Articles tagged with "management"
We may be in the cellar but we are going to make the most of it
By Melissa | May 13th, 2008If you watched Saturday's game, you know there were a lot of corner kicks. There were so many corner kicks, our little section wondered if the Quakes were in the process of breaking a new record. Well whaddya know, we did! The Earthquakes and Co ...
Essay time
By Melissa | May 7th, 2008I keep forgetting to mention on this here blog that I went ahead and started the Women's Professional Soccer blog a few days ago. I'm secretly hoping I can grow it to look like the MLS page here – with individual blogs for each team. So please st ...
What did I miss?
By Melissa | April 28th, 2008Turns out, I missed quite a lot. We lost our mojo against NY, but lucky for us, the next game is home (good). Unfortunately it's against a team on a bit of a tear right now (bad). Jeff Carlisle says our midfield is starting to gel and no doubt th ...
GC Camolese Feels Aldo’s Wrath, Nando Orsi’s Back.
By Marco | April 28th, 2008Fernando Orsi returns to the exact same situation that saw him lose his job earlier this season; a last placed Livorno Squad. The Burgundy Boys had a nice stretch under GC Camolese ; Picking up 2 points against Roma and 3 against Milan. Not t ...
Work in progress
By Melissa | April 14th, 2008If you look closely at that picture, you can see I am holding a beer in one hand and a mimosa in the other. And yes, I drank both of them at the same time. The idea to start the San Jose The Offside blog came about after last year's LA Galaxy/Ho ...
I will prevail
By Melissa | April 9th, 2008Sometimes when I'm really f*cking bored and drunk (which is often), I go on Priceline and offer $1 for fancy ass hotels and sh*t. One day, a hotel is going to accept! -- Michael K at Dlisted After days of searching an ...
Hmmmmmmmm
By Melissa | April 7th, 2008I know lots and lots of people are really excited about Saturday's pre-game events so I'm going to keep the snark to a minimum. Here's what we get to look forward to (besides the footie): * A special Earthquakes video on the stadium big screen ( ...
Is the rivalry dead?
By Melissa | April 4th, 2008Ok, I really need to get off the internet. Especially since my co-worker plans to quit in the middle of a “restructuring the department” meeting that I think is going on right now. Was it me or did you get the sense that there was zero passio ...
Doyle just signed our Designated Player!
By Melissa | April 1st, 2008And JUST IN TIME for our first MLS game on Thursday! All I gotta say is, I'm speechless! Just click here for the interview! ...
Its finally starting to sink in here in the Yay
By Melissa | April 1st, 2008How silly of me NOT to give a shout out to the LOLmls thread on bigsoccer. Game time is only a few days away and instead of feeling the usual forlorn, longing, sadness, dread, etc etc etc... Bay Area residents get to read sh*t like injury reports! ...
Is “our little expansion team” a good nickname or bad?
By Melissa | March 26th, 2008I know the season is upon us because Luis Bueno created a new “2008 rankings” tag on the Sideline Views blog and posted his first list. San Jose is dead last. But, Bueno added the quip: “Only one way to go.” Double true. There are a handf ...
I wasn't serious about the chicken of the sea thing
By Melissa | March 25th, 2008A friend of mine has a roommate who is currently trying to decide which law school to attend. He apparently got accepted to a few places but is dead set on NYU because after he spoke to a graduate at some event, she informed him she lived in Pacific Heig
Coffee with Doyle?
