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By Pearl Allison Lo

Against the Colorado Rapids going for their third straight win, the San Jose Earthquakes were able to keep a clean sheet in a 0-0 tie Saturday.

This was despite Colorado outcornering the Quakes 10 to 3, keeping by far the majority of possession time the whole game and having the only shot on target.

In eight games against the Rapids, San Jose is now 5-0-3.

The Quakes’ Alan Gordon started for the second straight game, and off a corner kick in just the first minute, had a header hit the bar. Not too far off, in the last game the two teams played, Gordon hit the post in the ninth minute.

In the 74th minute, the Rapids’ Vicente Sanchez started off with the ball, getting it to teammate Dillon Powers. Powers tried to return the favor in front of the net but Sanchez and the Quakes’ Victor Bernardez collided going for the ball. It was not clear whether or not it was from a foot from Sanchez or an awkward landing, but Bernardez had to have his right shoulder collarbone area freeze sprayed.

San Jose’s Adam Jahn entered in favor of Gordon in the 84th minute. It was Jahn’s first appearance of the regular season

As quickly as Jahn came in he though, he went out. He was issued a red card in the 87th minute, for a shoulder to the face of Jared Watts when trying to nab the ball, in the 85th minute. It is now the fifth red card that has occurred in nine matches between the teams.

Stoppage time for the second half lasted five minutes and San Jose’s Yannick Djalo ended up limping off in the 91st minute.

Game notes: The two teams meet again May 7, but the next game up for the Quakes is April 26 @ 7:30pm, as San Jose plays host to Chivas USA.