Photo courtesy of San Jose Earthquakes Twitter.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- In an important matchup against Minnesota the Earthquakes came out and fought to a tie 1-1.

Both teams came out in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Daniel in goal for San Jose while for Minnesota Dayne St. Clair was in between the pipes.

Many of the Earthquakes recent matches have been marked by slow starts and tonight would be no different. As just four minutes into the match on beautiful ball by Emanuel Reynoso he caught Teemu Puuki on a fast break. Pukki then caught and deposited the ball in the back of the net getting his second goal of the season.

That goal fueled more chances for Minnesota but thankfully Tanner Beason made a huge block and Daniel had a couple big saves keeping it at 1-0.

It did not take too long for San Jose to find a response as after a a corner kick at the 16th minute Jackson Yueill settled the ball and feed it to an open Cade Cowell. After a quick turn Cowell shot a ball that wasn’t particularly fast but seemed to had eyes for the net as it beat St. Clair to his right tying the game up at one.

The first half ended in a 1-1 tie and in the beginning of the second half San Jose’s offense came out flying. Chance after chance came at St. Clair but he could not be beaten. With his best save coming at the 66th minute when Jeremy Ebobisse got a header on from the dead centre in the box that he kept out.

Despite all the great chances Minnesota pushed back the other way and scored with Pukki once again finishing. However, the goal did go to review and was eventually called off for being a handball.

Daniel made another couple key saves towards the end of the second half totaling to six saves by the end of the match.

The game would end up in a 1-1 tie which for San Jose keeps them at eighth in the Western Conference standings with 36 points and -4 goal differential.

San Jose’s next match will be on the 9th against D.C. on the road at 4:30 p.m.