SANTA CLARA- The San Jose Earthquakes (4-7-4) hosted Chivas USA (4-7-5) in at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara on Wednesday night. The Earthquakes played a hard fought game all evening but ultimately came up short as they were shut out at home against Chivas USA 1-0.
The first half of play went scoreless as both teams had limited opportunities to score against the opposing goalkeepers.
The first and only goal of the game was scored by Erick Torres of Chivas USA. Torres put the ball in the corner of the net after a couple of deflections opened an opportunity for the lone goal of the game. The score came at the 53rd minute mark.
The presence of Chris Wondolowski was definitely missed by the earthquakes as he has yet to return from his FIFA World Cup Tour with Team USA.
The attendance of 9,114 witnessed a good game but a tough luck loss for the hometown Earthquakes.
SANTA CLARA- The San Francisco 49ers have been accused of leaving out minority-owned firms when they issued big contracts to build Levi’s Stadium a little over a year ago. The contracts that the 49ers gave out were for the construction of the new $1.2 billion stadium.
Since this has been observed, the 49ers are now changing the way that they are doing business. There are now a lot more minority firms that have been hired and are playing roles in building the gorgeous facility. According to the teams top contractors, the minority firms will also be even more involved when the doors open for the facility on August 2, 2014.
There are some critics that are happy with how the 49ers handled the situation and are pleased that there are now minorities on the project. However, there are also many critics that are believe that the team will not be able to make up for fact that they did not do the right thing until the facility was two-thirds built.
The 49ers are committed to their new way of business and ensure that a situation like this will not happen again.
The FBI sent an undercover agent to pose as a real estate investor to go and meet Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and lure him into a sting. The agent set up a meeting to talk about a possible investment with the 49er icon about his panned hotel development that will be next to the new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, said attorney James Brosnahan.
“The agent presented himself as an honest businessman who wanted to invest in Montana;s hotel,” said Brosnahan.
Montana had no interest in taking a new a new partner and he did nothing illegal.
According to Brosnahan, the government backed off of the situation because “wasn’t going to be fund investments in a hotel.” The meeting with the 49er legend was part of a four investigation where the FBI pointed undercover agents to multiple targets.
SAN JOSE-Steven Barba, a 28-year-old man, is being convicted for the stabbing of San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Aldon Smith. Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Charles Gillingham said Monday that Barba entered “No contest pleas to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and being a felon in possession of a gun during a court hearing last week.”
The stabbing occurred in 2012 at Smith’s house party in San Jose. The party escalated and two people were shot that night, thus leading weapons charges against the pro bowl linebacker.
The crimes that happened on November 3, 2012 occurred when Smith tried to disperse the crowd at the party. Barba stabbed Smith twice in the torso before leaving the scene. The injuries on the linebacker were not serious.
By Phillip Torres The charges against San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and two other NFL players involving sexual assault in a downtown Miami hotel were dropped on Thursday. There was just simply not enough evidence provided by the women that claimed sexual assault on the April 1 incident in Miami.
According to Assistant State Attorney Laura Adams, the women was was confused when the police arrived to the scene in response to the 911 call that was received.
“When she heard the officers’ voices, the complainant started screaming incoherently about Jesus and devils,” stated Adams.
the women needed to be sedated before she was taken to the hospital for further examination. No evidence of sexual assault was found after tests were done.
The superstar quarterback stayed consistent throughout the processes stating that he was innocent from the start. This is good news for the 49ers as earlier this month San Francisco gave the dual threat athlete a six year $126 million contract extension, that will keep Kaepernick in the red and gold through the 2020 season.
SANTA CLARA-The San Francisco 49ers have signed Colin Kaepernick to a six-year contract extension worth over $110 million. The deal will keep the dual threat quarterback in San Francisco until the 2020 season. Kaepernick signed the deal on Wednesday after a long offseason of contract negotiations with his agents and the 49ers.
The play-making quarterback was a second-round draft pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, 36th overall. He’s led the 49ers to three straight NFC Championship games, and one Super Bowl appearance. He has the most road wins in San Francisco playoff history.
In 3 seasons with the 49ers. Kaepernick has started 23 games and six playoff games in his short career. The 6-foot-4, 230 pound quarterback has completed 382 of 639 pass attempts for 5,046 yards and 31 touchdowns. In the six playoff games, the quarterback has thrown for 1,374 and seven touchdown passes.
Kaepernick also set the regular season and playoff record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 181 yards on the ground against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional round.
