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Winless Skid at 13 After Earthquakes Fall to Real Salt Lake 2-0

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

Time is winding down for the San Jose Earthquakes to avoid starting next truly anew, free from any reminders of the struggles of the current campaign. Following a 2-0 loss to Real Salt Lake Saturday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium, the Quakes are mired in a 13-game winless streak with three games left in the season. San Jose’s last victory came August 2nd in a 1-0 result against the Seattle Sounders, with the match serving as the inaugural event held at Levi’s Stadium.

Real took the lead on a 24th-minute strike from Ned Grabavoy, then Sebastian Velasquez beat San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch four minutes later for the final goal of the game. Salt Lake outshot the short-handed Quakes, more than doubling the Quakes attempts on net (9) with 20.

San Jose partook in its second-straight match short-handed with 17 players. Some notable faces like Atiba Harris (Saint Kitts and Nevis) and Cordell Cato (Trinidad and Tobago) answered the call for international play duties. Also absent from the backline was defender Victor Bernardez, joining his countrymen to represent Honduras in exhibition play.

The Earthquakes’ leading scorer, Chris Wondolowski, also was missing upfront after playing for the United States Men’s National Team in Friday’s 1-1 draw with Ecuador. The game, played at East Hartford, Connecticut’s Rentschler field, marked the final international appearance for former Earthquake Landon Donovan.

Up next for the Earthquakes is an international friendly, with the Quakes welcoming Victor Bernardez’s old Honduran side CDS Vida to Santa Clara. Following the friendly Tuesday, San Jose wraps up the home portion of the schedule with a Saturday evening showdown against the Vancouver Whitecaps.

The Saturday match-up, a contest pitting the Quakes against a desperate Vancouver squad looking to lock in the last spot in the Western Conference, marks the final game the Quakes will play at Buck Shaw Stadium. They’ll move to a new stadium expected to open at the start of next season. The Quakes still have one more road game, the best shot at snapping the winless skid. San Jose closes out the season at the Stub Hub Center against last place Chivas USA October 26th.

Timbers Rally to Eliminate Quakes From Contention

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The nightmare is over for the San Jose Earthquakes. Following a 2-1 loss to the Portland Timbers (10-9-12, 42 points) Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium, the Quakes now officially have been eliminated from MLS Cup contention. No longer will a San Jose player have to talk about the faint possibility of making up points in the standings to make a postseason run in a campaign that from its onset seemed fated for a struggle.

There has been plenty of bad luck going around Santa Clara County. A smattering of injuries to backbone players, players like Steven Lenhart, Clarence Goodson and a litany of others, compounded with a lack of consistency among the healthy and an on-and-off scoring touch see the Quakes (6-13-11, 29 points) one spot ahead of Chivas USA, a team set to take a few seasons off following financial struggles, for dead last place in the Western Conference.

“A lot of good work and effort in front of our fans was all for naught tonight,” said Earthquakes defender Jason Hernandez. “They say you make your own luck. We try our hardest every night but we just can’t seem to get our heads above water. It’s very frustrating.”

Saturday’s game served as the perfect metaphor for the season. After a 56th minute Chris Wondolowski strike, his 14th of the season, handed San Jose the lead the Earthquakes looked on their way to their first win in 11 games. Perhaps in another season, that’d be the case. But in the year of misfortune, things wouldn’t be that easy for the men in blue.

“It was another frustrating night,” said head coach Mark Watson. “I thought we played well at times. We knew we were playing a good team who wanted to possess the ball. I thought we defended well and had a bunch of chances.”

Reminiscent of the last meeting between these two teams, the Timbers tied the game late, this time on a deflection by Rodney Wallace in the 71st minute. Just three minutes later, the bounces went against San Jose again, this time by way of the double-deflection goal for Wallace. Just like that, three points became one became none for San Jose.

“Portland is a good team, but to give up two deflection goals is the story of our season,” said Hernandez. “I’d love to have some deflection goals go in for us. I feel like we’ve been on the wrong end of things for most of the year.”

“The two goals they scored, the deflections, is the way our season is going,” added Watson. “I’m really disappointed for our guys. They came out motivated to win in front of their home fans, and once again, we leave disappointed.”

