# 2023 San Jose Earthquakes season

The 2023 season was the San Jose Earthquakes' 41st year of existence, their 26th season in Major League Soccer and their 16th consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.

## Roster

    As of August 4, 2023
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | JT Marcinkowski (HG) | United States |
| 3 | DF | Paul Marie | France |
| 4 | DF | Jonathan Mensah | Ghana |
| 7 | MF | Carlos Gruezo (DP) | Ecuador |
| 10 | FW | Cristian Espinoza (DP) | Argentina |
| 11 | FW | Jeremy Ebobisse | United States |
| 12 | FW | Matthew Hoppe (on loan from Middlesbrough) | United States |
| 13 | DF | Nathan | Brazil |
| 14 | MF | Jackson Yueill | United States |
| 15 | DF | Tanner Beason | United States |
| 16 | MF | Jack Skahan | United States |
| 17 | DF | Keegan Tingey (HG) | United States |
| 19 | MF | Cam Cilley (HG) | United States |
| 20 | MF | Will Richmond (HG) | United States |
| 21 | DF | Miguel Trauco | Peru |
| 22 | DF | Tommy Thompson (HG) | United States |
| 23 | DF | Oskar Ågren | Sweden |
| 24 | DF | Daniel Munie | United States |
| 25 | FW | Ousseni Bouda (GA) | Burkina Faso |
| 26 | DF | Rodrigues (on loan from Grêmio) | Brazil |
| 28 | FW | Benjamin Kikanović | United States |
| 29 | DF | Carlos Akapo | Equatorial Guinea |
| 30 | MF | Niko Tsakiris (HG) | United States |
| 35 | MF | Jamiro Monteiro (DP) | Cape Verde |
| 41 | GK | Emi Ochoa (HG) | United States |
| 42 | GK | Daniel | Brazil |
| 44 | FW | Cade Cowell (HG) | United States |
| 55 | MF | Michael Baldisimo | Canada |
| 77 | DF | Casey Walls (HG) | United States |
| 93 | MF | Judson | Brazil |
| 99 | MF | Cruz Medina (HG) | United States |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 19 | MF | Cam Cilley | Stanford Cardinal | Homegrown Signing | January 6, 2023 |
| 17 | DF | Keegan Tingey | Stanford Cardinal | Homegrown Signing | January 6, 2023 |
| 55 | MF | Michael Baldisimo | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Supplemental Draft Pick | January 9, 2023 |
| 42 | GK | Daniel | Internacional | Undisclosed fee | January 21, 2023 |
| 7 | MF | Carlos Gruezo | FC Augsburg | Undisclosed fee | January 31, 2023 |
| 4 | DF | Jonathan Mensah | Columbus Crew | Trade | February 11, 2023 |
| 24 | DF | Daniel Munie | Indiana Hoosiers | 2023 MLS SuperDraft pick | February 24, 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 6 | MF | Shea Salinas | Retirement | Retirement | November 14, 2022 |
| 5 | MF | Eric Remedi | Banfield | Out of Contract | November 14, 2022 |
| 18 | MF | George Asomani | Free Agency | Option Declined | November 14, 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Gilbert Fuentes | Free Agency | Option Declined | November 14, 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Ján Greguš | Nashville SC | Option Declined | November 14, 2022 |
| 12 | GK | Matt Bersano | Austin FC | Option Declined | November 14, 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Siad Haji | FC Tulsa | Option Declined | November 14, 2022 |

## Competitions
### Major League Soccer
#### Standings

MLS Western Conference table (2023) :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | FC Dallas | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 46 | Qualification for round one |
| 8 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 44 | Qualification for the wild-card round |
| 9 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 44 | Qualification for the wild-card round |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 43 | |
| 11 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 41 | |

#### Match results
### U.S. Open Cup

The Earthquakes will enter the 2023 U.S. Open Cup in the third round as part of the lower tranche of MLS teams, as determined by their final position in the 2022 regular season. The third round is scheduled for April 18 and 19.

### Leagues Cup

The 2023 Leagues Cup, an expanded version of the inter-league competition between MLS and Liga MX, is scheduled to begin on July 21. All MLS matches will be paused until the end of the tournament on August 19. The Earthquakes were drawn into the West 1 group alongside Portland Timbers and Liga MX's Tigres UANL. MLS teams will play a minimum of two matches in the tournament, of which they will host at least one.

#### West 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UAN | POR | SJE |
| 1 | UANL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | San Jose Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | | — | — | — |