Will San Jose lose one of their players in the expansion draft? (Getty Images)

Today is the final day in our expansion draft coverage/speculation/etc. as we look at three clubs. First up this morning is the San Jose Earthquakes. Later on today I will have Seattle Sounders FC and Toronto FC to round out the lists.

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A pesar de que miles de salvadoreños votaron por el gol de Arturo Alvarez (San Jose Earthquakes) como el mejor del año 2009, no fue el ganador del premio AT&T que otorga todos los años la MLS. El premio fue para Landon Donovan, del Galaxy, por su gol realizado al Revolution.La MLS no ha dado los computos finales, pero el gol del salvadoreño había quedado entre los diez mejores. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Johnson was one of the few bright spots for San Jose in 2009. (Getty Images)

It's hard to decline as a club after being an expansion team in 2008 but the 2009 version of the San Jose Earthquakes did just that. They became the first team to lose more in their second season than in their expansion season.

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Joigaram pelas eliminatórias da Concacaf, na Cidade do México, no estádio Azteca, para um público de 104.000 pessoas, as seleções do México (18º no ranking da FIFA) e El Salvador (82º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copas do Mundo: 07-06-1970 - México 4x0 El Salvador
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo: 8 jogos, 5 vitórias México, 0 empates, 3 vitórias El Salvador, 18 gols México e 8 gols El Salvador
Copa Ouro: 2 vitórias México - 3 gols do México
Amistosos: 15 jogos, 13 vitórias México, 1 empate, 1 vitória El Salvador, 48 gols México, 8 gols El Salvador. Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas, of all teams, are starting to get some major run, first for their improbable run to the brink of a playoff berth (Hey don't laugh. How great would it be to play those guys in the first round?) and the second for hosting a viewing of US v Honduras at Robertson North on Saturday night. Click to continue reading...

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Unless you are a die-hard New York Red Bulls fan or a San Jose Earthquakes fan, chances are you missed their game last Saturday night, which means you probably didn't see Arturo Alvarez draw what wound up being the match-winning penalty converted by Ryan Johnson.

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Unless you are a die-hard New York Red Bulls fan or a San Jose Earthquakes fan, chances are you missed their game last Saturday night, which means you probably didn't see Arturo Alvarez draw what wound up being the match-winning penalty converted by Ryan Johnson.

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The Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dynamo joined the Columbus Crew in the club for MLS playoff qualifiers after posting results in MLS Week 29.

The Galaxy downed the Chicago Fire to secure its first playoff berth in four years, while the Dynamo secured its fourth straight playoff berth with its tie vs.

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The Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dynamo joined the Columbus Crew in the club for MLS playoff qualifiers after posting results in MLS Week 29.

The Galaxy downed the Chicago Fire to secure its first playoff berth in four years, while the Dynamo secured its fourth straight playoff berth with its tie vs.

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Bob Bradley has far too many critics. Some people who believe the US is a big time program and should be led by the likes of Guus Hiddink, just do not get the realities of dysfunctional US Soccer Federation who blew the hiring of Jurgen Klinsmann for the simple fact that they are control freaks and do not take well to any type of criticism.

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The MLS individual awards race is heating up! Even though we shouldn't give this things out until after the playoffs. Remember all those Houston Dynamo players we had on the Best XI last year? And all those DC United players we had the year before that?
Kristian Dyer nominates Schelotto, Thornton, Keller, Joseph, Montero and Donovan as the MVP frontrunners - Landon's his pick at the moment, with which I agree. Click to continue reading...

When the United States takes on El Salvador two hours from now, four faces familiar to MLS fans could take the field. Three players on the roster currently ply their trade in MLS:

• Alfredo Pacheco (New York Red Bulls)
• Arturo Alvarez (San Jose Earthquakes)
• Ramon Sanchez (San Jose Earthquakes)

A fourth, Eliseo Quintanilla played in 27 games for DC United between 2002 and 2003. Click to continue reading...

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Seattle went on the road to DC and captured the US Open Cup! Congratulations to the Sounders! (Even though as a Minnesota Thunder fan it burns my fingers just to type those words.)
LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP
The game for the Cup!
FINAL
Match & Score:
-Wed Sep 2
DC United 1-2 Seattle Sounders FC - DCU goal by Clyde Simms. Click to continue reading...

Ever wonder why some exciting young attacking players in MLS and US Soccer don't seem to be so exciting and don't seem to attack as they demonstrated before being coached out of it? Well now thanks to MLSR contributor, Glenn Davis you need not wonder any longer as we hear from former FC Dallas, San Jose Earthquakes and US National team attacking midfielder Arturo Alvarez why he chose to leave MLS and the USA behind. Click to continue reading...

QUESTION ON MY MIND
How did Arturo Alvarez get FIFA clearance so quickly to change from the USA to El Salvador? And conversely why is it taking so long for the same to happen with Jermaine Jones and Edgar Castillo to the USA?
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Phil Ball is back! Click to continue reading...

The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that forward Cornell Glen and midfielder Simon Elliott were called up for national team duty. Glen is on Trinidad and Tobago's roster for two important World Cup qualifiers, while Elliott will play for New Zealand in a friendly against Jordan. Click to continue reading...

From the San Jose Earthquakes Front Office, midfielders Arturo Alvarez and Ramon Sanchez have been named to the roster for the El Salvador national team for two upcoming World Cup qualifying matches in September. The players will join their national team teammates following the Quakes match this Saturday, Aug. Click to continue reading...

El Salvador national team manager Carlos De Los Cobos has named a 22-man squad for his team's World Cup qualifier against the United States on Sept. 5 in Sandy, Utah.

