By Joe Lami

photo credit: San Jose Earthquakes

The San Jose Earthquakes picked up their first road point of the campaign on Saturday afternoon in Texas, as they drew 2-2 with FC Dallas. San Jose has good standing in the Western Conference table, being in fourth place with eight points.

The Quakes’ scoring came early, as Alberto Quintero hit the top right corner off a low cross from Quincy Amarikwa in just the fourth minute of the game. It’s the first for Quintero, since he came from loan in the off-season from the Mexican club Lobos de la BUAP. “It felt very good. I am hoping to score more goals for the Quakes and for the fans,” Quintero commented.

FC Dallas equalized in the 36th minute on a Tesho Akindele penalty kick after Quakes’ defender Shaun Francis was called for a penalty within the box. Akindele drove it right down the middle, past a diving David Bingham to make the score 1-1.

The Quakes’ took the lead once again in the second half. Chris Wondolowski tallied his league-leading fourth goal of the season, in the 55th minute for the 2-1 lead. Amarikwa picked up his third assist of the season and second of the game on the tally, which now ranks him second in MLS assists on the season.

The lead didn’t last long, as just ten minutes later, a bad ball of the head of Victor Bernardez found his own net. The own goal came off a cross from Fabian Castillo for the equalizer.

Even though, San Jose gave up the lead twice, Quakes’ coach Dominic Kinnear isn’t too disappointed in the outcome, “They are a good team. Overall, I’m happy to come away with one point. I thought we had some good moments”.

The Quakes return to Avaya Stadium on Wednesday for a home contest against the New York Red Bulls before a weekend trip to Portland to take on the Timbers.