By Pearl Allison Lo

~ Sebastian Giovinco was the talk of the match without scoring, as San Jose’s five-game unbeaten streak fell to Toronto FC Saturday, 3-1, after a rain delay.

The Quakes gave up three goals for the first time this season as they outshot Toronto, but on goal, Toronto outshot San Jose 8-2.

Giovinco was named Man of the Match as he had two assists for the first time this season. He also clanged the bar twice, early and late in the game, as Toronto has now won two straight at home.

The last time the Quakes gave up multiple goals coincided with the game before the start of their unbeaten streak, April 17. In turn, San Jose has only scored multiple goals three times this season.

Former San Jose defender Justin Morrow gave Toronto the first goal with a header  in the 22nd minute. It was his first goal of the season as Giovinco and Jonathan Osorio gave the assists.

Two minutes later, a Toronto Ashton Morgan handball set up a Chris Wondolowski penalty kick. Wondolowski replicated the location of his 100th goal, with his 101th goal, which was a penalty shot too, in the lower left of the net. This makes four straight goals for Wondolowski, the first time since 2012.

This would not be enough for the Quakes this time, however.

The game winning goal was set up when Sanna Nyassi failed to clear the ball when Giovinco got the ball from him. Nyasia went down afterwards. The ball then went to Luke Moore, who kicked the ball to Warren Creavalle. Creavalle rocketed the ball forward from beyond the penalty box, to make it 2-1 in the 33rd minute. It was also his first goal of the season.

Moore gave Toronto an added boost with hi first goal of the season as well in the 71st minute. Toronto kicked the ball forward from midfield to Giovinco. Giovinco then kicked the ball sideways to Moore who came in to the play late, but was able to knock the ball into the net. Bingham touched the ball, but the kick was too strong.

Game notes: For San Jose, JJ Koval made his first start in awhile, Mark Sherrod saw his first action of the season and the team was without Fatai Alashe, Tommy Thompson and Matias Perez Garcia. Coach Dominic Kinnear said Perez Garcia “still has a bit of a groin problem.” The Quakes will look to preserve their unbeaten streak at home now when they host FC Dallas at 4pm June 7.