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Dear Soccer Silicon Valley member— It's been a busy month and we have several items to share with you today. - First off, the San Jose Mercury News reports today that a deal is close for a new stadium for the Earthquakes and San Jose State's football and soccer programs. (Please see the article for details.) You'll notice that there is no official comment in the story from Earthquakes Soccer, LLC, and that means our lips are sealed as well, except to say that we applaud the progress that has been made so far. - But wait, there's more! Fans of professional women's soccer in the Bay Area have reasons for optimism as well. ESPNsoccernet's Jeff Carlisle is reporting that Earthquakes Soccer is pursuing an expansion team in a revamped WUSA. The story says the team would begin play in 2009 "contingent on a stadium being built in the San Francisco Bay Area and an MLS team returning to San Jose." - Of course, there are opportunities to see soccer in the Bay Area even sooner. On behalf of the Earthquakes and Club Quake, we'd like to thank everyone who purchased tickets to the March 28 match between Mexico and Ecuador which will take place at the McAfee Coliseum in Oakland. We had hoped to sell at least 200 tickets for the Quakes fan section, so everyone involved was overwhelmed when the final count came to 372, filling Section 122 in the Coliseum and spilling over into Section 121 as well. (The Earthquakes were particularly impressed with this response.) We understand that Club Quake will be sending out tickets soon, so watch your mailboxes. For those of you who have yet to purchase tickets, they are still available. - The latest item on the summer's soccer calendar is a match between the U.S. and China, to be played on June 2 in the friendly confines of Spartan Stadium. This will be the team's last tune-up match before they play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, so we are hopeful that we'll see a full-strength U.S. side with representatives from both MLS and European leagues. Tickets go on sale Friday morning, or Thursday for VISA cardholders. - Finally, a public hearing on the application by SSV and a number of other members of the soccer community to re-name San Jose's Watson Park soccer bowl the "Umberto Abronzino Soccer Bowl at Watson Park" is scheduled for Wednesday, April 4 at 5:40 p.m. in room W-120 in San Jose City Hall. If any of you would like to support the cause, feel free to attend. Go Quakes! Yours in soccer,
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