago on May 9, the RSL Captain earned a 72’ yellow card, earning notice for suspension with his next booking ...
-> 0-2-1 -> 2-1-0 -> 1-1-1
2008: 4/26 @ DC (1-4 L); 4/30 v SJ (4-0 W); 5/3 @ LA (2-2 T) 5/24 @ DAL (1-2 L); 5/27 @ CLB (0-2 L); 5/31 v SJ (3-1 W) 6/14 @ CHV (1-0 W); 6/18 v SJ (0-0 T); 6/21 v NE (2-1 W)
YELLOW PERIL FOR RSL TRIO:
-> 1-1-1 -> 0-2-1 -> 1-1-1 -> 2-1-0 -> 1-2-2
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
SABORIO STRIKES BACK IN RUN OF PLAY:
On Wednesday, RSL FW Alvaro Saborio flicked home a cross from Espindola to put RSL up 2-0 in only the 24th minute ... Despite the score, RSL went on to lose ony its fourth game all-time when seeing a Saborio strike, falling to 24-4-5 in games in which Saborio - who has 41 goals in 76 games across all competitions since arriving in Utah in early 2010 ... Each of the last two losses have come against LA, Wednesday and also in the 2011 West Final at LA ... The only loss prior to 9/24 at DC was the rain-soaked 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul), compared to the 16-17-15 mark when he plays and does not score, as well as RSL’s 7-3-4 record when Sabo is unavailable … On March 31 at Portland, “Sabo” set up MF Ned Grabavoy in alone on the ‘keeper, but a defensive handball in the box was whistled for the late first-half penalty, setting the stage for Saborio to slot home the resultant PK, making him a perfect 9-for-9 from the spot in an RSL uniform (6-for-6 in reg. season games, 3-for-3 in CONCACAF) ... Back on May 5, Sabo headed home a Javier Morales free kick for what proved to be his club-record 11th career game-winning goal, tops in RSL history after just 66 MLS games ...
INT’L DUTY A MIXED BAG FOR RSL QUINTET:
The five RSL players who departed for international duty in last month returned to action this week, as RSL captain and MF Kyle Beckerman & GK Nick Rimando were called into the United States’ camp by manager Jurgen Klinsmann and have been gone since May 15, the duo missing the dramatic 3-2 win over FC Dallas ... Beckerman saw 1 minute of WCQ action, replacing Landon Donovan late in the 1-1 draw at Guatemala last Tuesday, and saw spot duty in friendlies against Scotland and Brazil for the USA ... Rimando did not see the field in any of the five games ... Canadian MF Will Johnson & Costa Rican FW Alvaro Saborio – each of whom departed immediately following the win over Dallas to report to their respective senior teams in preparation for CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying – saw extensive international action, Johnson starting and playing a full 90 in each of Canada’s three games (0-0 friendly vs. U.S., 1-0 W at Cuba and 0-0 home draw vs. Honduras) ... Saborio did not appear in Costa Rica’s friendly against Guatemala, but started and scored early in a 2-2 home draw with El Salvador and provided a hat trick – the Ticos’ first road hat trick in WCQ in 55 years – in a 4-0 win at Guyana, the quartet of goals in the two games giving Sabo 12 qualifying scores for CRC, trailing only the 21 scored by Costa Rican legend Paulo Wanchope (21) ... Teenage RSL MF Luis Gil joined the U.S. U-20 camp briefly following RSL’s 1-3 Open Cup loss, but suffered a R knee MCL sprain in the first Houston- based training session, forcing him to return to SLC and miss that side’s subsequent trips to Uruguay and Chile ... Gil’s young MCL healed quickly, however, and he came on as a sub Wednesday night against Los Angeles ...
YET ANOTHER BRACE FOR RSL STRIKERS:
FW Fabian Espindola scored his two-goal ‘brace’ Saturday @ CHV - the third of his now 109-game MLS career as RSL resumed MLS play, after strike partner Alvaro Saborio provided two 2-goal outputs in May ... RSL saw its 35th multi-goal individual game in RSL history, across 271 games in all competitions [MLS (234), Playoff (12), CCL (12) & Open Cup (13)], with 23 of those 35 multi-goal games coming at home … The two-goal “brace” was leaves Espindola 7 multigoal games behind Saborio’s club-high 10 career multigoal performances in 76 MLS/CCL/Open Cup/Playoff competitions doubles the total of #2 Jeff Cunningham (5) and Javier Morales/Robbie Findley with 4 “braces,” while “Sabo” owns the club’s lone postseason multi-goal match, last Fall against SEA in the West Semis ... Other RSL players to score 2+ goals in a game include: Movsisyan and Kreis (2x each), along with Paulo Junior, Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman, Atiba Harris and Chris Brown, who have each also scored twice in a game … When an RSL player scores 2 or more goals in a game, the team has posted a 26-3-4 all-time mark … Besides the 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul in CCL play and the 4-6 loss at Minnesota in Open Cup action, when was the lone MLS loss? … June 17, 2007, when Chris Brown’s brace @LA was wasted in a 2-3 loss: G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
Player Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Javier Morales Álvaro Saborío Paulo Junior Will Johnson Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Robbie Findley Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Fabian Espindola Kyle Beckerman Robbie Findley Chris Brown Jeff Cunningham Atiba Harris Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Jason Kreis
* CONCACAF Champions League
Date 06/16/2012 05/26/2012 05/05/2012 10/29/2011 09/21/2011 07/23/2011 06/25/2011 03/26/2011 03/01/2011 10/23/2010 10/18/2010 09/25/2010 08/25/2010 08/18/2010 08/14/2010 07/02/2010 05/13/2010 03/27/2010 04/02/2009 07/24/2009 08/26/2009 10/24/2009 09/27/2008 08/29/2008 04/12/2008 06/23/2007 06/17/2007 04/07/2007 09/30/2006 08/09/2006 07/29/2006 06/03/2006 05/13/2006 07/13/2005 04/30/2005
& U.S. Open Cup
Opponent @ CHV v DAL v NE v SEA @ NY v SJ v TOR v LA v CLB @ COL v CAZ @ AUO @ CAZ v AUO v CLB v NE v HOU @ SJ v CLB v DAL v CHV v COL @ SJ v COL v DC v DC @ LA v DAL @ KC @ COL v DC v CHI @ LA @ MIN v SJ
% Playoffs
Result W 3-0 W 3-2 W 2-1 W 3-0% W 3-1 W 4-0 W 3-1 W 4-1 W 4-1* T 2-2 W 3-1* W 3-2* L 4-5* W 2-1* W 2-0 W 5-0 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 4-1 W 4-2 W 4-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 W 2-0 W 4-0 W 2-1 L 2-3 T 2-2 T 3-3 W 4-1 W 2-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 L 4-6& T 2-2
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
LATE DRAMA PART OF RSL DNA BORCHERS’ TURN FOR 3RD TIME THIS YEAR:
DF Nat Borchers’ game-winning goal on May 26 against Dallas marked the 3rd time in this season’s 10 wins that RSL rode a 93+’ game-winning goal to victory, all in games led 1-0 by the club at some point ... Borchers’ heroics marked the 19th all-time go-ahead goal scored by RSL in the final 15 minutes of a regular-season MLS or CCL game, and evoked memories of his 93+’ equalizer back in the fall of 2010 at home against rival Colorado ... A month prior, MF Jonny Steele’s 93+’ game-winning goal April 28 against Toronto was the 2nd in a month, after the Claret & Cobalt went nearly a year without the late drama ... On 3/31 in Portland, it was Steele’s 89’ equalizer that pulled RSL back, setting the stage for MF Kyle Beckerman’s 93+’ game-winner … RSL’s last previous late game-winner came on May 7, 2011, when MF Will Johnson finally broke through in the 87’ after RSL had a 2-man advantage for nearly 50 minutes in the game most remember due to the horrific ankle injury suffered by playmaker Javier Morales … All-time lists for equalizers and GWG: RSL
GAME-WINNERS AFTER 75’ (19 total) 93+............... Borchers, 05/26/12 v DAL (3-2 W) 93+.................... Steele, 04/28/12 v TOR (3-2 W) 93+.......... Beckerman, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 93+............ Espíndola, 04/13/11 v COL (1-0 W) 92+.......... Saborío (PK), 8/18/10 v DAU* (2-1 W) 92+ ........ Cunningham (PK), 7/29/06 v DC (2-1 W) 90’................... Talley, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W) 89’............... Espíndola, 05/22/10 @ CHV (2-1 W) 88’............. Torres (OG), 7/24/09 v DAL (4-2 W) 87’.................. Johnson, 5/7/11 v CHV (1-0 W) 87’................. Findley, 7/28/08 v TOR (2-1 W) 87’................. Findley, 10/20/07 @ COL (1-0 W) 84’................... Saborío, 10/2/10 @ NE (2-1 W) 84’................. Findley, 8/04/07 v HOU (1-0 W) 81’................. Dunseth, 4/16/05 v COL (1-0 W) 80’.................. Morales, 6/09/10 v LA (1-0 W) 80’................ Williams, 10/14/09 v NY (1-0 W) 80’ ................. Morales, 4/11/09 v DC (2-1 W) 80’............... Cunningham, 5/20/06 v KC (2-1 W)
RSL
EQUALIZERS AFTER 75’ (19 total) 95+ ................ Saborío, 10/23/10 @ COL (1-1 T) 94+ ............... Saborío, 04/10/10 v. SEA (2-2 T) 93+ .............. Borchers, 09/25/10 v. COL (1-1 T) 92+ ................ Johnson, 8/25/10 @ CAZ* (4-5 L) 92+................. C. Brown, 5/05/07 v. NY (3-3 T) 91+’ ............ Leitch (OG), 7/03/09 v. SJ (1-1 T) 90’ .............. Movsisyan, 10/15/08 @ COL (1-1 T) 90’.................. Cunningham, 7/29/06 v. DC (2-1 W) 90’......................... Kreis (PK), 7/4/05 v. NY (2-2 T) 89’..................... Steele, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 89’.................. Morales, 04/20/11 @ MTY* (2-2 T) 89’................................ Soto, 10/15/06 @ CHV (1-1 T) 89’.................................... Kreis, 4/15/06 v. NY (1-1 T) 88’............................... Kreis, 5/27/06 v. COL (2-2 T) 86’.............................. Morales, 9/19/07 v. LA (2-2 T) 83’............................ Espindola, 7/4/11 v. NE (3-3 T) 81’.................................. Kreis, 9/30/06 @ KC (3-3 T) 78’....................... Ballouchy, 5/20/06 v. KC (2-1 W) 75’................................ Klein, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W)
FLIPSIDE OF STOPPAGE TIME IS A KILLER:
However, RSL has seen the flipside of those late heroics, as 4 consecutive goals allowed at San Jose and at Dallas were conceded during added time in either the first half (47+ at SJ, 46+ at DAL on a disputed PK) or second half stoppage (92+ and 93+ with only nine men on field at SJ) ...
STREAKING COMES TO AN END:
Real Salt Lake’s 3-0 road win Sat at Chivas extended the squad’s road unbeaten streak to four games the second-longest unbeaten run away from home in franchise history, trailing only the nine-game road undefeated streak from Aug. 7, 2010 – April 9, 2011 ... Wednesday’s home loss to LA prevented RSL’s firstever 6-game home win streak, and snapped its overall unbeaten run at 7 games ... Below are the team’s various home undefeated streaks from 2005-present (reg. season only): ALL-TIME RSL HOME UNDEFEATED STREAKS G START END 29 06/06/2009 05/14/2011 (all-time MLS record) 12 03/29/2008 08/29/2008 6 06/04/2011 07/23/2011 6 10/09/2008 05/06/2009 5 04/04/2012 06/20/2012 5 05/20/2006 07/04/2006 4 (multiple occasions)
In addition, RSL sought an extension of the club’s overall seven-game unbeaten run, the team’s last loss prior to Wednesday coming on April 21 at San Jose, in a game that featured a pair of RSL red cards ... RSL’s overall unbeaten runs: ALL-TIME RSL UNDEFEATED STREAKS (REG. SEASON) G START END 18 07/24/2010 04/13/2011 10 05/01/2010 07/08/2010 7 06/11/2011 07/23/2011 7 04/25/2012 06/20/2012 5 (multiple occasions)
JOHNSON GOAL HAD RSL EVEN ALL-TIME:
Real Salt Lake’s all-time MLS reg. season goal differential finally got back to EVEN for the first time since its inaugural game back in 2005, courtesy of MF Will Johnson’s goal in the 94+’ Saturday at Chivas ... This year’s +10 total has the club back down to MINUS-1 all-time after 234 games over 8 seasons ... Last year, with 20 min remaining in a Sept. game @NY, RSL was even all-time with a 3-0 lead ... But Lindpere pulled a consolation one back, the team lost 4-1 @DC & 0-3 v CHI to fall back underwater ... The accomplishment is all the more impressive considering RSL was MINUS-57 after a 1-3 loss @DAL on May 24, 2008 ... In U.S. Open Cup play, RSL’s goal +/- is -6, while it is perfectly even in MLS Cup Playoff action ... The team’s +9 goal difference in CONCACAF play posts the club’s alltime / all-competition ledger at +2 entering Saturday’s match against San Jose ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
LONGEST-TENURED CORE IN MLS HISTORY:
The Kreis/Lagerwey “Team is the Star” mantra has long been lauded for its simple, unselfish approach that has redefined the culture of an organization and enabled a small-market club to compete annually with DP-laden payrolls ... The philosophy that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts is perfectly epitomized by the fact that TEN players return this year, with the 2012 MLS season marking the group’s fifth or sixth campaign in Claret & Cobalt ... The list: Player Acquisition Date GK Kyle Reynish Jan., 2007 GK Nick Rimando Feb. 2007 DF Chris Wingert June, 2007 MF Kyle Beckerman July, 2007 MF Javier Morales August, 2007 FW Fabian Espindola August, 2007 DF Tony Beltran Jan., 2008 DF Nat Borchers Feb., 2008 DF Jamison Olave March, 2008 MF Will Johnson July, 2008
RSL GP 7 157 136 136 109 108 70 129 114 100
Back on 3/10 at LA, this group marked 5+ seasons together and set a new MLS record, breaking the current one held by New England, which saw 8 players compete together from the 2003-07 seasons ... That group was: Joe Franchino, Jay Heaps, Shalrie Joseph, Marshall Leonard, Pat Noonan, Steve Ralston, Matt Reis & Taylor Twellman ...
IDENTIFYING NEW BLOOD, THE RSL WAY:
The most notable absence from RSL’s locker room is that of MF Andy Williams, whose seven-year tenure as an “RSL Original” came to end with his retirement in December, 2011 ... Williams played 14 years in MLS, bouncing from Columbus, to New England, to New York, to Miami and finally to Chicago in his first 7 seasons, the 1998 Jamaica World Cup veteran coming to RSL in November, 2004 as the club’s top expansion draft pick ... Williams went on to play a club-record 189 games for RSL, with 14 goals, 29 assists and one MLS Cup ring marking his time on the Wasatch Front ... The RSL time for “Bomma” is not over, however, as Williams immediately accepted a position as the club’s Head Scout, working with Lagerwey, Kreis and the technical staff to identify players of all ages for RSL’s senior, academy and youth teams, including many of the new faces beginning their MLS and/or professional careers now ... Those players include: GK Lalo Fernandez (signed as Home Grown) DF Terukazu Tanaka (Discovery - Jan. 2012) DF Leone Cruz (via trade from SEA 1/17/12) DF Chris Estridge (via trade from VAN 4/11/12) MF Jonny Steele (Discovery - Feb. 2012) MF Sebastian Velasquez (MLS SuperDraft 2012) MF Enzo Martinez (MLS SuperDraft 2012) FW Emiliano Bonfigli (MLS Supplemental Draft 2012)
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCHEDULE: CONCACAF held its 2012/13 Group Draw back on Wed., May 30, RSL finding out that its 2 group opponents are Costa Rican champion Herediano and Panamanian champion Tauro FC ... Friday, RSL discovered its 2012 Group Schedule: Day Date Opponent Tues. July 31 RSL @ Herediano (CRC) Tues. Aug. 21 RSL v TAURO FC (PAN) T-Th Aug. 29 bye week Tues. Sept. 18 RSL @ Tauro FC (PAN) T-Th. Sept. 26 bye week Tues. Oct. 23 RSL v HEREDIANO (CRC)
Kickoff/TV 8p MT/FSC 8p MT/FSC 8p MT/FSC 8p MT/FSC
While RSL has no history with either club, familiarity is the name of the game regarding road trips to San Jose, Costa Rica and Panama City, as RSL faced Arabe Unido (Panama) during the group stage and Saprissa (Costa Rica) in the semifinals ... The CONCACAF Champions League slate necessitates two additional 3-game weeks for RSL in the Fall, with the July 31 road game at Herediano (CRC) slotted between a home game vs VAN and a road trip to Denver against the rival Rapids ... The Aug. 21 home game against Tauro FC (PAN) now occurs between a DAL home game and a road trip to Philadelphia, the longest MLS trip of the season for RSL ...
RSL BACK IN CONCACAF, THX TO LA/SEA:
With Los Angeles’ 2011 MLS Western Conference Semifinal win over NY, RSL Nation was disappointed to not be able to host the West Final … However, the Los Angeles victory did benefit RSL by allowing Jason Kreis’ club to secure passage to the 2012/13 CONCACAF Champions League tourney, by virtue of the Galaxy’s “duplicate” spots between the 2011 Supporters’ Shield berth and its trip - and eventual win - in MLS Cup ... Duplicate berths fall to the next best regular-season finisher, and with Seattle – last year’s #2 overall seed – already owning a 2012/13 spot thanks to its U.S. Open Cup title, RSL is next in line as the overall MLS #3 seed … This Fall’s CCL tourney will be played under a new format, as all 24 teams go directly into group play, with only the 8 winners who emerge from a 3-team, 4-game group stage advancing to the Championship round ... LA, SEA and RSL will be joined by Houston, which qualified as a 2011 MLS Cup participant ...
