{"id":190232,"date":"2026-02-23T17:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190232\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:39:53","slug":"san-jose-earthquakes-sign-midfielder-jonathan-gonzalez-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190232\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Earthquakes sign midfielder Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Mexican international is under contract through 2026 with club options through June 2027 and 2027-28.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez was a free agent after last playing for FC Ju\u00e1rez in LIGA MX.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re pleased to sign Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez,&#8221; said Earthquakes sporting director and head coach Bruce Arena. &#8220;Jonathan is a seasoned veteran with experience in LIGA MX and at the international level who adds depth to our midfield.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the first team level, Gonz\u00e1lez has 2g\/2a in 190 matches across all competitions. He&#8217;s primarily featured for LIGA MX powerhouse CF Monterrey, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/minnesota-united-fc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Minnesota United FC<\/a> among his various loan stops.<\/p>\n<p>The California native represented the US extensively at the youth level, then made a one-time switch to Mexico in 2018. He&#8217;s earned three caps with El Tri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to come back home to the Bay Area and play for the Earthquakes,&#8221; said Gonz\u00e1lez. &#8220;We had a strong preseason, and I\u2019m looking forward to being a part of the team in 2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: Signing The 26-year-old Mexican international is under contract through 2026 with club options through June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-190232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}