The 2015 San Jose Earthquakes season was the club's 33rd year of existence, their 17th season in Major League Soccer and their 8th consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer. It was the club's first season playing in Avaya Stadium, their new soccer-specific stadium in San Jose, California.
| 2015 season | |||
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| Owner | Earthquakes Soccer, LLC | ||
| Coach | Dominic Kinnear | ||
| Stadium | Avaya Stadium (Primary) Levi's Stadium (1 League game) Stanford Stadium (1 League game) | ||
| Major League Soccer | Conference: 7th Overall: 13th | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Fifth round | ||
| California Clásico | 1st (2–0–1) | ||
| Heritage Cup | 1st (1–1–0) | ||
| Central California Cup | 2nd (0–1–0) | ||
| Rose City Invitational | 2nd (2–1–0) | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Chris Wondolowski (11) All: Chris Wondolowski (13) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 50,422 (June 27 vs. Los Angeles, at Stanford Stadium) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | League: 18,000 (Multiple games, Avaya Stadium capacity) All: 13,196 (June 18 vs. Sacramento) | ||
| Average home league attendance | League: 21,037 All: 19,694 | ||
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Background edit
Club edit
Roster edit
As of July 6, 2015.[1]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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| 1 | GK | David Bingham |  United States
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| 3 | DF | Jordan Stewart |  England
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| 4 | MF | Marvell Wynne | United States
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| 5 | DF | Víctor Bernárdez (Vice-Captain) |  Honduras
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| 6 | MF | Shea Salinas | United States
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| 7 | MF | Cordell Cato |  Trinidad and Tobago
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| 8 | FW | Chris Wondolowski (DP & Captain) | United States
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| 10 | MF | Matías Pérez García (DP) |  Argentina
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| 11 | FW | Innocent Emeghara (DP) |  Switzerland
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| 12 | FW | Mark Sherrod | United States
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| 14 | FW | Adam Jahn | United States
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| 15 | MF | J. J. Koval | United States
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| 17 | MF | Sanna Nyassi |  Gambia
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| 19 | FW | Mike Fucito | United States
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| 20 | DF | Shaun Francis |  Jamaica
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| 21 | DF | Clarence Goodson | United States
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| 22 | FW | Tommy Thompson (HGP) | United States
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| 23 | MF | Leandro Barrera | Argentina
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| 24 | FW | Steven Lenhart | United States
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| 27 | MF | Fatai Alashe | United States
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| 35 | GK | Bryan Meredith | United States
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| 38 | DF | Paulo Renato |  Portugal
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| 80 | MF | Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi |  France
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Non-competitive edit
Arizona friendlies edit
| February 4 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–3 | Houston Dynamo | Tucson, Arizona |
| 09:00 PST | Jahn  28 ', 57' |
Report | Lovejoy 13' Barnes 40'Horst 53' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| February 7 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Tucson, Arizona |
| 16:30 PST | Trialist 29' Barklage  83' |
Report | Watson  34'Manneh 66' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| February 10 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–0 | Portland Timbers | Tucson, Arizona |
| 09:30 PST | Report | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
Las Vegas Pro Soccer Challenge Cup edit
| February 15 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–0 | Colorado Rapids | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 19:00 PST | Wondolowski 43' Harden 47'Koval 75' |
Report | Cronin 38' |
Stadium: Cashman Field |
California friendlies edit
