The 2018

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise ...

season was the club's 36th year of existence, their 21st season in

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and their 11th consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.

Background

The 2017 season was one of continued change under the leadership of general manager

Jesse Fioranelli Jesse Fioranelli (born 21 November 1979) is a Swiss / Italian football manager. He is a member of the technical staff of manager Stefano Pioli at Serie A club AC Milan. Prior to this role, he was the General Manager of San Jose Earthquakes in MLS ...

, with head coach

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and assistant coach John Spencer being replaced by San Jose's technical director

Chris Leitch Chris Leitch (born April 1, 1979 in Pickerington, Ohio) is a retired American soccer player who is currently the general manager and a former head coach for the San Jose Earthquakes. Career College Leitch played college soccer at the Univer ...

and Director of Methodology Alex Covelo on June 25, 2017. The San Jose Earthquakes finished the 2017 season with a victory over Minnesota United FC that sent them to the MLS playoffs for the first time since 2012. On November 24, 2017, the Earthquakes announced their second coaching change of the year with

Mikael Stahre Mikael Lennart Tage Stahre (; born 5 July 1975) is a Swedish football manager who is currently head coach of Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Management career Stahre was appointed as AIK's manager on 10 November 2008 immediately following the ...

taking on the role of head coach. Leitch and Covelo would return to their former positions of technical director and director of methodology respectively.

Current squad

Roster

''As of June 13, 2018.''

Non-competitive

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference Table Overall table

Results

U.S. Open Cup

The Earthquakes and all other MLS clubs join the U.S. Open Cup in round 4.

Player Statistics

Scoring leaders

Assist leaders

Player Awards

League

Player movement

In

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