2009 San Jose Earthquakes season

The 2009 San Jose Earthquakes season was the twelfth season of the team's existence, and the second since its revival. The season began with a 1-0 home loss to the New England Revolution on March 21, and ended with a 2-0 loss at the Los Angeles Galaxy on October 24.

San Jose Earthquakes

2009 season
Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Coach	Frank Yallop
Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 8th Overall: 14th
MLS Cup	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Did not qualify
California Clásico	2nd
Heritage Cup	1st
Top goalscorer	Ryan Johnson (11)
Average home league attendance	14,114^[1]
Home colors Away colors
← 2008 2010 →

Squad

Current squad

As of August 18, 2009.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Joe Cannon 4 DF   USA Chris Leitch 5 DF   BRA Fábio da Silva 6 FW   ENG Darren Huckerby 7 MF   NZL Simon Elliott 8 MF   CAN António Ribeiro 10 MF   SLV Arturo Alvarez 11 MF   USA Bobby Convey 12 MF   USA Ramiro Corrales (captain) 13 FW   TRI Cornell Glen 14 MF   USA Brandon McDonald 15 MF   USA Shea Salinas

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   USA Chris Wondolowski 18 DF   USA Jamil Roberts 19 FW   JAM Ryan Johnson 20 MF   SLV Ramón Sánchez 21 DF   USA Jason Hernandez (vice-captain) 23 DF   USA Mike Zaher 24 GK   USA Andrew Weber 25 FW   USA Quincy Amarikwa 27 DF   USA Aaron Pitchkolan 28 MF   BRA André Luiz Moreira 31 GK   USA Mike Graczyk

Club

Management

Position	Staff
General Manager	John Doyle
Head Coach	Frank Yallop
Assistant Coach	Ian Russell
Goalkeeper Coach	Jason Batty
Head trainer	Bruce Morgan
Equipment manager	Jose Vega
Team Manager	Daniele Cosmi

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: San Jose Earthquakes

Other information

Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Buck Shaw Stadium (10,300 / 71x110 yards)

Source: San Jose Earthquakes

Kits

Home

Home Alternate

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Black	Black	Black
Home Alt.	Black	Black	White	MLS, October 10 against Toronto, second half
Away	White	Blue	White

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
MLS	—	—		March 21, 2009

Updated to match played April 15, 2008
Source: Competitions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	6	5	4	22	21	+1	1	9	5	14	29	−15

Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source:
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Stadium	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A
Result	L	W	L	T	T	L	L	L	L	L	W	T	L	W	T	L	L	T	W	L	W	L	T	T	W	W	L	T	T	L

Updated to match(es) played on October 25, 2009. Source: San Jose Earthquakes
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Matches

  Win   Tie   Loss

MLS

See also: 2009 Major League Soccer season

San Jose Earthquakes v New England Revolution

March 21, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	New England Revolution	Santa Clara, California
	Amarikwa   74' Denton   79'	Report	Dube   55'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,335 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

San Jose Earthquakes v Houston Dynamo

March 28, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	3–2	Houston Dynamo	Santa Clara, California, United States
	Johnson   30' Alvarez   33' Weaver   44' Corrales   66'	Report	Cameron   23' Wondolowski   34' Davis   36' Boswell   70' Clark   93+'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,177 Referee: Kevin Stott

Kansas City Wizards v San Jose Earthquakes

April 5, 2009	Kansas City Wizards	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Kansas
	Hohlbein   28' López   78' Gomez   92+'		Huckerby   30' Alvarez   34'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 6,922 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

San Jose Earthquakes v Chicago Fire

April 11, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	3–3	Chicago Fire	Santa Clara, California
	Leitch   7' Johnson   14' Convey   43' Alvarez   75' Corrales   78' Salinas   73'   81'	Report^[permanent dead link]	Pappa   41' Segares   55' McBride   57' Robinson   73' Rolfe   85'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,717 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

San Jose Earthquakes v Los Angeles Galaxy

April 18, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Oakland, California
	Campos   5' Corrales   67' Garcia   90' Amarikwa   92+'	Report	Kovalenko   25' Miglioranzi   73' Jordan   76'	Stadium: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Alex Prus

Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes

April 25, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
	Alonso   30' Zakuani   42' Evans   50'	Report	Convey   4' Garcia   41'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 28,838 Referee: Kevin Stott

San Jose Earthquakes v Chivas USA

May 2, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Chivas USA	Santa Clara, California
		Report	Stepanovic   37' Braun   53' Marsch   86' Kljestan   92+'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,049 Referee: Alex Prus

New York Red Bulls v San Jose Earthquakes

May 8, 2009	New York Red Bulls	4–1	San Jose Earthquakes	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Rojas   7'   13' Angel   22' Kandji   40'	Report	Weaver   37' Johnson   45' Pitchkolan   59' Denton   63' Amarikwa   88'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 8,042 Referee: Jeff Gontarek

Houston Dynamo v San Jose Earthquakes

May 23, 2009	Houston Dynamo	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Houston, Texas, United States
	Ching   4' Kamara   12' Waibel   46' Waibel   50' Cameron   59'	Report	Johnson   14' Johnson   53'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 12,619 Referee: Alex Prus

Columbus Crew v San Jose Earthquakes

May 27, 2009	Columbus Crew	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, Ohio
	Gaven   29' Schelotto   46'		Amarikwa   13' Johnson   23' Convey   36' Corrales   63'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 8,793 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake

May 30, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Santa Clara, California
	Glen   52' Johnson   57' Alvarez   63' Alvarez   63' Corrales   69'	Report	Beckerman   28' Johnson   48' Morales   70' Findley   80'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,153 Referee: Kevin Stott

FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes

June 7, 2009	FC Dallas	2–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Frisco, Texas
	Saragosa   16' Ferreira   29' Moor   70' Cooper   87'	Report	Campos   25' Ricchetti   60' (o.g.) Alvarez   82'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Tim Weyland

Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes

June 13, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, Washington
19:30 PST	Ljungberg   42' Evans   43' Montero   59' Montero   74' Ljungberg   94+'	Report^[permanent dead link]	Pitchkolan   16' Corrales   34' Ribeiro   50' Huckerby   68' Wondolowski   92+'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 28,999 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

San Jose Earthquakes v Los Angeles Galaxy

June 20, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Oakland, California
	Campos   6' (pen.) Pitchkolan   24' Johnson   48' Johnson   54' Huckerby   90'		Kirovski   28' Kirovski   65'	Stadium: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Attendance: 17,128 Referee: Yader Reyes

Real Salt Lake v San Jose Earthquakes

July 4, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah
	Williams   43' Espindola   77' Leitch   91+' (o.g.)	Report	Campos   13' Salinas   47' Alvarez   63' McDonald   75' Hernandez   76' Leitch   86' Cannon   95+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,478 Referee: Michael Kennedy

San Jose Earthquakes v Toronto FC

July 11, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1–3	Toronto FC	Santa Clara, California, United States
	Huckerby   32' Alvarez   53'		Barrett   5' Vitti   54' Barrett   69' De Rosario   84'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,679 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Chicago Fire v San Jose Earthquakes

July 18, 2009	Chicago Fire	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Soumaré   17' Nyarko   82' Blanco   92+'	Report^[permanent dead link]	Hernandez   2' Wondolowski   5' Zaher   90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,228 Referee: Jasen Anno

San Jose Earthquakes v D.C. United

July 25, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	D.C. United	Santa Clara, California
	Hernandez   22' Johnson   36' Glen   62' (pen.)	Report	Gomez   3' (pen.) Gomez   21' Olsen   60' Wallace   62'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,022 Referee: Kevin Stott

San Jose Earthquakes v Seattle Sounders FC

August 2, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	4–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Santa Clara, California
12:00 PST	Alonso   2' (o.g.) Hernandez   27' Huckerby   37' Glen   54' Huckerby   78' Wondolowski   84' Wondolowski   85'		Ianni   22' Riley   33' Montero   35'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,919 Referee: Paul Ward

