SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014\u202fThe San Jose Earthquakes announced today that they have signed forward Preston Judd\u00a0to a new contract\u00a0through\u00a0the\u00a02028-29 Major League Soccer\u00a0season\u00a0with a club\u00a0option\u00a0for 2029-30.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Judd, 27, is enjoying a breakthrough season in 2026 with 13 goal contributions (11g\/2a) in just 15 games (14 starts). His 11 goals, already a career high, are the most among all American players and are tied for fourth overall in MLS. He is tied for first among all players in goals scored in the run of play (11) and stands third or tied for third in the league in expected goals (10.23), headed goals (2) and shots on goal (27). Judd closed a strong first half of the season by scoring in four consecutive road games to tie a club record.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased to re-sign Preston Judd,\u201d said Earthquakes Sporting Director and Head Coach Bruce Arena. \u201cHe has made very good progress over the past year and a half, and has had an impressive goal scoring record. We look forward to his continued progress and contributions to the San Jose Earthquakes. He is most deserving of a new contract.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
A fan favorite who has coined\u00a0the term \u201cGrit FC\u201d to describe the Quakes\u2019\u00a0rugged,\u00a0clutch style of play,\u00a0Judd\u00a0etched his name into Black and Blue lore with his leap into the Seismic Union supporters\u2019 section following his game-winning goal over Vancouver Whitecaps FC\u00a0last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels great to re-sign with San Jose and commit to the Earthquakes for the foreseeable future,\u201d said Judd.\u00a0\u201cGetting an opportunity to be in an environment where people believe in me,\u00a0from the coaches,\u00a0to my teammates, and of course, the fans, has allowed me to grow as a player during my time here. Now\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0eager to make more memories with the Quakes for years to come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Las Vegas native earned two MLS Team of the Matchday honors\u00a0last\u00a0season\u00a0and another\u00a0three\u00a0this season.\u00a0Against\u00a0San Diego FC\u00a0on Matchday 6, Judd\u00a0assisted\u00a0on\u00a0Niko\u00a0Tsakiris\u2019 first goal and later scored his third goal of the season\u00a0in a 3-0 win. On\u00a0Matchday 9, he notched a brace to help lift the Quakes to a 5-1 drubbing of Austin FC.\u00a0Most recently on\u00a0Matchday 15, he netted twice once again to propel San Jose to a 3-1 triumph in Portland\u2014their first-ever such road victory over the Timbers in MLS play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Quakes 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.\u00a0Single-game tickets can be\u00a0purchased\u00a0HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Transaction:\u00a0San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) \u2013 Earthquakes sign\u00a0F Preston Judd\u00a0to a new contract through the 2028-29 Major League Soccer\u00a0season with a club\u00a0option\u00a0for 2029-30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014\u202fThe San Jose Earthquakes announced today that they have signed forward Preston Judd\u00a0to a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[16465,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-398941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-preston-judd","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\/398941","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=398941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}