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
2012 REAL SALT LAKE MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
2012 MLS CATEGORICAL W-L-T (GF/GA):
Quickest Goals Scored:
MLS Reg. Season:
Home Road 6-2-0 (15/9)
4-2-2 (12/8)
Overall
One-Goal Games:
4-2-0
2-0-0
6-2-0
In In In In
March: April: May: June:
1-1-0 (2/1) 3-0-0 (6/2) 2-0-0 (5/3) 0-1-0 (2/3)
2-0-0 (6/3) 0-2-1 (2/5) 1-0-1 (1/0) 1-0-0 (3/0)
3-1-0 (8/4) 3-2-1 (8/7) 3-0-1 (6/3) 1-1-0 (5/3)
vs. East: vs. West:
4-0-0 (8/3) 2-2-0 (7/6)
0-1-1 (0/1) 4-1-1 (12/7)
4-1-1 (8/4) 6-3-1 (19/13)
First 17 games: Last 17 games:
6-2-0 (15/9)
4-2-2 (12/8)
10-4-2 (27/17)
Before All-Star: Since All-Star:
6-2-0 (15/9)
4-2-2 (12/8)
10-4-2 (27/15)
Scoring First: 5-1-0 Opp. Scoring First: 1-1-0
3-0-0 1-2-1
8-1-0 2-3-1
Leading at Half: Tied at Half: Trailing at Half:
4-1-0 2-1-0 n/a
2-0-0 2-1-1 0-1-1
6-1-0 4-2-1 0-1-1
Leading at 75’: Tied at 75’: Trailing at 75’:
5-0-0 1-0-0 0-2-0
2-0-0 1-1-2 1-1-0
7-0-0 2-1-2 1-3-0
Day Games: Night Games:
6-2-0 (15/9)
4-2-2 (12/8)
10-4-2 (27/17)
On Grass: On Turf:
6-2-0 (15/9) N/A
2-2-2 (8/6) 2-0-0 (4/2)
8-4-2 (23/15) 2-0-0 (4/2)
In Red: In White:
6-2-0 (15/9) n/a
2-1-0 (3/2) 2-1-2 (6/4)
8-3-0 (21/13) 2-1-2 (6/4)
On ABC4: On CW30: On NBC Sports: On ESPN2: On Telefutura: Opp. Local TV:
1-0-0 (2/0) 5-2-0 (13/9)
4-1-0 (11/6) 0-1-2 (1/2)
5-1-0 (13/6) 5-3-1 (12/8)
6-2-0 (15/9)
4-2-2 (12/8)
10-4-2 (27/17)
MLS Reg. Season: 6-2-0 (13/6) MLS Reserves: 1-2-1 (3/6) U.S. Open Cup: 0-1-0 (1/3) CONCACAF CL: starts July 31 Friendlies: TBD TOTALS 7-5-1 (19/18)
4-2-2 (12/8) 0-2-0 (1/4) n/a
10-4-2 (25/14) 1-4-1 (4/10) 0-1-0 (1/3)
4-4-2 (13/12)
12-8-3 (30/27)
7’ - Beckerman; 4/28 v TOR 13’ - Paulo Jr.; 4/04 v MTL (PK) 20’ – Saborio; 4/07 v COL
Quickest Goals Allowed:
20’ - Brettschneider; 5/5 v NE 47+ - Stephenson; 4/21 @ SJ 47+ - Shea; 4/25 @ DAL (PK)
89’ – Steele; 3/31 @ POR
RSL Equalizers after 75’:
Opp. Equalizers after 75’:
77’ - Henry; 4/28 v TOR
93+’ – Beckerman; 3/31 @ POR 93+’ - Steele; 4/28 v TOR 93+’ - Borchers; 5/26 v DAL
92+’ - Dawkins, SJ; 4/21 @ SJ
RSL Game-Winners after 75’:
Opposition GWG after 75’: RSL Multi-Goal Games:
Saborio (2); 5/5 v NE Saborio (2); 5/26 v DAL Espindola (2); 6/16 @ CHV
Opp. Multi-Goal Games:
Nagbe (2); 3/31 @ POR Donovan (2); 6/20 v LA
RSL Multi-Assist Games:
Beltran (2); 4/07 v COL Beckerman (2); 6/16 @ CHV Espindola (2); 6/20 v LA
Opp. Multi-Assist Games:
Beitashour (2); 4/21 @ SJ Magee (2); 6/20 v LA
RSL Hat Tricks: Opp. Hat Tricks: Own Goals for RSL:
Francis, LA; 3/10 @ LA, 72’ Eckersley, TOR: 4/28 v TOR, 72’
Own Goals against RSL: RSL Red Cards Received:
29’ - Espindola, 4/21 @ SJ 69’ - Olave, 4/21 @ SJ 59’ - Johnson, 5/5 v NE
Opp. Red Cards Received:
2012 RSL AWARD WINNERS MLS Player of the Week MLS Goal of the Week
Week 5 – FW Alvaro Saborio (20’ v COL) Week 8 - MF Kyle Beckerman (53’ @ SJ)
MLS Save of the Week Week Week Week Week
1 - GK Nick Rimando (88’ @ LA v Keane) 6 – GK Nick Rimando (70’ @ KC v Kamara) 8 - GK Nick Rimando (74’ @ SJ v Baca) 9 - GK Nick Rimando (71’ v NE v Feilhaber)
MLS Player of the Month
10-4-2 (27/17)
REAL SALT LAKE v SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SATURDAY
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) INCLUDES GAMES OF June 20, 2012 (active players in claret) GAMES PLAY / START Andy Williams Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Chris Wingert Nat Borchers Jamison Olave Javier Morales Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Robbie Findley
GP 189 157 136 136 129 114 110 109 100 96
GS 122 157 132 126 129 113 99 90 92 59
MINUTES PLAYED Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams Nat Borchers Chris Wingert Jamison Olave Javier Morales Will Johnson Fabian Espindola Tony Beltran
MIN 14075 11809 11536 11409 11255 9856 8550 8341 7464 7444
GOALS Fabian Espindola Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Jason Kreis Yura Movsisyan Andy Williams Jamison Olave
GP GOALS 109 32 66 30 96 29 38 19 110 18 136 17 58 17 53 15 189 14 114 10
GAME-WINNING GOALS Alvaro Saborio Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Robbie Findley Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Andy Williams Nat Borchers Jason Kreis 5 players tied with 2
GP 66 109 110 96 136 38 189 129 58
GWG 11 10 9 9 5 4 4 3 3
HAT TRICKS Robbie Findley
GP 96
HATS 1
MULTI-GOAL GAMES Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Robbie Findley Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Yura Movsisyan Kyle Beckerman Chris Brown Atiba Harris Jason Kreis
GP 66 38 96 109 110 53 136 60 43 58
2+ G GM 7 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
PENALTY-KICK GOALS Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Robbie Findley Carey Talley Freddy Adu Alecko Eskandarian Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Dema Kovalenko Javier Morales Andy Williams Paulo Junior
GP 66 38 58 96 60 11 17 109 100 22 110 189 26
PKG 6 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ASSISTS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Clint Mathis Chris Wingert Chris Klein Jason Kreis Robbie Russell Carey Talley
GP ASTS 110 38 189 29 136 20 109 13 96 13 38 11 66 11 136 10 43 9 58 9 78 9 60 9
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GP Kyle Beckerman 136 Javier Morales 110 Fabian Espindola 109 Robbie Findley 96 Andy Williams 189 Clint Mathis 66 Robbie Russell 78 Tony Beltran 94 Jeff Cunningham 38 5 players tied with 2
GWA 12 9 5 5 5 4 4 3 3
SHOTS / SOG Andy Williams Fabian Espindola Kyle Beckerman Will Johnson Robbie Findley Javier Morales Yura Movsisyan Jason Kreis Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham
SHT 232 223 187 163 157 152 143 132 138 94
GP 189 109 136 100 96 110 53 58 66 38
SOG 83 107 72 68 69 71 65 57 62 52
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RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) INCLUDES GAMES OF June 16, 2012 (active players in claret) FOULS COMMITTED Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Jamison Olave Chris Wingert Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Carey Talley Alvaro Saborio Atiba Harris Nat Borchers
GP 189 136 114 136 109 110 60 66 43 129
FC 198 194 147 146 144 144 95 94 92 90
FOULS SUFFERED Andy Williams Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Ned Grabavoy Carey Talley Robbie Findley Alvaro Saborio Chris Wingert
GP 189 110 136 109 100 81 60 96 66 136
FS 269 240 139 116 111 93 91 85 86 81
CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) Kyle Beckerman Jamison Olave Andy Williams Will Johnson Chris Wingert Javier Morales Fabian Espindola Nat Borchers Clint Mathis Carey Talley
GP 136 114 189 100 136 110 109 129 66 60
CAUT 34 29 21 21 21 20 20 14 14 14
EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Jamison Olave Fabian Espindola Andy Williams Nat Borchers Will Johnson Clint Mathis 19 players tied with 1
GP 114 109 189 129 100 66
EJECT 5 3 3 2 2 2
CORNER KICKS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Chris Klein Clint Mathis
GP 110 189 136 43 66
CK 383 225 83 76 52
OFFSIDES Fabian Espindola Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis
GP 109 66 96 38 58
OFF 107 75 60 45 44
GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL GP Nick Rimando 156 Scott Garlick 31 D.J. Countess 27 Kyle Reynish 7 Chris Seitz 7 Jay Nolly 7 Brian Kamler 1 MIN PLAYED IN GOAL Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Chris Seitz Kyle Reynish Jay Nolly Brian Kamler
GS 156 31 27 7 7 6 0
MIN 13985 2745 2422 630 595 585 8
GOALS AGAINST AVG.
PLAYER GP MIN SHT SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO Nick Rimando 156 13985 694 523 171 1.10 64-51-41 56
WINNING PCT Nick Rimando
GP WON LOST TIED PCT 156 64 51 41 .542
WINS Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Kyle Reynish Jay Nolly Chris Seitz
GP WON 156 64 31 10 27 4 7 2 7 1 7 1
LOSSES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Chris Seitz
GP LOST 156 51 27 19 31 12 7 4 7 4
SAVES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Chris Seitz Kyle Reynish
GP 156 27 31 7 7 7
SHUTOUTS Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz
GP SHO 156 56 27 4 31 4 7 3 7 1
SAVES PERCENTAGE Nick Rimando
GP 156
SVS 523 112 108 41 19 19
SAVES SOG PCT 523 720 72.6
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LALO FERNANDEZ
GOALKEEPER
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TONY BELTRAN
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 12/16/92 HOMETOWN: El Paso, TX ACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown Player, 1/11/12 LAST CLUB: C.A. Penarol (Uruguay) PRONOUNCIATION: LAW-lo LAST GAME: yet to appear in an RSL league or reserve match
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 10/11/87 HOMETOWN: Claremont, CA ACQUIRED: PRONOUNCIATION: BELL - trann LAST SEASON: Played 28 games (23 starts) in all comps (1 G / 1 A) LAST MLS GOAL: yet to score in 94 career MLS games LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/07/12 v COL (20’/57’) - 10 games ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’ in 2-3 L v LA
Real Salt Lake’s eye towards the future was bolstered in February with the signing of promising goalkeeper Lalo Fernandez as the club’s third-ever Homegrown Player. The addition of Fernandez marks the second dip into the Homegrown Player well by Real Salt Lake in less than a year, following on the heels of fellow RSL-Arizona Academy product Nico Muñiz (Sept. 2011) and Donny Toia (May 2011).
After playing the second-most minutes of his career in 2011, Tony Beltran again showed why he belongs in the discussion with the best outside backs in Major League Soccer. For the second time in his career the 24-year-old made more than 20 starts and helped solidify a back line that was depleted by injuries all season long – until he unfortunately suffered one of his own, limiting his minutes in the final two months of the season.
The 19-year-old Fernandez has kept busy over the last year-and-a-half, helping the RSL-Arizona Under-18 squad begin its first season in U.S. Soccer Development Academy in October 2010 and going 5-3-3 (1.00 GAA, 4 shutouts) in 11 appearances through the spring of 2011. After initially agreeing to play collegiately at the University of Wisconsin, Fernandez tacked course and tested the international waters, first spending a training stint with Mexican first division side Atlas – based in his birthplace of Guadalajara – before signing with Uruguayan power C.A. Peñarol last August.
While his staunch 1-v-1 defending continued to be rock solid, the cerebral and supremely fit Beltran has also provided more consistency when jumping into the attack, his flying runs up either flank ending with dangerous service into the area more often than during his previous two seasons of play. It can’t be long until Beltran sheds the status of one of the most underrated outside defenders in Major League Soccer, but, until then, the RSL braintrust will be more than happy to unleash the mature-beyond-his-years winger upon opponents that may underestimate the UCLA product’s considerable talent and tenacity.
The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Fernandez has been involved in the Youth National Team set-ups of both the United States and Mexico, playing for the Mexican Under-17s and training with the U.S. Under-20s last November. The El Paso, Texas, native’s goalkeeping skills run in the family, as his father, enjoyed a career as a professional netminder in Mexico.
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DIOGO DE ALMEIDA
DEFENDER
WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 1/2/89 HEIGHT: 6-0 ACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraft HOMETOWN: Piricicaba, Brazil PRONOUNCIATION: dee - OH -go DAY al - MAY - duh LAST SEASON: Played 22 games (all starts) in goal for D.C. United, registering five shutouts and a 1.68 goals-against average LAST GAME: 03/27/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ CHI (reserves)
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JAMISON OLAVE
DEFENDER
WEIGHT: 210 DOB: 4/21/81 HEIGHT: 6-3 ACQUIRED: March, 2008 HOMETOWN: Medellin, Colombia PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-miss-son oh-LAW-vay LAST SEASON: Played 31 games (all starts) in all competitions, scoring 3 goals, adding 1 assist and named MLS Best XI LAST MLS GOAL: 07/23/11 v SJ (83’) - 23 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/28/11 v TOR (7’) - 5 games ago LAST MLS GAME: 06/20/12 - start/60’ in 2-3 L v LA
Real Salt Lake’s search for a naturally left-footed fit on its back line may very well have come to an end with its selection of SMU product Diogo de Almeida back in January. Other outside back options were on the board towards the start of the second round, RSL was enamored with the athletic de Almeida’s size and speed, not to mention his technical ability, which was no surprise after his progression from forward to midfielder to defender during his first three years with the Mustangs. While RSL will not expect the 23-year-old to fill in minutes right away, the Brazilian’s progress throughout the year will prove vital to the planned wing-back rotation system that could prove crucial to the Utah side’s late-season success.
It seemed to take a couple of years for MLS fans and pundits to fully appreciate the depth of talent that RSL center back Jamison Olave possessed. However, now that he’s a known commodity, the RSL center back can’t seem to stop the plaudits coming his way, the ultra-athletic center back garnering spots on the MLS Best XI and MLS All-Star teams for a second consecutive season in 2011. He began the year by not only displaying his usual defensive prowess, but also securing himself an even bigger spot in RSL lore courtesy of some offense, as it was his goal at Deportivo Saprissa that would swing the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal series the Utah side’s way. While RSL fans loved seeing “The Verb” represent the Claret-and-Cobalt against Manchester United in the All-Star Game once again, they were also left holding their collective breath after a sliding tackle sidelined him with an MCL sprain in his left knee. Success, it appeared, might come at a price. However, Olave would return after missing only a month, using his unique blend of size and closing speed – in addition to a growing sense of comfort with the ball at his feet – to keep opposing forwards on lockdown. Olave would again suffer from injury, this time a quadriceps strain, during the 2011 postseason, but the 2012 preseason sees the Colombian fit as a fiddle and ready to lead the RSL backline to more impressive and historic numbers – more specifically the ones in the “W” and “SO” columns. And, speaking of numbers, the 30-year-old Olave will hit a nice round one the next time he sees the field, as his next appearance on the fiels will mark his 100th in MLS regular season play.
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KYLE BECKERMAN
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 4/23/82 HOMETOWN: Crofton, MD ACQUIRED: Trade with Colorado for Mehdi Ballouchy on 6/17/07 LAST SEASON: Played 36 games (34 starts) as Captain, scoring 3 goals & 9 assists (6 game-winners), earning USMNT call-ups and All-Star consideration LAST MLS GOAL: 06/20/12 v LA (9’) - ACTIVE LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/16/12 @ CHV (41’/94+’) - 1 game ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’/GOAL in 2-3 L v LA Many players start to think about the next stage of their careers after a dozen seasons in the pros, the portion involving final contracts, farewell tours and the like. However, most players aren’t like Kyle Beckerman, whose 12th season only propelled him towards bigger heights both with his club and for his country, as 2011 saw the RSL captain go from a perennial MLS All-Star and part-time U.S. Men’s National Team performer to a legitimate league MVP candidate and First XI stalwart for Jurgen Klinsmann’s USA squad. Beckerman’s ability to step up his game in the absence of main playmaker Javier Morales showed both on and off the stat sheet, his increased leadership role on the field during an adversityfilled 2011 proving just as crucial as his career-best nine assists (including six game-winning helpers) across regular season play. The 29-year-old Beckerman is hitting his peak as he enters 2012, a year in which he’ll likely leap into the league’s all-time top 20 in games played and started while also playing an integral role for the US Men’s National Team as it begins its qualifying journey for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals in Brazil. While an offseason adductor strain might have slowed RSL’s heart-and-soul down temporarily, Beckerman should be ready to set the tone for the Claretand-Cobalt right out of the gates in what he hopes is a lucky 13th season in MLS.
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FABIAN ESPINDOLA
FORWARD
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NAT BORCHERS
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 4/13/81 HOMETOWN: Pueblo, CO ACQUIRED: Feb. 2008 PRONOUNCIATION: NATT LAST SEASON: Played team-high 37 games (all starts), scoring 4 goals & 1 assist as MLS DF of the Year Finalist LAST MLS GOAL: 05/26/12 v DAL (93+) - 2 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/7/11 v CHV (87’) - 34 games ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’ in 2-3 L v LA Ever since he crashed the Colorado Rapids roster as an undrafted camp invitee back in 2003, Nat Borchers has been tough to take off the roster sheet … make that nearly impossible to take off. While missing four of 34 regular season games like Borchers did in 2011 wouldn’t be noteworthy for most players, for the “Ironman of MLS” it was more than a bit out of the ordinary. And even with that said, Borchers’ 30 starts last season allowed him to become the only player across Major League Soccer with at least 29 starts in each of the last four years. Death … Taxes … Borchers, indeed. The big story for Real Salt Lake as it approaches its season opener in Los Angeles might just be if the three-time RSL Defender of the Year winner will be in Jason Kreis’ First XI. The right quadriceps strain the 30-year-old backline staple suffered in last October’s postseason opener against Seattle has forced a cautious approach during this year’s preseason camp, but Borchers vows to be ready to go for rematch of the Western Conference Championship … a game the ever-steady center back would have certainly been a difference-maker in had he been able to give it a go.
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WILL JOHNSON
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 5/4/85 HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina ACQUIRED: 8/07 PRONOUNCIATION: fah - bee - AHN ess - PEEN - doh - lah LAST SEASON: Played 34 games (32 starts) in all competitions, scoring career-high 11 goals & 5 assists LAST MLS GOAL: 6/16/12 @ CHV (41’/54’) - 1 game ago
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 1/21/87 HOMETOWN: Woodridge, IL ACQUIRED: July, 2008 PRONOUNCIATION: LAST SEASON: Played 33 games (30 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals & 2 assists LAST MLS GOAL: 06/16/12 @ CHV (94+’) - 1 game ago
LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/20/12 v LA (9’/24’) - ACTIVE LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’/2 ASSISTS in 2-3 L v LA
LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/25/12 @ DAL (72’) - 7 games ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’ in 2-3 L v LA
MIDFIELDER
Seemingly overshadowed by other forwards every since he joined Real Salt Lake five years ago, the attention turned Fabian Espíndola’s way in 2011 seemed to increase. Then again, everything involving Espíndola seemed to be ratcheted up a notch last season – his focus, an already-high energy-level and even his notoriety across the league all received noticeable bumps. However, the most important thing the fiery Argentine increased last year was his production, as Espíndola knocked home a career-best 10 goals in league play and added a goal and two assists during RSL’s CONCACAF Champions League run that allowed to Utahns to continue their historic path to the tourney’s finals.
Will Johnson was a busy guy in 2011, but when you’re depended upon to be a stalwart for both your club and country, well, that just goes with the territory. But with Johnson possessing one of – if not the best – motors in all of Major League Soccer, the industrious 25-year-old not only has the stamina to handle the added workload, but the pride and character to relish it. He also has the history to prove he can handle the added miles as well, playing at least 2,000 minutes and in at least 25 regular season contests for the Claretand-Cobalt in each of his first three full seasons … and that’s not counting the additional wear-and-tear (and pressure) endured during Cup competitions.
It’s easy to forget that Espíndola was a part of the massive rebuilding process that Jason Kreis began midway through 2007; and yet, at the same time, it seems hard to think about RSL without the passion and grit of the 26-year-old forward. Re-signing Espíndola was priority #1 for Real Salt Lake this past offseason, and when two sides were able to agree to a four-year pact you could almost hear an audible sigh of relief from Claret-and-Cobalt fans near and far. With his regular up-top running mate, Álvaro Saborío, a question mark for the start of the campaign, the scoring burden will likely fall to Espíndola – then again, that’s something the confident striker will likely pick up as well.
With another round of World Cup qualifying in store for his Canadian National Team and another run in the CONCACAF Champions League on the docket for Real Salt Lake, it’s going to be another chock full calendar in 2012 for Johnson, who will again be depended upon to man the left side of RSL’s midfield diamond. While a procedure to correct a sports hernia issue might slow Johnson down for the first few weeks of the season, the RSL faithful can rest assured his odometer will start spinning furiously sooner rather than later.
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JAVIER MORALES
JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 1/10/80 HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina ACQUIRED: 8/07 PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-vee-err LAST SEASON: Played 16 games (15 starts) in all competitions, scoring 5 goals & 4 assists in injury-shortened campaign LAST MLS GOAL: 03/10/12 @ LA (80’) - 11 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/16/12 @ CHV (94+’) - 1 game ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - sub/30’ in 2-3 L v LA Perhaps no player in Major League Soccer was poised to have a better 2011 than Javier Morales. From the get-go, the Argentine midfield maestro was pulling the strings for a Real Salt Lake side on the cusp of international glory, his infectious attitude, quiet leadership and abundant skill helping a pioneering club earn plaudits from every corner of America’s soccer landscape. So while RSL’s disappointment at the end of its CONCACAF Champions League run in late April was a tough blow for the squad, it’s quite telling that the result’s effect on the team’s season paled in comparison to the loss of Morales to an ankle injury just 10 days after the stinging defeat. It is also telling that, during a stretch of two weeks when clumsy challenges like the one Morales suffered from felled some of MLS’ other brightest attacking talents, RSL’s playmaker vowed to come back before season’s end. Anyone who saw the incident must have thought Morales’ thoughts were wishful thinking at best, but they also weren’t witness to the hard work he put in day after day. While the air was sucked out of the building that day, Morales knew it wasn’t sucked out of the season, and he wanted to make sure he could help the squad finish the challenge it had laid down at the start of the year – add hardware to the trophy case.
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EMILIANO BONFIGLI
FORWARD
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 4/15/88 HOMETOWN: Bahia Blanca, Argentina ACQUIRED: 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft PRONOUNCIATION: bone-FIGG-lee LAST MLS GOAL: 04/25/12 @ DAL (72’) - 1 game ago LAST MLS ASSIST: has not assisted in 3 career MLS games LAST GAME: 05/05/12 - sub/33’ in 0-0 T @ CHI
Five years ago, Real Salt Lake brought a young Argentinean striker into its side by the name of Fabian Espíndola … and now the Utah side is hoping it has unearthed a similar talent in his countryman, Emiliano Bonfigli. The lanky striker proved worth taking a flyer on in the MLS Supplemental Draft, the 23-year-old showing more than enough finishing prowess during RSL’s opening preseason camp to earn a spot on the team’s forward depth chart. With a congested schedule ahead, expect Bonfigli to be firmly in the mix for the “spot starter” role up top alongside fellow “young guns” Paulo Jr. and Cody Arnoux.
While that goal wouldn’t come to fruition, the comeback of Morales inspired not only his teammates, but the RSL faithful as well, who could not get enough updates on the status of “Javi” and when – not if – he would return to the field. While Morales was never back to 100% during the final six weeks of the season, he showed plenty enough to make it clear that he was closer than anyone, save himself, might have thought. But, perhaps more than anything, his comeback allowed everyone the opportunity to remember a different image of #11 at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2011 – the thunderous standing ovation he received upon entering the Sept. 28 match against Chicago in front of the largest crowd in the stadium’s history. 20,762 fans, all there to pay tribute to the heart-and-soul of RSL, to see the maestro pick up his baton once again. The start of the 2012 campaign sees Morales continuing to overcome injury, an offseason procedure to clean out bone spurs in his left foot and a right quad strain suffered during the preseason limiting him during the squad’s preparations for the upcoming season. But if 2011 proved anything, it’s that Morales will be able to overcome any challenge thrown at him … and likely sooner than anyone could imagine.
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YORDANY ALVAREZ
MIDFIELDER
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ALVARO SABORIO
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 5/24/85 HOMETOWN: Cienfuegos, Cuba ACQUIRED: Sept. 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: jor-DONN-ee LAST SEASON: Played 5 games (4 starts) on loan from Orlando City, where he was named 2011 USL PRO MVP as championship-winner LAST MLS GOAL: yet to score in 11 games
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 3/25/82 HOMETOWN: San Carlos, Costa Rica ACQUIRED: March 2010 PRONOUNCIATION: AL-vuh-ro sabb-oh-REE-oh LAST SEASON: Played 29 games (28 starts) in all competitions, scoring team-high 13 goals (incl. 5 game-winners) & 4 assists LAST MLS GOAL: 05/20/12 v LA (24’) - ACTIVE
LAST MLS ASSIST: yet to assist in 11 games LAST GAME: 06/16/12 - sub/5’ in 3-0 W @ CHV
LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/10/12 @ LA (85’) - 15 games ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’ in 2-3 L v LA
When it came to taking advantage of an opportunity in 2011, nobody did it better than midfielder Yordany Alvarez, who parlayed his USL PRO League MVP performance for Orlando City S.C. into a quasi-starting gig last September shortly after joining Real Salt Lake on loan at the roster freeze deadline. The one-time Cuban international provided quality cover for Kyle Beckerman, whose suspensions and U.S. MNT call-ups across the last quarter of the season forced Alvarez onto the field for five contests. The 26-year-old performed well enough during the impromptu “trial by fire” that RSL sought to secure his services on a more permanent basis, and the Utah side did just that in February by coming to buyout terms with Orlando and locking up the holding midfielder via a new three-year deal. With Beckerman again slated to pull double-duty for club and country during much of 2012, fans can expect to see Alvarez back in the Starting XI mix on many more occasions.
FORWARD
As a forward there’s always pressure to perform, and in 2011 the pressure seemed to be both a blessing and a curse for Álvaro Saborío, who began the year with a new contract that heaped on the added weight of becoming Real Salt Lake’s first-ever “Designated Player” (though the title was more a technicality thanks to the transfer fees involved in obtaining his full rights). The roller-coaster season saw Saborío bag goals in bunches and in some critical moments, but also included some droughts and mountains of adversity on the national team front for his native Costa Rica. A part of that ebb-and-flow of output was due to injury, as Saborío rushed back from offseason knee surgery quickly in order to help keep his hot hand in the CONCACAF Champions League going from the prior fall. While he indeed helped carry the squad to the tournament’s finals, his production and availability would suffer in the months to follow, only to ratchet back up during a torrid stretch in mid-summer. When the dust settled, “Sabo” had collected 16 goals across 32 games in all competitions, keeping pace with the 18 tallies in 36 contests the season prior. The wear-and-tear resulted in another surgery on his right knee immediately after the season, making his return to the line-up at the start of 2012 a question mark. However, the “Tico Terror” won’t be sidelined for long, as he has progressed strongly during the club’s preseason camps and is expected to be on the field and creating havoc for the opposition by April at the very latest.
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JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
NICO MUNIZ
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 10/18/92 HOMETOWN: Albuquerque, NM ACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown player in Sept. 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: MOON-yees LAST GAME: 3/27/12 - sub/17’ in 0-1 L @ CHI (reserves)
NICK RIMANDO
CHRIS WINGERT
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 6/16/82 HOMETOWN: Babylon, NY ACQUIRED: Trade with COL, 6/14/07 LAST SEASON: Played 29 games (28 starts) in all competitions, tallying one assist LAST MLS GOAL: 05/22/10 @ CHV - 54 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/20/12 v LA (9’) - ACTIVE LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’ in 2-3 L v LA
Real Salt Lake broke new ground last fall when it agreed to terms with Nico Muñiz, making the midfielder the first RSL-Arizona Academy member to jump straight to the “big club” from Casa Grande. While technically unable to perform for the MLS outfit until the new year, the now 19-year-old Muniz joined the first team in Utah upon the announcement in September, giving him a leg up on preparations for his first professional campaign with what amounted to a seven week “sneak peek.” Muñiz started three of his six appearances (346 min.) as a regular call-up for the RSL Reserves in 2011, and the Albuquerque native should expect to see his development continue largely through opportunities in MLS Reserve League fixtures during the 2012 campaign.
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GOALKEEPER
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 6/17/79 HOMETOWN: Montclair, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with NY, March, 2007 LAST SEASON: Played 39 games (all starts) in all competitions in goal for RSL, with 16 wins and 15 shutouts and a 1.08 GAA LAST MLS WIN: 06/16/12 @ CHV - 1 game ago
The outside back position in RSL’s 4-4-2 system is perhaps one of the most challenging spots in Major League Soccer – to call them “defenders” is simply not doing them justice. The role requires players to have the physicality to defend one-on-one, the speed and stamina to make run after run up and down the flank to provide width in attack and the technical acumen to make things happen with the ball, be it by providing crosses into the area or quick combinations with the midfield. You have to be smart, disciplined and in ridiculously good shape … in other words, you almost have to be Chris Wingert. The 29-year-old Wingert will enter the 2012 season as RSL’s longest-tenured field player, beating out his former ex-Colorado teammate Kyle Beckerman for the honor by three days courtesy of their back-to-back trades in mid-July 2007. That longevity has not only shot him up the RSL all-time rankings in numerous categories, but it’s also allowed him to master the abilities necessary to thrive on the island that can sometimes be the outside back position in Jason Kreis’ preferred line-up. To protect against the wear-and-tear that saw nagging injuries effect the three-man rotation of Wingert, Tony Beltran and the departed Robbie Russell last season, the Claret-and-Cobalt will hope Wingert can mentor whichever two players emerge in the back-up battle out wide during preseason to increase the rotation to four by midseason. If there’s anyone up for the task of mentoring it would be Wingert, a locker room leader who also has the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor from his Senior season at St. John’s in his back pocket.
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ENZO MARTINEZ
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 9/29/90 HOMETOWN: Rock Hill, SC ACQUIRED: 2011 MLS SuperDraft, 17th overall pick, 1/15/12 PRONOUNCIATION: ENN-zoh LAST GAME: 04/08/12 - start/45’ in 0-1 L v COL (reserves)
LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 06/16/12 @ CHV - 1 game ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’/0 saves in 2-3 L v LA Nick Rimando would have been hard-pressed to duplicate the record-setting 2010 campaign he presided over between the posts for Real Salt Lake, but his 2011 season was not all that far behind. Once again finishing at or near the top of Major League Soccer in goals against average, shutouts and wins, Rimando’s 12th MLS season gave credence to the theory that the shelf life of the American goalkeeper is almost limitless … a good sign now that the 32-year-old Rimando is the elder statesman of the Claret-and-Cobalt after the offseason retirement of Andy Williams. That being said, it takes more than age to climb towards the top of MLS’ record books, which is exactly what Rimando has done by ranking second in all-time shutouts (87) and third in wins (121), games played in goal (288), starts in goal (also 288) and minutes in goal (26,073). Much like teammate Kyle Beckerman, Rimando’s international career has also picked up steam once again, as the Southern California native has been a regular call-up under the new regime of Jurgen Klinsmann since his appointment as USMNT’s sideline boss last summer. If Rimando can continue to produce sparkling performances like the first half he turned in against Panama in January, it will be a busy year of shuffling between club and country for the RSL fanbase’s favorite “homeboy.”
Some things are just meant to be, and that seemed to be the general consensus when highly-touted midfielder Enzo Martinez fell right into the lap of Real Salt Lake late in the first round of January’s MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City. Why the key cog for North Carolina’s College Cup-winning side slid to the 17th overall pick will never be known, but what is for certain is that the motivated midfielder’s savvy on the ball, mature decision-making and industrious workrate will make the native Uruguayan a perfect fit in the diamond midfield RSL has perfected under Jason Kreis. While the RSL Technical Staff gushed about the Generation adidas product’s production and ability, it was even more impressed with his maturity off the field, forcing many of the pundits who questioned where the 21-year-old might fit on the field for many teams to also admit that the Claret-and-Cobalt might just have come away with the steal of draft day.
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JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
NED GRABAVOY
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/1/83 HOMETOWN: New Lenox, IL ACQUIRED: Waivers from SJ Earthquakes, 3/--/09 LAST SEASON: Played 33 games (25 starts) in all competitions, scoring playoff-series-clinching goal vs SEA in West Semis LAST MLS GOAL: 10/16/10 v DAL (59’) - 38 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 06/16/12 @ CHV (54’) - 2 games ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/90’ in 2-3 L v LA
With Williams retiring during the offseason, the versatile Grabavoy will be depended upon even more by Head Coach Jason Kreis to set the tone on the field and in the locker room as one of the team’s core members. The good news for Kreis and fans of RSL is that, thanks to a new offseason contract, the 28-year-old midfielder will put his masterful on-theball ability, vision and tenacity on display at Rio Tinto Stadium for at least the next three seasons.
JONNY STEELE
LUIS GIL
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 11/14/93 HOMETOWN: Garden Grove, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with KC, 3/10 PRONOUNCIATION: GILL LAST SEASON: Played 27 games (16 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals LAST MLS GOAL: 3/17/12 v NY (58’) - 12 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/12/12 @ SEA (51’) - 2 games ago LAST GAME: 05/20/12 - sub/26’ in 2-3 L v LA
During his third season in Claret-and-Cobalt in 2011, Ned Grabavoy continued to find more minutes in the platoon system with Andy Williams on the right side of Real Salt Lake’s diamond midfield, but, due to injuries and national team call-ups, the veteran also found himself at other spots in the diamond through necessity. Despite suffering from a nagging hamstring injury of his own late in the campaign, the gritty Grabavoy was able to register the second most appearances, starts and minutes of his eight seasons in Major League Soccer.
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Real Salt Lake’s philosophy for the development of Luis Gil had always been “slow and steady,” but then Javier Morales’ devastating ankle injury and a slew of national team callups hit in the spring, and the acceleration of Gil’s learning curve soon followed. RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis originally took a committee approach to replacing Morales as the summer progressed, but the rotation would eventually include a heavy dose of the then-17-year-old Gil, who indeed proved capable of rising to the challenge while also doing plenty of “on-thejob” training. While inconsistent, as most teenagers growing up in a professional league tend to be, Gil more often than not showed glimpses as to why he was coveted by some of the world’s top sides prior to joining the Claret-and-Cobalt back in 2010. The physicality of the opposition might not be as much of a problem in 2012, as Gil entered RSL’s preseason camp noticeably bigger and more confident, both on the ball and within the squad. With regular starters Morales and Will Johnson both dealing with injuries heading into the season, Gil may very well find himself a member of the starting XI when March rolls around
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PAULO JUNIOR
FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 180 DOB: 2/7/86 HOMETOWN: Larne, Northern Ireland ACQUIRED: via discovery option in Jan., 2012 PRONOUNCIATION: LAST MLS GOAL: 04/28/12 v TOR (93+’) - 7 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/26/12 v DAL (76’) - 2 games ago
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 155 DOB: 1/23/89 HOMETOWN: Teresina, Brazil ACQUIRED: via loan in August, 2010 (purchased Jan., 2012) PRONOUNCIATION: PAUL-low LAST SEASON: Played 13 games (5 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals & 4 assists
LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - start/60’ in 2-3 L v LA
LAST MLS GOAL: 04/04/12 v MTL (13’ PK) - 7 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 3/17/12 v NY (39’) - 10 games ago LAST GAME: 06/20/12 - sub/10’ in 2-3 L v LA
Jonny Steele has squeezed a career’s worth of stops into his first eight professional seasons, but the preseason pact he signed with Real Salt Lake might just allow the 26-year-old midfielder to stop and settle down for awhile … besides, there’s precedence for this sort of thing with the Utah side (see Williams, Andy). After years of hopping between second divisions clubs and indoor teams, the native of Northern Ireland has finally earned the opportunity to display his talents on the North American continent’s top stage, eight years after his stateside journey began with a trial for FC Dallas. While Steele’s presence will ratchet up the amount of bite in the RSL midfield, thinking of him as simply a “hardman” would be a mistake, as the former Wolverhampton performer didn’t win the 2008 USL-1 MVP award for the Puerto Rico Islanders on hard tackles alone.
As explosive as the fall 2010 debut of Paulo Jr. onto the Real Salt Lake scene was, it appeared that the Brazilian’s 2011 was equally as disappointing … but one look at the limited sample size of stats might just prove otherwise. While the swashbuckling striker missed exactly half of the season due to lingering hamstring and hip flexor injuries over the summer, when he was on the field he was able to produce, notching a pair of goals and five assists in what amounted to just under 600 minutes across MLS and CONCACAF play. The diminutive forward’s season got off to a sparkling start, as he recorded a goal, an assist or both during his first four overall appearances. However, the injury bug would strike soon afterwards, derailing a promising start and limiting him to substitute and spot-start duty across the last three months of the season. Despite the health concerns, Real Salt Lake recognized Paulo Jr.’s potential this past offseason and acquired the 23-year-old’s player rights from the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers in February. The Utah side hopes a new three-year contract will provide the stability and confidence the still-developing striker needs in order to perform, which would result in a dangerous complement to first-choice forwards Fabian Espíndola and Álvaro Saborío.
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JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
KYLE REYNISH
GOALKEEPER
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 190 DOB: 11/3/83 HOMETOWN: Valencia, CA ACQUIRED: 2007 MLS SuperDraft LAST SEASON: Played 3 games (all starts) in goal for RSL, registering 2 wins, 2 shutouts and a 0.67 GAA LAST MLS WIN: 05/26/12 v DAL (2 career wins) LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 5/9/12 @ CHI – 3nd career clean sheet LAST GAME: 5/26/12 - start/90’ in 3-2 W v DAL With the retirement of Andy Williams this past offseason, goalkeeper Kyle Reynish becomes the recipient of the “current longest tenured RSL player” title, as the netminder drafted on Jan. 18, 2007 will begin his sixth full season with the squad in 2012. As the back-up to the 2nd-longest tenured player, Nick Rimando, the UC-Santa Barbara native hasn’t had many occasions to show his stuff in recent seasons, but when he was able to in 2011 he would deliver, notching two shutout wins in his three first-team appearances. The 27-year-old ‘keeper will not only continue to be perhaps the league’s most underrated understudy, but will also be looked at to help mentor young Lalo Fernandez, RSL’s latest Homegrown addition to the roster.
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CODY ARNOUX
FORWARD
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 4/13/88 HOMETOWN: Wilmington, NC ACQUIRED: via special MLS lottery in March, 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: arr-KNOW LAST SEASON: Played 2 games (0 starts) in all competitions for RSL, totaling 69 minutes LAST MLS GOAL: yet to score LAST MLS ASSIST: yet to assist LAST GAME: 3/20/12 - start/45’ in 1-1 T v KC (reserves) The 2012 season can almost be considered a fresh start for forward Cody Arnoux, who was injured upon joining Real Salt Lake last February and couldn’t return to the field from injuries until the season was mostly through. However, with a year of seasoning in RSL’s system under his belt, a completely clean bill of health and plenty of work ethic in tow, the former Wake Forest standout will be ready to make up for lost time and contribute major minutes off the bench during the Claret-and-Cobalt’s busy campaign.
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SEBASTIAN VELASQUEZ
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 140 DOB: 2/11/91 HOMETOWN: Greenville, SC ACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraft LAST MLS GOAL: none in 6 career MLS appearances LAST MLS ASSIST: none in 6 career MLS appearances LAST GAME: 05/26/12 - sub/1’ in 3-2 W v DAL
If you were not aware of Sebastian Velasquez when Real Salt Lake selected him towards the end of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, well, you weren’t alone … the plucky playmaker was the first Junior College player to be selected on draft day since Kansas City took another member of the RSL family, Yura Movsisyan, six years earlier. The Wasatch Front is a long way from Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina, but when word from collegiate scouting contacts about the “diamond-in-the-Upstate” came across RSL’s attention, due diligence by assistant coach Miles Joseph paid off for the now-21-year-old midfielder via an invite to the club’s December combine in Arizona. Velasquez impressed enough there to earn the nod to the next level, where he will be allowed plenty of time to learn how pull the strings on the top of RSL’s midfield diamond behind Javier Morales and Luis Gil.
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CHRIS SCHULER
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 9/6/87 HOMETOWN: Aurora, IL ACQUIRED: 2010 MLS SuperDraft (37th) PRONOUNCIATION: SHOO-ler LAST SEASON: Played 23 games (18 starts) in all competitions, scoring 2 goals LAST MLS GOAL: 9/3/11 v PHI (26’) - 15 games ago LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/28/12 v TOR (7’) - 2 games ago LAST GAME: 05/12/12 - sub/70’ in 1-0 W @ SEA What a difference a year made for defender Chris Schuler. After showing a glimpse of promise that was cut short due to injury in 2010, the Chicagoland native returned to the field with a vengeance in 2011, playing in 27 matches across all competitions as injuries and suspensions wrecked havoc at times on the RSL backline. Five months after breaking his foot just the day after RSL clinched a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League knockout phase, it was perhaps fate that Schuler would be called upon to serve in place of the suspended Nat Borchers right off the bat against Columbus in the CCL Quarterfinals. The 24-year-old would pass that test with flying colors, and, as the RSL Technical Staff began to grow more and more comfortable with him, Schuler would also begin to draw assignments at outside back as situations dictated. While some may think it unfortunate to sit behind one of the best center back tandems in league history on the depth chart, it is clear during the 2012 preseason that Schuler has been soaking up knowledge from Borchers and Jamison Olave over the course of his first two pro seasons. Learning the tricks of the trade from those pillars both technically and leadership-wise will certainly pay off with even better performances when called upon down the road, which may occur just as much this season with another congested schedule on the docket for the Claret-and-Cobalt.
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JUNE 23 2012 7:00PM MT RIO TINTO STADIUM SANDY, UT
LEONE CRUZ
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 6/13/87 HOMETOWN: Round Rock, TX ACQUIRED: Trade with Seattle, 1/17/12 PRONOUNCIATION: lee-OH-knee KRUZE LAST GAME: 3/27/12 - start/90’ in 0-1 L @ CHI (reserves)
JASON KREIS
TERAKAZU TANAKA
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/14/85 HOMETOWN: Ibaraki, Japan ACQUIRED: via Discovery option in Jan., 2012 PRONOUNCIATION: tuh-KNOCK-uh LAST MLS GOAL: no goals in 2 career games LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/26/12 v DAL (59’) - ACTIVE LAST GAME: 05/26/12 - start/90’ in 3-2 W v DAL
The path to the ranks of Major League Soccer for Leone Cruz was not a common one, but, in the end, the talented center back appears to have found a willing dance partner in Real Salt Lake the second time around. After failing to stick around with Seattle Sounders FC after being drafted by the Cascadia outfit in 2011, Cruz chose to finish up his studies at Southern Methodist University and stay soccer-sharp by playing in matches in the newly-resurrected Reserve League. Those stints included a pair of games in Claret-and-Cobalt last summer, when RSL reaffirmed its pre-draft assessments of Cruz’s skills and kept the Texas native on its radar through January, when it swung a deal with Seattle during the Supplemental Draft to bring the defender on board. After winning a spot on the roster during preseason, Cruz will be expected to form a solid bond with fellow reservist Chris Schuler – with the added benefit of being able to learn from two of the league’s best “middle men” in Jamison Olave and Nat Borchers.
