(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

By Pearl Allison Lo

~ Not only did New England end their scoreless streak Saturday, they won their first game, beating the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on a snowy Saturday.

Kelyn Rowe scored in the 21st and 37th minute to pace the team. He led all with seven shots, five on goal.

The Revolution built on last game, with two more shots on goal for a total of eight.

They are still undefeated at home, with a 9-0-3 record. The Revolution have strung together three wins against the Quakes now, San Jose with only two goals through then.

In net, New England’s Bobby Shuttleworth faced 10 shots, four on goal and made three saves.

San Jose avoided the shutout for the fourth time in their last six against the Revolution, with a penalty kick by Chris Wondolowski in the 62nd minute.

Rowe was aided by Lee Nguyen and Daigo Kobayashi the first time he scored. Rowe’s goal came at the 346th minute of the season.

The second time Rowe scored, he was helped by Darrius Barnes and Chris Tierney.

The Quakes’ Marvell Wynne got hurt in the 53rd minute and had to be taken out in the 55th minute with a left hamstring strain. It was head coach Dominic Kinnear’s last available substitution.

Clarence Goodson drew the penalty which Wondolowski won. Wondolowski led with four shots, three on goal. He now has three goals on the season.

About the match, Kinnear said, “ They came out ready, we came out a little bit sleepy and that’s why we were down 2-0 at halftime. We fought hard to get back into the game and then obviously the chance at the end would have been great for us.”

That chance he was referring to was Wondolowski’s head-on kick in the 93rd minute which Shuttleworth pushed away. It was followed by a missed attempt at the near post by Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi after Wondolowski kicked the ball forward.

New England head coach Jay Heaps said, “We were excited with our first half, and the way we went out in that first half, and even the start of the second, but unfortunately, it became a real game. It was a good job to hold on, but it probably shouldn’t have been as close, but it was.”

Game notes: Both San Jose’s Victor Bernardez and Revolution captain Jose Goncalves returned from red card suspension, each with a shot on goal and Goncalves with two crosses. New England was without Kevin Alston again. Tierney led all with seven crosses. The Quakes next play Real Salt Lake April 5 at 2pm.