2012 San Jose Earthquakes season

San Jose Earthquakes
2012 season
Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Coach	Frank Yallop
Stadium	Buck Shaw Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 1st; Overall: 1st
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
California Clásico	1st (2–0–1)
Heritage Cup	1st (2–0–0)
Timbers Tournament	1st (1–0–2)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Chris Wondolowski (27); All: ; Chris Wondolowski (32)
Highest home attendance	50,391 v Los Angeles Galaxy (June 30, 2012)
Lowest home attendance	8,734 v D.C. United (May 2, 2012)
Average home league attendance	13,293
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OwnerEarthquakes Soccer, LLC

CoachFrank Yallop

StadiumBuck Shaw Stadium

Major League SoccerConference: 1st
Overall: 1st

The 2012 San Jose Earthquakes season was 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".

The Quakes finished first in the league table with 66 points (19W-6L-10D), the highest total in club history. The Supporters' Shield won as a result is the only trophy won by the reactivated Earthquakes franchise to date.

Chris Wondolowski cemented his reputation as a major scorer in the league during this season, matching Roy Lassiter's 27 goals originally set in 1996 during this season. Wondolowski won MLS MVP for his efforts. The club altogether amassed 72 goals, a team record.

The Quakes' MLS season ended with an upset loss to their heated rivals LA Galaxy in the playoffs, which they entered in the conference semifinals off a bye. They also fell in the quarterfinal of the U.S. Open Cup.

No.	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	David Bingham (GA)
2	MF	USA	Jacob Hustedt
4	MF	USA	Sam Cronin
5	MF	USA	Brad Ring
6	MF	USA	Shea Salinas
7	MF	JAM	Khari Stephenson
8	FW	USA	Chris Wondolowski (Vice-Captain)
9	FW	TUR	Sercan Güvenışık
10	FW	ENG	Simon Dawkins (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
11	MF	MAR	Mehdi Ballouchy
12	MF	USA	Ramiro Corrales (Captain)
13	GK	USA	Evan Newton
14	MF	HAI	Jean Alexandre
15	DF	USA	Justin Morrow
16	FW	USA	Alan Gordon
17	MF	USA	Joey Gjertsen
18	GK	USA	Jon Busch
19	FW	USA	Sam Garza (GA)
20	DF	USA	Tim Ward
21	DF	USA	Jason Hernandez
24	FW	USA	Steven Lenhart
26	DF	HON	Víctor Bernárdez
27	FW	PER	Cesar Diaz Pizarro
28	DF	USA	Jed Zayner
30	MF	MEX	Rafael Baca
33	DF	USA	Steven Beitashour
55	DF	USA	Ike Opara (GA)
81	MF	HON	Marvin Chávez
—	FW	USA	Marcus Tracy

Position	Staff
General Manager	USA John Doyle
Head Coach	CAN Frank Yallop
Assistant Coach	USA Ian Russell
Assistant Coach	CAN Mark Watson
Goalkeeper Coach	NZL Jason Batty
Athletic Trainer	USA Bruce Morgan
Equipment Manager	SLV Jose Vega
Team Administrators	USA Dustin Cleaver, Sean Mearns
Team Doctor	USA Dr. Michael Oberlander

February 1, 2012	FC Tucson	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Tucson, Arizona
10:00 AM PST	Dragic 75'	Report	Baca 38'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: (USA)

February 4, 2012	San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
10:00 AM PST	Wondolowski 3'	Report	Kamara 4' Warzycha 80'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Referee: (USA)

February 10, 2012	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Colorado Rapids	San Luis Obispo, California
6:00 PM PST	Stephenson 32' Cronin 35' Wondolowski 69'	Report	Castrillón 13' Zapata 36'	Stadium: Alex G. Spanos Stadium Attendance: 2,422 Referee: (USA)

2012 San Jose Earthquakes season

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Loans in

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Friendlies

Timbers Tournament

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Major League Soccer

Regular season

League table

Conference

Overall

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Results

MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

International roster slots

Future draft pick trades

MLS Rights to Other Players

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Owner	Earthquakes Soccer, LLC
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Buck Shaw Stadium (10,525 / 74x115 yards)