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ALL-TIME RECORD: 67-53-45 (MLS); 83-69-53 (all comps) COLLEGE: Duke ‘94 HOMETOWN: Omaha, NE APPOINTED: May 3, 2007 PRONOUNCIATION: KRYSE LAST SEASON: 15-11-8 (MLS); CCL Finalist; lost in Open Cup Qtrs AS A PLAYER: scored 108 career goals w/ Dallas (1996-2004) & RSL (2005-07)
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis traded in his record-setting boots and captain’s armband on May 3, 2007 to become the organization’s second head coach, overhauling a previously moribund locker room to become just two seasons later the youngest Cupwinning coach in MLS history, guiding RSL to the title in 2009. Under his watch, RSL has also advanced to three of the last four Conference Finals, become the first American side to win a CONCACAF Champions League group and the first U.S. team to advance to the CCL Finals. With back-to-back 15-win MLS seasons in 2010 and 2011, Kreis’ teams have earned points in two out of every three matches they play, as the intense, demanding leader now owns an all-time 83-69-53 mark as a head coach, breaking down as follows: MLS regular-season (67-53-45), CONCACAF Champions League (6-3-3), MLS Cup Playoff (4-4-4), Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (3-6-0) and international friendlies (3-2-1).
As proof the RSL Technical Staff is committed to leaving no stone unturned in its search for talent, enter Terukazu Tanaka, an outside back prospect GM Garth Lagerwey spotted during a combine in Tokyo shortly after the end of the 2011 season. The 26-year-old right-sided defender brings five years of professional experience in the Japanese first and second divisions with him across the Pacific, a pedigree he hopes will earn him not only a spot on the RSL roster, but a regular slot in the outside back rotation alongside returning vets Chris Wingert and Tony Beltran.
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JEFF CASSAR
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Florida International University ‘97 HOMETOWN: Livonia, MI APPOINTED: May 2007 PRONOUNCIATION: cuss-SARR AS A PLAYER: Played 11 seasons as a goalkeeper for Dallas, Miami and New York from 1996-2006 ...
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MILES JOSEPH
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Clemson ‘98 HOMETOWN: Clifton Park, NY APPOINTED: February, 2010 PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Played in six MLS seasons from 1996-2001 for New York and Dallas, scoring 12 career goals in 125 games ...
At the time of his hire, Mr. Kreis became the youngest active head coach in MLS at 34 years and 127 days of age. Kreis works closely with former Blue Devil and Dallas Burn teammate and current RSL General Manager Garth Lagerwey regarding player acquisitions, scouting, the MLS Draft and all player personnel-related matters. The Kreis-Lagerwey partnership has resulted in the implementation of a culture where players, staff and fans work as one for the RSL shield, epitomizing a “Team is the Star” attitude. Kreis, Lagerwey and the team’s coaching staff – Jeff Cassar, Miles Joseph and C.J. Brown – compose the lone technical staff among MLS’ 18 teams comprised entirely of ex-MLS players. This distinction means that the RSL braintrust now boasts cumulative MLS experience of 74,811 total minutes, covering 923 games and including 128 goals and 22 shutouts (the equivalent of nearly 30 complete seasons of service). The RSL staff has the unparalleled ability to tap into personal experience as it guides, assists and develops RSL players.
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C.J. BROWN
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Cal-State Hayward ‘96 HOMETOWN: Hayward, CA APPOINTED: January, 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Won 4 U.S. Open Cups and one MLS Cup during 13-year MLS career with Chicago Fire ... Will be inducted into Chicago’s “Ring of Fire” as part of RSL visit to Toyota Park on May 9 ...
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Eduardo Fernandez Tony Beltran Diogo de Almeida Jamison Olave Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Javier Morales Emiliano Bonfigli Yordany Alvarez Alvaro Saborio Nico Muniz Chris Wingert Nick Rimando Enzo Martinez Ned Grabavoy Luis Gil Jonny Steele Paulo Junior Kyle Reynish Chris Estridge Sebastian Velasquez Cody Arnoux Chris Schuler Kenny Mansally Leone Cruz Terakazu Tanaka
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U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2012
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT 2012 EARTHQUAKES RESULTS/SCHEDULE (8-3-3, 27 Pts.)
MATCHDAY INFO San Jose Earthquakes at Real Salt Lake Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012 Kickoff: 6:00 p.m. PT Location: Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT. Broadcast: Comcast Sportsnet California, 1370 KZSF, 1590 KLIV
Record (Pts.) Leading Scorer Assist Leader Head Coach
San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 9-3-3 (30) Chris Wondolowski (12) Steven Beitashour (5) Marvin Chavez (5) Frank Yallop
Real Salt Lake (MLS) 10-4-2(32) Alvaro Saborio (7) Javier Morales (4) Jason Kreis
Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake All-Time MLS Regular Season: 4-5-5 Home: 3-3-1 (12 GF, 11 GA) Away: 1-2-4 (5 GF, 10 GA) Playoffs: 0-0-0; US Open Cup: 0-0-0; US Open Cup Play-In: 0-2-0 All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 17, Real Salt Lake – 21 San Jose’s Record in June The Quakes are 28-19-16 all-time in June in MLS play. Comcast Sports Net California: Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) 1590 KLIV (English Radio): Anthony Passarelli (play-by-play) 1370 KZSF (Spanish Radio): Carlos Cesar Rivera (play-by-play) Twitter: @QuakesMatchday, @SJEarthquakes (#SJEarthquakes); @RealSaltLake
Date March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 2 May 5 May 13 May 19 May 23 May 27 May 29 June 5 June 20 June 23 June 26 June 30 July 3 July 7 July 14 July 18 July 22 July 28 July 31 Aug. 11 Aug. 18 Aug. 25 Sept. 2 Sept. 15 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 21 Oct. 27
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Opponent Result/Time (PT) New England Revolution W, 1-0 %Houston Dynamo L, 0-1 at Toronto FC W, 3-0 at Seattle Sounders FC W, 1-0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W, 3-1 at New York Red Bulls T, 2-2 Real Salt Lake W, 3-1 at Philadelphia Union W, 2-1 D.C. United W, 5-3 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC L, 1-2 Chivas USA T, 1-1 Columbus Crew T, 1-1 at LA Galaxy W, 3-2 at Sporting Kansas City L 1-2 *Fort Lauderdale Strikers W, 2-1 *Minnesota Stars FC W, 1-0 at Colorado Rapids W, 2-1 at Real Salt Lake 6:00 p.m. Seattle Sounders FC 6:30 p.m. #LA Galaxy 7:00 p.m. at Portland Timbers 7:30 p.m. at FC Dallas 6:00 p.m. Real Salt Lake 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas 8:00 p.m. at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4:00 p.m. Chicago Fire 7:30 p.m. **Swansea City 7:30 p.m. Seattle Sounders FC 7:30 p.m. at Montreal Impact 4:30 p.m. Colorado Rapids 7:30 p.m. Chivas USA 6:00 p.m. at Chivas USA 7:30 p.m. Portland Timbers 7:30 p.m. at Seattle Sounders FC 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas 7:30 p.m. at Colorado Rapids 6:00 p.m. LA Galaxy 4:00 p.m. at Portland Timbers 3:30 p.m.
Bold – Home Game *US Open Cup Third Round at Stanford University’s Cagan Stadium **International Friendly % Match played at AT&T Park; # Match played at Stanford Stadium
Last Game Earthquakes 2, Colorado Rapids 1; June 20, 2012; Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO. The Quakes used an own goal and a stoppage-time penalty kick to seal another thrilling late game come from behind win. The Quakes defeated hosts Colorado Rapids 2-1 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Quakes used league leading goal scorer Chris Wondolowski’s penalty in the 92nd minute to net their fourth stoppage time victory and fifth road win of the season. The goal coming minutes after forward substitute Alan Gordon forced a Hunter Freeman own goal in the 83rd minute to tie the game. Gordon drew the game winning penalty when he dribbled past Rapids goalkeeper Matt Pickens’ dive. The keeper caught Gordon on the right foot causing the experienced forward to stumble to the ground. Wondolowski made no mistake with the ensuing spot kick burying the ball in the upper left of the goal. The Rapids led most of the game off an 18th minute header from Brian Mullan. Last Game vs. Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, Los Angeles Galaxy; June 23, 2012; Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT. The San Jose Earthquakes scored two goals in second half stoppage time to top Real Salt Lake, 3-1 and move into first place in the Western Conference at Buck Shaw Stadium. Simon Dawkins headed in the winner in the 92nd minute and Chris Wondolowski continued his hot streak with a goal one minute later to cap the victory. With the win, which marks No. 100 for San Jose head coach Frank Yallop as an MLS head coach, the Earthquakes (5-1-1, 16 pts.) move ahead of Real Salt Lake (5-3-0, 15 pts.) and into first-place in the West. Just as it was looking as though RSL would hang onto a point in the waning minutes playing two men down following a pair of red-card ejections, Dawkins latched onto a Steven Beitashour cross from the right side in and headed a shot into the far corner for a 2-1 edge. Seconds later, a combination between Tressor Moreno and Khari Stephenson found Chris Wondolowski unmarked on the back post, and the Quakes star clinched the full three points with a header. He now has a league-leading eight goals on the season and he has scored 16 goals in the Quakes past 16 games. Real Salt Lake finished the game with only nine men after red cards to Fabian Espindola and Jamison Olave.
San Jose Earthquakes Communications Contacts: Jed Mettee, Vice President of Marketing and Communications o: 408.556.7723 / c: 408.613.8172 / jmettee@sjearthquakes.com Frank Stranzl, Media Relations Manager o: 408.556.7774 / c: 707.696.1931 / fstranzl@sjearthquakes.com
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San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT OPPONENT INFO Real Salt Lake Scouting Report Real Salt Lake are coming off a 3-2 midweek loss against the LA Galaxy, a match in which the Utah side initially led 2-0. The loss marked the first time in club history RSL had given up a 2-0 lead to lose. Kyle Beckerman and Alvaro Saborio put RSL on the board with goals in the ninth and 24th minutes, respectively. However, a Landon Donovan brace broken up by a Mike Magee equalizer brought the Galaxy back for a win. Saborio leads RSL with seven goals while Fabian Espindola is next with six. Javier Morales tops the club’s assist chart with four followed by Espindola and Beckerman with three apiece. History of the Earthquakes- Real Salt Lake Rivalry The Quakes beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 at Buck Shaw Stadium on April 21, but RSL has had the upper hand recently in the all-time series between these two Western Conference rivals … The Quakes’ win against RSL this season snapped a six-game winless streak in all competitions, including an 0-3-2 mark in the five prior MLS regular-season match-ups, and a loss via penalty-kick shootout in a 2010 US Open Cup play-in contest at Buck Shaw Stadium … The Quakes had suffered two straight home defeats in league play during this stretch, in shutout fashion in back-to-back season openers in 2010 (3-0) and 2011 (1-0) … On March 19 the Quakes and RSL kicked off the 2011 season at Buck Shaw Stadium in a match later dubbed The Great Deluge as RSL took a 1-0 decision in a driving rainstorm through a 64th-minute Kyle Beckerman strike from 25 yards out that glanced off the left post and went in … That game marked Simon Dawkins’ MLS debut for the Quakes as a 66th-minute substitute … The Claret-and-Gold swept the 2011 season series with a 4-0 triumph in Utah on July 23 … The two teams played to a 2-2 draw in their first-ever meeting on April 30, 2005, at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, with Alejandro Moreno providing a late equalizer for San Jose … After going 2-0-2 over their first four MLS regularseason meetings, the Quakes dropped their first league tilt to RSL, 3-1, on May 31, 2008, at Rice-Eccles … RSL was the last Quakes opponent to play a regular-season match at Spartan Stadium, earning a 2-2 tie on Oct. 8, 2005 … RSL knocked the Quakes out of the 2010 US Open Cup, advancing 5-3 on penalty kicks after the first 120 minutes ended 3-3 in a play-in game … RSL joined MLS as an expansion side prior to the 2005 campaign. Earthquakes- Real Salt Lake Connections Quakes midfielder Jean-Marc Alexandre was selected by Real Salt Lake in the first round (No. 12 overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, making 38 league appearances for the club over three seasons, all of which ended with qualification into the MLS Cup Playoffs, prior to being traded to San Jose on Dec. 1, 2011 … Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski and RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando have played together twice for the U.S. Men’s National Team, most recently featuring in head coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s roster for five international matches in June as well as in the starting lineup earlier this year on Jan. 25 for a 1-0 win over Panama in Panama City … On May 25, Wondolowski, Rimando, and RSL midfielder Kyle Beckerman were all named to Klinsmann’s final 23 man roster for matches against Scotland, Brazil, Canada, and 2014 World Cup Qualifiers against Antigua & Barbuda and Guatemala … Quakes midfielder Tressor Moreno, RSL defender Jamison Olave and RSL midfielder Sebastian Velasquez were all born in Colombia, with Moreno and Olave having played previously for Colombian side Deportivo Cali … RSL midfielder Ned Grabavoy appeared in 24 games for San Jose in 2008 … Grabavoy also played under current Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop while with the LA Galaxy during the early part of the 2006 season, and was a teammate of Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch with the Columbus Crew later in 2006 … Grabavoy played with Quakes forward Alan Gordon for the LA Galaxy from 2004-06 … Busch also played alongside RSL defender Chris Wingert with the Crew in 2004-05 … Wingert (St. John’s) and Quakes defender Jason Hernandez (Seton Hall) played against each other in the BIG EAST Conference from 2001-03 … Quakes rookie midfielder Sam Garza and rookie RSL defender Diogo de Almeida were teammates on the adiPure side at the 2012 MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … Garza (2008) and RSL defender Nat Borchers (19992002) each played at the University of Denver … Garza (2010-11) and RSL goalkeeper Kyle Reynish (2002-06) each played at UC Santa Barbara … Quakes midfielder Sam Cronin (2005-08) and defender Ike Opara (2007-09) played with RSL midfielder Cody Arnoux (2006-08) at Wake Forest, guiding the Demon Deacons to the program’s first national title together in 2007 … Rookie defender Chris Estridge, RSL’s newest addition, also played with Cronin (2008) and Opara (2008-09) at Wake … Estridge spent his final two years of college eligibility at Indiana University (2010-11), where Quakes midfielder Brad Ring (2005-08) and Ring’s fellow Illinois native Grabavoy (2001-03) previously played and RSL defender Chris Schuler redshirted (2005) … Quakes defender Justin Morrow and RSL midfielder Jonny Steele both played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2010 … Rimando (Montclair, Calif.), RSL defender Tony Beltran (Claremont) and Quakes rookie forward Cesar Diaz Pizarro (Chino) are all alumni of the Arsenal FC club program based in Temecula, Calif. … Second-year Real Salt Lake assistant coach C.J. Brown is a Hayward, Calif., native who starred in the South Bay in his college playing days at San Jose State (1993-96) prior to a 13-year MLS career, all with the Chicago Fire … Quakes head coach Frank Yallop (52), assistant coach Mark Watson (77) and RSL defender Will Johnson (24) have all earned caps for the Canadian men’s national team, with Johnson having played under Watson at various youth levels, including U-23 during 2008 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying … Quakes captain Ramiro Corrales and RSL assistant coach Jeff Cassar played 90 minutes together for the now-defunct Miami Fusion on May 31, 1998, against the then-Dallas Burn at the Cotton Bowl, with current RSL head coach Jason Kreis scoring the 37th-minute winner in a 2-0 Dallas victory in what was Corrales’ only appearance for Miami … RSL general manager Garth Lagerwey was the backup goalkeeper for the Burn that day … Corrales also played with RSL assistant coach Miles Joseph with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars from 1998-2000 … Quakes rookie midfielder Jacob Hustedt lists Sandy, Utah, as his hometown, home of RSL’s Rio Tinto Stadium. Earthquakes Leaders vs. Real Salt Lake Until the last meeting between the Quakes and Real Salt Lake on April 21 when he scored in the 93rd minute, RSL was one of just four clubs among the 19 in MLS in 2012 that Chris Wondolowski had not scored a goal against in a regular-season MLS match, with the others being Houston, Portland and newcomer Montreal, whom he has yet to face … Steven Lenhart had one goal and one assist
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT against RSL in 2009 while with the Columbus Crew … Jon Busch is 4-2-4 with five shutouts against RSL for his career, including 1-2-1 with a shutout in his first start at RSL as the Quakes’ goalie in a scoreless draw on June 25, 2010. Real Salt Lake Leaders vs. San Jose Argentine midfielder Javier Morales has four goals and five assists in nine career appearances against San Jose, all with RSL … Midfielder Kyle Beckerman has three goals and five assists in 20 career games against the Quakes, with all goals and assists coming in eight matches with RSL since 2008 … Forward Alvaro Saborio has two goals and one assist, all coming in a 4-0 RSL win at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 23, 2011, in five matches over the past two seasons … Forward Fabian Espindola has one goal and one assist in eight games, as well as a red card he picked up when the Quakes and RSL last played earlier this season on April 21 … Defender Jamison Olave has one goal (2011) in nine matches … Defender Tony Beltran has one assist (2011) in six games … Goalkeeper Nick Rimando is 10-5-7 with seven shutouts all-time against the Quakes, and 5-2-3 with five shutouts with RSL since 2008.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES Earthquakes to Host U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal at Kezar Stadium The Earthquakes will host a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal match against Seattle Sounders FC on Tuesday, June 26 at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed live on www.sjearthquakes.com. Quakes Win Bid to Host U.S. Open Cup Semifinal The San Jose Earthquakes won their bid to host the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals on July 10 at Buck Shaw Stadium. If the Quakes defeat Seattle Sounders FC on June 26 in the quarterfinals, they would host the winner of the Chivas USA-Charlotte Eagles match on July 10 at 7:30 p.m. PT. Quakes Second in the Western Conference Approaching the midway point in the season, the San Jose Earthquakes (9-3-3, 30 pts.) are second in the Western Conference, two points behind Supporters’ Shield leaders Real Salt Lake (10-4-2, 32 pts.). Vancouver Whitecaps FC (7-3-5, 26 pts.) are next followed by the Seattle Sounders FC (7-4-4, 25 pts.) and Colorado Rapids (6-8-1, 19 pts.). Quakes Surpass Total Wins from 2011 Season In their 2-1 win against the Colorado Rapids, the Quakes recorded their ninth win of the season in 15 games, after only securing eight wins in 2011 over 34 games. The Quakes need four more wins to equal their best win total in a season (13 wins in 2010) since rejoining the league in 2008. The Quakes have tallied at total of 30 pts., eight away from the club’s 2011 season total. Quakes Among MLS Category Leaders Through 15 weeks of the 2012 MLS season, the Earthquakes are tied for No. 1 in MLS in goals scored (29) and No. 2 in MLS for assists (29). With 18 scores conceded, the Quakes boast the top goal differential in MLS at +11. Race for the Budweiser Golden Boot Chris Wondolowski moved ahead of New York Red Bulls striker Kenny Cooper (11) atop the 2012 Budweiser Golden Boot race with 12 goals. Thierry Henry is next with nine followed by Will Bruin of Houston Dynamo with eight, MLS newcomer Saer Sene of New England and D.C. United’s Maicon Santos with seven apiece. Schedule Gets Testy The Quakes used another late come from behind win to start the second half of the four-game stretch against the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on June 20. A 2-1 loss against Sporting Kansas City at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on May 27 ended the first half of road trip. San Jose opened the stretch with a 3-2 comeback win against the LA Galaxy at The Home Depot Center on May 23, a match in which the Quakes trailed 2-0 in the 73rd minute. The Real Salt Lake game at Rio Tinto Stadium on June 23 will conclude the season-long road trip. Second-Half Scoring The Earthquakes lead all of MLS in second-half scoring, now with a total of 19 goals following the two they tallied against Colorado. Real Salt Lake have produced 18 goals thus far, while D.C. United have 17 scores following the interval this season. Rope-a-Dope The Earthquakes have a penchant for late-game heroics this season. The club is 4-2-3 when conceding the first goal. Additionally, San Jose has scored four stoppage-time game winners to go along with three equalizers in the 82nd minute or later. Late Goals in Bunches San Jose paces the league in goals over the final 30 minutes with 18. That total is six better than the next best team, D.C. United. With both goals against the Colorado Rapids on June 20 coming after the 75th-minute mark, the Quakes also lead MLS comfortably with an incredible 10 strikes over the final 15 minutes of contests. The Colorado Rapids are next on the list with seven. The franchise record for such goals is 16 from the 1998 campaign. San Jose has six goals in 2012 in the 90th minute or later, with five in second-half stoppage.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT Yallop No. 6 on MLS Wins List Eighth-year Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop currently is No. 6 on the MLS regular-season coaching wins chart at 104. He became just the sixth manager in MLS history to reach the 100-win milestone with a 3-1 home victory over Real Salt Lake on April 21. Yallop, whose career also includes a two-year stint with the LA Galaxy in 2006-07, is now 104-98-72 (.511) as an MLS head coach in regularseason matches. He ranks behind Sigi Schmid (164), Bruce Arena (133), Bob Bradley (124) and Steve Nicol (112), and former pupil Dominic Kinnear (105). Salinas Returns to Quakes’ Lineup Midfielder Shea Salinas made his first appearance for the Earthquakes in the club’s 2-1 win at Colorado on June 20 since fracturing his collarbone in San Jose’s 2-2 draw against the New York Red Bulls on April 14. The speedy winger previously played 90 minutes and scored a goal in a 3-1 loss against Chivas USA in Reserve League play on June 8. Bingham Makes 2012 Debut Earthquakes second-year goalkeeper David Bingham made his first start of the 2012 season and second career MLS start in San Jose’s 2-1 win against Colorado on June 20. The former Cal standout made four saves and improved his lifetime record in goal to 2-0-0. Quakes Linking Up Through June 20, San Jose is two behind D.C. United for top spot in team assist standings with 29. Steven Beitashour and Marvin Chavez are tied for the club lead with five assists apiece. San Jose’s duo is tied for No. 3 on the MLS assists list. Beitashour led the team with seven helpers a year ago and has 12 assists in his last 31 appearances. A-Head of the Pack Steven Lenhart’s goal in the 76th minute and Alan Gordon’s game-winner at 94+ at LA on May 23 pushed the Quakes’ league-leading total of headed goals to 13. San Jose had a string of six straight headed goals going back to Chris Wondolowski’s equalizer at New York on April 14, snapped against D.C. United on May 2. After Wondolowski’s goal at New York, all three goals versus RSL (4/21) were on headers, as were the two scores in Philadelphia (4/28). Wondolowski tops the squad with five header goals. Gordon and Lenhart have three each, while Simon Dawkins and Khari Stephenson have one apiece. Corrales in Exclusive 200-Start Club Veteran defender and team captain Ramiro Corrales made the 200th start of his San Jose career against the Houston Dynamo on March 17. He thus became the 19th player in league history to draw 200 starts for one club. Corrales is the franchise’s all-time leader in games played (227), starts (209) and minutes played (18,579). Now in his 11th season in San Jose, Corrales played in his 200th game for the Earthquakes on July 2, 2011, against the New York Red Bulls. He made his MLS debut as a 19-year-old on April 28, 1996, at the LA Galaxy. The list of (now 20) players who have made 200-plus starts with one MLS club follows (bold are still active with listed teams): 1. C.J. Brown – 290 starts for CHI 2. Jaime Moreno – 288 starts for DC 3. Cobi Jones – 281 starts for LA 4. Shalrie Joseph – 250 starts for NE 5. Kevin Hartman – 238 starts for LA 5. Jay Heaps – 238 starts for NE 7. Kerry Zavagnin – 228 starts for KC 8. Jason Kreis – 227 starts for DAL 9. Matt Reis – 226 starts for NE 10. Nick Garcia – 224 starts for KC
