Articles tagged with "mcafee coliseum"
About that not-goal
By Melissa | April 13th, 2008“I’m definitely not going to be logging on to any blogs anytime soon, so please be nice — I’m sorry I missed,” said Salinas half-joking. “I really do feel bad. I feel like I cost the team a point, and I won’t miss again.” -- Center Li ...
Wow we lost but that was so much fun
By Melissa | April 12th, 2008I'm not entirely sure how many hours we wound up tailgating on that effin pavement in the effin parking lot. Whatever. Pictures should be coming soon. I'm still a bit drunk so here's the game analysis I can pull out of my drunk ass right now: Sh ...
San Jose v Chicago Preview
By Melissa | April 11th, 2008Here's my attempt at a proper and thorough preview of Saturday's game. After last week's fiasco, we will – uh, not necessarily win this one, but we will certainly perform better if A) our central defenders and "the David Beckham of San Jose" colle ...
Fingers Crossed
By Melissa | April 10th, 2008I'm supposed to call Ricky's later today and ask Ricky if his bar will show Saturday's MLS games. Wish me luck. Are you a morning person? Well you are in luck. Saturday's itinerary begins at 10:30am right when the Coliseum gates open. I think ...
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 ( ...
Beuler? Beuler?
By Melissa | January 30th, 2008So far, not a peep from our team this week. Oh well. Here's some news to tide us over: * Camp starts Feb 4th at the 49ers practice facility in Santa Clara. No official word whether its open to the public (but it probably is). * And the pre-season
Its raining soccer
By Melissa | January 25th, 2008Well, it certainly has been raining. Not only do Bay Area fans get to look forward to a few pre-season Quakes games, but our FO helped organize a friendly between Mexico's and Australia's Olympic squads for Sunday March 2 at 2pm in Oakland. Tickets for
Who knew? There is new news!
By Melissa | January 23rd, 2008The dates for the pre-season games against Houston are set. The first match is Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30 p.m. at PAL Stadium in San Jose and the second is Saturday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m. at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. Tickets to the San Jose
Buck Shaw too ugly for national television, Joe Cannon debate continues
By Melissa | January 8th, 2008According to Steve Davis at ESPNsoccernet, among the many scheduling conflicts that make up our convoluted MLS season (those pesky international dates, non-MLS tournaments, and having to share the stadiums with other sports teams) is the new problem that
You can't spell mullets without MLS
By Melissa | December 30th, 2007Ok seriously, I can't take credit for the awesome title. I nicked it off a comment over at Sacha Kljestan's myspace page. Anyhooo, I've spent the last two weeks in bed with the flu from hell followed by a trip to Southern California where my family spen
Boys reinstated, Shaw retrofits won't be ready, Scoobies set up their out of office replies
By Melissa | December 13th, 2007The controversy is (almost) over! A story over at Inside Bay Area reports that the High School students benched by the California Interscholastic Federation after attending the Quakes' tryout tour and supposedly putting their amateur status in danger, we
Home Opener is Chicago
By Melissa | December 12th, 2007Its big news day down in Quakes-land and I'm still in the process of digesting it. I'll start off with the stop the presses report: the home opener is against The Fire on April 12th in Oakland. Now if I understand how season tickets work, the Oakland ga
Cheers and Jeers
By Melissa | December 4th, 2007Cheers to the news that the very first reincarnated Earthquakes match is at home against New York on March 29th. And by at home, Ives' assumption here is The Shaw but I'm with the few internet pundits who think this game will wind up in Oakland. I belie
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