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When the San Jose Earthquakes first started playing soccer in 1974, no one imagined how their efforts would reverberate fifty years later. The Quakes and their fans have overcome a multitude of issues in the last five decades, including leagues collapsing, attempted rebrandings, local apathy, political indifference and even a franchise relocation, yet they never gave up. While players like Johnny Moore, Chris Wondolowski and Landon Donovan have come and gone--along with coaches, general managers and owners--the multigenerational family this San Jose team created over the last half century stands as strong as ever. Join author Gary Singh, a native and lifelong fan, as he celebrates the legendary history of the Quakes.

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"""That's not the only big anniversary happening this year, as the San Jose Earthquakes will be celebrating their 50th throughout the year. The team already announced that the Quakes Foundation and PG&E are teaming up to donate $200,000 -- enough for 50,000 meals -- to fight food insecurity this year and has unveiled a massive community art project to put up 50 soccer-based murals around Northern California between now and the World Cup in 2026."" -Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News"

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Gary Singh's byline has appeared more than 1,500 times, including for newspaper columns, travel essays, art and music criticism, profiles, business journalism, lifestyle articles, poetry and short fiction. He is the author of The San Jose Earthquakes: A Seismic Soccer Legacy (2015, The History Press) and was recently a Steinbeck Fellow in Creative Writing at San Jose State University. An anthology of his Metro columns, ""Silicon Alleys,"" was published in 2020. He still lives in San Jose.

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