The San Jose Earthquakes are San Jose, California's Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. The Earthquakes won the MLS Cup in 2001 and 2003. The Earthquakes play their home games at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San Jose State University. They were known as the San Jose Clash from 1994 to 1999.
The San Jose Earthquakes was also the name of a North American Soccer League (NASL) team from 1974 to 1982 and a Western Soccer Alliance team from 1985 to 1988. The NASL San Jose Earthquakes were known as the Golden Bay Earthquakes from 1983 to 1984. The team also played indoor soccer in the original MISL. The name Earthquakes originally came from a newspaper contest in the San Jose Mercury News.
Honors
Major Titles
Minor Titles
- Conference Champions 2 (2001, 2003)
- Carolina Challenge Cup 1 (2004)
Current roster
Past Rosters
Notable players
Head coaches
General managers
- Peter Bridgwater (1995-1998)
- Lynne Meterparel (1999-2000)
- Tom Neale (2001)
- Johnny Moore (2002-2004)
- Alexi Lalas (2004-)
Ownership
Average Attendance
- 1996: 17,232
- 1997: 13,597
- 1998: 13,653
- 1999: 14,959
- 2000: 12,460
- 2001: 9,635
- 2002: 11,150
- 2003: 10,465
- 2004: 13,001
- All-Time: 12,905
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