Four players earn San Jose Eathquakes chance after Open Try-Outs

Four soccer players from the San Jose Earthquakes' Open Tryout will continue an improbable journey on Monday, Feb. 6, when they receive the chance to train with the club's first team and earn a spot on the bus for an upcoming preseason trip to Southern California.

Hopefuls David Barnett (San Jose, Calif.), Devon Grousis (Fresno, Calif.), Moe Tagedlin (Rochester, Minn.) and Anthony Wuthrich (Neuchatel, Switzerland) were among 200 participants during the initial phase of the 2012 Open Tryout at the Mustang Soccer Complex in Danville, Calif. on Jan. 22. One week later, the foursome scrimmaged San Jose's U-18 Youth Development Academy squad along with 15 other finalists, and now they will have the opportunity to join the club's preseason training camp.

Barnett, Grousis, Tagedlin and Wuthrich will practice with the team at the Earthquakes Training Facility in San Jose on Monday for a single afternoon training session from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. If any of the four impresses the technical staff, they could find themselves on the bus for the Earthquakes' 10-day trip to San Luis Obispo and Ventura starting on Feb. 9.