So, thanks to my man Dan Loney, I am reminded that Soccer Hall of Fame ballots are due tonight. Last year, I apparently had until early December. Caught me off guard.

Anyway, last year I voted for Jeff Agoos, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Raul Diaz Arce, Marco Etcheverry, Joy Fawcett, Robin Fraser, Pato Margetic, Victor Nogueira, Preki Radosavljevic and Carlos Valderrama.

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The US National Soccer Hall of Fame has come out with their 24 finalists for this years induction into the Hall of Fame. Six former Wizards are on the list this year, as Mike Burns, Chris Henderson, Roy Lassister, Preki, Mike Sorber, and Peter Vermes are all up for induction. Sorber, the Wizards first allocation back in 1996 is in his final year of eligibility before being moved to the veterans ballot along with Thomas Dooley, John Doyle, and Dominic Kinnear. 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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Ramiro Corrales signed a new deal with San Jose that will keep him with the Quakes past the 2010 season. "Ramiro has been an important part of our team the past two seasons and throughout his career," General Manager of Soccer Operations John Doyle said. "He is an extremely versatile player who has filled a number of roles here through the years. Click to continue reading...

I don't have too much going into tonight's Evening Links and Thoughts. I mainly wanted to touch base with the current coaching hot seat situation in Major League Soccer. I don't expect any coaching changes to take place until at least after the regular season finishes here. Something crazy would have to take place for any of these teams below to even think about making a switch with so few games left.

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As we reported earlier, the San Jose Earthquakes have officially announced today that the team has signed Brazilian defender Fabio da Silva. He will be available to play this Saturday, Aug. 22 against the Kansas City Wizards. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Click to continue reading...

Somehow this man still has a job. (Getty Images)

In light of Kansas City dismissing manager Curt Onalfo yesterday evening, I figured it was high time I updated my coaching hot seat look once again. Funny thing was yesterday I was already set to work on this and got caught up in something else, by the time I went back into it last night the news came down about Onalfo.

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Former Jaguares midfielder Andre Luiz Moreira is now a member of the San Jose Earthquakes. "We are excited to add a player of the caliber of Andre Luiz to our roster," said GM John Doyle. "He understands the game well and has great vision. The experience he gained in a number of top leagues around the world, as well as with the Brazilian national team, will be invaluable to our team. Click to continue reading...

When you are in the gutter of your conference you will try anything to get out of it. Give credit to San Jose general manager John Doyle and head coach Frank Yallop for trying here. Today they've made another move in signing Brazilan midfielder Andre Luiz Moreira.

Moreira most recently played for Jaguares de Chiapas FC in the Mexican First Division.

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From the San Jose Earthquakes Front Office, the team announced today that the team has signed Brazilian midfielder Andre Luiz Moreira. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We are excited to add a player of the caliber of Andre Luiz to our roster," said General Manager John Doyle. Click to continue reading...

El Salvador National Team captain Ramon Sanchez is the newest member of the San Jose Earthquakes. The midfielder last played with Alianza in El Salvador's Primera Division. "There have been a number of successful players in Major League Soccer from El Salvador and we think that Ramon has the ability to make an impact here also," said GM John Doyle. Click to continue reading...

From the San Jose Earthquakes Front Office, the team announced today that the team has signed the captain of the El Salvador national team Ramon Sanchez. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. He will be added to the roster pending the arrival of his ITC.
"There have been a number of successful players in Major League Soccer from El Salvador and we think that Ramon has the ability to make an impact here also," said General Manager John Doyle. Click to continue reading...

Canadian international midfielder Antionio Riberio is now a member of the San Jose Earthquakes. Ribeiro joins the club after spending 2008 with the Montreal Impact. "Antonio has a good engine and covers a lot of ground," Quakes GM John Doyle said. "He is a good ball-winner and Frank (Yallop) knows him well so we are happy to bring him to San Jose. Click to continue reading...

From the San Jose Earthquakes Front Office, the team has signed Canadian national team midfielder Antonio Ribeiro. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. He will count as an international on the Earthquakes senior roster.
"Antonio has a good engine and covers a lot of ground," said general manager of soccer operations John Doyle. Click to continue reading...

What to make of our last place teams?
San Jose shipped out Nick Garcia and Cam Weaver in exchange for Chris Wondolowski and their real target, salary cap space. John Doyle, my VERY FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WORLD, wouldn't tell Jeff Carlisle who they were looking at. Understandable, but right now there are way more reasons to go see the Gold Pride than the Earthquakes. Click to continue reading...

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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Frank Yallop's seat is getting awfully warm these days. The no-longer-expansion San Jose Earthquakes continue to stink up the place as they were defeated by the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Wednesday night. The loss runs their record to an abysmal 1-7-2 on the year, worst in the league behind even lowly FC Dallas. Click to continue reading...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Earthquakes announced Tuesday that the team has acquired defender Aaron Pitchkolan from FC Dallas in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2011 SuperDraft.

"We are happy to bring Aaron to San Jose," said Earthquakes general manager of soccer operations John Doyle.

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Defender Aaron Pitchkolan is now a member of the San Jose Earthquakes, as FC Dallas makes roster space for new signing Kyle Davies. In return, Dallas picks up a 2011 SuperDraft pick. "We are happy to bring Aaron to San Jose," Earthquakes general manager of soccer operations John Doyle said. "He is an experienced MLS player who has great versatility. Click to continue reading...

He's apparently had a falling out with John Doyle over how much of a pay cut to take. Click to continue reading...

It seems like Frank Yallop and John Doyle have turned into Trader Joe here this summer. Over the last couple of weeks the club has made a few moves in hopes to push themselves towards a playoff birth (they currently sit seven points out of a spot). Today the club has announced the signing of Spanish [. Click to continue reading...

Is John Doyle the new Mo Johnston?
With all the wheelin' and dealin' the 'Quakes seem to be doing, it would appear so.
BehindTheBadge.com first broke this story earlier this morning. The Honduran left back/mid will come to DC and in exchange San Jose will get a small amount of allocation money. Click to continue reading...

The hot stove is currently in Meltdown Mode this Monday....
According to this article in the Seattle Press-Intelligencer and on Centerline Soccer, Trinidad and Tobago international Scott Sealy will trade his Blue and White Kansas City kit for a Blue and Black San Jose one.
Excerpt from the PI:

"The San Jose Earthquakes acquired Kansas City Wizards forward Scott Sealy in exchange for allocation money, the Major League Soccer teams announced on Monday.

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More fuel to the fire for the Huckerby to MLS rumors courtesy of the San Jose Mercury-News.
Rating: 3 (Possible)
"The Earthquakes haven't given up hopes of snagging Norwich City's Darren Huckerby.
Although Toronto FC has the discovery rights to the English star, Huckerby plans to visit the Quakes' facilities next week. Click to continue reading...

Ian Wright Challenges John Doyle/English FA archives

Fifteen years ago today in Foxboro, MA the US National Team recorded one of its most important pre World Cup 1994 victories with a 2-0 win over England. For me personally as a US Soccer supporter, this was the match that proved to both myself and other die in wool US supporters that we could compete at a high level internationally.

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The San Jose Earthquakes have released their new-ish logo. The differences from the old logo are slight but they are there (new on top, old on bottom of image). The top of the logo has little wings, the Earthquake no longer has a richter line through it and the colors are a little different; other then that, not much has changed.
The other big news out of the new team from San Jose is the hire of John Doyle as General Manager of Soccer Operations. Click to continue reading...