Articles tagged with "wishful-thinking"
What?!?! No Game?!?!?!
By Melissa | September 18th, 2008Many thanks to Ian for his recent Playoff Pulse update as well as his suggestions for things to do this weekend because the away game ...
Every Time a Person Stops Writing About the San Jose Earthquakes, God Kills a Kitten
By Melissa | September 10th, 2008I'm pretty sure the Earthquakes PR department does not read this blog but it is a weird coincidence that I wrote this little bit of ...
My Quakes Hall Of Fame - Front Office
By Sean | August 10th, 2008Been tossing this idea around for a while now, figured I would flesh it out a little bit here. Note: this is MLS only. Today's ...
Uh, Where Did the Bloggers Go?
By Melissa | July 10th, 2008Hello Sean & Ian? You still around? Seriously guys, don't punk out on The Offside. I even sent Sean a Facebook message ...
Help Wanted
By Melissa | May 27th, 2008That little thing I like to call LIFE is getting kind of hectic up in hurr and I think it's time for me to actively ...
The campaign begins NOW
By Melissa | May 26th, 2008I'm jumping on the campaigning bandwagon here at the San Jose Offside. Perhaps inspired by the Democratic nomination campaigns and Oakland's upcoming city council ...
For your consideration...
By Melissa | May 23rd, 2008Kei Kamara's goal! It's time to win the Sierra Mist (whoosh) Goal of the Week. Ok, so wordpress got updated last night and ...
An open letter to Nate Jaqua
By Melissa | May 16th, 2008The Goal Seattle blog reports that you got out of your contract at SCR Altach and you are now back in Oregon, sitting on your ...
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 ...
Caltrain sucks ass
By Melissa | April 14th, 2008I got this email in my Inbox on Saturday: Thank you for your request for post-game train accommodations after the San Jose Earthquakes' games in Santa ...
Need a bar in the East Bay with Direct Kick
By Melissa | April 9th, 2008So now's the time for a healthy dose of positive affirmations brought to you by the good folks at The Offsides. I've got ...
Learn to speak hip
By Melissa | April 7th, 2008Everybody around here is waiting impatiently for the deets on Saturday's tailgates (myself included). On the news front, Embele Awipi has an interview ...
Quakes coverage! Lots and lots of Quakes coverage!
By Melissa | April 2nd, 2008This is great. Now I can just point to all the extremely smart and thorough news articles out there and spend the rest ...
Tell Caltrains whats up
By Melissa | March 27th, 2008If you are unfamiliar with the area around Buck Shaw stadium, let me tell you right now that parking is a bitch and on game-day, ...
I wasn't serious about the chicken of the sea thing
By Melissa | March 24th, 2008A friend of mine has a roommate who is currently trying to decide which law school to attend. He apparently got accepted to a ...
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 ...
Jerseys now available at MLSgear
By Melissa | March 16th, 2008The home and away official replica jerseys are for sale over at MLSgear. I'm posting a pic of the away kit because I ...
I'm an idiot (with an UPDATE)
By Melissa | March 11th, 2008The USL site is streaming the Quakes v Toronto Carolina Cup game at 3pm on Saturday. They've moved the links to their streams over ...
Ballin'? y/n?
By Melissa | March 9th, 2008If the readers recall, last month, sf over at The Offside Rules posted a photo of Nick Garcia at his KC Wizards going away party ...
Meh
By Melissa | March 6th, 2008Looks like there's no new news in the Yay today. I'm currently trying to find out if this scrimmage against UC Berkeley is for ...
For sale: one sports team
By Melissa | March 5th, 2008Don't panic, its not the Earthquakes. Rather, the new Women's Professional Soccer League is looking for someone to own and operate a Bay Area ...
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 ...
For Sale
By Melissa | February 26th, 2008I should perhaps make a craigslist posting but I figure I'll try here first. I've got two extra tickets to Sunday's Mexico v Australia ...
Save the HULK
By Melissa | February 22nd, 2008The latest Joe Cannon blog is up on the official Quakes site. He doesn't really spend a lot of time commenting on last week's ...
Benny, quit being an ass and take a pay cut
By Melissa | February 21st, 2008Or rather, to Benny's agent: quit being an ass. The poker face tactic may backfire on your client and I'll be very very angry. ...
Dear Cheryl Cole
By Melissa | February 20th, 2008Definitely dump that asswipe. Don't think about it, just do it. Also, I know you are grieving right now and stuff because ...
Dear Alyssa Milano
By Melissa | February 19th, 2008I just want to say I think your Touch clothing line is really cool. I think any female fan of a men's sport ...
Ives says: Waldo fired, San Jose's roster not complete. Ok, I'm joking (or am I?).
By Melissa | February 6th, 2008Yeah sorry, I couldn't resist. But wait – Wynalda IS a veteran MLS goal scorer. Realistically though, Ives says he may wind up ...
Feilhaber says: Derby still in talks with MLS. San Jose's roster not complete. Hey Doyle, make it happen.
By Melissa | February 5th, 2008Is there anything else to add to this post? The title really says it all. Our boy Benny is in Houston this week ...
My corporate presentation on the upcoming 2008 MLS season
By Melissa | February 4th, 2008My assistants were working around the clock this weekend crunching numbers and fiddling with charts and graphs and such to bring you this report. ...
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