The Quakes hold a second chance to play spoiler to Portland’s playoff hopes Wednesday. They travel to the Pacific Northwest with a chance to Keep Portland, two points ahead of Vancouver for the final Western Conference playoff spot, from widening the gap.

For the Quakes, Wednesday could mark one of the final four games of Coach Mark Watson’s tenure as bench boss. Rumors have swirled that Watson, who took over as interim coach following the departure of Frank Yallop during the 2013 season, may be terminated at the end of the season. While it would be easy for Watson and co. to pack it up over the next few weeks, don’t expect to see the Quakes go soft.

“It’s about pride right now,” said Watson. “It’s about character, pride. Every time you step on the practice field or on the field for a game, you do your best, work as hard as you can. Fight for this club. I have no doubt our guys will do that right until the end of the season.”

Watson isn’t the only one facing uncertainty at season’s end. Many players are motivated to continue toiling away to earn a spot on a squad, be it with the Earthquakes or in the MLS and beyond.

“There’s plenty of motivation,” said Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch. “You play for points, you play for pride in the jersey, you play for pride in your own blood, and you’re playing for contracts. The list goes on and on. If you don’t have motivation to play then you just need to get out of here.”

Quakes never said die

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By Pearl Allison Lo

Although San Jose put forth tons of energy in the first half and fell behind in the 84th minute, they exemplified goonie spirit with seconds, as they escaped a loss to the Colorado Rapids with a 1-1 draw Saturday.

For the fourth time in last seven matches, the Quakes gave up a goal for points past the 70th minute, but unlike their last game against the Montreal Impact, San Jose avoided a loss.

With both teams vying for the final Western Conference playoff spot, it was a bitter result for the Rapids, who were the closer team. Colorado was also on their way to their first win over the Quakes since 2011 and first win at home since 2010. Colorado’s ten game winless streak now matches their 2007 club record.

Atiba Harris, who hit the game-tying goal, entered the game in the 70th minute. The four minutes of stoppage time were key. A long ball came in front of the net from midfield to Matias Perez Garcia. Perez Garcia passed the ball to Harris. After Harris got away from a shirt pull, Harris kicked a stunner into the net against his former team with just seconds left in the game. Harris was cut from the Rapids last year.

In the first half, shots on target were 3-1 for San Jose and Colorado goalie Joe Nasco had four saves to Jon Busch’s one, but fouls were 7-3 against the Quakes. Possession favored the Rapids 56.9% to 43.1%. No San Jose player had more than one shot.

Colorado’s Deshorn Brown led all with five shots. With a lot of space in front, in the 60th minute, he just missed a goal as he curled the ball just shy of the net.

In the 76th minute, Sanchez passed the ball to Brown. Against an approaching Busch, Brown scored, but as the confetti fell, Brown’s goal was taken away because he was offsides.

The Rapids’ Chris Klute couldn’t have chosen much of a better time for his first assist of the season. Dillon Serna got the ball from midfield and passed it to his right as Klute came up behind him. Shaun Francis tried to divert Klute’s shot, but the ball went to Colorado’s Gabriel Torres, who got past Victor Bernardez and put in the ball off Busch’s hands in the 84th minute. Torres led all with two shots on goal.

Both teams still look to end their drought (winless in last ten) and just maybe get into the postseason.

Game notes: Perez Garcia, who started, went down with cramps midfield after his assist. He also had four corner kicks and a shot on goal. The Rapids outshot San Jose 20-11 in the match. Last meeting, the Quakes pulled off 15 shots against Colorado. All three games between the teams this season have been draws. Rapids’  Dillon Powers returned to play after missing last game.  In the second half, shots on target were 3-2 for Colorado, Nasco had one save to Busch’s two, the number of fouls for each team were the exact opposite of the first half and San Jose cut down the Rapids’ possession time. The Quakes next host the Portland Timbers, for a later game than usual, 8pm on October 4.

Quakes’ winless streak reaches nine

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By Pearl Allison Lo

The Montreal Impact turned what looked like an impending draw, into a 2-0 win over San Jose Saturday at Stade Saputo, in the 81st minute.

