SAN JOSE — The potential sale of the San Jose Earthquakes by owner John Fisher might also be a way to entice the soccer club to play its games at an unspecified downtown San Jose site, the city’s mayor says.

The owner of the San Jose Earthquakes announced Wednesday that he has begun the process of selling the Major League Soccer club.

San Jose Earthquakes owner John Fisher confirmed on Wednesday that he is putting the MLS club on the market, and has hired investment bank Moelis & Co. to help facilitate the sale. "On behalf of Major League Soccer,