San Jose Earthquakes v Columbus Crew

August 8, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	0–3	Columbus Crew	San Francisco, California
	Salinas   55'	Report	Lenhart   53' Carroll   67' Moreno   69' Rogers   73' Moffat   86'	Stadium: Candlestick Park Attendance: 61,572 Referee: Jeff Gontarek

San Jose Earthquakes v Kansas City Wizards

August 22, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Kansas City Wizards	Santa Clara, California
	Hernandez   52' Alvarez   81' Wondolowski   93+' Luiz   94+'	Report^[permanent dead link]	Arnaud   87' Lopez   90' Besler   91+'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,031 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

New England Revolution v San Jose Earthquakes

August 29, 2009	New England Revolution	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Ralston   68' Thompson   74' Thompson   75'	Report	Corrales   4' Sanchez   48' Sanchez   92+'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 7,286 Referee: Alex Prus

San Jose Earthquakes v Colorado Rapids

September 18, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Colorado Rapids	Santa Clara, California
	Johnson   8' Leitch   94+' McDonald   95+'	Report	Baudet   33' Casey   95+' (pen.)	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Colorado Rapids v San Jose Earthquakes

September 23, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Commerce City, Colorado
	Casey   93+' (pen.)	Report	Wondolowski   67' (pen.) Cannon   91+'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 6,234 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

D.C. United v San Jose Earthquakes

September 27, 2009	D.C. United	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Washington, D.C. United States
	Moreno   26' Wallace   54' Pontius   68'	Report	McDonald   28' Sanchez   58' Johnson   73'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 14,375 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

San Jose Earthquakes v New York Red Bulls

October 3, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Santa Clara, California
	Johnson   24' (pen.)	Report	Richards   46+'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Steven DePiero

San Jose Earthquakes v FC Dallas

October 7, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	FC Dallas	Santa Clara, California
	Convey   18' Ribeiro   32' Amarikwa   73'	Report	Ferreira   49' Cunningham   81' Ihemelu   90'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Toronto FC v San Jose Earthquakes

October 10, 2009	Toronto FC	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Toronto, Ontario Canada
	Attakora   47' Serioux   69' Brennan   90' De Rosario   95+'	Report	Amarikwa   74' Glen   93+'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,571 Referee: Mark Geiger

Chivas USA v San Jose Earthquakes

October 17, 2009	Chivas USA	2–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
	Galindo   7' Cuesta   36' Braun   66' Santos   74'	Report	McDonald   21' Johnson   58'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,316 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Los Angeles Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes

October 24, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
	Burling   24' (o.g.) Donovan   77' Gonzalez   78'	Report	Convey   17' Alvarez   69'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

U.S. Open Cup qualification

See also: 2009 U.S. Open Cup qualification

San Jose Earthquakes v New York Red Bulls

April 29, 2009 Qualification semifinals	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	New York Red Bulls	Santa Clara, California
	Salinas   39' Campos   47' Denton   67' Campos   71'	Report	Petke   2' Sassano   76' Wolyniec   80' Pietravallo   82'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Major League Soccer

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48
3	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47
4	Chivas USA	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3	45
5	Real Salt Lake	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40
6	Colorado Rapids	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
7	FC Dallas	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3	39
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	30

Source: MLS

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Columbus Crew (S)	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10	49	CONCACAF Champions League
2	LA Galaxy	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48
3	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48	North American SuperLiga
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Chicago Fire	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5	45	North American SuperLiga
6	Chivas USA	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3	45
7	New England Revolution	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4	42
8	Real Salt Lake (C)	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Colorado Rapids	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
10	D.C. United	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1	40
11	FC Dallas	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3	39
12	Toronto FC	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9	39	CONCACAF Champions League
13	Kansas City Wizards	30	8	13	9	33	42	−9	33
14	San Jose Earthquakes	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	30
15	New York Red Bulls	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20	21

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

References

1. Kennedy, Paul (October 28, 2009). "MLS attendance down despite Seattle bump". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
2. http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t110^{[permanent dead link]}

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