| 2009 season | |||
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| Owner | Earthquakes Soccer, LLC | ||
| Coach | Frank Yallop | ||
| Stadium | Buck Shaw Stadium | ||
| Major League Soccer | Conference: 8th Overall: 14th | ||
| MLS Cup | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Did not qualify | ||
| California Clásico | 2nd | ||
| Heritage Cup | 1st | ||
| Top goalscorer | Ryan Johnson (11) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 14,114 [1] | ||
The 2009 San Jose Earthquakes season was the twelfth season of the team's existence, and the second since its revival. The season began with a 1-0 home loss to the New England Revolution on March 21, and ended with a 2-0 loss at the Los Angeles Galaxy on October 24.
As of August 18, 2009. [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Equipment manager | |
| Team Manager | |
Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: San Jose Earthquakes
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| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Buck Shaw Stadium (10,300 / 71x110 yards) |
Source: San Jose Earthquakes
Home | Home Alternate | Away |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Black | Black | Black | |
| Home Alt. | Black | Black | White | MLS, October 10 against Toronto, second half |
| Away | White | Blue | White |
| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLS | — | — | March 21, 2009 |
Updated to match played April 15, 2008
Source: Competitions
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 29 | −15 |
Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Win Tie Loss
| March 21, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–1 | New England Revolution | Santa Clara, California |
| Amarikwa Denton | Report | Dube | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,335 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| March 28, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–2 | Houston Dynamo | Santa Clara, California, United States |
| Johnson Alvarez Weaver Corrales | Report | Cameron Wondolowski Davis Boswell Clark | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,177 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| April 5, 2009 | Kansas City Wizards | 2–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Hohlbein López Gomez | Report | Huckerby Alvarez | Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 6,922 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
| April 11, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–3 | Chicago Fire | Santa Clara, California |
| Leitch Johnson Convey Alvarez Corrales Salinas | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Pappa Segares McBride Robinson Rolfe | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,717 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
| April 18, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Oakland, California |
| Campos Corrales Garcia Amarikwa | Report | Kovalenko Miglioranzi Jordan | Stadium: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Alex Prus |
| April 25, 2009 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Seattle, Washington |
| Alonso Zakuani Evans | Report | Convey Garcia | Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 28,838 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| May 2, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–1 | Chivas USA | Santa Clara, California |
| Report | Stepanovic Braun Marsch Kljestan | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,049 Referee: Alex Prus |
| May 8, 2009 | New York Red Bulls | 4–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Rojas Angel Kandji | Report | Weaver Johnson Pitchkolan Denton Amarikwa | Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 8,042 Referee: Jeff Gontarek |
| May 23, 2009 | Houston Dynamo | 3–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Ching Kamara Waibel Waibel Cameron | Report | Johnson Johnson | Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 12,619 Referee: Alex Prus |
| May 27, 2009 | Columbus Crew | 2–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Columbus, Ohio |
| Gaven Schelotto | Report | Amarikwa Johnson Convey Corrales | Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 8,793 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja |
| May 30, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Santa Clara, California |
| Glen Johnson Alvarez Alvarez Corrales | Report | Beckerman Johnson Morales Findley | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,153 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| June 7, 2009 | FC Dallas | 2–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Frisco, Texas |
| Saragosa Ferreira Moor Cooper | Report | Campos Ricchetti Alvarez | Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Tim Weyland |
| June 13, 2009 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Seattle, Washington |
| 19:30 PST | Ljungberg Evans Montero Montero Ljungberg | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Pitchkolan Corrales Ribeiro Huckerby Wondolowski | Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 28,999 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| June 20, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–1 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Oakland, California |
| Campos Pitchkolan Johnson Johnson Huckerby | Report | Kirovski Kirovski | Stadium: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Attendance: 17,128 Referee: Yader Reyes |
| July 4, 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Sandy, Utah |
| Williams Espindola Leitch | Report | Campos Salinas Alvarez McDonald Hernandez Leitch Cannon | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,478 Referee: Michael Kennedy |
| July 11, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–3 | Toronto FC | Santa Clara, California, United States |
| Huckerby Alvarez | (report) | Barrett Vitti Barrett De Rosario | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,679 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja |
| July 18, 2009 | Chicago Fire | 2–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Soumaré Nyarko Blanco | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Hernandez Wondolowski Zaher | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,228 Referee: Jasen Anno |
| July 25, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2–2 | D.C. United | Santa Clara, California |
| Hernandez Johnson Glen | Report | Gomez Gomez Olsen Wallace | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,022 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| August 2, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 4–0 | Seattle Sounders FC | Santa Clara, California |
| 12:00 PST | Alonso Hernandez Huckerby Glen Huckerby Wondolowski Wondolowski | Report | Ianni Riley Montero | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,919 Referee: Paul Ward |
| August 8, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–3 | Columbus Crew | San Francisco, California |
| Salinas | Report | Lenhart Carroll Moreno Rogers Moffat | Stadium: Candlestick Park Attendance: 61,572 Referee: Jeff Gontarek |
| August 22, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 | Kansas City Wizards | Santa Clara, California |
| Hernandez Alvarez Wondolowski Luiz | Report [ permanent dead link ] | Arnaud Lopez Besler | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,031 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| August 29, 2009 | New England Revolution | 2–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| Ralston Thompson Thompson | Report | Corrales Sanchez Sanchez | Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 7,286 Referee: Alex Prus |
| September 18, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Colorado Rapids | Santa Clara, California |
| Johnson Leitch McDonald | Report | Baudet Casey | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
| September 23, 2009 | Colorado Rapids | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Commerce City, Colorado |
| Casey | Report | Wondolowski Cannon | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 6,234 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| September 27, 2009 | D.C. United | 1–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Washington, D.C. United States |
| Moreno Wallace Pontius | Report | McDonald Sanchez Johnson | Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 14,375 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
| October 3, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 | New York Red Bulls | Santa Clara, California |
| Johnson | Report | Richards | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Steven DePiero |
| October 7, 2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–2 | FC Dallas | Santa Clara, California |
| Convey Ribeiro Amarikwa | Report | Ferreira Cunningham Ihemelu | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
| October 10, 2009 | Toronto FC | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| Attakora Serioux Brennan De Rosario | Report | Amarikwa Glen | Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,571 Referee: Mark Geiger |
| October 17, 2009 | Chivas USA | 2–2 | San Jose Earthquakes | Carson, California |
| Galindo Cuesta Braun Santos | Report | McDonald Johnson | Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,316 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| October 24, 2009 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Carson, California |
| Burling Donovan Gonzalez | Report | Convey Alvarez | Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| April 29, 2009 Qualification semifinals | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–2 | New York Red Bulls | Santa Clara, California |
| Salinas Campos Denton Campos | Report | Petke Sassano Wolyniec Pietravallo | Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 48 | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| 2 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 48 | |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 47 | |
| 4 | Chivas USA | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 40 | |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
| 7 | FC Dallas | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 39 | |
| 8 | San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 30 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbus Crew (S) | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 49 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 48 | |
| 3 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 48 | North American SuperLiga |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 47 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 5 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 45 | North American SuperLiga |
| 6 | Chivas USA | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | |
| 7 | New England Revolution | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 42 | |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake (C) | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 40 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
| 10 | D.C. United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
| 11 | FC Dallas | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 39 | |
| 12 | Toronto FC | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 39 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 13 | Kansas City Wizards | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 33 | |
| 14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 30 | |
| 15 | New York Red Bulls | 30 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 21 |