February 14, 2012	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Houston Dynamo	Oxnard, California
10:00 AM PST	Wondolowski 30' Ampaipitakwong 78'	Report	Kandji 5' Bruin 51'	Stadium: Oxnard College Referee: (USA)

February 18, 2012	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Chicago Fire	Oxnard, California
9:30 AM PST	Lenhart 3' Ring 38'	Report		Stadium: Oxnard College Referee: Kevin Stott

July 31, 2012 Friendly	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	Swansea City A.F.C.	Santa Clara, California
7:00 PM PDT	Lenhart 80' Lenhart 85' Lenhart 90'	Report	Graham 41' Chico Flores 52' Chico 60' Orlandi 89'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,239

September 6, 2012 Friendly	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	San Luis F.C.	Santa Clara, California
7:30 PM PDT	Lenhart 32' Stephenson 38' Stewart 68' Cronin 77' Wondolowski 92'	Report	Velasco 30' Villaluz 39'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 4,234

February 27, 2012	Portland Timbers	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM PST	Alhassan 15' Mosquera 70'	Report	Corrales 35' Mosquera 59' (o.g.) Beitashour 71'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 16,118 Referee: Drew Fisher

March 1, 2012	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	AIK	Portland, Oregon
5:00 PM PST	Zayner 60'	Report	Backman 44' Jobarteh 80'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Referee: (USA)

March 4, 2012	C.D. Chivas USA	0–5	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, Oregon
2:30 PM PST	Pearce 11'	Report	Wondolowski 27' Beitashour 31' Morrow 52' Chávez 58' Moreno 80' Güvenisik 84' Garza 88'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Referee: (USA)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jose Earthquakes	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
3	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
4	LA Galaxy	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43	MLS Cup Knockout Round
6	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
7	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
8	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
9	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jose Earthquakes (S)	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15	63	CONCACAF Champions League
3	D.C. United	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58
4	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11	57
5	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
6	Chicago Fire	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5	57
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
8	LA Galaxy (C)	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7	53	CONCACAF Champions League
10	Columbus Crew	34	15	12	7	44	44	0	52
11	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43
12	Montreal Impact	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42	CONCACAF Champions League
13	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
14	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
15	Philadelphia Union	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8	36
16	New England Revolution	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35
17	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
18	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30
19	Toronto FC	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	23

March 17, 2012 Round 2	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	Houston Dynamo	San Francisco, CA
2:00 PM PDT	Lenhart 50'	Report	Davis 14' (pen.) Taylor 53' Cameron 63' Hainault 83'	Stadium: AT&T Park Attendance: 21,816 Referee: Chris Penso

April 28, 2012 Round 8	Philadelphia Union	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Chester, Pennsylvania
4:00 PM PDT	Gómez 83'	Report	Lenhart 76' Lenhart 93'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,581 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 23, 2012 Round 13	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–3	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
7:30 PM PDT	Jiménez 3' Gaul 55' Jiménez 59' Magee 73' Beckham 81'	Report	Lenhart 47' Lenhart 76' Stephenson 82' (pen.) Gordon 94' Gordon 95'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,512 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	66	19	6	9	72	43	+29	10	1	6	43	22	+21	9	5	3	29	21	+8

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	T	W	W	W	L	T	T	W	L	W	W	W	L	T	W	W	L	T	W	L	W	W	W	T	W	T	W	T	T

March 10, 2012 Round 1	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	New England Revolution	Santa Clara, California
7:30 PM PST	Wondolowski 16' Baca 20' Lenhart 41'	Report	Lozano 59'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Jorge González

March 24, 2012 Round 3	Toronto FC	0–3	San Jose Earthquakes	Toronto, ON
10:00 AM PDT		Report	Wondolowski 9' Corrales 36' Beitashour 51' Salinas 56' Wondolowski 67'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,070 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

March 31, 2012 Round 4	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle, WA
7:00 PM PDT	Alonso 6' Sivebæk 47' Scott 79'	Report	Wondolowski 24' (pen.) Baca 64' Lenhart 64' Gordon 81'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,301 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

April 7, 2012 Round 5	San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Santa Clara, California
4:00 PM PDT	Wondolowski 68' Gordon 72' Wondolowski 78' Corrales 92'	Report	Davidson 11' Bonjour 37' Lee 47' Le Toux 49'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Ramón Hernández