The game winning goal was started by the Impact’s Marco Di Vaio in the back right corner of the box. Quakes’ goalie Jon Busch knocked it away, but inadvertently into the path of Montreal Jack McInerney’s knee, which the ball bounced right back off, into the net.

Unfortunately, since the Colombus Crew and New York Red Bulls also won, Montreal was knocked out of playoff contention.

The Impact had four shots before Atiba Harris had San Jose’s first attempt in the 21st minute.

In the 44th minute, the Quakes’ Jason Hernandez was walking and then suddenly fell backwards. It was later determined that he suffered a right knee sprain. He was replaced by Ty Harden for the second half.

San Jose’s Matias Perez Garcia entered to play for the first time after a knee injury more than a month ago in the 78th minute.

Perez Garcia’s free kick in the 83rd minute was the Quakes’ first shot on goal and ended up being the only one.

In the 88th minute, Di Vaio got the assist this time as he kicked the ball behind his back to Dilly Duka. Duka, working against Sam Cronin, was able to use a fake to get past him and shot the ball in between Cronin and Ty Harden past an outstretched Busch.

Despite the final score, San Jose was leading the second half battle.

Game notes: Uruguyan Pablo Pintos made his Quakes debut as he started the game. The Impact’s Ignacio Piatti led all players with five shots. On Tuesday, San Jose season ticket holder Debbie Freeman will install Earthquake Stadiums’ first seat, her own, before sitting in it. The Quakes take on the Colorado Rapids Saturday at 6pm.

Whitecaps Penalty Kick Tops Quakes

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By Matthew Harrington

The search for road win number two, and a much-needed three points in the standings, continues for the San Jose Earthquakes with only eight games remaining. The Quakes continued their tour of the Pacific Northwest Wednesday night with a 2-0 loss at the hands of Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 at BC Place. San Jose, 10 points back of Vancouver for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, went winless on its current three-game road trip. They tied both Real Salt Lake and the Portland Timbers in the previous two contests.

Pedro Morales put Vancouver (8-6-13, 37 points)on the board, converting on a penalty kick in the 39th minute following a Victor Bernardez infraction, for the Whitecaps first goal in over 450 minutes of play. Bernardez was whistled for delivering an elbow to the back of Kendall Waston in the penalty area on a challenge of a free kick attempt. Waston would head in the Whitecaps second marker in the 56th minute for the 2-0 result.

The Quakes (6-6-15, 27 points) failed to generate any offensive momentum for large chunks of the night, attempting only four shots on goal to Vancouver’s 17. A lone San Jose attempt found its mark, with another two registering as off target. The other attempt was blocked. The Whitecaps managed six shots on target, thanks in part to a slight edge in possession, controlling play 55.8 percent of the night.

A victory for Mark Watson’s Quakes would have bumped San Jose above Colorado for the seventh spot in the Western Conference table. The loss, however, bumped Vancouver over Portland and into the postseason picture. The Whitecaps entered play Wednesday night a point back of the Timbers in sixth place.

Sunday afternoon, the Quakes desperation push will collide with a familiar face, as Landon Donovan’s Los Angeles Galaxy come to Buck Shaw Stadium for an afternoon match. There will be an air of nostalgia of the Quakes glory days with Sunday marking Donovan’s last appearance in front of the San Jose fans that once rooted him on.

The 32-year-old announced on August 7th that this would be his last MLS season. In Donovan’s four seasons as a member of the Quakes, the organization won its two MLS Cups (2001 and 2003). The MLS all-time leader in goals and playoff goals earned MLS Cup Most Valuable Player honors in the 2001 iteration.

Wondolowski Scores Two, But Earthquakes Can’t Hold On In 3-3 Draw With Portland

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Desperate for a road victory to keep theirs playoff hopes alive and well, the San Jose Earthquakes instead settled for a 3-3tie with the Portland Timbers FC Sunday afternoon at Providence Park. Chris Wondolowski appeared to have the game winner on an 85th minute marker, his second goal of the day, but Portland’s Kalif Alhassan answered back with a goal of his own one minute later. It was the second blown lead Sunday for the Earthquakes after coughing up a 2-0 advantage earlier in the match.

