SAN JOSE, Calif. — With the newly installed field at Avaya Stadium as a backdrop, the San Jose Earthquakes officially introduced new general manager Jesse Fioranelli to the media and select Quakes supporters. And much as the brilliant green Kentucky bluegrass quickly gets set for the upcoming 2017 MLS season, so will Fioranelli have to adjust to his role as an international setting forth on an American soccer adventure.
“I have enormous respect for the opportunity and also the challenges that it presents,” said Fioranelli on taking on the Quakes technical leadership. “I think that is very important when you go into a job like this.