Former U.S. striker Herculez Gomez has ripped the Earthquakes for their handling of star Chris Wondolowski.
“Honestly, San Jose is wasting a generational talent,” said Gomez, who became an ESPN soccer analyst last month after a 17-year career. “You have a player who in three, four years has scored almost 100 goals. A player like that comes once in a generation and you’re letting him go to waste. It can’t happen anymore.”
New San Jose general manager Jesse Fioranelli shot back Monday.
“There’s no truth to that,” he said flatly. Wondolowski “is as close to a volcano as it gets inside in terms of his energy and his commitment to the team and making sure all the young players are fitting in.