Eliseo Quintanilla and Alfredo Pacheco lead a squad looking to rebound from a World Cup qualifying loss to Trinidad & Tobago earlier this month.

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El Salvador national team manager Carlos De Los Cobos has named a 22-man squad for his team's World Cup qualifier against the United States on Sept. 5 in Sandy, Utah.

Eliseo Quintanilla and Alfredo Pacheco lead a squad looking to rebound from a World Cup qualifying loss to Trinidad & Tobago earlier this month.

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Once again I'll be looking at the impact of the results:
Trinidad & Tobago vs El Salvador
This is simply put, a must win match for both teams. A lot of people glance at El Salvador's position in the standings and think that they're in the hunt, but a closer look at the schedule suggests otherwise. Click to continue reading...

The same FIFA rule revision that will make it possible for Jermaine Jones and Edgar Castillo to change allegiances to the USMNT also allows midfielder Arturo Alvarez make his own switch in the...

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Another stunted week in Major League Soccer, and another week of surprising results and solid if unspectacular footballing goodness Stateside. The focus was very much on the Eastern Conference as DC, Chicago and Columbus were all in action looking to cement their playoff challenge.
Week 16 kicked off at the altitude of Rio Tinto on Friday. Click to continue reading...

Me quedo con el de Arturo Alvarez, el último. Se necesita mucha técnica para manejar la pelota como lo hizo. Además, definió a lo Romario: con la punta del pie. Notable.
Mención honrosa para el de Conde. Puro huevo para ganar por arriba.
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Not too many goals to bring up this week but there did end up being a couple quality ones. A couple great headers though that could end up winning goal of the week nod from the fans.

Order of video: Alejandro Moreno, Alecko Eskandarian, Wilman Conde, Jeff Cunningham, Kai Kamera, and Arturo Alvarez.

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Se salvó Real Salt Lake al final del partido.
Anotó un golazo -según mi humilde opinión- uno de los mejores jugadores de la liga: Arturo Alvarez.
Espíndola -delantero del Salt Lake- se mueve muy bien. Me parece un jugador interesante, para tener en cuenta. Claro que no puede ser tan estúpido como para hacerse explusar de esa manera (ver el video-resumen). Click to continue reading...

The San Jose Earthquakes scored both goals at Rio Tinto Stadium on Friday night. Arturo Alvarez put the Earthquakes up in the 63rd and Quakes defender Chris Leitch was responsible for the unlikely equalizer in the 91st. RSL lost the most effective part of their offense in the 77th minute when Fabian Espindola was red carded. Click to continue reading...

As found on the Insider, the USSF released the names today for the preliminary Gold Cup roster.

And of course its just the same old names. Why would we expect anything more? It seems that Bradley automatically gives preference to anybody on a team in Europe, regardless of how good that player is, how good that team is, or if that player receives any playing time with that team.

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The deepest position in the U.S. men's national team pool is about to get even deeper.

Schalke 04 midfielder Jermaine Jones has notified the German Football Federation that he intends to change national teams and plans to play for the U.S. national team. Jones is taking advantage of the new FIFA rule that allows players of any age to change national teams if they are eligible for multiple national teams and have yet to play in an official match for either.

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Is this an American thing?

If you can't even win ugly, at least lose cheap.

Maybe it is Win Ugly's uglier cousin.

Here's the back drop:

The San Jose Earthquakes, rebuilding their franchise in their 2nd year back in the MLS, are at the bottom of the table. Out of a dozen games they've lost 7 and only picked up 9 points.

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Not all about the national teams this weekend:
Home teams first
MLS: We have a four-way tie for third in the East. Chicago first, D.C. second, New York way last, everyone else in the middle.
Thursday
D.C. United 2-0 New York: Santino Quaranta and Jaime Moreno with the goals in soggy RFK. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. men's national team's match against Honduras tonight will take up most of the attention of American soccer fans today, but there are still MLS matches taking place and still key battles to be waged across the country.

Chivas USA plays host to Seattle tonight in the best match of the day while the Columbus Crew looks to keep climbing up the East standings with a win against Kansas City.

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The U.S. men's national team's match against Honduras tonight will take up most of the attention of American soccer fans today, but there are still MLS matches taking place and still key battles to be waged across the country.

Chivas USA plays host to Seattle tonight in the best match of the day while the Columbus Crew looks to keep climbing up the East standings with a win against Kansas City.

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UNAM Pumas pulled off a great upset, winning the Mexican Clausura championship, beating Pachuca 3-2 on aggregate. Huge congrats to the Big Cats! Esplendido!
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Bordeaux are French Ligue 1 Champions, ending Lyon's 7 year reign. Magnifique!
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Carlo Ancelotti has left Milan and will become the new head coach at Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Looking back on the action from MLS Week 11, two goals clearly stood above the rest. In Seattle, Nate Jaqua helped Seattle Sounders FC salvage a draw against the visiting Columbus Crew by volleying a lofted pass from Freddie Ljungberg into the back of the net with authority. Several hundred miles down the coast, Arturo Alvarez scored what ended up being the game-winning goal in the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake by curling a wonderful left-footed shot past Nick Rimando and into the upper 90. Click to continue reading...

Post-game press conference with Yallop (on the game, the midfield, and needing a win) and Kreis (on their performance and the supporters, La Barra Real) as well as player interviews from Cornel Glen (on coming back to MLS and chemistry), Robbie Findley (on being among the scoring leaders in MLS, the supporter La Barra Real, and the team), Bobby Convey (on the team and his style of play), Kyle Beckerman (on the game and supporters La Barra Real), Arturo Alvarez (on the team performance and his shot), and Andrew Weber (how he came to MLS and learning under Joe Cannon). Click to continue reading...