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August 22, 2006

Hasta luego, Ronald Cerritos

We haven't commented much this year on the great group of players who represented San Jose so well last year, but there's news that we can't ignore. The Houston Chronicle reports that Ronald Cerritos, the leading scorer in Earthquakes' history, is set to be released on Monday unless an MLS team steps up for a trade. They add that a couple trade possibilities have dried up already, so it's likely that Cerritos will be without a team next week.

I don't have to remind anyone who's reading this that Cerritos was one of the best Quakes ever, but I will anyway. His career stats of 61 goals and 47 assists are all-time highs for the team. He was here through some of the worst years in San Jose history, often the sole bright spot on a team that was so bad it could only aspire to mediocrity. No matter the situation, though, Cerritos could be counted on to give 100 percent, playing with enthusiasm for scoring goals and working hard for his teammates. His work paid off, too—we all got to see Ronald win a championship with the team in 2001, prior to being traded away in the off-season. Amazingly, he had a great encore with the Quakes last year, when no one expected him to play anything but a substitute's role.

Hasta luego, Ronald. We hope we will see you in San Jose again someday.

Posted by Jay at August 22, 2006 06:24 PM

Comments

Ronald was a great Quake and Clash player. He always worked hard for the team, and he scored some fantastic goals! Cerritos was, since he joined the team, always one of my favorite players. I'd love to him return to the Re-Born Quakes in some capacity or other. Buenas suerte amigo!

- Mark

Posted by: markmcf at August 29, 2006 02:07 PM

Oh, give me a break with all the tears for Cerritos. The guy never hustled unless he had a chance to get a ball on his feet and score. I'll take guys that give their all like, Ching, Mullan, Mulrooney, and so on, any day over Cerritos. The only reason he seemed sort of good was exactly because he was on all those mediocre Clash/Quakes teams, so, by comparison, he looked better than he really was. I loved the Quakes, but that can't cloud my judgement about Cerritos' level of skill. Good riddance Cerritos!

Posted by: Steve Taiclet at August 30, 2006 11:45 AM