For the second week in a row the Quakes (6-10-9) struck first, courtesy of tallies from Chris Wondolowski and Cordell Cato, but faltered with the advantage to draw Portland. San Jose also wound up with a 1-1 result against Real Salt Lake after taking a quick 1-0 lead August 30th at Buck Shaw Stadium.

San Jose opened the first meeting of the season with the Timbers eight points behind Portland (8-8-11) for the fifth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Both teams desperately needed a win and three points with less than two months of soccer remaining to legitimize postseason hopes. The Earthquakes were seeking only their second win of the season on the road.

The Timbers controlled the run of play handedly over the first 20 minutes, battering Quakes keeper Jon Busch with chance after chance, but failed to convert on any early attempts. San Jose wrested momentum away from its hosts after Chris Wondolowski found the back of the net in the 21st minute for a 1-0 lead.

Shea Salinas initially skipped a ball from the left side at Portland goalie Donovan Ricketts that was turned aside, but Wondolowski crashed the netmouth to try to chip in the rebound off the far post. A Timbers defender managed to move Wondolowski off the play before he could get his foot on the ball inside the box, but Salinas followed his initial chance and ripped a shot to that bounced off the left post. Again Ricketts made a diving stop but Wondolowski recovered in time to settle the ball and tap it into the open net for his team-leading 10th strike of the season.

In a reversal of first-half fortunes, San Jose opened the second 45 minutes on the attack. Cordell Cato took advantage of a lax Portland backline to tally his third goal of the season in 48th minute, putting the Earthquakes up 2-0. The San Jose midfielder booted the ball cross crease into the left corner after a pair of Portland defenders allowed him to walk into the box unfettered.

Portland needed 21 attempts at the goal before finally beating Busch in the 54th minute. Diego Valeri floated a pass to Alvas Powell. Powell scorched a liner to pull the Timbers within one.

Tempers flared just two minutes later after Portland’s Will Johnson believed officials missed a handball on Jason Hernandez. Johnson became very animated, arguing with officials before ultimately ending up in a shoving match with Wondolowski. Johnson received a yellow card once the hostilities subsided.

15 minutes from the end of regulation, Portland found the equalizer. Diego Valeri picked up his second assist of the day after feeding Liam Ridgewell for the goal. The Timbers once again controlled the strength of play, finishing the day with 32 attempts on goal to San Jose’s 12.

San Jose continues the search for road win number two in in the Northwest Wednesday night. The Quakes will meet the Whitecaps FC, currently one point back of Portland for the final playoff spot, in Vancouver.

San Jose’s Defense Settles Down and Earns 1-1 Draw With Real Salt Lake

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By: Joe Lami

SANTA CLARA, CALIF.–

Coming into Saturday night’s contest, the San Jose Earthquakes had been struggling tremendously on defense conceding ten goals in the last three matches. They were able to turns things around, as they earned a 1-1 draw with supporter shield contenders Real Salt Lake. The draw marked the first time since August 2 that the team managed to earn points at home, and the first since July 23 at Buck Shaw Stadium, as the August 2nd matchup was held at Levi’s Stadium.

The Earthquakes started strong, as they hopped on the board in just the 14th minute of play. Chris Wondolowski set up the play of the left side, taking on two defenders before passing back to Sam Cronin, who gathered himself and ripped one low and right with the left foot to put the Quakes up early.

Wondolowski had another great chance just moments later in the 18th minute. Tommy Thompson headed the ball over to Wondolowski just inside the 18-yard box, where he took a one-touched shot that just missed left of the net of putting San Jose up 2-0.The missed opportunity would come back to haunt San Jose, as Real Salt Lake would tie the game on a penalty kick in the 34th minute. Jordan Stewart made a diving play towards the ball to attempt to clear, however he fouled Olmes Garcia on the play apparently to set up the penalty kick. Earthquakes’ Captain, Wondolowski commented on the foul “that wouldn’t have been a foul in the midfield, that wouldn’t have been a foul in the box, that wouldn’t have been a foul anywhere,” clearly frustrated on the call. Salt Lake took advantage of the opportunity, as Javier Moralez would get the penalty past Jon Busch. Moralez approached the ball and made a few stutter steps to throw off Busch’s timing before nailing into the bottom left corner. With the goal, Moralez continues he dominance over San Jose, scoring his eighth goal against the club in just 14 games played.

