By Pearl Allison Lo

~ The Houston Dynamo recovered from a late San Jose goal to preserve the Quakes’ winless streak, Saturday 2-1.

San Jose went down to 10 men after Fatai Alashe received a second yellow and thus red card. The Quakes’ now have a six-game winless streak, this being their second loss versus the Dynamo during that time.

Houston also scored two goals the last time the teams met as the home team won for the first time this season matchup.

Both teams were coming off a draw.

The Quakes had five yellows in the match.

The Dynamo’s Damarcus Beasley scored his first of the season, beating goalie David Bingham at the near corner of the goal mouth in the 55th minute. Giles Barnes gave the assist.

With a foul against Barnes in the 58th minute, there was talk about Marc Pelosi possibly getting another yellow. He already had one in the 34th minute.

Pelosi went down in the front of the goal before a possible scoring opportunity, but there was no call.

Alashe was sent off in the 60th minute. His first yellow came in the 43rd minute.

It took several touches, but an aggressive set piece, starting with a corner by Tommy Thompson, leveled the game in the 70th minute. Shaun Francis had the assisting header, as the ball went past goalie Joe Willis to Quincy Amarikwa with the chest shot. Amarikwa was back to his scoring ways, with his third goal in four games to avoid the shutout.

However, the Dynamo’s Boniek Garcia, playing for the first time since June 5 where he also assisted, got the second assist, as Sheanon Williams slid the ball past Bingham and to Alex Lima on the other side. The game winner came at the 76th minute.

Game notes: Houston was without starting goalie Tyler Deric, Nathan Sturgis and Ricardo Clark. San Jose had the same lineup as last week, with the exception of Pelosi playing for Matias Perez Garcia. Tuesday, the Quakes announced that former captain Ramiro Corrales will be the newest inductee into the team’s Hall of Fame and that Khari Stephenson was loaned to the North American Soccer League’s San Antonio Scorpions. Wednesday, they announced the acquisition of Anibal Godoy, Panama midfielder. San Jose plays Colorado August 14 at 8pm.