The San Jose Earthquakes are business as usual on the training field, despite not having a game on tap for this weekend. However it wouldn’t take a skilled eye to notice a few new faces sprinkled throughout the squad.
Several current and former Quakes Academy players have linked up with the first team to gain experience playing against higher competition and learn a thing or two from the professionals. Among them are Cal senior Josh Morton, San Jose State junior Jonathan Partida, and academy stars Jean-Julien ‘JJ’ Foe Nuphaus, Christopher Grey and Gilbert Fuentes. Foe Nuphaus, 17, Grey, 17, and Fuentes, 15, have all represented the United States at various youth levels.