4.2 at 4:42 and April 2008

Like the rest of the Bay Area blogosphere, I am posting about the crazy earthquake that happened this morning. The epicenter was about 3 miles from where I live. I think I slept through the first second of it. The second 4.2 wave definitely shook me awake. Things fell off shelves. La grasp my arm. A second later it ended and I fell right back asleep. I guess I'm becoming a true Californian.

In other Earthquake news, the San Jose Earthquakes are definitely coming back in 2008! I already got my season ticket reserved! I'm so excited about the MLS coming back to the Bay Area. I'm a bit worried with what the fate of the California Victory will be. People have told me that traveling to SJ from SF or Oakland gets old pretty quickly. And that there's a certain pride of the Victory being SF's team. The Vics will have to do some amazing things to prevent turnover from ruining the club. Right now, the crowd averages a little under 1000. Who knows what that will become when a club that knows how to handle its business and its fans comes back into town.

Victory! kind of...

I was in a state of panic when I heard the news that the deal that the San Jose Earthquakes will play in Spartan Stadium for next season did not go through. Big Lew has said that he has "other options" but really what can they be?

I'm really jonesin' to watch live footy. While I'm down in LA for a friend's graduation in May, I'm gonna hit up Galaxy match. The USMNT v. China is coming up in June. I totally forgot that the California Victory is having their inaugural season as an expansion team for the USL! They're going to be playing in SF, just a hop skip and car ride for me. As for every expansion team out there, there's not much expectation that they will be good this year. But professional football in the Bay Area is good enough for me. It's unfortunate that their first home match will be the same day that I'll be watching Galaxy. But their next home match is a Friendly with Necaxa on...

*wait for it*

Cinco de Mayo!

Who's with me?!? I've been up on the message boards of Victory fans. It's been fun to witness the birth of a fan club. They've been discussing what their name should be, organizing chants, finding meeting places and deciding where they want to be in the stadium. I can't wait for the season to start!

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I'm going to be at the sold out Mexico v. Ecuador football match tonight! I can't think about anything else. I'm in the nosebleed section of the Oakland Coliseum, so I'm going to have to be twice as loud. I've got my Cruz Azul scarf on today to support Mexico. Tailgate starts at 3, but I have to be at work until 5. Damn.

So here's my dilemma: I want to support Mexico (sort of arbitrarily because they are our neighbors and I happen to watch Mexican football every now and then). Their colors are green, red and white (they'll probably wear their green home jersey). Ecuador's colors are blue, yellow and red (they'll probably wear their blue away jersey).

Now...the San Jose Earthquakes are hosting the event, even though they are no longer playing in the MLS. But rumors say that they have a good chance of returning to the Bay for the 2008 season. There is this campaign to wear Earthquake Blue to show support for the Quakes and to give a message that there is a plentiful fanbase in the area.

What should I do?