The Quakes did their best to try and equalize late in the game, with the best chance coming in the 81st minute, when Tommy Thompson got a chance. However, Salt Lake defenders would get back to cover. Earthquakes’ coach Mark Watson was quite impressed with the play of Tommy Thompson “He’s well beyond his years and has obvious talent. He’s done well in every game he’s played for us”.

Though, San Jose couldn’t earn the victory, they still get a much needed point in a race for the playoffs that’s starting to look dimmer and dimmer by the day. However, the locker room still believes there’s a chance at the playoffs, “We completely believe that we still can get in the playoffs, we do have games in hand,” added Watson. The Earthquakes are going to need to become desperate for points, as the season starts to draw to a close. They’ll have to wait a week before they get back of the pitch, where they travel to Portland, who’s eight points ahead of San Jose, and in the last playoff spot. However, San Jose does have two games in hand.

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Wondo steals one from Seattle

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By Pearl Allison Lo

In the very tight race at the top of the MLS table, San Jose still managed to rock the boat as they pulled the Sounders to a 1-1 draw Wednesday.

Seattle got back into a tie with Real Salt Lake for top of the Western Conference and now three teams in the league have 42 points. On the other end, the Quakes are part of a three way tie for third worst in the league, but San Jose held their own.

To possibly make a point, the Sounders’ Clint Dempsey was on the bench and did not seem like he was going to play at all. However, one Chris Wondolowski scored, Dempsey was subbed in six minutes later.

Seattle’s Chad Barrett alluded to the early confidence, “Once we got the lead I thought we were going to carry it out for three points. Definitely two points dropped.”

Ironically, the result kept the two stingiest teams in MLS during the second half even, despite both giving up a goal.

In the 46th minute, the Sounders’ Andy Rose passed the ball to Obafemi Martins who spotted Barrett ahead, with just his defender Jordan Stewart and goalie Jon Busch before the net. The five other red jerseys shown on screen when Barrett got the ball, would race in vain, as Barrett won the challenge against a forward-racing Busch.  It was Barrett’s 50th career goal and second goal in as many games.

Wondo set his goal in motion when he passed to Cordell Cato. Cato used fancy footwork against DeAndre Yedlin to cross the ball past a diving Stefan Frei. Rose didn’t quite get enough foot to stop the ball & Wondo knocked it in in the 65th minute.

Martins received a yellow card in the 77th minute for a tackle that had Victor Bernardez pounding the ground with his hands. The end result was Shaun Francis coming in as Bernardez limped off the field with his right foot in the air.

The Quakes received their first corner in the 83rd minute.

They had a 4-on-2 chance later, braced by Seattle corners, but lost the ball.

The game ended with a Dempsey header caught by Busch.

Game notes: San Jose’s Jason Hernandez’s six game undefeated streak playing against the Sounders remained intact, now at 6-0-1 and the series between the team earned its first tie, now 6-2-1 since 2012. Seattle’s Marco Pappa led all with six shots in his return to the field. The Quakes’ Tommy Thompson made his first start as he played in his second game in a row, with 87 minutes logged. Teammate Adam Jahn then took over as he made a rare appearance. San Jose heads to Philadelphia next to face the Union Sunday at 5pm PST.

FC Dallas Embarrasses San Jose at Home With 5-0 Shutout; Ends Earthquakes’ Point Streak at Four Games

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By: Joe Lami

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–

Saturday night was something out of a nightmare for the San Jose Earthquakes as they were absolutely dominated by FC Dallas in a 5-0 shutout. Star rookie, Tesho Akindele, stole the show for Dallas recording his first career hat trick. Fabian Castillo was also a major factor for Dallas as he contributed two goals and an assist.

The nightmare began in the 11th minute for San Jose, when defender, Shaun Francis pulled up short due to an apparent hamstring injury. He would walk off the field for a few moments to get a breather before deciding to go back into play. He would play for just over a minute, but was too injured to continue, as Earthquakes’ coach, Mark Watson, had to burn his first substitution in the 13th minute. Brandon Barklage came in for the injured Francis.

