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2003 San Jose Earthquakes season

The 2003 San Jose Earthquakes season was the eighth season of the team's existence, and saw the franchise win its second MLS Cup.

San Jose Earthquakes
2003 season
OwnerAEG
CoachFrank Yallop
StadiumSpartan Stadium
Major League SoccerConference: 1st
Overall: 2nd
MLS CupChampions
U.S. Open CupFourth round
CONCACAFFirst round
California Clásico2nd
Top goalscorerUnited States Landon Donovan (12)
Average home league attendance12,796[1]
← 2002
2004 →

Squad edit

Current squad edit

As of December 26, 2012.[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 Jon Conway
2 DF   USA Eddie Robinson
4 MF   USA Chris Roner
5 MF   USA Ramiro Corrales
6 FW   DEN Ronnie Ekelund
7 MF   USA Ian Russell
8 DF   USA Richard Mulrooney
9 MF   USA Brian Mullan
10 FW   USA Landon Donovan
11 MF   USA Manny Lagos
12 DF   USA Jeff Agoos
13 FW   USA Jamil Walker
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   CAN Dwayne De Rosario
15 MF   USA Roger Levesque
16 DF   USA Craig Waibel
17 DF   USA Todd Dunivant
18 GK   CAN Pat Onstad
19 DF   USA Troy Dayak
22 FW   BRA Rodrigo Faria
25 FW   USA Brian Ching
26 FW   USA Arturo Alvarez
29 MF   USA Johanes Maliza
30 GK   USA Josh Saunders

Club edit

Management edit

Position Staff
General Manager   Johnny Moore
Head Coach   Frank Yallop
Assistant Coach   Dominic Kinnear
Goalkeeper Coach   Tim Hanely
Head trainer   Bruce Morgan
Equipment manager   Jose Vega

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

Other information edit

Owner   Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Spartan Stadium (26,525 / 71x110 yards)

Source: San Jose Earthquakes


Competitions edit

Major League Soccer edit

See also: 2003 Major League Soccer season

Matches edit

April 12, 2003 Colorado Rapids 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes Denver
Roberts   46' Report Ching   1'
Dunivant   22'		 Stadium: Invesco Field
Attendance: 20,816
April 19, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 (OT) Kansas City Wizards San Jose, California
Mullan   81' Report own goal   74' Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 17,032
April 26, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose, California
Donovan   54' Report Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 9,187
May 3, 2003 New England Revolution 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes Foxborough, Massachusetts
Report own goal   42'
Ching   56'		 Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 13,722
May 10, 2003 Chicago Fire 0–0 (OT) San Jose Earthquakes Chicago
Report Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 7,825
May 17, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 4–3 Columbus Crew San Jose, California
Mullan   30'
Ching   49'
Agoos   67'
Donovan   87'		 Report McBride   38'
Cunningham   61'
Paule   90'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 7,180
May 31, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 1–4 Chicago Fire San Jose, California
Roner   59' Report Beasley   28'
Ralph   47'
Razov   81'
Beasley   90'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 7,401
June 7, 2003 Columbus Crew 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes Columbus, Ohio
McBride   85' Report Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 16,481
June 14, 2003 Dallas Burn 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes Southlake, Texas
Kreis   25' Report Mullan   49'
Alvarez   87'		 Stadium: Dragon Stadium
Attendance: 7,601
June 18, 2003 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 (OT) San Jose Earthquakes Carson, California
Victorine   21' Report Walker   63' Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 13,867
June 21, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Columbus Crew San Jose, California
Mullan   43'
Walker   77'		 Report McBride   55' Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 8,058
June 28, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 (OT) Kansas City Wizards San Jose, California
Report Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 7,817
July 2, 2003 MetroStars 4–4 (OT) San Jose Earthquakes East Rutherford, New Jersey
Guevara   7'
Magee   36'
Mathis   43'
Mathis   90'		 Report Ching   15'
Ching   34'
Lagos   78'
Donovan   90'		 Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 14,875
July 5, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 (OT) Chicago Fire San Jose, California
Report Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 7,705
July 12, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Colorado Rapids San Jose, California
Report Kotschau   34'
Chung   49'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 8,107
July 19, 2003 D.C. United 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes Washington, D.C.
Curtis   13' Report Roner   38'
Lagos   54'		 Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 21,892
July 26, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Dallas Burn San Jose, California
Mullan   25'
Lagos   37'
Agoos   90'		 Report Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 9,034
August 8, 2003 Kansas City Wizards 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes Kansas City, Missouri
Report Donovan   23' Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 13,819
August 13, 2003 Dallas Burn 0–3 San Jose Earthquakes Southlake, Texas
Report Ching   11'
Donovan   23'
Donovan   44'		 Stadium: Dragon Stadium
Attendance: 5,515
August 16, 2003 New England Revolution 1–1 (OT) San Jose Earthquakes Foxborough, Massachusetts
Twellman   52' Report Ekelund   23' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 14,877
August 24, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 D.C. United San Jose, California
Corrales   80' Report Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 13,107
August 30, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Colorado Rapids San Jose, California
Mullan   59' Report Chung   21'
Spencer   67'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 10,116
September 7, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 New England Revolution San Jose, California
De Rosario   42'
Donovan   52'		 Report Noonan   41' Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 13,510
September 13, 2003 D.C. United 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes Washington, D.C.
Stewart   9'
Olsen   81'		 Report Walker   80' Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 15,502
September 20, 2003 Kansas City Wizards 1–4 San Jose Earthquakes Kansas City, Missouri
Arnaud   59' Report Donovan   26'
Robinson   54'
Donovan   70'
Donovan   90'		 Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium
Attendance: 30,308
September 27, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Dallas Burn San Jose, California
De Rosario   1'
De Rosario   11'
Donovan   24'
Donovan   35'
De Rosario   48'		 Report Hendrickson   8'
Curtis   14'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 12,219
October 5, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 MetroStars San Jose, California
Report Guevara   30'
Jolley   90'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 10,225
October 10, 2003 Colorado Rapids 0–0 (OT) San Jose Earthquakes Denver
Report Stadium: Invesco Field
Attendance: 12,478
October 18, 2003 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes Carson, California
Moreno   6'
Moreno   35'
Elliott   61'		 Report Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 27,000
October 25, 2003 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 (OT) Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose, California
Walker   80' Report Moreno   56' Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 16,282