The Colin Kaepernick signing secures the superstar quarterback a long term deal with the team that he grew up rooting for. Kaepernick will have a lot of expectations with the new deal to win a championship, but he says that that will not effect his play.
SEATTLE- The San Jose Earthquakes fell 1-0 to the Seattle Sounders on Saturday at Centurylink Field. Obafemi Martins scored the lone goal of the game for Seattle and sent the Sounders to victory. The loss was the Earthquakes fourth on the season.
San Jose dressed only 16 players, two short of the maximum that they could have dressed. The Earthquakes were short two men because of injuries. Although San Jose was short two men, they still played a competitive game losing just 1-0 against the (8-3-1) Sounders.
The Earthquakes played without their normal starters; Chris Wondolowski, Clarence Goodson, Victor Bernardez, Alan Gordon, Steven Lenhart, Yannick Djalo and Andy Gorlitz.
The Earthquakes will be back on the field on Sunday, May 25 as they will host the Houston Dynamo at Buck Shaw Stadium. Kickoff will be at 7:30 pm.
SAN JOSE-The San Jose Sabercats hosted the Portland Thunder on Saturday night at the SAP Center in San Jose. The Sabercats defeated the Thunder 64-27 behind Russ Michna’s seven touchdown passes. Michna through four out of the seven to WR Dominique Curry. The victory was the fourth in a row for San Jose.
“The team is getting better and better every week. Curry was young back then and now he’s starting to understand the game and he’s playing really well right now,” said Head Coach Darren Arbet.
San Jose played great defense holding the Thunder to just 27 points, making it five consecutive games where the defense has held their opponents to under 35 points. Ken Fontenette lead the way on defense as he recorded five tackles and an interception.
“Everybody is really starting to gel. We have a bunch of great guys at every position. We have to keep doing the little things right,” said Fontenette on the defense.
This was Fontenette’s first interception of the year. “Finally right!? I’m right there and everyone keeps messing with me. I’m trying to work on my hands. If I caught half of them I might be leading the league.”
Curry recorded a team high four touchdown catches on the night. “It was a big night, I never scored four touchdowns in one game before. Even my senior year in college I only scored two,” the wide receiver said. “The leaders on the offense bring me up to speed. They work with me on the way home, talking to me.”
On his ability to get open Curry said, “The more film I watch the more I just listen and become a student of the game. I’m able to read the coverage through everyone and not just through one person.”
On the SaberCats upcoming road trip against two number one teams in the league Arbet said, “We have momentum going right now. The guys know what we need to do..they understand that. It’s a big vision game and I’d be real surprised if they weren’t prepared next Friday.”
The Sabercats will take their 6-3 record to the 5-3 Spokane Shock on Friday in Washington.
SAN JOSE- The San Jose Sharks hosted the Los Angeles Kings for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Saturday night at the SAP Center in San Jose. The Kings shut out the Sharks 3-0 to avoid elimination for the second straight game. After jumping out to a 3-0 series lead, the Sharks have dropped two straight games and now head back to Los Angeles for Game 6 tomorrow night.
The Kings scored early in the first period to get the scoring started. Tyler Toffoli scored his second goal of the series at 8:09 to make it 1-0. Tanner Pearson and Alec Martinez assisted on the play. Less than four minutes later Anze Kopitar scored his first goal of the playoff series with a wrist shot at 12:52. The score was assisted by Dustin Brown.
The last score of the game came right out of the intermission for the Kings. At 0:22 Jeff Carter knocked in a backhand shot, his second of the series, on a Power Play. Marian Gaborik and Drew Doughty assisted on the play.
Game 6 will be played at Staples Center in Los Angeles tomorrow night at 7 pm. If the Kings win, Game 7 will be played in San Jose on Wednesday April, 30.
SANTA CLARA-The San Jose Earthquakes hosted the Columbus Crew at Buck Shaw Stadium on Sunday afternoon in Santa Clara. The Earthquakes rallied to earn tie with the Crew as Chris Wondolowski put the ball in the net for his third goal of the season. The tie makes San Jose winless in four games thus far in the 2014 season.
Federico Higuain gave the visiting Columbus Crew a 1-0 lead right before halftime as he was able to find the net with the assist from Waylon Francis.
Wondolowski scored his goal at the 51st minute right out of the break. Shea Salinas served a nice corner kick into the middle of the box, where the ball found Wondoloski. Wondoloski found the back of the net and tied the game at one goal a piece.
The San Jose Earthquakes will be back on the field on Saturday as they will be hosted by the Colorado Rapids. The game will be played at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Kickoff for the game will be at 3:00 p.m.
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