The 2008 season opener for the San Jose Earthquakes is on Thursday, where they will play against David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy. The new look Quakes are an expansion team this year, with the old team moving to Houston and forming the Houston Dynamo.
Even as a new expansion team with a completely new roster, they are not ranked the weakest team in Major League Soccer. Out of the 14 teams in MLS, the Quakes are ranked 11th by Yahoo! sports. Cheers for not being the suckiest team in the league, unlike those awful San Francisco Giants.
A lot of those expectations and high ceiling potential for the team comes from its head coach, Frank Yallop. Yallop was the coach of the Quakes when the team won the MLS championships in 2001 and 2003. Everyone is hoping for repeat success. Of course, the 2001 team had Landon Donovan on the roster, which might have had something to do with it.
The Quakes will visit the Los Angeles Galaxy this Thursday at 7:30 pm PST. This game will be shown on ESPN2. The Galaxy lost really bad in its first game of the season to the Colorado Rapids, so maybe the Quakes will be able to take advantage of the Galaxy's lowered confidence level.
RE: San Jose Quakes 2008 Season Opener
The Quakes looked like a JV squad playing against the Galaxy. The ESPN2 announcers contributed mightily to making the game unwatchable. They were on Beckham's nuts all night long.
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