The Earthquakes had some chances early in the first half, forcing Dallas goalkeeper, Raul Fernandez, to earn his shutout. In the 29th minute, Sam Cronin, hit a skipping shot from the right side just outside of the box, forcing Fernandez to make the diving save to his right.  Fernandez had five saves in the win. Just a minute later, Castillo found his first of the evening with a great individual effort, making Jason Hernandez look silly along the way to give Dallas the 1-0 lead.

In the 43rd minute Dallas would take a 2-0 advantage when Akindele got his first of three when a shot from outside the box took a tricky bounce off of an Earthquakes’ defender before it made its way past Jon Busch.

The Earthquakes best chance came in the 45th minute when they were awarded a penalty kick. Matias Perez Garcia was taken down in the penalty box to give Chris Wondolowski a chance. Wondolowski fired a bullet that just missed the top left corner to end the half.

FC Dallas tacked on three more goals in the second half to propel them to victory. Castillo’s two goals on Saturday night gives him the team lead with eight on the season. “We couldn’t handle him, he has a ton of pace and incredible individual effort,” commented Watson. “He caused a lot of problems with his pace,” added Busch.

Akindele’s three goals now gives him seven on the season, making him the honor of being the highest scoring rookie in FC Dallas history. Aleksey Korol previously held the honor for his five tallies he scored in 2000.

FC Dallas extends their unbeaten streak to nine with the victory. It also marks the first time that Dallas coach, Oscar Pareja, has beaten San Jose in his ninth attempt.

San Jose had their unbeaten streak snapped at four games with the loss. “There was a good feeling about the team. We finally got something going, and then this loss. It’s really deflating,” commented Watson.

The Earthquakes will try to recover on Wednesday when they host division leading, Seattle.

Quakes’ efficiency enough

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By Pearl Allison Lo

CARSON, CA– It was another game in Los Angeles Galaxy’ Landon Donovan’s most memorable MLS moment, the California Clasico, as San Jose made their two chances count for a 2-2 draw Friday.

The Galaxy dominated but couldn’t find the edge they needed for a win. They had 24-3 attempts on goal, 10-2 in the first half.

The Quakes’ Chris Wondolowski scored first. After a blocked shot, Sam Cronin got the ball to Shea Salinas who ran it to Wondo. Wondo then used three touches to position himself and hit his mark straight into the right corner of the net in the 18th minute.

Los Angeles’ Gyasi Zardes finally got a ball through the net when he got a rebound off a San Jose defender in the 29th minute. Zardes’ goal was preceded by a Donovan pass to Robbie Keane. It was Zardes’ third straight goal in as many games. He had a missed header in the 28th minute and was constantly buzzing around the net .

The Quakes didn’t waste long to get back ahead. It started with a giveaway from Donovan. The ball then went to Atiba Harris, Wondolowski and the newcomer. Matias Perez Garcia’s shot hit goalie Jaime Penedo and bounced in in the 31st minute, for his first goal. Perez Garcia side slid in celebration and later seemed to be wiping away tears. Wondo now has an assist in three straight games for the first time in his career.

After the game regarding his goal, Perez Garcia said, “There was a good ball played into the middle and I didn’t have any doubts when it came to me and I just focused and hit it.” Wondolowski responded about his three assists, “”I always try to do whatever I can to help the team win, whether that is scoring goals, trying to set up goals or find the open guy. To be honest, all three of the goals that came from my assists were great finishes. I just made the pass to the open guy and my teammates did most of the work.”

It would have been a giveaway and another Zardes goal in the 41st minute, but he was offsides.

In the 49th minute, Galaxy Omar Gonzalez got a header off a corner from Stefan Ishizaki and bounced it in even again and made the score 2-2.

San Jose’s Victor Bernardez suffered a blow when he collided with a teammate in the 67th minute. He was down for awhile and ended up being subbed out for Ty Harden.

The Quakes got lucky again in the 92nd minute. It looked like Keane scored what could be the very last go-ahead goal, but it was called back by a foul.

Game notes: It was Perez Garcia’s debut as he was signed July 31st.  He ended up playing 83 minutes and  replaced Yannick Djalo, who could be out up to a month, after suffering a quad strain in the last game against Seattle.  It was both Donovan’s first game since he announced retirement and his 300th career start.  San Jose will host FC Dallas on Saturday the 16th at 7:30pm.