April 14, 2012 Round 6	New York Red Bulls	2–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Harrison, New Jersey
4:00 PM PDT	Cooper 5' McCarty 22' Richards 47' Márquez 86'	Report	Baca 15' Salinas 25' Wondolowski 35' Chávez 52'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 17,114 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

April 21, 2012 Round 7	San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	Real Salt Lake	Santa Clara, California
7:30 PM PDT	Moreno 22' Dawkins 44' Stephenson 47' Lenhart 68' Dawkins 92' Wondolowski 93'	Report	Espíndola 29' Beckerman 42' Morales 47' Beckerman 53' Saborío 60' Olave 69'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,202 Referee: Elias Bazakos

May 2, 2012 Round 9	San Jose Earthquakes	5–3	D.C. United	Santa Clara, California
7:30 PM PDT	Lenhart 19' Wondolowski 21' Morrow 31' Dawkins 59' Wondolowski 69' Lenhart 74'	Report	De Rosario 8' Cruz 12' Woolard 64' Najar 78' Salihi 88'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 8,734 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 5, 2012 Round 10	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver, BC
4:00 PM PDT	Koffie 40' Davidson 92' Hassli 94'	Report	Wondolowski 15' Cronin 52' Chávez 54' Beitashour 54'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,271 Referee: Chris Penso

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	66	19	6	9	72	43	+29	10	1	6	43	22	+21	9	5	3	29	21	+8

May 13, 2012 Round 11	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	C.D. Chivas USA	Santa Clara, California
4:00 PM PDT	Stephenson 39' Corrales 56' Gordon 88' Garza 91'	Report	Correa 4' LaBrocca 36' Riley 74'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,619 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

May 19, 2012 Round 12	San Jose Earthquakes	1–1	Columbus Crew	Santa Clara, California
7:30 PM PDT	Lenhart 35' Gordon 66' Gordon 90' Corrales 94'	Report	Meram 47' Tchani 91'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,256 Referee: Juan Guzman

May 27, 2012 Round 14	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Kansas City, Kansas
1:30 PM PDT	Sapong 5' Espinoza 29' Kamara 39' Olum 79' Nielson 90'	Report	Gordon 45' Hernandez 61' Dawkins 72'	Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 19,974 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

June 20, 2012 Round 15	Colorado Rapids	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Commerce City, Colorado
6:30 PM PDT	Mullan 18' Zapata 54' Moor 91'	Report	Chávez 28' Beitashour 31' Bernárdez 47' Freeman 83' (o.g.) Wondolowski 92' (pen.)	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 13,080 Referee: Sorin Stoica

June 23, 2012 Round 16	Real Salt Lake	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Sandy, Utah
6:00 PM PDT	Beckerman 46' Morales 79' Espíndola 90'	Report	Stephenson 41' Gordon 75' Wondolowski 84'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,050 Referee: Jair Marrufo

June 30, 2012 Round 17	San Jose Earthquakes	4–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Stanford, California
7:00 PM PDT	Lenhart 7' Corrales 27' Bernárdez 44' Cronin 47' Lenhart 47' Bernárdez 51' Wondolowski 61'	Report	Juninho 24' Beckham 31' Hernandez 36' (o.g.) Donovan 41' Lopes 86' Beckham 93'	Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 50,391 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

July 3, 2012 Round 18	Portland Timbers	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM PDT	Mwanga 29' Jewsbury 59' Zizzo 79'	Report	Gordon 74' Wondolowski 77'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

July 7, 2012 Round 19	FC Dallas	0–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Frisco, Texas
6:00 PM PDT		Report	Baca 21' Corrales 77' Corrales 80'	Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Ismail Elfath

July 14, 2012 Round 20	San Jose Earthquakes	5–0	Real Salt Lake	Santa Clara, California
7:30 PM PDT	Wondolowski 18' Chávez 26' Morrow 59' Gordon 63' Wondolowski 72' Dawkins 79' Wondolowski 80'	Report	Watson-Siriboe 16' Olave 44' Beckerman 57' Espíndola 59' Mansally 62' Steele 68'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,744 Referee: Allen Chapman