Career My Philosophy-San Jose Earthquakes FC-Back to Basics

SSolas · July 14, 2020

CHOOSING THE CLUB

I chose San Jose because they were the smallest club in the MLS. San Jose have won the MLS Cup twice, once in 2001 and then again in 2003. In bringing my Tiki Taka Philosophy back to basics, can I bring the MLS back to San Jose.

STADIUM & FACILITIES

The stadium got expanded in my 1st season to 21,500 Capacity with the club getting and average attendance of 19,000, which is excellent support! The 1st Team & Youth Facilities are great. I did request improvements to the facilities but these have so far been turned down.

STAFF, TRAINING & FACILITIES

The Finances are OK which is due to me selling off all players not suitable for the 1st team, even the under 21 players due to the funds being needed for the 1st team. The Training regime is delegated to my Assistant Manager Hector Robles. The Staff has been getting improved annually with 4 World Class Staff Members now.

SQUAD

In the 1st season there were more transfers with a reasonable amount made in my 2nd season as seen below. The two players bought in were for CM and ST, these were bought in to improve the current players & due to ageing players. Quite a lot of players from the reserves were sold off or released to free up funds.

TACTIC

This tactic started off quite inconsistently with a few loses, quite a few draws and a lot of wins. This season it has become very consistent with free flowing attacking football. The average team rating is 7.0 and average of 60% possession each match. I have been using the same template as in 2018 to great success.

***Key Attributes ***
Sweeper Keeper-Handling/Reflexes
Wing Back-Tackling/Stamina
Ball Playing Defender-Tackling/Heading/Positioning
Defensive Midfielder-Tackling/Stamina
Deep Lying Playmaker-Passing/Stamina
Advanced Playmaker-Passing/Stamina
Inside Forward-Pace/Crossing/Dribbling
Trequartista-Shooting/Heading
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THE RESULT

The current results from my spell at San Jose have been successful. The club won the MLS western conference & narrowly lost in the MLS Cup to New York RB.We have so far not done well in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup but hopefully this will change next season.