11. Mike Clark – 216 starts for CLB 12. Logan Pause – 217 starts for CHI 13. Davy Arnaud – 213 starts for SKC 14. Chris Armas – 212 starts for CHI 14. Zach Thornton – 212 starts for CHI 14. Pablo Mastroeni – 212 starts for COL 17. Ramiro Corrales – 209 starts for SJ 18. Chad Marshall – 203 starts for CLB 18. Jimmy Conrad – 203 starts for KC 20. Ben Olsen – 200 starts for DC
And Then There Was One Ramiro Corrales is the lone remaining active player in MLS who participated in the league’s inaugural 1996 season. Defender Frankie Hejduk (LA Galaxy) and goalkeeper Zack Thornton (Chivas USA) made a handful of appearances in 2011. Hejduk officially announced his retirement and joined the Columbus Crew front office on April 19. Corrales was the youngest to play in MLS in 1996 as a 19-year-old. Hernandez Moving Up Club Record Book Against Real Salt Lake in front of the home crowd at Buck Shaw Stadium on April 21, Quakes center back Jason Hernandez earned start No. 100 for him in club colors since he joined the Earthquakes prior to their return to MLS for the 2008 season. It was his first start of 2012. Hernandez is climbing the all-time club charts, as he is now No. 8 in both starts (108) and minutes played (9,613). Hernandez made his 100th appearance in an Earthquakes uniform in his 2012 debut when he entered the March 31 match at Seattle at halftime. Busch Among MLS Career Leaders With a current mark of .749, Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch is second on Major League Soccer’s all-time chart in career saves percentage. He trails only Brad Friedel, currently of Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League, who produced a mark of .756 over 38 games with the Columbus Crew in 1996-97. Busch picked up the 63rd clean sheet of his 11-year MLS career on March 31 at Seattle Sounders FC, moving him into sole possession of seventh among the all-time leaders, ahead of former MLS and U.S. Men’s National Team standout Tony Meola. Busch has posted 17 shutouts in his three seasons as the starter in San Jose, to go along with his 21 during three seasons (2007-09) with the Chicago Fire, and 25 in five seasons (2002-06) with the Columbus Crew. Next on the list is former Quake Pat Onstad with 64. Busch is also No. 8 all-time in saves in MLS history with 834 over his career.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT Making the First One Count The Earthquakes are 99-10-24 in their last 133 matches when scoring first, dating back to July 8, 2000. They finished 8-1-3 in 2008 when scoring first, 6-1-5 in 2009, an unbeaten 12-0-2 in 2010 and 7-4-5 last season. The Quakes are 5-1-0 in 2012. Prior to 2010, San Jose also went undefeated in 2001 (13-0-2), 2003 (11-0-1) and 2005 (14-0-5) when scoring first. The Earthquakes were 12-2-0 in 2002 when finding the back of the net first, only giving up leads two times in losing 2-1 at the LA Galaxy on July 4, and falling at Kansas City by the same score on July 27. In 2004, the Quakes went 8-1-1 when scoring first, the best mark in MLS. The Quakes surrendered a 1-0 advantage and dropped a 2-1 decision at the LA Galaxy on July 4, 2004, losing for just the first time since July 27, 2002, when striking first. The Quakes are also impressive in the playoffs when scoring first, posting an 8-0-1 record all-time. Scoring First Under Yallop During Frank Yallop’s tenure with San Jose, the Earthquakes are one of the best teams in the league when scoring the first goal. The team went 36-2-3 from 2001-03 when producing the first goal of the contest. The Quakes only gave up leads two times in 2002, losing 21 at the LA Galaxy on July 4 and falling at Kansas City by the same score on July 27. Yallop’s team was 8-1-3 in 2008 when scoring first, 6-1-5 in 2009, 12-0-2 in 2010, 7-4-5 in 2011, and 5-1-0 early in 2012. The Quakes are 74-9-18 (.822) in eight seasons under Yallop when striking first. Halftime Success The Earthquakes remain amongst the best in league history in holding onto a halftime lead. Since the beginning of the 2000 season, the Quakes are 74-3-15 (.886) when leading at the half, including impressive marks of 7-0-2 in 2010, 4-0-3 in 2009, 7-0-3 in 2005, 7-0-1 in 2004 and 8-0-1 in 2003. They are off to a 5-0-0 start in 2012. Despite holding a 1-0 halftime lead on May 10, 2008, vs. Columbus, the Quakes were edged by the final score of 3-2. That game marked the team’s first loss since 1999 when holding a halftime advantage. Take Advantage of the Red, White & Blue Mini Plan for June 30 Quakes fans can enjoy the best possible seating for the Earthquakes’ highly-anticipated meeting with the rival LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium on June 30, and three more home games of their choice at Buck Shaw Stadium this season in the Sideline section, by taking advantage of the Red, White & Blue Mini Plan. Packages start at $100 per person and include a commemorative Independence Day scarf. To learn more about this plan, click HERE, call (408) 556-7700 or email seasontickets@sjearthquakes.com. Earthquakes Set to Host Swansea City on July 31 The San Jose Earthquakes have announced their 2012 international friendly, with Welsh side Swansea City of the English Premier League coming to Buck Shaw Stadium on Tuesday, July 31, for a 7:30 p.m. kick-off. Individual tickets for the match are on sale now, and can be purchased by visiting sjearthquakes.com or by calling Tickets.com at (800) 225-2277. Season ticket holders should use their Bonus Game “A” ticket for the contest. Swansea City, founded in 1912, is the first Welsh club to reach the Premiership since the league was formed. The Swans, who have lifted the Welsh Cup 10 times, went 12-15-11 this season, beating Liverpool on the last day of an impressive debut Premier League campaign to place 11th in the table. Date Change for Seattle Return The Earthquakes’ third and final meeting of 2012 with Sounders FC at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field has been moved to Saturday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. PT. The game was originally scheduled for the following night. 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San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT Earthquakes Recent Transactions Nov. 23, 2011: D Bobby Burling selected by the Montreal Impact in MLS Expansion Draft. Nov. 30, 2011: Signed F Steven Lenhart to a new contract; Acquired M Shea Salinas from Vancouver Whitecaps FC for allocation money. Dec. 1, 2011: Acquired M Jean-Marc Alexandre from Real Salt Lake for first-round pick (6th overall) in 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. Dec. 2, 2011: Traded M Bobby Convey to Sporting Kansas City for an international player slot. Dec. 16, 2011: Acquired M Marvin Chavez from FC Dallas for allocation money. Dec. 28, 2011: Signed D Victor Bernardez. Dec. 31, 2011: Declined options for M Andre Luiz, F Matt Luzunaris, F Scott Sealy and GK Andrew Weber. Jan. 12, 2012: Signed F Alan Gordon to a new contract; Selected M Sam Garza (1st round, 6th overall), M Jacob Hustedt (2nd round, 25th overall) and GK Chris Blais (2nd round, 33rd overall) in 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Jan. 17, 2012: Selected F Cesar Diaz Pizarro (2nd round, 25th overall), D David Tiemstra (3rd round, 44th overall), D James Kiffe (4th round, 63rd overall) and D Tyler Krumpe (4th round, 73rd overall) in 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. Jan. 26, 2012: Signed GK Jon Busch to a new contract; Signed F Sercan Guvenisik. Feb. 2, 2012: Signed M Tressor Moreno. Feb. 9, 2012: Signed F Chris Wondolowski to a new contract. Feb. 14, 2012: Reacquired M Simon Dawkins on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. Feb. 28, 2012: Signed F Cesar Diaz Pizarro. Mar. 9, 2012: Signed GK Evan Newton and D Josh Suggs. Mar. 10, 2012: Signed M Jacob Hustedt. Apr. 5, 2012: Loaned D Josh Suggs to the Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL). Apr. 29, 2012: D Josh Suggs recalled from loan to Tampa Bay Rowdies. June 20, 2012: Signed D Jed Zayner.
QUAKES ALL-TIME LEADERS Games Played 1. Ramiro Corrales .......................................... 227 2. Joe Cannon ................................................... 171 3. Richard Mulrooney ........................................ 163 4. Ronald Cerritos ............................................. 148 5. Wade Barrett ................................................. 142 6. John Doyle .................................................... 132 7. Ian Russell .................................................... 131 8. Troy Dayak .................................................... 129 9. Eddie Lewis ................................................... 115 10. Jason Hernandez ...................................... 110 Minutes Played 1. Ramiro Corrales ..................................... 18,579 2. Joe Cannon .............................................. 15,561 3. Richard Mulrooney ................................... 14,204 4. Ronald Cerritos ........................................ 12,382 5. Wade Barrett ............................................ 12,218 6. John Doyle ............................................... 11,385 7. Troy Dayak ............................................... 10,830 8. Jason Hernandez ..................................... 9,613 9. Eddie Lewis ................................................ 8,867 10. Ian Russell ............................................... 8,146 Games Started 1. Ramiro Corrales .......................................... 209 2. Joe Cannon ................................................... 171 3. Richard Mulrooney ........................................ 155 4. Ronald Cerritos ............................................. 142 5. Wade Barrett ................................................. 136 6. John Doyle .................................................... 129 7. Troy Dayak .................................................... 122 8. Jason Hernandez ........................................ 108 9. Eddie Lewis ................................................... 100 10. Ian Russell .................................................... 91
Goals Scored 1. Ronald Cerritos ...............................................61 2. Chris Wondolowski .......................................49 3. Landon Donovan .............................................32 4. Dwayne De Rosario ........................................27 5. Brian Ching ......................................................25 6. Eric Wynalda ...................................................21 7. Jeff Baicher......................................................20 8. Ryan Johnson .................................................17 9. Ramiro Corrales.............................................14 9. Ariel Graziani ...................................................14 9. Manny Lagos ...................................................14 9. Lawrence Lozzano ..........................................14 Game-Winning Goals 1. Chris Wondolowski .......................................20 2. Ronald Cerritos ...............................................15 3. Landon Donovan .............................................10 4. Dwayne De Rosario ..........................................8 All-Time MLS Shutout Leaders Player Team 1. Kevin Hartman FCD 2. Nick Rimando RSL 3. Joe Cannon VAN 4. Zach Thornton CHV 5. Matt Reis NE 5. Pat Onstad HOU 7. Jon Busch SJ 7. Tony Meola NY 9. Scott Garlick RSL 10. William Hesmer CLB Note: Players in Bold are Active
GP 397 300 318 282 266 223 212 250 237 133
SO 107 91 82 76 65 64 63 62 48 42
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT Earthquakes Head Coach: Frank Yallop
San Jose Earthquakes
10th Season (8th with SJ)
MLS Coaching Career: YEAR CLUB 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 2002 San Jose Earthquakes 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 2006 LA Galaxy 2007 LA Galaxy 2008 San Jose Earthquakes 2009 San Jose Earthquakes 2010 San Jose Earthquakes 2011 San Jose Earthquakes 2012 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Coaching Totals:
W 13 14 14 9 9 8 7 13 8 9 104
L 7 11 7 7 14 13 14 10 12 3 98
T 6 3 9 5 7 9 9 7 14 3 72
Pct. .615 .554 .617 .548 .417 .417 .383 .550 .441 .733 .511
GF 47 45 45 37 38 32 36 34 40 29 383
GA 29 35 35 37 48 38 50 33 45 18 368
MLS Cup Playoffs: YEAR CLUB 2001 San Jose Earthquakes 2002 San Jose Earthquakes 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 2010 San Jose Earthquakes MLS Coaching Totals:
W 5 0 3 1 9
L 1 2 1 2 6
T 0 0 0 0 0
Pct. .833 .000 .750 .333 .600
GF 13 2 12 3 30
GA 3 4 8 3 18
Earthquakes Player Bios: #14 JEAN-MARC ALEXANDRE M 5-11 190 DOB 8-24-86 DELRAY BEACH, FL MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … Named to 18-player game roster vs. former club RSL on 4/21, but DNP … Was on the bench again but DNP at PHI on 4/28 … DNP vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23 and at SKC on 5/27 … In his first season with the Quakes and fourth in MLS after being acquired in a trade with RSL on 12/1/11 … Played three previous seasons with RSL, advancing to the MLS Cup Playoffs each year … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 and scored the game’s lone goal in the 53rd minute on a left-footed shot from 25 yards into the lower corner … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/8 … Played 86 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14 before a second yellow-card caution earned him a red-card ejection … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/5 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/14/11 at COL (with RSL); Last Goal: 6/4/11 vs. VAN (with RSL); Last Assist: 6/11/11 at PHI (with RSL). 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#23 ANTHONY AMPAIPITAKWONG M 5-8 160 DOB 6-14-88 CARROLLTON, TX MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7, at NY on 4/14, vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23 and at SKC on 5/27 … In his second professional season with the Earthquakes after being San Jose’s top selection (2nd Round, 33rd Overall) during the 2011 MLS SuperDraft … Reserves: Started and played 74 minutes vs. POR on 3/27, assisting on the game’s lone goal in the 53rd minute … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 and scored San Jose’s only goal in the 77th minute … Came on as a halftime substitute at LA on 5/8 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14 … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 7/30/11 vs. DC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 5/28/11 at CHI. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#30 RAFAEL BACA M 5-8 160 DOB 9-11-89 LAWNDALE, CA MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Started and played the first half vs. HOU on 3/17 … Came on as a substitute in the 57th minute at TFC on 3/24 and assisted on the game’s final goal in the 67th minute … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14 and tallied his first goal of 2012 (second of career) to tie the game at 1-1 in the 15th minute … Started at right wing in the absence of the suspended Marvin Chavez and played 82 minutes vs. RSL on 4/21 … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 4/28, moving from the right wing into central midfield in the 61st minute … Came on as a substitute for the last 27 minutes vs. DC on 5/2 … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5 … Started and played 60 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13 … Started and played 70 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 … Started and played 74 minutes at LA on 5/23 … Started and played 65 minutes at SKC on 5/27 … Played 65 minutes on 6/20 at COL … In his second professional season with the Earthquakes after being signed on 7/8/11 … Reserves: Started and played 90 minutes at CHV on 6/8 … Open Cup: Came on as a substitute in the 88th minute against FTL on 5/29 … Came on as a substitute in the 77th minute against MIN on 6/5 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 6/20/12 at COL; Last Goal: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Assist: 3/24/12 at TFC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (4/14 at NY) … A: 1 (3/24 at TFC).
#33 STEVEN BEITASHOUR D 5-10 170 DOB 2-1-87 SAN JOSE, CA MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 … Notched his first assist of 2012 on the second goal in the 56th minute at TFC on 3/24, dribbling 35 yards down the right flank before passing off to Marvin Chavez with his left foot on the Shea Salinas goal … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14 and provided his second assist of the year with a left-footed cross on the second equalizer in the 35th minute … Played 90 minutes vs. RSL on 4/21, providing his first two assists at home this season, both from right-sided, right-footed crosses on header goals, on Khari Stephenson’s opener in first-half stoppage, and then Simon Dawkins’ game-winner in second-half stoppage … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 4/28 … Played 90 minutes vs. DC on 5/2 and provided his second game-winning assist of the year on Chris Wondolowski’s 69thminute header … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23 and at SKC on 5/27 … Tied for third on the MLS assists chart, and has 12 helpers over his last 30 appearances … Has two right-footed and three left-footed assists in 2012 … In his third professional
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT season with the Earthquakes … Team’s assist leader in 2011 with a career-high seven … Only San Jose native (Leland High School) on the current th Quakes roster … Played 75 minutes at COL on 6/20 … Open Cup: Came on as a substitute in the 65 minute … Played full 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/5 th and provided assist on Steven Lenhart’s winning goal in the 85 minute… Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 6/20/12 at COL; Last Goal: 4/24/10 at CHV; Last Assist: 5/2/12 vs. DC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 2 (4/21 vs. RSL).
#26 VICTOR BERNARDEZ D 6-2 190 DOB 5-24-82 LA CEIBA, HONDURAS MLS: Made his MLS debut vs. NE on 3/10, playing 90 minutes … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, and at SEA on 3/31, after which he was voted by fans as Latino de la Jornada 4 (Latino of the Week 4) through FutbolMLS.com … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 … Started and played 45 minutes at NY on 4/14 before having to leave the match due to a knee injury … DNP vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23 and at SKC on 5/27 (L MCL sprain) … Returned to starting lineup on 6/20 at COL, playing 90 minutes and picking up a yellow card … In his first season with the Earthquakes after being signed on 12/28/11 … Only player on the current Quakes roster to have appeared in a FIFA World Cup, playing all 90 minutes in a scoreless draw with Switzerland on 6/25/10 in Bloemfontein, South Africa … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: -- … International: Called up to Honduras National Team on 5/28 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. El Salvador on 6/2 and scored the opening goal in a 3-0 victory … Started and played 90 minutes in 2014 WC Qualifiers on 6/8 and 6/12 against Panama (0-2) and Canada (0-0), respectively … Last MLS Game: 6/20/12 at COL; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#1 DAVID BINGHAM GK 6-2 185 DOB 10-19-89 PLEASANTON, CA MLS: DNP first 14 games of the season … Started first game and picked up win on 6/20 at COL, making four saves … In his second professional season with the Earthquakes after being awarded to the franchise via the MLS weighted lottery system on 1/26/11 … Made MLS debut at NE on 10/8/11, and notched first career assist in a 2-1 victory … Scored a much-replayed goal from 90 yards out in the third minute of a 2-1 home exhibition victory over West Bromwich Albion of the English Premier League on 7/12/11 … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27, making four saves in keeping the shutout … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8, making five saves … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/8 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14, making four saves … On bench but DNP at CHV on 6/8 … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29, allowing one goal while making 5 saves … Played 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/5, making 3 saves… Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 6/20/12 at COL; Last Shutout: 6/5 vs. MIN; Most Saves: 5 on 5/29 vs. FTL (Open Cup) 2012 MLS Game Highs: SV: -- … SOG: --.
