Coach Frank Yallop MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals | Stadium Buck Shaw Stadium U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals | |
Owner Earthquakes Soccer, LLC Major League Soccer Conference: 1st
Overall: 1st | ||
The 2012 San Jose Earthquakes season is the club's 15th year of existence, as well as its 15th season in Major League Soccer and its fifth consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer. Including all previous franchises, this is the 30th year with a soccer club in the San Jose area sporting the name "Earthquakes".
Contents
Squad
As of September 14, 2012.
Reserve
This list shows players who have played for the team in official 2011 MLS Reserve Division games, but are not part of the senior roster.
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.
Other information
Source: San Jose Earthquakes
Regular Season
League table
Conference
Updated to matches played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:
Overall
Updated to matches played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:
1The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League (placed in Pot A). The other U.S. representatives in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League are:
2Toronto FC qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2012 Canadian Championship.
Results by Round
Last updated: September 2, 2012
Source: MLSSoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Last updated: September 23, 2012.
Source: MLS Results & League table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Results
Allocation ranking
San Jose is in the #6 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club’s ranking.
International roster slots
San Jose has 7 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots. San Jose traded one slot to Toronto in July 2011 and acquired one slot from Sporting Kansas City in December 2011. Each of these trades expire on January 1, 2013. Also, San Jose had previously traded a slot to Toronto in July 2008 that returns on January 1, 2014.
Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: None.
Future picks traded: 2013 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to New York Red Bulls.
MLS Rights to Other Players
San Jose maintains the MLS rights to Clarence Goodson after he declined a contract offer by the league and signed overseas with no transfer fee received. San Jose acquired Goodson's rights by drafting him in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft.