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San Jose Earthquakes
2005 season
Owner AEG
Coach Dominic Kinnear
Stadium Spartan Stadium
Major League SoccerConference: 1st
Overall: 1st
MLS CupConference Semifinals
U.S. Open CupQuarterfinals
California Clásico1st
Top goalscorer Dwayne De Rosario (9)
Average home league attendance15,431 [1]
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The 2005 San Jose Earthquakes season was the tenth season of the team's existence and last before their move to Houston to become the Houston Dynamo. The season also marked the franchise's first Supporters' Shield.

About

2004 was a disappointment after a strong finish to the 2003 season ending with a championship. Second year head coach Dominic Kinnear and assistant coach John Doyle hoped to return the Quakes back to the winning tradition in 2005. It was marked as the first year of the new generation for the Quakes after losing 9 key players in the off season from 2004-2005, and with the new roster expansion bringing in 18 players for the new season. The Earthquakes set a league record with an 18-4-10 record with 64 points on the year. They became the first MLS team to go undefeated at home during the regular season.

Change over from the 2004 team, key players lost in the off season, Ramiro Corrales and Landon Donovan left the squad in the off season to play abroad. Donovan would pull a swerve and return to MLS a short time later with rival Los Angeles Galaxy. A trade was set up to be in place with the Galaxy to obtain Carlos Ruiz but a deal was never reached. Ronnie Ekelund failed to resign, after both sides couldn't come to terms. Jamil Walker was picked up in the expansion draft by Chivas USA. Arturo Alvarez was traded to Dallas Burn for Brad Davis. Captain Jeff Agoos was traded to the Metrostars for Ricardo Clark and a draft pick. Chris Roner was lost due to injury and never returned, his rights were retained. Chris Brown was lost to Real Salt Lake in the expansion draft. Leighton o'brien player rights were traded to Real Salt Lake. Steve Cronin and Todd Dunivant were traded to the Galaxy for Aloisi and Claiff.

The first move Kinnear and Doyle made were bringing back veterans Wade Barrett and all time leader goal-scorer Ronald Cerritos were brought back into the team to add veteran leadership. They drafted key players Danny O'Rourke, Kevin Goldthwaite, future MLS Scoring Champion Chris Wondolowski, Robbie Fulton, Orlando Ramirez, Aaron Lanes, James Twellman and Brett Rodriguez. Wondolowski was the reserve league scoring champion during that season. Brad Davis, Ricardo Clark, Chris Aloisi, Kelly Gray, Mark Chung, Julian Nash, Alejandro Moreno, and Danny Califf were obtained through trades.

May 18, 2005 the Quakes would lose veteran and leader Troy Dayak to an injury that would force Dayak to announce his retirement at the end of the regular season. It made way for Danny Califf to step in and become one of the center back pairings in MLS history with Eddie Robinson. Veteran right back Craig Waibel was also lost to an injury in early June who was playing some of the best soccer of his career to a torn MCL and ACL. A trade was made with the Chicago Fire to bring in San Jose native Kelly Gray to challenge Chris Aloisi for the starting job. He eventually won and took it. Mark Chung was acquired when a rash of injures of happened when Ian Russell, Brad Davis, Brian Mullan spent time on the injury list in June and July.

Robinson, Califf both found January National Team call ups after a successful season, along with Brad Davis, Brian Mullan, Brian Ching, Wade Barrett, Kelly Gray and Ricardo Clark. Doyle lead the Reserve Team to a Championship its first year.

Chung announced his retirement from the Earthquake after coming to the mid-season via trade with the Colorado Rapids and contributing heavily to the ultimate success with the team. He opted out of moving along with the team to Houston Dyanmo after the 2005 season.

Ian Russell, Mark Chung, Jon Conway, Troy Dayak didn't move with the team to Houston. Russell was traded to Los Angeles, Conway to New York, Chung and Dayak retired. Danny Califf opted to try his luck in Europe.

