By Pearl Allison Lo

~ Ned Grabavoy played a part in each of his teams’ goals, as New York City FC won over the San Jose Earthquakes in the teams’ first-ever meeting Saturday, 3-2.

It was the first time Grabavoy got on the goal scoring column this season. The last time Grabavoy scored two goals in a game was May 19, 2013.

Both of the teams’ leading scorers scored in the game as all of the goals came in the second half.

Grabavoy inadvertently assisted on his first goal of the year. He passed the ball to David Villa before Villa returned it to him, as Grabavoy scored the game’s first goal in the 51st minute.

In the 63rd minute, Grabavoy scored his second goal of the match from a cross by Frank Lampard.

Villa then made things look even more daunting two minutes later, when he scored past a flying David Bingham. It was Villa’s team-leading 16th goal.

San Jose did not give up though. However, New York City matched their intensity.

After a corner kick that a New York City player hit, the ball hung in the air before Quincy Amarikwa headed it in to make it 3-1 in the 72nd minute.

Amarikwa later got pulled down for a penalty, resulting in a penalty kick by Chris Wondolowski. The conversion was Wondolowski’s sixth out of six penalty attempts for the season and his team-leading 15th goal, to make it 3-2 in the 76th minute.

Game notes: The Quakes resume play September 27 at 4pm versus Real Salt Lake.