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Gates Open: 6:00 p.m.
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Title Sponsor: City of San Jose Environmental Services
Tickets: Quakes vs. Rapids
Special Event: Portuguese Heritage Night
The Quakes will celebrate the large Portuguese community in the Bay Area with Portuguese Heritage Night on August 14. Festivities for the evening will include a pre-game local Portuguese folklore performance, live music from SóROK in the epicenter, a halftime performance featuring Portuguese marching bands from all across the Bay Area, and the national anthem will be sung by Portuguese-Candian recording artist Michelle Madeira. To accompany all the performances, enjoy tasty linguica from any conecession stands serving hot dogs.
Anthem Singer:
Michelle Madeira
Portuguese-Canadian Recording Artist
Epicenter Band: Local Portuguese Pop/Rock
band from San Jose
Halftime Performance:
Portuguese marching bands
from all across the Bay Area
7UP Epicenter
Food Trucks: Lalos Tacos, Twisted Chill, BBQ Kalbi, Jon Jon’s BBQ, Gold Rush Eatery
OPPONENT INFORMATION
Earthquakes vs. Colorado Rapids All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 26-18-14
Home: 13-8-7 (48 GF, 35 GA)
Away: 13-10-7 (37 GF, 36 GA)
Playoffs: 0-0-0; US Open Cup: 0-0-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose –85, Colorado – 71
Last Game vs. Colorado Rapids
Earthquakes 1, Colorado Rapids 1; May 8, 2015; Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado
San Jose earned another road point, drawing with the Colorado Rapids 1-1 on a rain-soaked pitch at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The team proved its depth and versatility, starting four players - midfielders Khari Stephenson, Tommy Thompson and Cordell Cato and defender Paulo Renato - that didn't start for the team in their 1-0 victory over Houston just four days prior. In the fourth minute, Quakes keeper David Bingham booted a long ball that skipped off the head of forward Adam Jahn towards Chris Wondolowski. Making a darting run through the middle, Wondolowski was able to create some separation, but the ball was played slightly too long and was defended by keeper Clint Irwin, whose sliding effort prevented an early goal for San Jose. The Quakes, however, were able to break the deadlock in the 19th minute. Following a cleared corner kick, midfielder Sanna Nyassi jumped and headed the ball across the box, where Wondolowski was standing unmarked at the back post. Wondolowski brought the bouncing ball down, calmly cut back onto his left foot, evading Clint Irwin's diving save attempt, and slipped it just inside the near post. It marked his team-leading fifth goal of the season and 98th of his career. Just before halftime, Bingham was called into action, making a clutch save on a breakaway to keep things 1-0 heading into halftime. Three minutes into the second half, Quakes midfielder Cordell Cato nearly doubled the road-side's advantage. Attacking with pace from the left wing, Cato was able to beat his defender at the edge of the 18-yard box and blasted a right-footed shot, which was parried away by Irwin. Colorado continued to put pressure on San Jose's goal for much of the second half, but were unable to find the back of the net until three minutes into stoppage time. Bingham came out to punch away a corner kick, but his clearance went to James Riley, who headed the ball far post, just over the head of several leaping defenders. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, despite a furious attempt by both teams to alter the score line late.
History of the Quakes-Colorado Rapids Rivalry
The two teams played for the first time in 1996 and the Quakes swept the four-game season series, outscoring Colorado 9-3 in the process … Ramiro Corrales’ first career start came against Colorado on May 8, 1996 … In 1997, Colorado won three of four and swept the Quakes in two games at San Jose … Colorado dominated again in 1998 and had a memorable win at Stanford where they edged the Earthquakes 4-3 in penalty kicks … The Earthquakes returned the favor and beat Colorado 4-3 in penalty kicks in the first match of 1999 and they split the season series 2-2 … 2000 saw the teams split the series again with the Earthquakes winning the first two meetings … on August 25, 2001 the Earthquakes scored three goals in four minutes for their second win of the year against the Rapids. Manny Lagos scored his second goal of the match on an assist from Junior Agogo. Two minutes later Landon Donovan scored on an assist from Ian Russell. Then in the 40th minute Donovan assisted Agogo for the fourth goal. The Quakes added one more and then cruised to a 5-2 victory … In 2002 the teams split the series … In 2003 the Quakes opened the season at Colorado and Brian Ching scored 53 seconds into the match and the Quakes were victorious 2-1 … 2004 began an unbeaten streak in which the Earthquakes did not lose to the Rapids from 2004-2010. The Quakes were 8-0-4 during the streak before losing 1-0 on August 7, 2010 … The two teams met again in the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals, but the Rapids beat the Quakes 1-0 on their way to winning the MLS Cup … The Quakes were unable to beat the Rapids in 2011, with the Rapids defeating the Quakes 2-1 on August 13, 2011 at Buck Shaw Stadium, and the sides tying 1-1 on September 24, 2011 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park … The Earthquakes swept their three games vs. Colorado in 2012, outscoring the Rapids 10-3 in the process … Chris Wondolowski’s scored a hat trick against Colorado on October 6, 2012 … The Quakes and Rapids tied 1-1 at Buck Shaw Stadium in their first meeting of 2013 … The Earthquakes followed with a 2-1 win at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on June 15, the club’s first road win of the season and the first game on the sidelines for interim head coach Mark Watson … San Jose capped their 2013 involvement with Colorado with a 1-0 win at Buck Shaw Stadium on Oct. 9 thanks to a goal from Chris Wondolowski … The Quakes and Rapids tied 0-0 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on April 19 in their first meeting of 2014 … The San Jose Earthquakes picked up their third shutout of the season in a 0-0 draw against the Colorado Rapids at Buck Shaw Stadium on Wednesday, May 7 … The Quakes last two matches against the Rapids (9/27/14; 5/8/15) both ended in 1–1 draws at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.
Earthquakes-Colorado Rapids Connections
Earthquakes midfielder Sanna Nyassi and Marvell Wynne both played for the Rapids … Quakes midfielders Matias Perez Garcia and Leandro Barrera, Rapids midfielders Lucas Pittinari and Juan Ramirez are all from Argentina … Rapids midfielder Carlos Alvarez, forward Caleb Calvert and Earthquakes midfielder Leandro Barrera all were members of Chivas USA during the 2014 season … Earthquakes midfielder Cordell Cato and Rapids defender Marc Burch both played for the Seattle Sounders during the 2012 season … Rapids defender Bobby Burling played for the San Jose Earthquakes from 2009 – 2012 … Rapids midfielder Sam Cronin played for the Earthquakes from 2010–2014 … Earthquakes forward Mike Fucito and Rapids defender James Riley both played for the Seattle Sounders from 2009 – 2011 … Rapids defender Drew Moor and Earthquakes defender Clarence Goodson played together for the Dallas Burn from 2005-07 … Moor (2003-04) and Earthquakes midfielder Tommy Thompson (2013) both played at the University of Indiana.
