San Fernando Valley Quakes he was replaced by Colombian Juan Florez. In addition, the team signed a major partnership deal with Real SoCal, one of Southern California's major youth soccer organizations, which initiated a change in colors (from red and black to blue and black) and a re-design of the club badge. The 2007 Quakes were an improvement over their still-successful 2006 predecessors: they hammered Los Angeles Storm 5–0 on the opening day of the season, and despite losses to both Ventura County Fusion and Fresno Fuego on the road, managed to recover their form. A 2–1 victory over Lancaster Rattlers at the end
U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association the late 1990s. The USNSTPA is also heavily involved in fundraising for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through their own Time In program and the national Soccer Kicks for Cancer program. U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association The U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA) is the players union for the members of the United States men's national soccer team. Though the organization has existed since 1996, they rose to prominence within American soccer in late 2004 when their collective bargaining negotiations with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) became public. At the time, the collective bargaining agreement had been