Fast forward to Wednesday night and the Quakes-killer Mike Magee "assisted" in driving in the final nail (or goal) in the Chicago Fire's 3-2 win over a very depleted Quakes side.
All the Quakes can do is hope for some reserve Goonie magic in New England on the weekend!
The roster features a mix of old and new in Quakes black and blue, with notable fresh faces Andreas Gorlitz, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, and Yannick Djalo all arriving in San Jose with significant experience playing in Europe.
But in the end, the Quakes 'salvaged' their year by making it to next round of the CCL.
Dreams can come true; so dream on Quakes fans because 2014 is just around the corner.
The government promises "precincts" devoted to health, technology and culture, and big projects including a convention centre and a stadium.Aftershocks have continued to shake ChristchurchThe quakes cost the country some NZ$40 billion ($33 billion).
The government may seek to reconstruct some settlements in new locations, however, given the ongoing threat of future quakes in the region.And a Nigerian committee has concluded that Shell and Exxon Mobil owe the state nearly $2 billion in revenue and taxes.
This was why the quakes were felt so broadly, and why there have been such frequent aftershocks.Many businesses have decided to close, in part because of disrupted supply chains, but also because of the uncertainty over access to power.
An average interval between quakes of 2,500 years is a hopeful sign for New Madrid's immediate future.
The UN reckons that it could take ten years for the worst-hit areas to rebuild their lost infrastructure.In need of warningIn the wake of the waves on December 26th, the region's leaders have called for a system to monitor the Indian Ocean for undersea quakes and alert the countries around its rim like the one that already exists in the Pacific.
The earthquakes seen at these boundaries tend to be frequent, small and untroublesome, because not many people live in the middle of the ocean and the quakes do not typically trigger tsunamis.
