The San Jose Earthquakes hit the road this week to take on the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on Saturday, Oct. 8. The match kicks off at 4:30 p.m. PT and will air live on Comcast SportsNet California, 1220 KDOW and 1370 KZSF.
Earthquakes vs. New England Revolution City All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 18-11-5
Home: 9-5-3
Away: 9-6-2
Shootout (1996-99): 0-2
Overtime (2000-03): 0-0-3
Playoffs: 0-0-0; U.S. Open Cup: 0-0-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 63, New England – 43
Earthquakes Schedule for the Week of 10/3/11
Tuesday, Oct. 4 – 10:15 a.m. PT – Practice at Nutrilite Training Facility
Wednesday, Oct. 5 – 10:15 a.m. PT – Practice at Nutrilite Training Facility
Thursday, Oct. 6 – Travel to Foxborough, Mass.
Friday, Oct. 7 – TBD – Training at Gillette Stadium
Saturday, Oct. 8 – San Jose Earthquakes at New England Revolution, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
Sunday, Oct. 9 – Off
Injury/Discipline/International Duty Report
Out: Andre Luiz (L – knee injury), Ike Opara (L – foot injury), Alan Gordon (surgery), Steven Lenhart (family leave), Nana Attakora (L – hamstring strain), Scott Sealy (R – quadriceps strain).
Last Game
Earthquakes 1, Sporting Kansas City 1; Oct. 1, 2011; Buck Shaw Stadium; Santa Clara, Calif.
Chris Wondolowski passed Landon Donovan for No. 2 on the San Jose Earthquakes’ career goals list, scoring in the 85th minute to help San Jose to a 1-1 draw against Sporting Kansas City at Buck Shaw Stadium. The match drew a club-record fifth-consecutive sellout crowd of 10,525. Wondolowski volleyed home a well-placed cross by Steven Beitashour to give the Quakes an initial 1-0 lead. It was Wondo’s 12th goal of 2011 and his 33rd career goal with San Jose. Meanwhile, Beitashour recorded his team-leading sixth assist of the season, a career high. Moments after Wondolowski scored, Sporting KC’s Teal Bunbury answered to knot things up at 1-1. The Quakes are now unbeaten in their past 13 regular season home games against Sporting KC.
Last Game vs. New England Revolution
Earthquakes 2, New England Revolution 1; May 21, 2011; Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.
The San Jose Earthquakes stretched their unbeaten streak to three games with a 2-1 win over the New England Revolution at Buck Shaw Stadium. The Quakes came to life in the second half with goals from Ellis McLoughlin and Bobby Convey. McLoughlin headed home his first career goal following a perfect cross from Chris Wondolowski in the 71st minute to open the scoring. Convey then curled home an incredible free kick to give San Jose a two-goal cushion. Revs midfielder Chris Tierney scored a free kick of his own in the 86th minute to cut the score to 2-1, but the Quakes held on to win their second straight game at home.
History of the Quakes – Revolution Rivalry
The Quakes are 18-11-5 all-time against the New England Revolution in the regular season, and dominated the series from 2001-05. The Quakes did not lose to New England for 12 straight games, putting together a 9-0-3 record from May 5, 2001 to Oct. 1, 2005. The Revs had not beaten the Quakes since July 22, 2000, until their victory on May 17, 2008 ... The Quakes have lost just twice at Gillette Stadium, posting a 5-2-2 record since the Revolution began playing games there in 2002 ... Last season, the Earthquakes beat the Revolution at home 2-0 on April 17, with goals from Chris Wondolowski and Ike Opara, and tied 0-0 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on May 15 ... The Earthquakes defeated the Revolution 2-1 at Buck Shaw Stadium earlier this season on May 21, 2011.
Earthquakes – Revolution Connections
Quakes midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong played youth soccer with Revolution midfielder Stephen McCarthy with Dallas Texans SC where they won a national championship together in 2005 ... Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham played with Revolution defender A.J. Soares at the Cal for three years ... Bobby Convey appeared with Benny Feilhaber for the U.S. National Team in 2007 … Revolution midfielder Stephen McCarthy spent three years at Santa Clara University ... Quakes defender Ike Opara and midfielder Sam Cronin played with Revolution forward Zach Schilawski and midfielder Pat Phelan at Wake Forest. All four players were a part of Wake's 2007 NCAA championship team ... Revolution Vice President of Player Personnel Mike Burns played for the Earthquakes during the 2000 season ... Revolution defender Ryan Cochrane played two different stints with the Earthquakes. His first stint was from 2004-05, appearing in 32 games during that span. Cochrane returned to San Jose in 2008, making 21 appearances. Cochrane also played his college soccer career at Santa Clara ... Quakes assistant coach Mark Watson was an interim assistant coach with New England during the 2009 playoffs ... Quakes midfielder Brad Ring played at Indiana with Revolution defender Kevin Alston.
Earthquakes All-Time Leaders vs. Revolution
Forward Scott Sealy has three goals and one assist in eight appearances … Midfielder Bobby Convey has five assists and one goal in 16 appearances … Chris Wondolowski, Steven Lenhart and Ike Opara each have one goal against New England … Ellis McLoughlin scored his first career goal against New England in his only appearance on May 21, 2011 … Goalkeeper Jon Busch is 8-3-5 against New England and has five shutouts in 15 career games.
Revolution All-Time Leaders vs. Earthquakes
Revolution forward Kheli Dube has scored two goals in five career appearances against the Quakes, including the game-winner in the 2009 home opener for San Jose … Midfielder Shalrie Joseph has tallied two assists in 10 career appearances … Defender/midfielder Chris Tierney has one goal in five appearances against San Jose … New England goalkeeper Matt Reis is 4-6-2 and has two shutouts in his career against San Jose.
