SAN JOSE — A renewed sense of optimism has swept the Earthquakes two months before the start of the Major League Soccer season with new general manager Jesse Fioranelli and the possibility of some major player signings, including a forward with Mexico’s Club America.
“In 2017, we will send a message and that will be strong enough, I’m 100 percent sure,” said Fioranelli, who was introduced Tuesday as the replacement for John Doyle, the Quakes’ only general manager since they re-entered the league in 2008.
He arrived on a rainy day at Avaya Stadium as the Quakes prepare to end a playoff drought that has been as persistent as California’s dry spell.