| February 21 | Sacramento Republic | 0–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Sacramento, California |
| 17:00 PST | Duckett 28' Mirković 59'Klimenta 76' |
Report | Salinas 25' García 51' |
Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 9,794 |
| February 28 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–2 | LA Galaxy | San Jose, California |
| 09:30 PST | Gonzalez 42' (o.g.) Alashe 53'Koval 58'Jahn 67' |
Report | Villareal 65' Keane 82' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,134 |
International Champions Cup edit
| July 14 2015 International Champions Cup | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–2 |  América | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PST | Goodson 23' |
Report | Andrade 76' Rivera 83' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal (United States) |
| July 21 2015 International Champions Cup | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–3 | Manchester United | San Jose, California |
| 16:00 PST | Alashe 42' |
Report | Mata 32' Depay 37'Pereira 61' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Juan Guzman (United States) |
| Note: Game originally scheduled to be played at California Memorial Stadium. | ||||
Competitive edit
Major League Soccer edit
Standings edit
Western Conference Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 51 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 6 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 51 | |
| 7 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 42 | |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 41 |
Source: MLS
Overall Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 11 | New England Revolution | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 50 |
| 12 | Toronto FC | 34 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 49 |
| 13 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 47 |
| 14 | Orlando City SC | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 44 |
| 15 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 42 |
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
Results edit
| March 7 Round 1 | FC Dallas | 1–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Frisco, Texas |
| 17:30 PDT | Harris 50' Pérez 90+2' |
Francis 67' Salinas 77'Nyassi 90+2'Jahn 90+4' |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,236 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| March 14 Round 2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–3 | San Jose Earthquakes | Seattle, Washington |
| 19:00 PDT | Dempsey 1' Azira 57'Martins 84'Roldan 90+4' |
Report | Wondolowski 13 ', 48' Bernárdez 52'Innocent 70', 85' |
Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,175 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
| March 22 Round 3 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–1 | Chicago Fire | San Jose, California |
| 16:00 PDT | Alashe 5' Harden 21' |
Report | Polster 26' Shipp 29' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| March 28 Round 4 | New England Revolution | 2–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| 12:00 PDT | Rowe 21 ', 37' |
Report | Goodson 13' Francis 57'Wondolowski 62' (pen.) |
Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,668 |
| April 5 Round 5 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–1 | Real Salt Lake | San Jose, California |
| 14:00 PDT | Innocent 43' Wondolowski 60'Alashe 90+3' |
Report | Morales 44' García 73'Mansally 82' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| April 11 Round 6 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PDT | Bingham 11' Nyassi 75'Jahn 88' |
Report | Mattocks 3' Manneh 26'Kah 32'Flores 61'Morales 88'Waston 90+3' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| April 17 Round 7 | New York Red Bulls | 2–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Harrison, New Jersey |
| 16:00 PDT | Perrinelle 11' Kljestan 29'Grella 35' |
Report | Alashe 36' Nyassi 54' |
Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 16,406 |
| May 1 Round 8 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Sandy, Utah |
| 19:00 PDT | Beckerman 1' Allen 48'Bernárdez 71' (o.g.) |
Report | Wondolowski 19' Innocent 21' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,715 |
| May 5 Round 9 | Houston Dynamo | 0–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Houston, Texas |
| 17:30 PDT | Clark 26' Sarkodie 79' |
Report | Jahn 54' Stewart 75' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,018 |
| May 8 Round 10 | Colorado Rapids | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Commerce City, Colorado |
| 19:00 PDT | Moor 26' Cronin 52'Riley 90+3' |
Report | Wondolowski 19' Bingham 90+1' |
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,169 |