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 United States  USA Jon Conway
2 DF United States  USA Eddie Robinson
3 DF United States  USA Kevin Goldthwaite
4 DF United States  USA Danny Califf
5 MF United States  USA Ryan Cochrane
6 MF United States  USA Orlando Ramirez
7 MF United States  USA Ian Russell
8 DF United States  USA Brett Rodriguez
9 MF United States  USA Brian Mullan
11 FW United States  USA Brad Davis
12 MF United States  USA Mark Chung
13 MF United States  USA Ricardo Clark
14 MF Canada  CAN Dwayne De Rosario
15 FW Venezuela  VEN Alejandro Moreno
16 DF United States  USA Craig Waibel
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF United States  USA Chris Aloisi
18 GK Canada  CAN Pat Onstad
19 DF United States  USA Troy Dayak
20 FW El Salvador  SLV Ronald Cerritos
21 DF United States  USA Tighe Dombrowski
23 MF United States  USA Roger Levesque
24 DF United States  USA Wade Barrett
25 FW United States  USA Brian Ching
26 MF United States  USA Kelly Gray
27 DF United States  USA Danny O'Rourke
29 FW United States  USA Chris Wondolowski
30 GK United States  USA Robby Fulton
32 MF United States  USA Aaron Lanes
33 FW United States  USA Julian Nash
34 DF United States  USA James Twellman

Club

Management

Position Staff
General Manager United States Kate McAllister
Head Coach United States Dominic Kinnear
Assistant Coach United States John Doyle
Goalkeeper Coach New Zealand Tim Hanely
Head trainer United States Bruce Morgan
Equipment manager El Salvador Jose Vega

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

Other information

Owner United States AEG
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Spartan Stadium (26,525 / 71x110 yards)

Source:  San Jose Earthquakes


Competitions

Major League Soccer

Matches

April 2, 2005 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 New England Revolution San Jose, California
Ching 13'
Cerritos 21'
Report Noonan 52'
Twellman 73'
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 8,730
April 16, 2005 Chicago Fire 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes Chicago
own goal 58'
Thiago 91'
Report Moreno 82' Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 12,907
June 25, 2005 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose, California
Moreno 37'
own goal 65'
own goal 68'
Report Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 15,917
July 15, 2005 D.C. United 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes Washington, D.C.
Gómez 25'
Moreno 50'
Gómez 70'
Report Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 13,978
July 23, 2005 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 MetroStars San Jose, California
Chung 33'
De Rosario 53'
Report own goal 32' Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 10,302
September 3, 2005 FC Dallas 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes Dallas, Texas
Report Cerritos 50'
Moreno 53'
Stadium: Cotton Bowl
Attendance: 8,023

MLS Cup Playoffs

October 23, 2005 Conference Semifinal Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes Carson, California
Gómez 13'
Donovan 39'
Donovan 87'
Report Clark 68' Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 17,466
October 29, 2005 Conference Semifinal San Jose Earthquakes 1–1
(2–4 agg.)
Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose, California
Ching 42' Report Grabavoy 1' Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 17,824

U.S. Open Cup

August 3, 2005 Fourth round Portland Timbers Oregon 0–2 California San Jose Earthquakes Portland, Oregon
Report Barrett 27'
Mullan 83'
Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 6,607
August 24, 2005 Quarterfinal San Jose Earthquakes California 1–2 California LA Galaxy San Jose, California
Cerritos 76' Report Gómez 5'
Gómez 31'
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 5,134

Source: [3]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Jose Earthquakes 32 18 4 10 53 31 +22 64 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 FC Dallas 32 13 10 9 52 44 +8 48
3 Colorado Rapids 32 13 13 6 40 37 +3 45
4 Los Angeles Galaxy 32 13 13 6 44 45 −1 45
5 Real Salt Lake 32 5 22 5 30 65 −35 20
6 Chivas USA 32 4 22 6 31 67 −36 18
Source: MLS
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Jose Earthquakes (S) 32 18 4 10 53 31 +22 64
2 New England Revolution 32 17 7 8 55 37 +18 59 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3 D.C. United 32 16 10 6 58 37 +21 54
4 Chicago Fire 32 15 13 4 49 50 −1 49
5 Dallas Burn 32 13 10 9 52 44 +8 48
6 MetroStars 32 12 9 11 53 49 +4 47
7 Colorado Rapids 32 13 13 6 40 37 +3 45
8 Los Angeles Galaxy (C) 32 13 13 6 44 45 −1 45 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
9 Kansas City Wizards 32 11 9 12 52 44 +8 45
10 Columbus Crew 32 11 16 5 34 45 −11 38
11 Real Salt Lake 32 5 22 5 30 65 −35 20
12 Chivas USA 32 4 22 6 31 67 −36 18
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. ^ "Major League Soccer Stats: Team Attendance - 2008". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. ^ http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t110[ permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes Game Results". Retrieved April 8, 2014.

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