#18 JON BUSCH GK 5-10 165 DOB 8-18-76 ALBANY, NY MLS: Played 90 minutes and earned the shutout in a 1-0 home win over NE on 3/10 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 and became just the second player on the current Quakes roster to make his 200th MLS appearance, joining team captain Ramiro Corrales in the 200 Club … Kept his second shutout of 2012 in the 3-0 win at TFC on 3/24, needing to make just one save in drawing start No. 200 for his MLS career … Third shutout came at SEA on 3/31 with a season-high five saves, after which he was nominated for Save of the Week: Week 4 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, making five more saves … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14, vs. RSL on 4/21 and at PHI on 4/28, called upon for four saves combined … Played 90 minutes vs. DC on 5/2, making four saves, including a sprawling reflex stop to his right on a 35th-minute bicycle-kick effort from Dwayne De Rosario which earned him a second Save of the Week nomination … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23 and at SKC on 5/27 … Missed first match of season on 6/20 at COL due to suspension … In his third season with the Earthquakes and 11th year in MLS overall … Played the full 90 minutes of every league contest a season ago, except 10/8 at NE, and led the league with 113 saves … Oldest player on the current Quakes roster … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Shutout: 3/31/12 at SEA; Most Saves: 12 (8/29/04 at MET for CLB). 2012 MLS Game Highs: SV: 5 (3/31 at SEA, 4/7 vs. VAN, 5/5 at VAN) … SOG: 7 (5/2 vs. DC, 5/5 at VAN).
#81 MARVIN CHAVEZ M 5-5 145 DOB 11-3-83 LA CEIBA, HONDURAS MLS: Made his Earthquakes debut vs. NE on 3/10, starting and playing 63 minutes … Came on as a halftime substitute vs. HOU on 3/17 and took three shots … Started and played 72 minutes at TFC on 3/24, providing his first assist in a Quakes uniform in the 56th minute … Started and played 89 minutes at SEA on 3/31, after which he was nominated for Latino de la Jornada 4 (Latino of the Week 4) by FutbolMLS.com … Started and played 38 minutes before leaving with an injury vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14, earning MLSsoccer.com Man of the Match distinction and Latino de la Jornada 6 nomination … DNP vs. RSL on 4/21 due to league-imposed one-game suspension for hard challenge on NY D Roy Miller during second half on 4/14 … Came on as a substitute in the 61st minute at PHI on 4/28, assisting on both Quakes goals with a right-footed cross from the left in the 76th minute and a left-footed cross from the right at 93+ … Performance marked the first multi-assist match of his MLS career … Played 90 minutes vs. DC on 5/2 … Started and played 75 minutes at VAN on 5/5, providing his fourth assist of 2012 through a left-footed cross from the right wing on Chris Wondolowski’s opener and matching his career high already for assists in a season (2011 with FCD) … DNP vs. CHV on 5/13 and vs. CLB on 5/19 (L hamstring strain) … Came on as a substitute in the 74th minute at LA on 5/23, providing his fifth assist of 2012 through a right-footed corner kick on Steven Lenhart’s opener and setting a career high for assists in a season… Started and played 90 minutes at SKC on 5/27 … Played 90 minutes on 6/20 at COL … In his first season with the Earthquakes after being acquired in a trade with FCD on 12/16/11 … Shortest player on the current Quakes roster th … Open Cup: Started and played full 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/5 and provided assist on Steven Lenhart’s game-winning goal in the 85 minute … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 6/20/12 at COL; Last Goal: 10/15/11 vs. VAN (with FCD); Last Assist: 6/5 vs. FTL 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 2 (4/28 at PHI).
#12 RAMIRO CORRALES D 6-0 180 DOB 3-12-77 SALINAS, CA MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17, marking the 200th start of his San Jose career … Played 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24 … Started and played the first half at SEA on 3/31 before having to leave through injury (R – ankle sprain) … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, assisting on both the game-tying and game-winning goals in the second half of the 3-1 come-from-behind win for the fourth multi-assist game of his MLS career … Performance earned him Latino de la Jornada 5 consideration from FutbolMLS.com … Started and played 80 minutes at NY on 4/14 before having to leave with an apparent injury … DNP vs. RSL on 4/21 and at PHI on 4/28 (R calf strain) … Returned to his left back position and played 83 minutes vs. DC on 5/2 … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13 and vs. CLB on 5/19 … DNP at LA on 5/23 … Started and played full 90 minutes, had the assist on Simon Dawkins goal in the 72nd at SKC on 5/27 … DNP at COL on 6/20 … In his fifth consecutive season with the
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT Earthquakes and 11th year in the organization … Team captain … In his 17th professional campaign and 14th in MLS, is the only active player remaining from the inaugural 1996 MLS season … Open Cup: Started and played full 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: 9/10/11 vs. CHI; Last Assist: 5/27/12 at SKC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 2 (4/7 vs. VAN).
#4 SAM CRONIN M 5-10 165 DOB 12-12-86 WINSTON-SALEM, NC MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Started and played 80 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 … Played all 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24, producing his first career two-assist game against the club that selected him No. 2 overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft … Assisted on Chris Wondolowski’s game-winner in the ninth minute at TFC, as well as Wondolowski’s 67th-minute clincher … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 … Started and played 68 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14 … Started and played 61 minutes vs. RSL on 4/21 … Started and played 60 minutes at PHI on 4/28 … Came off the bench for the first time in 2012 and played the last 18 minutes vs. DC on 5/2 … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5 … DNP vs. CHV on 5/13 … Played 90 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 … Started and played 66 minutes at LA on 5/23 … DNP at SKC on 5/27 … Started and played 70 minutes at COL on 6/20 … In his third season with the Earthquakes … Reserves: Came on as a substitute for the final 33 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14 … Open Cup: Started and played 56 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … Came on as a substitute in the 88th minute on 6/6 vs. MIN … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/23/12 at LA; Last Goal: 6/13/09 vs. NY; Last Assist: 3/24/12 at TFC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 2 (3/24 at TFC).
#10 SIMON DAWKINS M 5-10 160 DOB 12-1-87 EDGWARE, ENGLAND MLS: Came on as a substitute for the final 27 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … DNP vs. HOU on 3/17 … Came on as a substitute for the final five minutes at TFC on 3/24 … Came on as a substitute for the final minute at SEA on 3/31 … Drew his first start of 2012 and 20th of his MLS career at forward in the place of an injured Steven Lenhart vs. VAN on 4/7, and played 52 minutes … Came on as a substitute for an injured Shea Salinas in the final minute of the first half at NY on 4/14 … Started on the left wing in place of Salinas vs. RSL on 4/21 and played the full 90 minutes for the first time in 2012, tallying his first goal of the campaign, the game-winner at 92+, with a diving header into the far corner … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 4/28 … Started and played 72 minutes vs. DC on 5/2, providing his first assist of the season on Chris Wondolowski’s go-ahead goal in the 21st … Started and played 63 minutes at VAN on 5/5 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13 … Played 90 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 and took six shots, three on goal, both match and season highs … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/23 … Played 90 minutes and scored the Quakes only goal in the 72nd minute off a right-footed shot at SKC on 5/27 … Started and played 90 minutes at COL on 6/20 … In his second season with the Quakes following a second loan agreement with Tottenham on 2/14 … The then-23-year-old was named the 21st-best player in MLS under the age of 24 according to MLSsoccer.com’s annual 24 Under 24 list unveiled in September of 2011 … Originally joined the club on loan from Spurs on March 16, 2011 … Reserves: Played all 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Open th rd Cup: Came on as a substitute in the 56 minute on 5/29 vs. FTL and assisted on Sam Garza’s equalizing goal in the 63 minute … Came on as a th substitute in the 65 minute vs. MIN on 6/6 and … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Assist: 5/29/12 vs. FTL. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (5/27 at SKC) … A: 1 (5/2 vs. DC).
#19 SAM GARZA M 5-11 160 DOB 10-17-90 HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TX MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Made the 18-player game roster for the first time in his pro career at NY on 4/14 … Made MLS debut vs. RSL on 4/21, coming on as a substitute for the final eight minutes … Was on the bench but DNP at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2 and at VAN on 5/5 … Came on for the final 30 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13, providing his first MLS assist on Alan Gordon’s 88thminute equalizer with a left-sided, left-footed, near-post cross … Came on for the final 34 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 … DNP at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20 … In his rookie season with the Earthquakes after being the club’s top selection (1st Round, 6th Overall) during the 2012 MLS SuperDraft … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 and assisted on the Quakes’ lone goal in the 77th minute … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/8 … Started and played 57 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14 … Started and played 90 minutes at CHV on 6/8 and nd assisted on Shea Salinas’ goal in the 82 minute … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29, scoring two goals … Started and played 65 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/19/12 vs. CLB; Last Goal: 5/29 vs. FTL; Last Assist: 5/13/12 vs. CHV. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 1 (5/13 vs. CHV).
#17 JOEY GJERTSEN M 5-9 165 DOB 6-13-82 TACOMA, WA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7, at NY on 4/14, vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20(R knee surgery) … In his third season with the Quakes … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/22/11 vs. FCD; Last Goal: 8/13/11 vs. COL; Last Assist: 9/17/11 at HOU. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#16 ALAN GORDON F 6-3 190 DOB 10-16-81 LONG BEACH, CA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 (R hip surgery) … Rejoined training on 3/19 … Made 2012 debut and played in first MLS game since 8/6/11 at SEA on 3/31, coming on as a substitute for the final 23 minutes … Came on as a substitute for the final 38 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, scoring the 72nd-minute game-winner off a glancing header to the far corner … Goal, which was nominated for AT&T Goal of the Week, was his second for the club, with the other one a game-tying header in the 67th minute of a 1-1 draw vs. POR on 8/6/11 … DNP at NY on 4/14 (L – hamstring strain) … Returned to action vs. RSL on 4/21, coming on as a substitute for the final 15 minutes … DNP at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2 and at VAN on 5/5 (L – hamstring strain) … Came on for the final 33 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13, heading in the 88th-minute equalizer … Came on for the final 30 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 and produced a right-footed side-volley for the 90th-minute equalizer … Came on as a halftime substitute at LA on 5/23, heading the game th winning goal in the 94 minute … Started and played 61 minutes at SKC on 5/27 … Came on as a substitute and played final 25 minutes at COL on 6/20 th … Has scored in three straight games in the 88 minute or later … In his first full season with the Earthquakes after being acquired in a trade with TFC on 7/14/11 and missing the end of the 2011 season through injury … Reserves: Started and played 61 minutes vs. POR on 3/27, assisting on the game’s lone goal in the 53rd minute … Open Cup: Started and played 77 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: 5/23/12 at LA; Last Assist: 4/23/11 vs. CLB (with TFC) 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (4/7 vs. VAN, 5/13 vs. CHV, 5/19 vs. CLB, 5/23 at LA) … A: --.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT #9 SERCAN GUVENISIK F 5-9 157 DOB 3-1-80 DUSSELDORF, GERMANY MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10 … Made MLS debut vs. HOU on 3/17, coming on as a substitute for the final 10 minutes … DNP at TFC on 3/24 … DNP at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 (R – hip flexor strain) … Returned to the 18-player official game roster at NY on 4/14, but DNP … Was on the bench but DNP vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2 and at VAN on 5/5 … Made his second MLS appearance vs. CHV on 5/13, playing a season-high 15 minutes off the bench … Was in the 18 but DNP vs. CLB on 5/19 … Recorded first MLS start, playing 45 minutes at LA on 5/23 … DNP at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20 … In his first season with the Earthquakes and in MLS after being signed on 1/26/12 … First Turkish national to appear in an MLS match … Reserves: Started and played 24 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 before having to leave the game with an injury … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/8, scoring the lone Quakes goal through a 31st-minute penalty kick … Started and played 71 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14, assisting on the lone Quakes goal in the second minute … Previously scored a first-half brace vs. LA on 6/6/11, in his MLS Reserve League debut while on a one-week trial in San Jose … rd Open Cup: Started and played 88 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29, providing the assist on Sam Garza’s tying goal in the 63 minute… Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/23/12 at LA; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 5/29 vs. FTL. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#21 JASON HERNANDEZ D 5-11 170 DOB 8-26-83 ENGLEWOOD, NJ MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 … Made 2012 debut at SEA on 3/31, coming on as a halftime substitute for injured captain Ramiro Corrales … DNP vs. VAN on 4/7 … Came on as a substitute for an injured Victor Bernardez in the final minute of the first half at NY on 4/14 … Drew first start of 2012 and No. 100 for his San Jose career vs. RSL on 4/21, playing 90 minutes … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 4/28 and vs. DC on 5/2 … Started and played the first half at VAN on 5/5 before having to leave with a slight injury … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13 and vs. CLB on 5/19 … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/23, captaining the Quakes and providing the assist on Alan Gordon’s game-winning goal in the 94th minute … Started and played 90 minutes at SKC on 5/27 … Started and played 90 minutes at COL on 6/20 … His earlier shot also generated a hand ball that resulted in Khari Stephenson’s game-tying penalty kick in the 82nd minute … In his fifth season with the Earthquakes … Reserves: Played 90 minutes and captained the side vs. POR on 3/27 and vs. VAN on 4/8 … Open Cup: Started and played full 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 7/10/10 at PHI. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#2 JACOB HUSTEDT M 5-9 170 DOB 1-30-90 SANDY, UT MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7, at NY on 4/14, vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20 … Reserves: Came on as a substitute in the 90th minute vs. POR on 3/27 … DNP vs. VAN on 4/8, at LA on 5/8 and vs. CHV on 5/14 … Started and played 87 minutes at CHV on 6/8 … Open Cup: On bench but DNP vs. FTL on 5/29 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#24 STEVEN LENHART F 6-1 190 DOB 8-28-86 JACKSONVILLE, FL MLS: Started and played the first 70 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 and took four shots … Played 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24 … Started and played 67 minutes at SEA on 3/31, drawing the penalty-kick decision that resulted in the game’s lone goal in the 24th minute … DNP vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 after sustaining a right hamstring injury during training on 4/5 … Returned to action vs. RSL on 4/21, coming on as a substitute for the final 29 minutes … Came on as a substitute in the 60th minute at PHI on 4/28 and produced his first two goals of the season, both on headers, to open the scoring in the 76th before burying the game-winner at 93+ … Earned the second MLS Player of the Week award of his career … Decider was his second game-winner in a Quakes uniform and goal No. 20 for his five-year MLS career … Recorded his second brace in five days in playing 90 minutes vs. DC on 5/2, bookending San Jose’s five goals by tying the game in the 19th minute and adding a clincher in the 74th … Performance marked his fourth career multi-goal game and third for San Jose … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5 … Started and played 75 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13, taking a game- and season-high seven shots … Started and played 60 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19, drawing a 22nd-minute penalty kick which Chris Wondolowski had saved … Started and played 90 minutes at LA on 5/23, scoring a diving header off a Chavez right-footed cross in the 76ht minute … Lenhart will miss the next game at SKC on 5/27, due to yellow card accumulation … DNP at SKC on 5/27, due to yellow card accumulation … Started and played 90 minutes at COL on 6/20 … In his second season with the Earthquakes … Produced first career hat trick in a 4-2 victory at D.C. United on June 11, 2011 … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6 and scored the winning th goal in the 85 minute … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/23/12 at LA; Last Goal: 6/6 vs. MIN; Last Assist: 5/29 vs. FTL 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 2 (4/28 at PHI, 5/2 vs. DC) … A: --.
#25 ELLIS MCLOUGHLIN F/M 5-10 165 DOB 7-8-90 SEATTLE, WA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7, at NY on 4/14, vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20 … In his second season with the Earthquakes … Reserves: Came on as a substitute for the final 29 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8, at LA on 5/8 and vs. CHV on 5/14 … Started and played 66 minutes at CHV on 6/8 … Open Cup: On bench but DNP vs. FTL on 5/29 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 10/22/11 vs. FCD; Last Goal: 5/21/11 vs. NE; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#11 TRESSOR MORENO M 5-8 170 DOB 1-11-79 RIOSUCIO, COLOMBIA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10 … Made MLS debut vs. HOU on 3/17, coming on as a substitute for the final 27 minutes … Drew his first MLS start at TFC on 3/24, playing the first 57 minutes … DNP at SEA on 3/31 … Came on for an injured Marvin Chavez in the 38th minute vs. VAN on 4/7, providing his first MLS assist on the 78th-minute game-clinching goal off a free kick to Chris Wondolowski … DNP at NY on 4/14 … Earned second start in central midfield vs. RSL on 4/21, playing the full 90 minutes for the first time and providing his second assist with a short corner kick on Chris Wondolowski’s gameclinching goal at 93+ … Started and played 61 minutes at PHI on 4/28 … Started and played 63 minutes vs. DC on 5/2, assisting on Chris Wondolowski’s go-ahead goal in the 21st minute … Came on as a substitute for the final 15 minutes at VAN on 5/5 … Started and played 57 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13 … Came on as a substitute for the final 20 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 … Started and played 90 minutes at LA on 5/23 … Came on as a substitute and played final 19 minutes at SKC on 5/27 … DNP at COL on 6/20 … Three assists on the year have come at Buck Shaw Stadium … In his first season with the Earthquakes and in MLS after being signed on 2/2/12 … Reserves: Started and played the first half at LA on 5/8 … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … Started and played 88 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 5/2/12 vs. DC.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: 1 (4/7 vs. VAN, 4/21 vs. RSL, 5/2 vs. DC).
#15 JUSTIN MORROW D 5-9 165 DOB 10-4-87 CLEVELAND, OH MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10, starting at center back for the first time in his MLS career after nine starts at left back in 2011 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31, switching from center back to left back for the second half … Returning to center back, played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14, moving from center back to left back for the final 10 minutes … Started at left back for the first time in 2012 vs. RSL on 4/21, and played 90 minutes … Played 90 minutes at left back at PHI on 4/28 … Moved back to his starting position at left center back and played 90 minutes vs. DC on 5/2, producing his first career goal in the 31st minute to give his side a 3-1 advantage heading toward halftime … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20 … In his third professional season with the Earthquakes … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … On bench but DNP vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/23/12 at LA; Last Goal: 5/2/12 vs. DC; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (5/2 vs. DC) … A: --.
#13 EVAN NEWTON GK 6-2 185 DOB 4-1-88 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7, at NY on 4/14, vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20 … In his first season with the Earthquakes after being signed on 3/9/12 … Reserves: DNP vs. POR on 3/27, vs. VAN on 4/8, at LA on 5/8 and vs. CHV on 5/14 … Started and played 90 minutes at CHV on 6/8, allowing 3 goals in a 3-1 loss … Open Cup: On bench but DNP vs. FTL on 5/29 … On bench but DNP vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Shutout: --; Most Saves: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: SV: -- … SOG: --. 2011: MLS: Did not appear in any league matches for the Houston Dynamo as a rookie after being drafted in the first round (No. 7 overall) of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft … Joined FC Tampa Bay of the North American Soccer League (NASL) on loan on 5/5 … Made his debut with six saves in the second half of a 1-0 combined shutout against Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League in an exhibition match on 7/14 … Played all 90 minutes of two league matches, recording a win and a tie, including a 4-0 clean sheet at Atlanta on 8/6 … Produced 12 saves and a 1.50 goals-against average … College: Spent five years at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., where he finished as the program's all-time leader in saves (254) and shutouts (36) … Guided the Monarchs to three NCAA Championship berths … 2010: NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region Second Team and All-Colonial Athletic Association First Team … Posted six shutouts and a 1.07 GAA … Made four saves in a 1-0 road upset of defending national champion Virginia in NCAA Tournament First Round … Old Dominion was eliminated in the next round by Penn State … 2009: All-CAA Third Team … Led CAA with nine shutouts … 2008: Redshirted due to injury … 2007: NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region Third Team and All-CAA Second Team … Posted league-leading 11 shutouts and a career-best 0.63 GAA … Led ODU to CAA title … Named to CAA All-Tournament Team … Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) All-State First Team … 2006: Started 17 games as a true freshman, producing 10 shutouts and a 0.97 GAA … CAA All-Rookie Team … Helped ODU reach NCAA Championship Third Round, advancing past Winthrop via penalty kick tiebreaker after a 0-0 tie, and posting a 1-0 upset of No. 10 North Carolina on the road … The Monarchs lost to eventual national champion UC Santa Barbara, 2-1 … Amateur: Named Premier Development League Goalkeeper of the Year in 2007 after allowing only three goals in 14 games for the Hampton Roads Piranhas … International: Former member of the U.S. U-17 residency program in Bradenton, Fla. … High School/Club: Graduated from Edison Academic Center in Bradenton, Fla. … ESP All-Star selection in 2005 … Three-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American in 2002-03 and 2005 … Personal: Parents are Stephen and Tammy Newton … Has one brother, Clayton … Earned his degree at ODU in sports management … Interned in the ODU marketing and promotions office while in college.
