User:Christiangamer7/MBFCU

This is a personal project on improving Monterey Bay FC related articles. It can be used as a reference for other folks wanting to improve articles in the same scope.

Monterey Bay FC - Main project goals

Expand and improve the main Monterey Bay FC article to B quality
- Add "Records" section after 3rd season?
- Add "supporters and culture" section, talk about supporters groups, growing rivalries with Oakland and Sacramento?
- Continue to expand MBFC2 section (until worthy of own article)
  - Mention MBFC2's jersey sponsor(s)
  - Mention result of 2nd season, player getting young player of the year
Expand and improve player articles (Create articles if needed)
Long term goal: Get a related article to B-class quality

Areas of Focus

Top priority

Improve Frank Yallop to B class quality [1] [2]
- Coaching career
  - Canada
    - 2004
    - 2005
    - 2006
    - Expand summary
      - Talk more specifically about major tournament appearances
      - Talk about first and last matches as coach and other notable results, use Canada men's national soccer team results (2000–2019)
  - Galaxy [2006-07]
    - 2006
    - 2007
  - Quakes pt 2 [2008-13]
    - 2011
    - 2012
    - 2013
  - Chicago [2014-15]
    - Expand summary
      - See if any more notable info is out there
    - 2014
    - 2015
  - Arizona/Phoenix
    - Expand summary
    - 2016
    - 2017
  - Fresno
    - Expand summary
    - 2018
    - 2019
      - Mention working til club folding
  - Monterey Bay
    - 2021-2024
      - Mention recruiting players from previous coaching & management stints (Quakes pt 2, AZ/PHX, Fresno, Vegas)
      - Outline 2022 season
      - Outline 2023 season
        Mention win over Earthquakes in US Open Cup
      - Outline 2024 season
- Add to coaching record infobox for Las Vegas, MBFC
- Add player stats section for career
  - International stats section? Intl appearances? Intl goals?
- Request an assessment for B-class when I feel ready, build from the input
  - First review it yourself with the relevant checklist
    - 1. The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations
      - In progress, (currently) only have a few "citation needed" templates
    - 2. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies.
      - In progress, see above section.
    - 3. The article has a defined structure.
      - Should pass, structure is well organized
    - 4. The article is reasonably well-written.
      - In progress, probably will need the most scrutiny
    - 5. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.
      - In progress. Could use some more statsboxes & updates to current ones
    - 6. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way.
      - Should pass? Don't think it uses insider terms.
- Future to do:
  - Ipswich
    - Expand summary?
  - Blackpool - find specific loan timing
  - International playing career - expand slightly
Season articles
- Keep 2024 season article up to date
  - Update USOC section
- Improve/Complete 2023 season article
  - Add info to top infobox (highest attendance, season finish, etc.)
  - Add infobox with player season stats
    - After added with all players from season, edit the season roster to final roster? (so - transfers)?
  - Eventually add stats section, differentiate between final roster and full season's roster
  - Eventually add summary/review section, expand it and background section
- Improve 2022 season article
  - Add more stats to top infobox
  - Expand background section (like 2009 Seattle Sounders FC season)
    - Mention renovation of Cardinale Stadium requiring team on road for first several matches
  - Add infobox with season player stats
    - After added with all players from season, edit the season roster to final roster (so - transfers)?
  - Eventually add summary/review section, expand it and background section

Mid priority

Improve Walmer Martinez to C quality
- Add pro career statsbox
- Find more early life info, see if youth academy citations exist from the time he was in academy [look at current citations]
- Flesh out career section to create Hartford + MB separate sections
  - Hartford - see what more can be added, mention being sold to MB?
  - MB
    - 2022 - First signing, playing in home area and at his university, scored first goal in home stadium's history
    - 2023 -
    - 2024 - Add suspension mention
- International
  - Make international appearances box?
  - Add more info on Gold Cup and other runs of matches? [Add context for how El Salvador did while he was playing]
- Other sources [3][4]
Improve Jerry Ayon draft for mainspace (and then page)
- Create statsbox
- Find secondary sources
  - MBFC, Quakes 2, Quakes academy, Morelia, Alisal. US (& Mexico?) YNT
    - Find source on US U16
  - Sources: [5][6][7][8]
Add stat boxes to current MB players
- Start with players w/ less pro years, move up from there
  - i.e. Rebollar, Maldonado, Glasser, Martinez
- Start stat boxes in veteran players pages w/ MB and work your way back
Expand Cardinale Stadium article
- Fort Ord era
- CSUMB era (pre renovation)
- MBFC era
  - Include info on hosting recent college woso tournament
  - Mention top attendance, first time MLS played there (preseason), first USOC match
Create Anthony Orendain draft (and then page)
- College, Bay Cities, MBFC2, MBFC
Improve 2024 captain Kai Greene article to C quality
Improve Ramiro Corrales to B quality
- 50 best Quakes list
Improve Simon Dawkins to B quality
- 50 best quakes list
- Mention result of match he coached as interim
- [9]
Improve Jordan Stewart to B class quality
- Add coaching section with MBFC to infobox
Improve Joe Cannon article to B quality
- 50 best quakes list
- [10] [11]
Improve Rafael Baca article to B quality
- Get info, cites, etc. from Spanish language article https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Baca
C level candidates (in order of nearness to class C)
- Morey Doner, Adrian Rebollar, Diego Gutierrez
Prioritize local players/staff from club history: Ramiro Corrales, Walmer Martinez, Adrian Rebollar
Improve Max Glasser draft article
- Goal is to get it into main-space
Improve Antony Siaha page
- Sources [12][13]
Improve Carlos Herrera article
- Sources [14] [15] [16]