| May 16 Round 11 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–0 | Columbus Crew | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PDT | Goodson 40' García 45+2'Wondolowski 55'Salinas 60' |
Report | Saeid 14'  33'George 90+1' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| May 24 Round 12 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Orlando City SC | Santa Clara, California |
| 16:00 PDT | Alashe 44' Wondolowski 68' (pen.) |
Report | Shea 51' Kaká 64' (pen.)Paterson 85' |
Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 36,224 |
| May 30 Round 13 | Toronto FC | 3–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Toronto, Ontario |
| 14:00 PDT | Morrow 22' Creavalle 33'Moore 71' |
Report | Wondolowski 24' (pen.) Nyassi 55' |
Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 17,711 |
| June 7 Round 14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–0 | FC Dallas | San Jose, California |
| 16:00 PDT | Wynne 11' Sherrod 53'Koval 87' |
Report | Ulloa 16' Michel 40'Díaz 40'Watson 75' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| June 20 Round 15 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Seattle, Washington |
| 13:00 PDT | Thomás 59' Scott 87' |
Report | Nyassi 23', 28' García 73' |
Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,971 |
| June 27 Round 16 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–1 | LA Galaxy | Stanford, California |
| 19:30 PDT | Nyassi 13' Bernárdez 23'Wondolowski 28'Goodson 53'Cato 72' |
Report | Juninho 17' Ishizaki 19'Gordon 88' |
Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 50,422 |
| July 5 Round 17 | Portland Timbers | 1–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Portland, Oregon |
| 14:00 PDT | Jewsbury 91' |
Report | Goodson 51' Sherrod 75' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 |
| July 10 Round 18 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–2 | Houston Dynamo | San Jose, California |
| 20:00 PDT | Report | Clark 10' Deric 31' Beasley 37' Rodríguez 45+2' Sturgis 45+3' Bruin 81' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| July 17 Round 19 | LA Galaxy | 5–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Carson, California |
| 20:00 PDT | Keane 30' (pen.), 64 ', 80' (pen.) Rogers 36'Gerrard 37'Lletget 90+2' |
Report | Amarikwa 22 ', 25' Thompson 30'Salinas 55'Bingham 69'Stewart 70' |
Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| July 26 Round 20 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 16:00 PDT | Rosales 5' Waston 32'Koffie 37'Rivero 56' (pen.)Mezquida 60'Teibert 90' |
Summary | Amarikwa 45' 90' |
Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,298 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
| August 2 Round 21 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–0 | Portland Timbers | San Jose, California |
| 20:00 PDT | Francis 14' Stewart 88' |
Recap | Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| August 8 Round 22 | Houston Dynamo | 2–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Houston, Texas |
| 18:00 PDT | Beasley 55' Raúl Rodríguez 71'Alex 76' |
Summary | Bernárdez 28' Pelosi 34'Alashe 43 ' Amarikwa 70'Nyassi 82' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,876 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
| August 14 Round 23 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 | Colorado Rapids | San Jose, California |
| 20:00 PDT | Bernárdez 49' Goodson 53' Pelosi 88' |
Report | Burling 65' Cronin 74' Goodson 51' Figueroa 84' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Allen Chapman |
| August 19 Round 24 | Sporting Kansas City | 0–5 | San Jose Earthquakes | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 17:30 PDT | Feilhaber 71' Németh 74' |
Report | Cato 3 ', 58' Wondolowski 17' (pen.), 61'Godoy 23' |
Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,866 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| August 22 Round 25 | D.C. United | 0–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Washington, D.C. |
| 16:00 PDT | Report | Wondolowski 4' Salinas 52' Godoy 89' |
Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 20,043 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| August 28 Round 26 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 | LA Galaxy | San Jose, California |
| 20:00 PDT | Salinas 18' Bernárdez 90' |
Report | Leonardo 47' Rodgers 74' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
| September 5 Round 27 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–2 | Philadelphia Union | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PDT | Goodson 52' Wondolowski 64' |
