SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014\u00a0The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club signed Scotland National Team goalkeeper Angus Gunn, previously of English Premier League side Nottingham Forest FC, as a free agent to a contract through the 2029-30 Major League Soccer season, pending the receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) and P-1 Visa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gunn will occupy an International Roster Slot that the LA Galaxy originally\u00a0acquired\u00a0from the Earthquakes on Feb. 6 but are\u00a0obligated\u00a0to return to San Jose at the opening of the Secondary Transfer Window on July 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to sign a quality goalkeeper in Angus Gunn with English Premier League and international experience, most recently as a starter at the World Cup,\u201d said Earthquakes Sporting Director and Head Coach Bruce Arena. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to integrating him into the club for the second half of the season and welcome him to San Jose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gunn, 30, joins the Black and Blue fresh off playing for Scotland in the 2026 FIFA World Cup\u2122, where he started all three games in the group stage, earning a clean sheet as the team narrowly\u00a0missed out on\u00a0qualification to the knockout stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels incredible to join the Earthquakes,\u201d said Gunn. \u201cComing off the World\u00a0Cup\u00a0which was an unbelievable experience,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0just\u00a0really excited\u00a0and grateful for the opportunity to come to San Jose and show the best version of myself.\u00a0We\u2019re\u00a0in a really\u00a0good position\u00a0for the playoffs, so hopefully we can focus on that with the right mentality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At club level, Gunn has made 198 combined league appearances in the top two tiers of English football\u2014the Premier League and The Championship\u2014over the past nine seasons. He also has 18 appearances in domestic cup play. The shot-stopper spent the past season in the EPL with Nottingham Forest, with whom he signed in August 2025 after four seasons with Norwich City FC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
During his time with the Canaries (2021-25), Gunn\u00a0established\u00a0himself as their first-choice keeper, recording 114\u00a0total\u00a0appearances\u00a0in league play as Norwich City vacillated between the Premier League and Championship.\u00a0In 2023-24, Gunn played in 40 league matches to help lead the Canaries to The Championship playoffs only to fall in the semifinals.\u00a0The previous year, Gunn was among the\u00a0top five\u00a0in save percentage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before signing with Norwich City, Gunn spent three seasons in the Premier League with Southampton FC (2018-21), making a combined 22 appearances and an\u00a0additional\u00a0five in the FA Cup and three more in the EFL Cup. In his debut with the Saints in 2019, he made six saves and secured a clean sheet against Chelsea FC to earn Man of the Match honors. Midway through his third campaign with Southampton, Gunn was loaned to Stoke City\u00a0FC\u00a0in The Championship where he played in 15 league games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gunn started his professional career with Manchester City FC in 2017 after graduating from their academy. However, he would instead make his pro debut\u00a0on loan\u00a0with Norwich City,\u00a0his hometown club where he began his youth formation.\u00a0Just 21 years old at the time, Gunn made 46 appearances in The Championship and an\u00a0additional\u00a0five in domestic cup play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the international level,\u00a0Gunn\u00a0featured for\u00a0England\u00a0at various youth stages from Under-16 to U-21.\u00a0However, with his father\u00a0Bryan\u00a0being from\u00a0Thurso, Scotland,\u00a0as well as a goalkeeper on Scotland\u2019s 1990 World Cup team, Angus\u00a0was eligible to\u00a0represent\u00a0Scotland\u00a0at\u00a0senior level\u00a0and made the switch in 2023. He\u00a0earned his first cap\u00a0for the Scotland National Team\u00a0in March of that year,\u00a0keeping a clean sheet in a 3\u20130 win over Cyprus in a European Championship qualifier at Hampden Park.\u00a0Since then,\u00a0Gunn\u00a0has made\u00a025\u00a0appearances for Scotland, recording seven\u00a0clean sheets,\u00a0with his latest caps coming during\u00a0his World Cup run this summer as their\u00a0first-choice goalkeeper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Earthquakes return to MLS play in full force Wednesday, July 22, when they host Orlando City SC at PayPal Park, followed by the 105th California Clasico against the LA Galaxy on Saturday, July 25, at Stanford Stadium. The only way to guarantee admission to all remaining Earthquakes home games is by\u00a0purchasing\u00a0Half Season Tickets<\/a>. Single-game tickets can be\u00a0purchased\u00a0HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Position: Goalkeeper\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Born: Jan 22, 1996 (age\u00a030)\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Birthplace: Norwich, England\u00a0<\/p>\n Preferred Foot: Right\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Previous\u00a0Club: Nottingham Forest FC\u00a0<\/p>\n National Team: Scotland\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Transaction:\u00a0San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) \u2013 Earthquakes sign\u00a0GK Angus Gunn, previously of English Premier League side Nottingham Forest, as a free agent to a contract through the 2029-30 Major League Soccer season, pending the receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) and P-1 Visa. Gunn will occupy an International Roster Slot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014\u00a0The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club signed Scotland National Team goalkeeper Angus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-391575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391575","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=391575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}