#55 IKE OPARA D 6-2 180 DOB 2-21-89 DURHAM, NC MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10 … DNP vs. HOU on 3/17 and at TFC on 3/24 while with the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team in Nashville, Tenn. … Was back on the 18-man game roster at SEA on 3/31, but DNP … DNP vs. VAN on 4/7 … Made his 2012 MLS debut at NY on 4/14, coming on as a substitute for an injured Ramiro Corrales for the final 10 minutes at center back … Made his first start of 2012 and first MLS start since May 28, 2011 (at CHI), vs. RSL on 4/21, playing 75 minutes at center back … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 4/28 … Came on as a substitute for the final seven minutes vs. DC on 5/2 … Came on as a halftime substitute at VAN on 5/5 … Was in the 18 but DNP vs. CHV on 5/13 and vs. CLB on 5/19 … Started and played 90 minutes at LA on 5/23 … Came on as a substitute in the 65th minute at SKC on 5/27 … DNP at COL on 6/20 … In his third professional season with the Earthquakes after being selected third overall during the 2010 MLS SuperDraft … Changed his jersey number from 6 to 55 ahead of the 2012 season … Reserves: Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 … Started and played the first half at LA on 5/8 … Played 90 minutes and wore the captain’s armband vs. CHV on 5/14 … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6… Exhibition: -- … International: Played 90 minutes for the U.S. U-23 MNT vs. Cuba on 3/22, vs. Canada on 3/24 and vs. El Salvador on 3/26 in CONCACAF Olympic qualifying in Nashville … Credited with an assist in the 6-0 win vs. Cuba … Was among 20 players named to the official U.S. U-23 MNT roster for Olympic qualifying on 3/20 … Was previously in camp with the U-23s from Feb. 19-29 … Captained the U-23s to a 2-0 shutout victory over Mexico at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on 2/29. Last MLS Game: 5/23/12 at LA; Last Goal: 7/3/10 vs. DC; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#27 CESAR DIAZ PIZARRO F 6-1 175 DOB 9-15-90 CHINO, CA MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … DNP vs. RSL on 4/21 and at PHI on 4/28 (R hamstring strain) … DNP vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19 and at LA on 5/23 … Came on as a substitute in the 61st minute for Alan Gordon, making his MLS debut at SKC on 5/27 … DNP at COL on 6/20 … In his rookie season with the Earthquakes after being the club’s top selection (2nd Round, 25th Overall) during the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft … Youngest player on the current San Jose roster … Reserves: Came on as a substitute for the final 66 minutes vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/8 … Started and played 81 minutes at LA on 5/8 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14 and scored the lone Quakes goal in the second minute … Started and played 90 minutes at CHV on 6/8 … Open Cup: On bench but DNP vs. FTL on 5/29 … On bench but DNP vs. MIN on 6/5 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#5 BRAD RING M 5-10 165 DOB 4-7-87 ROCKFORD, IL MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7 and at NY on 4/14 … Was on the bench but DNP vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19 and at LA on 5/23 … Started and played 71 minutes at SKC on
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT 5/27 … DNP at COL on 6/20 … In his third full professional season with the Earthquakes after being picked in the second round (17th Overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and missing all of that season with an injury … Reserves: Started and played 89 minutes at right back vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes at right back vs. VAN on 4/8 … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/8 … Played 90 minutes at center back vs. CHV on 5/14 … Started and played 90 minutes at CHV on 6/8 … Open Cup: Started and played 90 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … On bench but DNP vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 5/14/11 vs. CLB. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#6 SHEA SALINAS M 5-10 150 DOB 6-24-86 GRAPEVINE, TX MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10, assisting on Chris Wondolowski’s 15th-minute game-winner in his first home game back with the Quakes … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17 … Started and played 85 minutes at TFC on 3/24, producing his first goal of the season with a left-footed shot in the 56th minute … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31 and vs. VAN on 4/7 … Started and played 45 minutes at NY on 4/14 before having to leave the game just before halftime with a broken left clavicle suffered during a corner-kick tussle with Red Bulls midfielder Rafa Marquez … Prior to his departure, assisted on his second goal of 2012 on Chris Wondolowski’s 35th-minute equalizer … DNP vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23 and at SKC on 5/27 … Had surgery on 4/18 (performed by Dr. Michael Oberlander at Sequoia Surgical Pavilion in Walnut Creek) and is expected to miss six to eight weeks … Came on as a substitute for final 15 minutes at COL on 6/20 … This marked his return to first team action since suffering a broken left clavicle on 4/14 … In his third season with the Earthquakes, and first year back after being reacquired from VAN on 11/30/11 … Originally San Jose’s top selection (2nd Round, 15th Overall) during the 2008 MLS SuperDraft … Played for nd SJ in 2008 and 2009, PHI in 2010 and VAN in 2011 … Reserves: Started and played 90 minutes at CHV on 6/8, scoring in the 82 minute in his first game back from suffering a broken left clavicle on 4/14 … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 4/14/12 at NY; Last Goal: 3/24/12 at TFC; Last Assist: 4/14/12 at NY. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (3/24 at TFC) … A: 1 (3/10 vs. NE, 4/14 at NY).
#7 KHARI STEPHENSON M 6-1 185 DOB 1-18-81 KINGSTON, JAMAICA MLS: Came on as a substitute for the final 20 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Started and played 63 minutes in central midfield vs. HOU on 3/17 … Came on as a substitute for the final 18 minutes at TFC on 3/24 … DNP at SEA on 3/31 … Came on as a substitute for the final 22 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, helping to set up the game-winning goal … Drew his second start at NY on 4/14, playing 90 minutes as Chris Wondolowski’s strike partner and providing his first assist of the campaign on Rafael Baca’s 15th-minute goal … Started at forward again vs. RSL on 4/21, playing 90 minutes, scoring the opener with a header in first-half stoppage and contributing an assist for the second straight game on Wondolowski’s game-clinching goal at 93+ … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 4/28, moving from forward to central midfield in the 60th … Played 90 minutes at holding central midfielder vs. DC on 5/2 … Came on as a substitute for the final 27 minutes at VAN on 5/5 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13 … Started and played 56 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 … Came on as nd a substitute and played the final 24 minutes at LA on 5/23, scored the equalizing goal from the penalty spot in the 82 minute … Played 90 minutes at SKC on 5/27 … Came on as substitute in the 70th minute at COL on 6/20 … In his third season with the Quakes … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 5/27/12 at SKC; Last Goal: 4/21/12 vs. RSL; Last Assist: 4/21/12 vs. RSL. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 1 (4/21 vs. RSL) … A: 1 (4/14 at NY, 4/21 vs. RSL).
#32 JOSH SUGGS D 6-0 170 DOB 4-26-89 LAS CRUCES, NM MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24 and at SEA on 3/31 … Loaned to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League (NASL) on 4/5 for the remainder of the 2012 season (10/31), but with the stipulation that he could be recalled at any time, and would still join the Quakes for the rest of the MLS Reserve League schedule … DNP vs. FC Edmonton on 4/14 as Tampa Bay won 1-0 in its home opener at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla. … DNP in 1-1 draws vs. Carolina RailHawks on 4/18 and at Atlanta Silverbacks on 4/21 … DNP in 3-1 win vs. Fort Lauderdale Strikers on 4/28 … Recalled from loan on 4/29 and rejoined training with the Quakes on 4/30 … DNP vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 and at COL on 6/20 … In his first season with the Earthquakes and in MLS after being signed on 3/9/12 … Reserves: Started and played 81 minutes at left back vs. POR on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes at left back vs. VAN on 4/8 … Played 90 minutes at LA on 5/8 and vs. CHV on 5/14 … Started and played 90 minutes at CHV on 6/8 … Open Cup: Started and played 65 minutes vs. FTL on 5/29 … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: --; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: --. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --. 2011: MLS: During a week-long trial with the San Jose Earthquakes, played the full 90 minutes of a 1-0 loss at Vancouver Whitecaps FC in an MLS Reserve League match on 9/6, earning an invite back for 2012 training camp … Professional Experience: 2011: Played for the Los Angeles Blues during the inaugural season of the United Soccer Leagues Professional Division (USL PRO) … College: Played four years at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif. … As a midfielder and forward, completed career with 22 goals and seven assists, finishing No. 6 on the program’s all-time goal-scoring chart … Started 63 of 73 games played … 2010: Started 17 of 18 games played … Led the Lumberjacks with eight goals and one assist, earning AllCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association Second Team distinction … Produced a three-goal hat trick in a 5-1 win at Cal State Monterey Bay on 10/29 … 2009: Played in all 20 games, starting 19 … Led Jacks with nine goals and three assists … All-CCAA Second Team … 2008: Appeared in 18 matches, making 17 starts … Contributed five goals and two assists … All-CCAA Honorable Mention … 2007: Started 10 of 17 matches … Assisted on one goal … High School/Club: Earned one varsity letter at Las Cruces (N.M.) High School … Honored as a second-team All-State performer as a senior … Was a member of the New Mexico ODP state team for five years, captaining the side for three years … Selected to the ODP regional pool in 2006 and 2007 … Personal: Parents are Wayne and Kiki Suggs … Majored in criminal justice at Humboldt State, with an eye on a career in law enforcement after soccer.
#20 TIM WARD D 6-0 165 DOB 2-28-87 WAUKESHA, WI MLS: DNP vs. NE on 3/10, vs. HOU on 3/17, at TFC on 3/24, at SEA on 3/31, vs. VAN on 4/7, at NY on 4/14, vs. RSL on 4/21, at PHI on 4/28, vs. DC on 5/2, at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13, vs. CLB on 5/19, at LA on 5/23, at SKC on 5/27 an at COL on 6/20 (L non-specific soft tissue injury) … In his third season with the Quakes after being acquired from CHI on 8/6/10 … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 7/30/11 vs. DC; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 10/9/10 at DC. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
#8 CHRIS WONDOLOWSKI F 6-0 165 DOB 1-28-83 DANVILLE, CA MLS: Needed just 15 minutes to open his 2012 goal-scoring account after finishing each of the past two seasons with at least a share of the league lead … Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 and tallied his club-record 16th game-winner in the 1-0 victory … Strike also extended his personal-best and club-record goal-scoring streak to a then-league-best six games, dating back to the last five matches of 2011 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17, taking a game-high
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT five shots … Played 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24, recording a two-goal brace with a header in the ninth minute and a left-footed shot in the 67th … Played 90 minutes at SEA on 3/31, recording the game’s lone goal from the penalty spot in the 24th minute and sharing the game high with six shots, a game-high three of them on goal … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7 and produced his second two-goal brace of 2012, scoring the game-tying and game-clinching goals in the second half of a 3-1 come-from-behind victory and tying Ronald Cerritos’ club record with the eighth multi-goal game of his career … Opener in 68th minute snapped Vancouver’s MLS-record streak of not allowing a goal for 427 minutes to open a new season, and was nominated for AT&T Goal of the Week … Played 90 minutes at NY on 4/14, aiding in the Quakes’ first goal for his first assist of 2012, before heading in the second … Played 90 minutes vs. RSL on 4/21, heading in the game-clinching goal at the back post at 93+ for his league-leading eighth of the campaign … Strike vs. RSL made him just the 10th player in MLS history to tally 16 goals (or more) over a 16-game span … Played 90 minutes at PHI on 4/28 and contributed his second assist of the campaign to extend his streak of games with either a goal or an assist to six, despite having his latest goal-scoring run snapped at five … Was voted by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) on 5/2 as the MLS Player of the Month for April, his third career award, after producing four goals and two assists during a 3-0-1 month for San Jose … Hours later, played 90 minutes vs. DC on 5/2, turning in his third brace of 2012 and ninth career multi-goal game to break the club record he shared with Ronald Cerritos … Go-ahead goal in the 21st minute marked career goal No. 50, before he headed in what proved to be the game-winner in the 69th … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5, scoring lone Quakes goal off a back-post header in the 15th minute … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/13 and matched his season high of six shots, but had the longest active streak in MLS with either a goal or an assist snapped at a career-best eight games … Played 90 minutes vs. CLB on 5/19 and was credited with the assist on Alan Gordon’s 90th-minute equalizer … DNP at LA on 5/23 and at SKC on 5/27 due to international duty … Started and played 90 minutes, scoring the game winning goal from a spot kick in the 92nd minute at COL on 6/20 … In his third full season back with the Earthquakes since being reacquired from HOU on 6/9/09 … Rewarded with new contracts prior to the 2011 and 2012 seasons … Has produced two career hat tricks, at Toronto FC on Sept. 25, 2010, and at home against Chivas USA on Oct. 20, 2010, the latter in just 50 minutes on the pitch … Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: -- … International: Drew two caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team during a second straight January Camp, in consecutive 1-0 victories vs. Venezuela (1/21) and at Panama (1/25), and has now earned eight full caps for the USMNT … Was called into head coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s 27-player USMNT training camp in Orlando, Fla., on May 20 made the 23-player final roster ahead of a five-game slate from May 26-June 12, including the first two CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup… Played the final 11 minutes in the USMNT’s 0-0 tie with Canada on 6/3… Last MLS Game: 5/19/12 vs. CLB; Last Goal: 5/5/12 at VAN; Last Assist: 5/19/12 vs. CLB. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: 2 (3/24 at TFC, 4/7 vs. VAN, 5/2 vs. DC) … A: 1 (4/14 at NY, 4/28 at PHI; 5/19 vs. CLB).
#28 JED ZAYNER D 5-11 160 DOB 12-13-84 MLS: DNP at COL on 6/20… Open Cup: -- … Exhibition: --. Last MLS Game: 6/25/11 vs. HOU; Last Goal: --; Last Assist: 3/19/11 vs. CLB. 2012 MLS Game Highs: G: -- … A: --.