Report | Fabinho 63' Casey 74', 86', 79' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| September 12 Round 28 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Seattle Sounders FC | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PDT | Godoy 29' Alashe 37', 70' Wondolowski 90+6' |
Report | Pineda 55' Fisher 69' Martins 82' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
| September 16 Round 29 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Montreal Impact | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PDT | Wondolowski 35' Pelosi 75' |
Report | Oyongo 49' Bekker 65' Kronberg 84' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Allen Chapman |
| September 19 Round 30 | New York City FC | 3–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | New York, New York |
| 16:00 PDT | Pirlo 32' Allen 44' Grabavoy 51', 63' Villa 65' Wingert 66' Jacobsen 86' |
Report | Gpodson 34' Pelosi 45+1' Amarikwa 72' Wondolowski 76' |
Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 28,231 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
| September 27 Round 31 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 | Real Salt Lake | San Jose, California |
| 16:00 PDT | Godoy 34' Pelosi 73' Wondolowski 74' García 77' 88', 87' |
Report | Beckerman 63' Beltran 84' Aaron Maund 90' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Chris Penso |
| October 3 Round 32 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PDT | Goodson 27' Godoy 37' Wondolowski 62' Bernárdez 66' |
Report | Techera 39' Beitashour 60' Laba 80' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| October 16 Round 33 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1-0 | Sporting Kansas City | San Jose, California |
| 20:00 PDT | Godoy 47', 67' |
Report | Okugo 69' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| October 25 Round 34 | FC Dallas | 2-1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Frisco, Texas |
| 16:00 PDT | Díaz 38', 67' Ulloa 79' |
Report | Amarikwa 13' Bernárdez 26' García 67' Pelosi 71' Goodson 74' |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,937 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
U.S. Open Cup edit
San Jose will enter the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.[2]
| June 18, 2015 Round 4 | San Jose Earthquakes  | 2–2 (6–5 p) | Sacramento Republic | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PT | Wondolowski 74', 79' Bernardez 105' |
Report | López 6' (pen.) Klimenta 54' |
Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 13,196 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
| Penalties | ||||
Wondolowski  Bernardez Stephenson  Pierazzi Thompson Koval Barrera Francis |
López Vuković Daly Gilberto Klimenta Estrada Gabeljic Kiffe |
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| July 1, 2015 Round 5 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–1 | LA Galaxy | San Jose, California |
| 19:30 PT | Jose Villareal | Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 13,329 |
transfers in edit
- F Kris Tyrpak (11/19/14 - Dispersal Draft)
- M Leandro Barrera (12/10/14 - Waiver Draft)
- F Mark Sherrod (12/11/14 - trade from Orlando City)
- GK Andy Gruenebaum (12/12/14 - Re-Entry Stage 1 Draft)
- D Marvell Wynne (12/18/14 - Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft)
- M Sanna Nyassi (12/18/14 - Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft)
- M Fatai Alashe (1/15/15 - SuperDraft)
- F Innocent Emeghara (1/31/15 - free)
- D Paulo Renato (2/26/15 - free)
- GK Tomas Gomez (3/26/15 - free)
- F Quincy Amarikwa (6/26/15 - trade from Chicago)
- M Matheus Silva (7/15/15 - waivers)
- M Marc Pelosi (7/17/15 - Allocation)
- M Anibal Godoy (8/6/15 - signed from Budapest Honved)
- M Khari Stephenson (9/11/15 - returned from loan
transfers out edit
- D Jason Hernandez (12/10/14 - Expansion Draft: to NYCFC)
- GK Jon Busch (12/11/14 - out of contract)
- D Andreas Gorlitz (12/11/14 - option declined)
- GK Billy Knutsen (12/11/14 - option declined)
- D Tommy Muller (12/11/14 - option declined)
- F Billy Schuler (12/11/14 - option declined: to Whitecaps FC 2)
- M Atiba Harris (12/18/14 - Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft: to FC Dallas)
- M Yannick Djalo (12/31/14 - loan expired: to Benfica)
- M Sam Cronin (1/19/15 - traded: to Colorado)
- GK Andy Gruenebaum (retired)
- F Kris Tyrpak (2/26/15 - waived: to Austin Aztex)
- D Brandon Barklage (3/18/15 - mutual contract termination:to Saint Louis FC )
- D Ty Harden (6/26/15 - traded: to Chicago)
- M Khari Stephenson (8/5/15 - loaned: to San Antonio)
References edit
- ^ "Players | San Jose Earthquakes". SJEarthquakes.com. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "102nd Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.