2015 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes

2015 season

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

Did not qualify

1st (2–0–1)

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

Home colors

Away colors

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2016 →

The 2015 San Jose Earthquakes season is 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 the club's first season playing in Avaya Stadium, their new soccer-specific stadium.

Background

Main article: 2014 San Jose Earthquakes season

Club

Current roster

As of July 6, 2015.^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Bingham, DavidDavid Bingham	United States
3	Defender	Stewart, JordanJordan Stewart	England
4	Midfielder	Wynne, MarvellMarvell Wynne	United States
5	Defender	Bernárdez, VíctorVíctor Bernárdez (Vice-Captain)	Honduras
6	Midfielder	Salinas, SheaShea Salinas	United States
7	Midfielder	Cato, CordellCordell Cato	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Forward	Wondolowski, ChrisChris Wondolowski (DP & Captain)	United States
10	Midfielder	Pérez García, MatíasMatías Pérez García (DP)	Argentina
11	Forward	Emeghara, InnocentInnocent Emeghara (DP)	Switzerland
12	Forward	Sherrod, MarkMark Sherrod	United States
14	Forward	Jahn, AdamAdam Jahn	United States
15	Midfielder	Koval, J. J.J. J. Koval	United States
17	Midfielder	Nyassi, SannaSanna Nyassi	Gambia
19	Forward	Fucito, MikeMike Fucito	United States
20	Defender	Francis, ShaunShaun Francis	Jamaica
21	Defender	Goodson, ClarenceClarence Goodson	United States
22	Forward	Thompson, TommyTommy Thompson (HGP)	United States
23	Midfielder	Barrera, LeandroLeandro Barrera	Argentina
24	Forward	Lenhart, StevenSteven Lenhart	United States
27	Midfielder	Alashe, FataiFatai Alashe	United States
35	Goalkeeper	Meredith, BryanBryan Meredith	United States
38	Defender	Renato, PauloPaulo Renato	Portugal
80	Midfielder	Pierazzi, Jean-BaptisteJean-Baptiste Pierazzi	France

Non-competitive

Arizona friendlies

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

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

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

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

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2015 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Western Conference Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	LA Galaxy	34	14	11	9	56	46	+10	51	Knockout round
6	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	11	9	48	45	+3	51	Knockout round
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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Overall Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

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CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure
- Four US-based teams qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League:
  1. The winner of the MLS Cup 2015 (Portland Timbers);
  2. The winner of the Supporters' Shield (New York Red Bulls);
  3. The regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield (FC Dallas);
  4. The winner of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City)
  Each qualifier is placed in Pot 3, along with the four qualifiers from Mexico.
  One Canada-based team qualifies for the Champions League (NOTE: Canadian teams cannot qualify through MLS):
  1. The winner of the 2015 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps)
  They are placed in Pot 2 along with two qualifiers each from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Honduras, and one qualifier each from Panama.

Results

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	The Bronx, 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'	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	Amarikwa 13' Bernárdez 26' García 67' Pelosi 71' Goodson 74'	Report	Díaz 38', 67' Ulloa 79'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,937 Referee: Armando Villarreal

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

San Jose will enter the 2015 Lamar Hunt 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

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

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

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

↑ "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.

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