Low Priority

Add stat boxes to all active player pages
- Begin with less tenured players and then move back to veteran players
Keep foreign NT MB players up to date on List of foreign USL Championship players
Improve Ousseni Bouda article to B quality
- Early life
  - Write about Black Rock FC academy
  - [17][18][19]
- Add citations for honors
- International career
  - Find citation/source for specific U20 international appearance(s) in 2019
  - International appearances chart? See Ramiro Corrales
Improve former captain Hugh Roberts' article to C quality
- College
- Baltimore Bohemians 12-13
- Richmond Kickers 14-16
- Bethlehem Steel 17
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds 18
- Charlotte Independence 19-21
- Monterey Bay 22-23
- Charlotte 24-
- Add Personal Life section (advocacy and other endeavors)
  - Use sources & summarize important seasons
    - Sources [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Articles that could be improved to C: Seku Conneh, Chris Cortez, Rafael Diaz, Dallas Jaye, Christian Volesky, Arun Basuljevic, James Murphy, 2022 MBFC season
- Robbie Crawford page
  - Mention trade to be closer to family
- Seku Conneh
  - Leading scorer for Bethlehem in 2017
- Jesús Enríquez (talk about reuniting with former teammates who recommended him)

Other Monterey Bay Area tasks

Create & Improve other Monterey Bay soccer articles
- Players from area: David Estrada, Emi Ochoa, Lynden Gooch, Francisco Gomez (soccer, born 1979), Wes Hart, Alejandro Cano, Joel Garcia, CSUMB alum in Liga MX? Mailin Orozco?
- Clubs from area: Monterey Bay Jaguars, Santa Cruz Breakers, Santa Cruz Surf, Salinas Valley Samba
  - Season for clubs:
    - Jaguars: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
    - Surf: 1993, 1994
    - Breakers: 2007, 2008; 2018
    - Samba: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- MB Jaguars players
- Local college programs: Cal State Monterey Bay Otters, UCSC, etc.

MBFC Articles by quality

Simon Dawkins, Alex Dixon, Monterey Bay FC, Jordan Stewart, Frank Yallop, Ramiro Corrales, Joe Cannon, Rafael Baca, Ousseni Bouda, Nevello Yoseke

Diego Gutierrez, Chase Boone, Walmer Martinez, Morey Doner, Adrian Rebollar, Cardinale Stadium, Jesse Maldonado, Antony Siaha, Carlos Herrera, Grant Robinson, Alex Lara, Xavi Gnaulati, Luther Archimède, Tristan Trager, Carlos Guzmán, Mobi Fehr, Kai Greene, Christian Volesky; Dallas Jaye, Seku Conneh, Chris Cortez, Rafael Díaz, 2022 season, Arun Basuljevic, James Murphy, Jiro Barriga Toyama, Sam Strong, Hunter Gorskie, Jason Johnson, Robbie Crawford, Hugh Roberts, Sam Gleadle, Sean Okoli, Jesús Enríquez

Max Glasser, Jerry Ayon, Anthony Orendain, Pierce Gallaway, Ryan Dieter, Miguel Guerrero, Michael Gonzalez
Template: MBFC, MBFC roster, MBFC managers

Bold articles are current focuses, italicized articles are not actively connected to club and thus lower priority.

Achieved goals

Create this page
Create season articles: 2022, 2023, 2024
Update all players to be current MBFC players, have team template (before summer 2022 transfers)
Created player bios: Antony Siaha, Carlos Herrera
Create 2024 season article
Created MBFC navbox/template

Future goals

Elevate an article to B status
Improve all related articles to C quality
- Biographies, club, stadium, seasons