VALPARAISO, IN
2011: MLS: Appeared in four games for D.C. United, recording one assist … Started and played 70 minutes vs. CLB on 3/19 while also recording his second-career assist … Started and played 61 minutes at HOU on 4/29 … Started and played 90 minutes at RSL on 6/18 and vs. HOU on 6/25 … 2010: MLS: Appeared in 17 games for D.C. United and Columbus Crew … Came on as a substitute and played the final 36 minutes vs. RSL on 4/24 … Came on as a substitute and played the final three minutes at SEA on 5/1 … Came on as a substitute and played the final 33 minutes at NY on 5/20 … Started and played 90 minutes at KC on 5/23, vs. LA on 5/29 and at SJ on 6/2 … Came on as a substitute and played the final 37 minutes at COL on 6/5 … Came on as a substitute and played the final 10 minutes vs. HOU on 7/24 … Traded to D.C. United along with a fourth-round pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft for a second-round pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft on 10/5 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. PHI on 8/22 … started and played 78 minutes at CHV on 8/29 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. CLB on 9/4, at TFC on 9/11, at LA on 9/18, vs. HOU on 9/25, at COL on 10/2, vs. SJ on 10/9 and at CHI on 10/16 … Reserve League: Started and played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 5/14 … 2009: MLS: Started and played 90 minutes vs. TFC on 3/28 … Started and played 85 minutes at RSL on 4/2 … Came on as a substitute and played the final minute at CHV on 4/5 … Started and played 87 minutes vs. COL on 4/11 … Came on as a substitute and played 48 minutes vs. CHI on 4/25 … Started and played 90 minutes at TFC on 5/2, vs. SJ on 5/27, at SEA on 5/30, at KC on 6/6 and vs. CHV on 6/14 … Came off the bench as a substitute and played the final 10 minutes at CHI on 7/11 and the final four minutes vs. RSL on 7/18 … Started and played 90 minutes at COL on 8/1, at SJ on 8/8, vs. DAL on 8/15 and vs. LA on 9/26 … Started and played 64 minutes vs. SEA on 10/3 … Started and played 90 minutes at NE on 10/10 and at DC on 10/17 … started and played 88 minutes vs. NE on 10/25 … 2008: MLS: Came on as a substitute and played the final nine minutes at TFC on 5/17 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. SJ on 6/7 … Came on as a substitute and played the final minutes at COL on 7/27 … Started and played 90 minutes at HOU on 8/2 … Came on as a substitute and played the final nine minutes vs. DAL on 8/16 and the final minute at DAL on 8/30 … 2007: Made MLS debut on 6/20, coming on for Ezra Hendrickson in the 71st minute vs. KC … Came on as a substitute and played the final minute vs. NY on 6/30 … 2006: MLS: Second-round selection (No. 13 overall) of the Columbus Crew in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft … College: Played at Indiana from 2003-05 … Won back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2003 and 2004 … M.A.C. Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a junior in 2005 … Third-Team NSCAA All-American in 2005 … Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in 2003 … Honorable mention on the 2003 Soccer Times All-American list … High School/Club: Won back-to-back Indiana state championships while playing for Carl Sandburg HS … Student Sports Magazine National Player of the Year in 2003 … Named NSCAA’s Illinois State Player of the Year as a senior … Played for United States U-18 National Team and was a member of the US U-20 player pool in 2003 … Played club soccer for the Chicago Magic … Personal: Born in Valparaiso, Ind. On Dec. 13, 1984 … Hometown is Orland Park, Ill.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT 2012 MLS CATEGORICAL WIN-LOSS-TIE Overall: Buck Shaw Stadium: AT&T Park: Stanford Stadium: vs. Western Conference: vs. Eastern Conference: Scoring First: Opponent Scoring First: Leading at Half: Trailing at Half: Tied at Half: Leading at 75 Minutes: Trailing at 75 Minutes: Tied at 75 Minutes: Out-Shooting Opponent: Out-Shot by Opponent: Shots Even: One-Goal Games: Two-Goal Games: Three-Plus-Goal Games: Scoring No Goals: Scoring One Goal: Scoring Two Goals: Scoring Three Goals: Scoring Four-Plus Goals: Day Games: Night Games: In Black Kits: In Blue Kits: In White Kits: On Comcast SportsNet: On NBC Sports Network: On Galavision: On ESPN2: In March: In April: In May: In June: In July: In August: In September: In October: On Saturdays: On Wednesdays: On Sundays: On Tuesdays: In Sunny Weather: In Clear Weather: In Cloudy Weather: In Rain: 30-49 Degrees at Kickoff: 50-59 Degrees at Kickoff: 60-69 Degrees at Kickoff: 70-79 Degrees at Kickoff: 80-89 Degrees at Kickoff: 90-Plus Degrees at Kickoff: Using Three Substitutions: Using Two Substitutions: Using One Substitution: Using No Substitutions: On Natural Grass: On FieldTurf/Artificial Surface:
Overall 9-3-3 4-0-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 5-1-1 4-2-2 5-1-0 4-2-3 5-0-0 2-2-2 2-1-1 5-0-0 2-2-2 2-1-1 4-1-3 4-2-0 1-0-0 4-3-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 2-2-2 2-0-1 4-0-0 1-0-0 2-3-1 7-0-2 8-3-3 1-0-0 0-0-0 9-2-3 0-1-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 3-1-0 3-0-1 2-2-2 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-2-2 3-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-1-1 5-1-1 3-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-0 5-1-0 1-0-0 2-0-3 1-0-0 0-1-0 7-3-3 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 8-2-3 1-1-0
Home 4-1-2 4-0-2 0-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-1 2-1-1 2-0-0 2-1-2 3-0-0 0-1-2 1-0-0 3-0-0 0-1-2 1-0-0 1-1-2 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-2 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-1 3-0-1 4-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-0-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-2 1-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-2 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-2 0-0-0
Away 5-2-1 ------------3-1-0 2-1-1 3-1-0 2-1-1 2-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-1 2-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-1 3-0-1 2-2-0 0-0-0 3-2-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 2-0-1 2-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 4-0-1 4-2-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-1 1-2-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-1 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 2-1-0 3-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 2-0-1 0-0-0 0-1-0 4-2-1 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-1 1-1-0
2012 MISCELLANEOUS MLS STATS Quickest Goal: ............................................ Chris Wondolowski, 9th, 3/24 at TFC Quickest Goals Against: ...................................Hector Jimenez, 3rd, 5/23 at LA ............................................................................. Jose Correa, 4th, 5/13 vs. CHV .............................................................................. Kenny Cooper, 5th, 4/14 at NY ............................................................................. C.J. Sapong, 5th, 5/27 vs. SKC ......................................................................Dwayne De Rosario, 8th, 5/2 vs. DC Game-Winning Goals: ...................................................... Chris Wondolowski (5) ..................................................................................................... Alan Gordon (2) ................................................................................................. Simon Dawkins (1) ................................................................................................. Steven Lenhart (1) Game-Winning Assists: .................................................... Steven Beitashour (2) ................................................................................................. Marvin Chavez (1) ............................................................................................... Ramiro Corrales (1) ...................................................................................................... Sam Cronin (1) .............................................................................................. Jason Hernandez (1) .................................................................................................... Shea Salinas (1) Game-Tying Goals:..................................................................... Alan Gordon (2) ........................................................................................... Chris Wondolowski (2) ...................................................................................................... Rafael Baca (1) ................................................................................................. Steven Lenhart (1) ............................................................................................. Khari Stephenson (1) Game-Tying Assists: ....................................................... Chris Wondolowski (2) ............................................................................................ Steven Beitashour (1) ............................................................................................... Ramiro Corrales (1) ....................................................................................................... Sam Garza (1) .................................................................................................... Shea Salinas (1) ............................................................................................. Khari Stephenson (1) Game-Winning Goals After 75th Minute: ..... Simon Dawkins, 92+, 4/21 vs. RSL ........................................................................... Steven Lenhart, 93+, 4/28 at PHI ................................................................................ Alan Gordon, 94+, 5/23 at LA ................................................................... Chris Wondolowski, 92+, 6/20 at COL Game-Tying Goals After 75th Minute: ................ Alan Gordon, 88, 5/13 vs. CHV .............................................................................. Alan Gordon, 90, 5/19 vs. CLB .......................................................................... Khari Stephenson, 82, 5/23 at LA Game-Winning Goals Against After 75th Minute: ..Eric Hassli, 94+, 5/5 at VAN Game-Tying Goals Against After 75th Minute: . Gabriel Gomez, 83, 4/28 at PHI Hat Tricks: .................................................................................................... None Hat Tricks Against: ...................................................................................... None Braces: ....................................................................... Steven Lenhart, 5/2 vs. DC .............................................................................. Chris Wondolowski, 5/2 vs. DC ................................................................................... Steven Lenhart, 4/28 at PHI ............................................................................Chris Wondolowski, 3/24 at TFC ............................................................................Chris Wondolowski, 4/7 vs. VAN Braces Against: ........................................................................................... None Multi-Assist Games: .................................... Steven Beitashour (2), 4/21 vs. RSL .............................................................................. Marvin Chavez (2), 4/28 at PHI ........................................................................... Ramiro Corrales (2), 4/7 vs. VAN .................................................................................. Sam Cronin (2), 3/24 at TFC Multi-Assist Games Against: .......................... Dwayne De Rosario (2), 5/2 at SJ Own Goals For: ................................................ Hunter Freeman, 83, 6/20 at COL Own Goals Against: .................................................................................... None Red Cards: ................................................................................................... None Opponent’s Red Cards:............................. Fabian Espindola, 29th, 4/21 vs. RSL ........................................................................ Jamison Olave, 69th, 4/21 vs. RSL ........................................................................... Hector Jimenez, 59th, 5/23 at LA Yellow Card Accumulation: ................................................... Steven Lenhart (5) ............................................................................................... Ramiro Corrales (4) ..................................................................................................... Alan Gordon (4) ............................................................................................ Steven Beitashour (3) ................................................................................................. Marvin Chavez (3) ...................................................................................................... Rafael Baca (2) ................................................................................................. Simon Dawkins (2) ...................................................................................................... Sam Cronin (1) ....................................................................................................... Sam Garza (1) ............................................................................................. Jason Hernandez (1) ................................................................................................ Tressor Moreno (1) .................................................................................................... Shea Salinas (1) ............................................................................................. Khari Stephenson (1) ............................................................................................... Victor Bernardez (1)
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT 2012 PENALTY KICKS FOR/AGAINST SJ Player Chris Wondolowski Chris Wondolowski Khari Stephenson Chris Wondolowski Player, Team Brad Davis, HOU
Goalkeeper, Team Michael Gspurning, SEA Andy Gruenebaum, CLB Brian Perk, LA Matt Pickens, COL
Date 3/31 5/19 5/23 6/20
Min. 24th 22nd 82nd 92nd
Res. Goal Saved Goal Goal
SJ Goalkeeper Jon Busch
Date 3/17
Min. 14th
Res. Goal
2012 MLS RECOGNITION MLS Player of the Month Chris Wondolowski – April (third career)
EARTHQUAKES INTERNATIONAL UPDATE U.S. Men’s National Team *Chris Wondolowski Ramiro Corrales Sam Cronin Jon Busch
Caps 8 6 2 1
Goals 0 0 0 1 SHO
Week 11 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: (Alan Gordon honorable mention)
Honduras National Team *Victor Bernardez *Marvin Chavez
Caps 53 27
Goals 2 2
Week 10 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: (Sam Garza, Alan Gordon honorable mentions)
Haiti National Team *Jean-Marc Alexandre
Caps 13
Goals 2
Week 9 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Chris Wondolowski (Steven Lenhart honorable mention)
Colombia National Team Tressor Moreno
Caps 32
Goals 7
Jamaica National Team Khari Stephenson
Caps 26
Goals 3
U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team *Ike Opara
Caps 4
Goals 0
MLS Player of the Week Chris Wondolowski – Week 9 (third career) Steven Lenhart – Week 8 (second career)
Week 8 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Marvin Chavez, Steven Lenhart, Manager: Frank Yallop (Justin Morrow honorable mention), Top 3 Performers: Steven Lenhart (No. 1) Week 7 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Steven Beitashour (Justin Morrow, Khari Stephenson honorable mention); Top 3 Performers: Steven Beitashour (No. 3) Week 6 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Rafael Baca, Chris Wondolowski (Marvin Chavez honorable mention). Week 5 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Ramiro Corrales, Chris Wondolowski, Manager: Frank Yallop (Shea Salinas honorable mention). Week 4 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Marvin Chavez, Justin Morrow (Victor Bernardez, Jon Busch, Sam Cronin, Steven Lenhart honorable mentions); Latino de la Jornada 4: Victor Bernardez. Week 3 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Sam Cronin, Chris Wondolowski (Victor Bernardez honorable mention). Week 2 MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: (Ramiro Corrales honorable mention). Nominations MLS Save of the Week: Week 4 (Jon Busch); Latino de la Jornada 4 (Marvin Chavez); AT&T Goal of the Week: Week 5 (Alan Gordon, Chris Wondolowski); Latino de la Jornada 5 (Ramiro Corrales); Latino de la Jornada 6 (Marvin Chavez); Latino de la Jornada 7 (Tressor Moreno); Latino de la Jornada 8 (Marvin Chavez); MLS Save of the Week: Week 9 (Jon Busch); AT&T Goal of the Week: Week 11 (Alan Gordon). Other Weekly Honors Goal.com’s MLS Best XI: Week 5 (Chris Wondolowski; Bench: Ramiro Corrales); Week 4 (Jon Busch); Week 6 (Chris Wondolowski; Bench: Marvin Chavez); Week 7 (Steven Beitashour; Coach: Frank Yallop; Bench: Khari Stephenson); Week 8 (Marvin Chavez, Steven Lenhart).
*Member of 2012 player pool…as of May 21, 2012
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 14 30 33 26 1 18 81 12 4 10 19 17 16 9 21 2 24 25 11 15 13 55 27 5 6 7 32 20 8 28
Player Jean-Marc Alexandre Rafael Baca Steven Beitashour Victor Bernardez David Bingham Jon Busch Marvin Chavez Ramiro Corrales Sam Cronin Simon Dawkins Sam Garza Joey Gjertsen Alan Gordon Sercan Guvenisik Jason Hernandez Jacob Hustedt Steven Lenhart Ellis McLoughlin Tressor Moreno Justin Morrow Evan Newton Ike Opara Cesar Diaz Pizarro Brad Ring Shea Salinas Khari Stephenson Josh Suggs Tim Ward Chris Wondolowski Jed Zayner
Pos. M M D D GK GK M D M M M M F F D M F F/M M D GK D F M M M D D F D
Ht. 5-11 5-8 5-10 6-2 6-2 5-10 5-5 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-3 5-9 5-11 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-8 5-9 6-2 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-11
Wt. 190 160 170 190 185 165 145 180 165 160 160 165 190 157 170 170 190 165 170 165 185 180 175 165 150 185 170 165 165 160
Birthdate 8-24-86 9-11-89 2-1-87 5-24-82 10-19-89 8-18-76 11-3-83 3-12-77 12-12-86 12-1-87 10-17-89 6-13-82 10-16-81 3-1-80 8-26-83 1-30-90 8-28-86 7-8-90 1-11-79 10-4-87 4-1-88 2-21-89 9-15-90 4-7-87 6-24-86 1-18-81 4-26-89 2-28-87 1-28-83 12-13-84
Hometown Delray Beach, FL Lawndale, CA San Jose, CA La Ceiba, Honduras Pleasanton, CA Albany, NY La Ceiba, Honduras Salinas, CA Winston-Salem, NC Edgware, England Highland Village, TX Tacoma, WA Long Beach, CA Dusseldorf, Germany Englewood, NJ Sandy, UT Yorba Linda, CA Seattle, WA Riosucio, Colombia Cleveland, OH Virginia Beach, VA Durham, NC Chino, CA Rockford, IL Grapevine, TX Kingston, Jamaica Las Cruces, NM Waukesha, WI Danville, CA Orland Park, Ill.
College Lynn University Loyola Marymount San Diego State -California UNC Charlotte --Wake Forest -UC Santa Barbara Evergreen State College Oregon State -Seton Hall Washington Azusa Pacific Washington -Notre Dame Old Dominion Wake Forest UC Riverside Indiana Furman Williams College Humboldt State Saint Louis Chico State Indiana
Status INTL INTL GA INTL
INTL GA
INTL
INTL
EARTHQUAKES NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 30 32 33 55 81
Player David Bingham Jacob Hustedt Sam Cronin Brad Ring Shea Salinas Khari Stephenson Chris Wondolowski Sercan Guvenisik Simon Dawkins Tressor Moreno Ramiro Corrales Evan Newton Jean-Marc Alexandre Justin Morrow Alan Gordon Joey Gjertsen Jon Busch Sam Garza Tim Ward Jason Hernandez Steven Lenhart Ellis McLoughlin Victor Bernardez Cesar Diaz Pizarro Jed Zayner Rafael Baca Josh Suggs Steven Beitashour Ike Opara Marvin Chavez
Pos. GK M M M M M F F M M D GK M D F M GK M D D F F/M D F D M D D D M
Pronunciation BING-um HUGH-sted
SHAY CAR-ee wan-dough-LOWW-skee SER-john gu-VEN-ah-shuck tress-OR
(French pronunciation) MO-row JURT-son
LEN-heart mick-LOFF-lin
ZEY-nurr BOCK-uh BAY-tah-sure oh-PAR-ah CHAW-vez
Place of Birth Castro Valley, CA Bothell, WA Atlanta, GA Rockford, IL Lubbock, TX Kingston, Jamaica Danville, CA Ankara, Turkey Edgware, England Riosucio, Colombia Los Angeles, CA Virginia Beach, VA Verrettes, Haiti Cleveland, OH Long Beach, CA Tacoma, WA Queens, NY Carrollton, TX Waukesha, WI New York City, NY Jacksonville, FL Seattle, WA La Ceiba, Honduras Chiclayo, Peru Valparaiso, IN Tuxpan, Mexico Las Cruces, NM San Jose, CA Durham, NC La Ceiba, Honduras
Last Club California Washington Toronto FC Indiana University Vancouver Whitecaps FC Aalesunds FK (Norway) Houston Dynamo Preussen Muenster (Germany) Tottenham (England) Santiago Wanderers (Chile) S.K. Brann (Norway) Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake Notre Dame Toronto FC Montreal Impact (USL) Chicago Fire UC Santa Barbara Chicago Fire Chivas USA Columbus Crew Hertha BSC (Germany) RSC Anderlecht (Belgium) UC Riverside D.C. United Loyola Marymount Los Angeles Blues (USL) San Diego State Wake Forest FC Dallas
Key: GA = Generation adidas; GC = Green Card; INTL = International Head Coach: Frank Yallop Assistant Coach: Ian Russell Assistant Coach: Mark Watson Goalkeeper Coach: Jason Batty
Fitness Coach: Greg Tella Head Athletic Trainer: Bruce Morgan Assistant Athletic Trainer: Hank House Team Administrator: Joe Dincecco
Video Analyst: Sean Rubio Equipment Manager: Jose Vega
GA
GC
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake, June 23, 2012, 6:00 p.m. PT 2012 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES RESERVES STATISTICS (1-1-2, 5 PTS.) Through June 8, 2012 POS M D/M D F F/M GK M M D F D D M M M D D D D M M F M M M F F F D M D M GK
PLAYER Sam Garza Brad Ring Josh Suggs Cesar Diaz Pizarro Ellis McLoughlin David Bingham Jean-Marc Alexandre Anthony Ampaipitakwong Ike Opara Sercan Guvenisivik Jason Hernandez ^Kyle Kaveny Jacob Hustedt Simon Dawkins ^Sullivan Silva ^Kareem Smith ^Jed Zayner ^Alberto Navarro Yousef Samy Rafael Baca Shea Salinas Alan Gordon Tressor Moreno Sam Cronin Angel Heredia *Brian Randall *Julio Cervantes *Cristian Cruz *Christian De Luna *Roberto Mendoza *Raul Cardona ^Ivan Yanez Evan Newton Own goal Team Totals
GP 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
GS 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MIN 417 449 441 417 365 360 356 299 225 185 180 135 88 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 61 45 33 24 19 16 9 9 3 0 0 0 -360
G 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
C 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PG 1 1 1
PA 1 1 1
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Jean-Marc Alexandre 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Anthony Ampaipitakwong 1, Alan Gordon 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS-ATTEMPTS: Sercan Guvenisik 1-1, Ellis McLoughlin 0-1 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES RESERVES INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING POS GOALKEEPER GK David Bingham GK Evan Newton Team Totals
GP 4 1 4
GS 4 1 4
MIN 360 90 360
GA 4 3 4
GAA 1.00 3.00 1.00
W 1 0 1
L 1 1 1
T 2 0 2
SO 1 0 1
2012 SAN JOSE RESERVE LEAGUE RESULTS (1-2-2, 5 PTS.) Date March 27 April 8 May 8 May 14 June 8 Aug. 12 Aug. 26 Sept. 4 Sept. 10 Sept. 25
Opponent Portland Timbers Vancouver Whitecaps FC at LA Galaxy Chivas USA at Chivas USA Seattle Sounders FC at Portland Timbers LA Galaxy at Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Seattle Sounders FC
Score 1-0 W 1-2 L 1-1 T 1-1 T 1-3 L
Record 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-1 1-1-2 1-2-2
Goals Alexandre Ampaipitakwong Guvenisik Diaz Pizarro Salinas
Site Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. University Field #1 (HDC), Carson, Calif. Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. JELD-WEN Field, Portland, Ore. Earthquakes Training Facility, San Jose, Calif. Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Starfire Sports Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
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David Bingham Sam Cronin Brad Ring Shea Salinas Khari Stephenson Chris Wondolowski Sercan Guvenisik Simon Dawkins Tressor Moreno Ramiro Corrales Evan Newton Jean-Marc Alexandre Justin Morrow Alan Gordon Joey Gjertsen Jon Busch Sam Garza Tim Ward Jason Hernandez Anthony Ampaipitakwong Steven Lenhart Ellis McLoughlin Victor Bernardez Cesar Diaz Pizarro Jed Zayner Rafael Baca Josh Suggs Steven Beitashour Ike Opara Marvin Chavez
"00" = minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 85M 90M 90M 44M 18 22 90M 90M 90M 90M 27 90M 56M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 15 5 1 52M 46 90M 90M 72M 63M 90M 90M 57M 52 90M 61M 63M 15 57M 20 90D 45D 90D 80D 83D 90D 90D 90D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NE HOU TOR SEA VAN NY RSL PHI DC VAN CHV CLB LA KC COL 1-0 0-1 3-0 1-0 3-1 2-2 3-1 2-1 5-3 1-2 1-1 1-1 3-2 1-2 2-1 90G 90M 80M 90M 90M 68M 90M 61M 60M 18 90M 90M 66M 70M 71M 15 24 90M 20 90F 45F 90M 90M 90M 90M 19 90D 90M 90M 21 63M 90M 90F 10 26 27 90D 90D
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 23 38 15 33 30 45 61F 25
46 29
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90F 90D
90M 60M 70M 74M 65M 65M
29
90D 90D 90D 45D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D
90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 8 30 34 45 69F 90F 90F 67F
90M 90M 90M 82M 90M 27
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 44D
90M 45M 33
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 75D 10 75D 90D 7 45 90D 25 72M 89M 38M 90M 29 90M 75M 16 90M 90M 64M 45
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15
log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 05/05/2012 05/13/2012 05/19/2012 05/23/2012 05/27/2012 06/20/2012
03/10/2012 03/17/2012 03/24/2012 03/31/2012 04/07/2012 04/14/2012 04/21/2012 04/28/2012 05/02/2012 SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ
SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ SJ 1 1 1 3 1 2
1 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 5 at vs vs at at at
vs vs at at vs at vs at vs VAN 2 CHV 1 CLB 1 LA 2 KC 2 COL 1
NE 0 HOU 1 TOR 0 SEA 0 VAN 1 NY 2 RSL 1 PHI 1 DC 3 L T T W L W
W L W W W T W W W
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Wondolowski 2 (Cronin 1) 9; Salinas 1 (Chavez 1, Beitashour 1) 56; Wondolowski 3 (Baca 1, Cronin 2) 67 Wondolowski 4 (penalty kick) 24 Wondolowski 5 (Corrales 1) 68; Gordon 1 (Corrales 2) 72; Wondolowski 6 (Moreno 1) 78 Baca 1 (Stephenson 1, Wondolowski 1) 15; Wondolowski 7 (Salinas 2, Beitashour 2) 35 Stephenson 1 (Beitashour 3) 47+; Dawkins 1 (Beitashour 4) 92+; Wondolowski 8 (Stephenson 2, Moreno 2) 93+ Lenhart 1 (Chavez 2, Wondolowski 2) 76; Lenhart 2 (Chavez 3) 93+ Lenhart 3 (unassisted) 19; Wondolowski 9 (Dawkins 1, Moreno 3) 21; Morrow 1 (unassisted) 31; Wondolowski 10 (Beitashour 5) 69; Lenhart 4 (unassisted) 74 Wondolowski 11 (Chavez 4) 15 Gordon 2 (Garza 1) 88 Gordon 3 (Wondolowski 3) 90 Lenhart 5 (Chavez 5) 76; Stephenson 2 (penalty kick) 82; Gordon 4 (Hernandez 1) 94+ Dawkins 2 (Corrales 3) 72 own goal (Freeman) 83; Wondolowski 12 (penalty kick) 92+
Wondolowski 1 (Salinas 1)
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1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 30 32 33 55 81
Player
SJ 2 SJ 1
David Bingham Sam Cronin Brad Ring Shea Salinas Khari Stephenson Chris Wondolowski Sercan Guvenisik Simon Dawkins Tressor Moreno Ramiro Corrales Evan Newton Jean-Marc Alexandre Justin Morrow Alan Gordon Joey Gjertsen Jon Busch Sam Garza Tim Ward Jason Hernandez Anthony Ampaipitakwong Steven Lenhart Ellis McLoughlin Victor Bernardez Cesar Diaz Pizarro Rafael Baca Josh Suggs Steven Beitashour Ike Opara Marvin Chavez
U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2012 3R 06/05/2012
W W
Garza (Guvenisik) 63; Garza (Lenhart) 70 Lenhart (Beitashour) 85
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
1 0
90D 90D 90M
13
90F
90D
65M
77F
90M
25 88M 90D
U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 4R FTLD MINN 2-1 1-0 90G 90G 56M 2 90D
88F 34 90M
90M 90D
90M
90F
2 65D 25 90D
vs FTLAUD vs MINNST