• Complete 2005 Earthquakes schedule
SAN JOSE - The San Jose Earthquakes announced today the regular season schedule for the 2005 Major League Soccer season. For the first time since 1999, the Quakes open their season in the friendly confines of Spartan Stadium, as they play host to the New England Revolution on Saturday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. PT.
San Jose looks to get off to a hot start with three of the team's first four games at home, as they take on the Revolution, CD Chivas USA (April 9) and the Kansas City Wizards (April 23) in the first month of the season.
For the first time since 1999, the Quakes will play a 32-game schedule with 16 road games and 16 home games. The fan-friendly home schedule features 14 Saturday games and just two Wednesday night games. Overall, the team plays 26 of 32 games on Saturdays and 28 of 32 games on weekends.
Highlights include the first-ever appearances by Chivas USA (Saturday, April 9) and Real Salt Lake (Saturday, June 18), as well as two home matches against San Jose's biggest rival, the Los Angeles Galaxy. The Quakes play the Galaxy at home on Saturday, June 25 and Saturday, August 27. Freddy Adu will make his only appearance of the year at Spartan Stadium on Saturday, June 4 as the Quakes face the defending MLS Cup Champions, D.C. United.
Head coach Dominic Kinnear's squad will face two difficult road trips during the season, as they have three straight road games in May and then a four-game road trip in July that includes their only visit to Washington, D.C. to take on D.C. United on July 15.
Game times and the national and local television schedules will be released at a later date. The Earthquakes radio broadcast schedules will also be released at a later date.
San Jose Earthquakes season ticket packages for the 2005 season at Spartan Stadium are now on sale. The Earthquakes 2005 season ticket package features 18 games, including all MLS regular season games and special bonus games. The Quakes season ticket pricing once again consists of a Youth (14 and younger) and a Senior (60 and over) discount in three price levels. Prices for the 2005 season ticket packages are $198 adult ($162 youth/senior) for Endzone, $252 adult ($198 youth/senior) for East Sideline, $450 ($396 youth/senior) for West Sideline and $720 for VIP seats. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Earthquakes Ticket Office at 100 North Almaden Ave., by logging onto www.sjearthquakes.com or by contacting the Earthquakes Ticket Office at (408) 985-GOAL.