(OT) = Overtime [3][4]

MLS Cup Playoffs edit

November 1, 2003 Conference Semifinal Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes Carson, California
Victorine   59'
Ruiz   62'		 Report Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 20,201
November 9, 2003 Conference Semifinal San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 (OT)
(5–4 agg.)		 Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose, California
Agoos   21'
Donovan   35'
Walker   50'
Roner   90'
Faria   96' 		Report Ruiz   7'
Vagenas   13'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 14,145
November 15, 2003 Conference Final San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 (OT) Kansas City Wizards San Jose, California
Lagos   61'
Mullan   83'
Donovan   117' 		Report Simutenkov   57'
Klein   72'		 Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 16,108

MLS Cup edit

See also: MLS Cup 2003
November 23, 2003 MLS Cup Chicago Fire 2–4 San Jose Earthquakes Carson, California
Beasley   49'
own goal   54'		 Report Ekelund   5'
Donovan   38'
Mulrooney   50'
Donovan   71'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 27,000

U.S. Open Cup edit

See also: 2003 U.S. Open Cup
August 5, 2003 Fourth round Seattle Sounders 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes Seattle, Washington
Smith   41' Report Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,510

CONCACAF Champions Cup edit

See also: 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
March 16, 2003 First round Municipal   4–2   San Jose Earthquakes Guatemala City, Guatemala
Romero   28'
Romero   37'
Figueroa   39'
Ponciano   55'		 Report Lagos   64'
Lagos   71'		 Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores
Attendance: 12,000 (est.)
March 26, 2003 First round San Jose Earthquakes   2–1
(4–5 agg.)		   Municipal San Jose, California
Donovan   19'
Ching   35'		 Report Plata   76' Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 4,594

Source:[5]

Standings edit

Western Conference GP W L D GF GA GD Pts
x – San Jose Earthquakes 30 14 7 9 45 35 10 51
x – Kansas City Wizards 30 11 10 9 48 44 4 42
x – Colorado Rapids 30 11 12 7 40 45 -5 40
x – Los Angeles Galaxy 30 9 12 9 35 35 0 36
Dallas Burn 30 6 19 5 35 64 -29 23
  • The top four teams in each conference make the playoffs.

x = Playoff Berth

References edit

  1. ^ "Major League Soccer Stats: Team Attendance - 2008". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "2003 San Jose Earthquakes Roster". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  3. ^ "Shootout banned; TV lineup changed". cnnsi.com. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Year in American Soccer, 2000". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved April 8, 2014.

External links edit

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