By Melissa | March 22nd, 2008I think many of us got a pretty interesting email in our Inboxes yesterday. Turns out, Soccer Silicon Valley has a new incentive plan for members to recommend new season ticket buyers. If we hit certain marks, we get a few gifts that I have to say are v
Bureaucratic nightmare
By Melissa | March 21st, 2008Many years ago, I told my co-workers I was only going to work in a paperless office. From that moment on, I would keep zero paper copies of everything but anything I needed I would only make available electronically. And every year, right before tax tim
If you listen closely, you can hear the emo girls cry
By Melissa | March 18th, 2008Here are your Tuesday Earthquakes odds & ends to get you through the day. * Last night, I had a fit of inspiration and wrote up my season preview for the club. Go check it out. I'm really happy with it. * Jamil Walker is in training camp with
Wanted: Offense, Reward: Happy Fans
By Melissa | March 17th, 2008I've got to spend a little bit of time this week writing a MLS season preview for San Jose but it shouldn't be too terribly hard because the club is still plagued by the same issues that smacked it in the face after November's Expansion Draft: i.e. a som
Jerseys now available at MLSgear
By Melissa | March 17th, 2008The home and away official replica jerseys are for sale over at MLSgear. I'm posting a pic of the away kit because I think it looks the best. A mean $64.99 plus whatever extra fees will put one of these into your hott little hands - hopefully in time fo
Happy Pi day
By Melissa | March 14th, 2008Honestly, there isn't enough news to justify a post today but its Pi day (3.14 y'all!) and I'm a geek so that's my excuse. Here's today's update: * The Quakes officially hired former New Zealand international, Jason Batty, as their goalkeeper coach.
I will kick your prom king ass
By Melissa | March 13th, 2008Here are Thursday's Earthquakes Odds & Ends to get you through the day: * According to the economic impact summary for the proposed SSS (and my fandom certainly DOES NOT extend to reading that thing) the new stadium will include a concert stage. P
35th most powerful blog? Really?
By Melissa | March 12th, 2008Wow, congrats to us. And with that in mind, its time to finally get down to business and focus on poignant, serious, and informative posts about the subject manner at hand. So lets begin: * On May 6th, the Quakes will play Stanford University. * T
Um... ew
By Melissa | March 11th, 2008Readers, I'd like for you to take a long hard look at the picture to the left and for f*cks sake, please tell me how anyone could possibly find that food item appealing. And, no, I cannot imagine a person with “the munchies” even remotely craving th
My mind was just officially blown
By Melissa | March 9th, 2008Daylight what? I have no idea what time it is. Anyhoo, over at bigsoccer, a user named Roblar went ahead and posted the most amazing update on the current state of the Earthquakes roster that I have no other option than to post this person's post so her
Can we get the names on the jerseys already?
By Melissa | March 8th, 2008Friday afternoon, the Quakes beat UC Berkeley 3-0 with all the goals scored by the reserves squad during the second half. I can't find an official game report so its almost as if the thing never took place. Well, I was there and I swear it really happen
Roberto Mina?
By Melissa | March 7th, 2008Goff reports Dallas wants to trade him and we may be interested. He's out of contract so we'd be trading for his MLS rights and immediately negotiating again. On top of that, he's apparently already got an offer waiting for him in Argentina and, as far
What's next for the Scoobies
By Melissa | March 5th, 2008Ok, so the metaphor is back. I can't help but think of it every time I discuss our coaching staff... so it stays. I'm also a fan of associating our guys with this. My thinking here has everything to do with comparing San Jose to Los Angeles and nothing
Leetle things
By Melissa | March 4th, 2008All is seemingly quiet today. Kelly Gray got waived and I guess we didn't pick him up? I am of the opinion we don't need him but I'm still a bit sad we didn't just grab him anyways. I don't know if he'll wind up with another team or just focus on his o
Did the Quakes woo-ed any fans yesterday?
By Melissa | March 3rd, 2008I think my favorite part about yesterday's game was an incident at the Coliseum bart station. It was packed with fans and subsequently loong lines to buy bart tickets. One extremely out of place looking guy was in line and on the phone. When I walked p
I love lamp
By Melissa | March 3rd, 2008I spent much of this past weekend on a huge project for work. At one point, we got stuck troubleshooting precious precious IChat behind the company's brand spanking new firewall. Frustrations grew very quickly but when my co-worker randomly announced
A Couple of Quakes Questions
By Melissa | February 29th, 2008I've been unable to shake this head cold for over a week now so I'm lying in bed, catching up on the internets, and pondering two somewhat interesting Quakes-related articles. Firstoff, Luis Bueno notes that our Management is eager to offload draft pic
News News News
By Melissa | February 29th, 2008Federico Arias didn't work out and is no longer training with the Quakes. Doyle is looking for “the right forward if we need one at all” which means folks like Smarte are still in the running (yay). Doyle on the DP slot: "We're looking to find o
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