~ Photo credit: San Jose Earthquakes

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ San Jose was outshot 21-6 as Toronto FC won in a 4-0 rout Saturday.

Toronto increased their unbeaten streak to 10 games while remaining undefeated at home.

The Quakes had no shots in the second half before going a man down in the 72nd minute. They ended up getting three shots starting in the 88th minute.

Jozy Altidore got his 50th and 51st MLS goals, Victor Vasquez got a goal and assist and former Quake Steven Beitashour had two assists to name some.

San Jose was able to hold off Toronto at first.

Toronto had a number of chances, including Altidore to start. In the 7th minute, he had an offsides goal, a missed header in the 12th minute, and another shot that was saved in the 14th minute.

Marco Urena had the Quakes’ first shot in the 17th minute.

Altidore, Justin Morrow and Sebastian Giovinco had shots for Toronto in the 21st minute, 23rd minute and 24th minute respectively.

They finally scored in the 26th minute. Goalie Andrew Tarbell got his hands on the ball before Beitashour’s ball went to Vasquez, who took advantage of Tarbell being out of position.

Urena had another shot in the 34th minute.

San Jose only had possession advantage in the final five minutes of the first half. The Quakes’ Jackson Yueill had a shot in the 43rd minute and Giovinco had another shot in the 44th minute.

Altidore finally got his goal when Toronto tacked on another goal in the 48th minute. He then scored another goal in the 64th minute.

Half-time substitute Jonathan Osorio made it 4-0 two minutes later.

Darwin Ceren was the man issued a red card. The Quakes also went down a man the last meeting between the teams. 

Game notes: It was both goalie Alex Bono’s and San Jose’s second shutout in three games. The Quakes return home to play the Houston Dynamo Saturday at 7:30 p.m.