It’s like one of those cool reunion parties in San Jose. The gang’s all back, ready to renew old times and strive for better ones.

First, it was John Doyle and Frank Yallop. Now it’s Ronnie Ekelund.

Ekelund, the former ‘Quakes and Denmark midfielder, joined the team today as a “technical advisor.” According to the club, he’ll play an important role in daily training sessions.

As a former playmaker, Ekelund should be able to take one look down the roster and tell Yallop what he already knows: he has no strikers.

For emphasis: there isn’t an MLS caliber starting striker on the roster right now.

San Jose’s reticence in filling that gaping hole has baffled this particular observer and it shouldn’t take Ekelund’s appointment to enlighten those in San Jose that their team won’t score many goals as currently comprised, unless you think Kei Kamara is a 10 goal scorer and everyone missed it.

Digging up goal-shy Japanese striker Takayuke Suzuki for a brief trial after his failed attempt to latch on at Chivas USA didn’t make much sense either.

The pity is that the ‘Quakes have some pieces to compete (Ramiro Corrales, Ronnie O’Brien, Joe Cannon) but no one to reliably score goals.