Barrett shed the monkey -- make that the gorilla -- off his back with first his first Quakes goal last weekend
When you're a goalscorer you want to score goals: It's what you do. So when the chances fail to go your way, and the zeros start piling up on the scoresheets, you feel the mounting pressure to find the back of the net. And when that moment finally arrives, you rejoice.
Chad Barrett, the San Jose Earthquakes forward, knows exactly how it feels. Since his move to the Quakes as a free agent over the off-season, the former Seattle Sounder has waited week after week to strike his first goal for San Jose.