The Casbah

This Saturday our Quakes will be facing off against Houston, and even though Kamara, Robinson and Ching won’t be playing I expect it to get pretty rough out there.  Our rivalry with Houston has been building ever since the friendly at Kezar in SF last year.  Despite the disappointing loss this last Saturday I’m hopeful that our boys will shake it off  for next Saturday and Frank will shake them up this week in practice.  A depleted Houston roster with the aforementioned scratches and the loss of DeRo to TFC won’t hurt our chances either. 

Image from Nap, The Project FC on Flickr.

Pre-Game Meetup: 

We will be meeting at Round Table Pizza again this Saturday pre-game starting at 5:30.  If you are getting there early, please come by and meet up with fellow Casbah members/Quakes fans and enjoy some pizza and drinks.  And even if you’re not a Casbah member feel free to come by and find out what the Casbah is all about. 

“Bring a friend to the Casbah”:

I’m hoping that this season we can really expand the Casbah with people as passionate about the Quakes as we are.  Its been kind of difficult for me to describe to people how much fun the experience of being in the Casbah is.  It an experience that you can’t get at any other sporting event (but I’m sure the black hole probably comes close).  The best way I can think of is to bring them to a game and let them see it for themselves.  So this season I’m hoping that every one in the Casbah will bring a friend (or a few) to some Quakes games this season.  And hopefully they have a good time and decide to join.  If you do bring someone, please stop by and see me before the game or at half time.  For each person and each game that you bring someone I’ll count that as an entry to win a Quakes jersey.  (I’m working on making this an autographed jersey).  The drawing will be mid-season, 7/25 at the DC game, just before the All Star Break. If if goes well we may do another for the second half of the season.

Keep the Casbah Rockin!!!

If you have any ideas for new songs, chants or other ways to make the Casbah better let up hear ‘em. Come by Round Table before the game and share your thoughts or you can e-mail me a questions@thecasbah.org

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I’ve set up a calendar for The Casbah in Google Calendar. It will have all the Quakes games plus other events that might be of interest, such as viewing parties, pre-game festivities, etc. If you use an online calendaring program (not just Google Calendar) you can import it and have it at your fingertips by using one of the following URLs:

Post a comment here if you have any questions or issues using it.

Go Quakes!

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Some of our very own Casbah Members Alex and Ian are putting out the first and only podcast solely dedicated to the San Jose Earthquakes.  You can hear their podcasts live every Sunday (2PM) after the Quakes game at www.blogtalkradio.com/underthebluebanner, itunes and soon here on the Casbah website.  Their inaugural podcast is already available online now.   So check it out. 

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All,

As was discussed at today’s preseason game with the Portland Timbers we will be meeting up at the Round Table Pizza across the street from Santa Clara University before the season opener next week. (See map below) So come on by and meet up with you fellow Casabah Members for Pizza and Beer!

Round Table Pizza
2615 The Alameda
Santa Clara, CA 95050

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This was recently posted on The Offside Rules blog. Fond memories of the good ol’ days.

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All,

This Friday at 7:30PM is the first pre-season game at Buck Shaw.  Tickets as I understand are $10.  If you are a season ticket holder you can get two free tickets per season ticket by getting in touch with your ticket rep. 

We will be meeting up at Mondo Burrito about an hour before the game for burritos and drinks.  If you are going to the game please stop by to catch up with fellow fans. 

See you all there!

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The Quakes 2009 Season Schedule released on the Quakes website.

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Earthquakes Preseason Schedule*

• Monday, January 26-Wednesday, February 11: Training at Buck Shaw Stadium.
• Thursday, February 12-Sunday, February 15: MLS Central Showcase, San Luis Obispo at Alex G. Spanos Stadium at Cal Poly.
• February 13 – Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders at 7:00 p.m.
• February 15 – Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo at 1:00 p.m.
• Monday, February 16 – Friday, February 27: Training at Buck Shaw Stadium.
• February 20 – Earthquakes vs. Fresno Fuego at 7:00 p.m. at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, Calif.
• February 25 – Earthquakes at Cal-Berkeley at 2:30 p.m.
• Sunday, March 1-Saturday, March 7: Training in Carson, California.
• March 2 – Earthquakes vs. Colorado Rapids at Loyola Marymount University.
• Monday, March 9 – Friday, March 20: Training at Buck Shaw Stadium.
• March 11 – Earthquakes at Cal Berkeley. Time to be determined.
• Saturday, March 21: MLS regular season opener – Earthquakes vs. New England Revolution at 7:30 p.m. at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara.

(*From Earthquakes Press Release 1/25/09)

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All,

The Quakes front office will be hosting the Mexican National Team as they begin their 2009 tour.  They will be playing Sweden at the Oakland Coliseum on January 28th.  The front office is putting together a special block of seats for Casbah and 1906-Ultras members.  This will allow us to enjoy the game, as well as make a showing in front of potential new Quakes fans and supporters group members.  If you are interested in going please contact me (casbahmel@gmail.com) and I will put you in contact with the appropriate ticket representatives with the Quakes.  For more infomation check out the Quakes Website. 

There will not be a dedicated Casbah or 1906 Ultras Section for the game due to lack of interest. 

-Mel

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As reported on the SoccerByIves website, the Seattle Sounders FC have picked up James Riley in the expansion draft.  Riley had a few shaky moment at the beginning of last season (namely the own goal) but seem to settle in as the season progressed.  I guess his strong performances towards the end of the season did not go unnoticed.  I was looking forward to seeing him in a Quakes uniform next year as I’m sure most of you were, but wish him well as he moves on to Seattle.

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