For the second successive week, San Jose Earthquakes head coach Mikael Stahre has tinkered with his lineup and formation in the team’s training sessions. The Major League Soccer newcomer sees some positives from his squad over the season’s first four games, but he has suggested that changes are coming.
Last weekend against the Philadelphia Union, the changes included handing Joel Qwiberg his first MLS start at left back, and the Swedish defender had a mediocre performance. “The first 25 minutes against Philadelphia was a disaster,” Stahre said this week at training. “We hardly crossed the halfway line.