The Quakes had 3 picks in the 2012 SuperDraft. In their first pick they selected a Generation Adidas forward from UC Santa Barbara, Sam Garza (seen above), with the No. 6 overall pick. The team picked up Jacob Hustedt, midfielder, from the University of Washington with the 25th pick (6th in round 2) and Chris Blais, goalkeeper, from the University of South Florida with the 33rd pick (14th in round 2).

Not so long a go, Ellis Short offered Steve Bruce a four year contract to help quieten the murmurings in the media of Bruce's strong contention for the England management job. This was despite the fact that Bruce had seemingly only had modest achievements in his twelve year managerial career, with the only tangible success's being two promotions from the championship with Birmingham City (sandwiched between relegation).

Well, the Quakes' 11 game winless streak continued after last night's 2-0 loss to the Galaxy. The Quakes have now not won in the last 12 games, since their 4-2 win against DC United on June 24. Los Angeles' newest signing, Robbie Keane, opened the scoring in the 21st minute and Mike Magee, who stymied the Quakes in July while in goal, put the nail in the coffin in the 90th minute.

You may not be able to see David Bingham's face in that picture, but I'm sure his smile is as big as Jason Hernandez'. It's been a while since I've posted, sorry for that. In the meantime the Quakes held Philadelphia to a 0-0 draw on Saturday night, defeated the English Premier League's West Bromwich Albion in a friendly on Tuesday, and today there was some trading going on that resulted in 3 new players joining the Quakes.

There's a great Japanese movie I watched several times in the dorms in college. It was simply called Ping Pong and it was about Ping Pong (surprise!). It was the first time I had ever heard the word skunk used as a verb, and it meant when your opponent completely dominates you in a shutout or lopsided victory.

While Palo Alto and Stanford Stadium hosted an impressive 4th of July fireworks show, albeit on July 2nd, the match itself also had its share of fireworks. The Quakes came off as a bit more feisty and had the majority of fouls on the night, resulting in Bobby Burling picking up 2 yellows and being forced out of the game.

Brandon McDonald has been traded to DC United for an undisclosed amount of allocation money. The 25 year old central defender joined the Quakes in 2009 after being drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy. Over 2 and a half season with the Quakes McDonald played in 58 matches, scored 3 goals and had 3 assists.

Frank Yallop called for a players only meeting Monday at 9 am. Yallop was thoroughly disgusted with the way the team played in last Saturday's 2-1 loss to Chivas USA. In a game Yallop described as a must-win, he felt the team played poorly and without fire. Yallop also hinted at some drastic roster changes for this Saturday's match against Philadelphia, "There might be a few [new] guys starting.

Yesterday, March 3, the Earthquakes began the 12 week process of demolishing the old FMC building near the San Jose Norman Y. Mineta Airport that will become the site of the future stadium. To commemorate the occasion there was a little ceremony with members of the organization and city taking part.

360 Architecture is the company that has worked on these proposed stadium designs for the new Earthquakes stadium. Movement on the stadium has been slow due to lack of a naming sponsor and the downturn in the real estate market. Originally the city of San Jose wanted the stadium to sit on a site with a zoning code of Mixed Use.

The Quakes leave today for 10 days of training and 3 exhibition games at Tottenham's training grounds, Spurs Lodge, in London. The Quakes trained in London with Tottenham during preseason last year and both coaches and players stated that the time spent training and bonding in London helped them make the playoffs in 2010.

The guys practice a little keep away. From right to left: Corrales, Lenhart, Convey, Johnson, Leitch (I think), Jasseh, McDonald, Ward, Ampaipitakwong

The Winter transfer period is open and the Quakes are still adding some players to their roster. Recently the Quakes have added a midfielder and a new goalie.

I heard the news on Friday & could not believe it, REAL MADRID wanted to recoup RUUD VAN NISTELROOY as their Number Nine for the rest of the season & thus be the substitute for Higuain. I frankly did not have words or even motives to figure out this "surreal" manoeuvre from Real Madrid. Today with some days of wondering I do have some personal comments that can only explain this comedy as very