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By Pearl Allison Lo
The San Jose Earthquakes finished the Rose City Invitational 2-1, as they won over the Jamaican club Portmore United 1-0 Saturday.
It was the same score by which San Jose won their first game as they were back in their red and white kit as well.
Portmore made an early move in the 16th minute. Adoah Nickels came in to replace Alonzo Adlam, who was injured.
In the 39th minute, Adam Jahn won a battle up front and passed to Cordell Cato. Cato received the ball on his body and got it to the back of the net as goalie Kenmar Foster slid and the ball went off his teammate.
Cato also had a lot of touches in the first half and passes into the box, especially in the 13th-14th minutes.
The Quakes dominated the stat board in the first half winning corner kicks 7-1 and shots 15-5.
Game notes: Regarding lineups, Foster was Portmore’s third starting goalie of the tournament. San Jose’s Steven Lenhart was absent but looks like he would have played if it was a regular season game. Instead of being done with the preseason at this point, the Quakes will play one additional game, added Wednesday. This following Wednesday, March 5 at 7p, San Jose will travel to Tucson to face the Sacramento Republic FC. Tucson will also be home to the Quakes’ Player Development League. San Jose will be without Victor Bernardez, who will be participating in a game for the Honduran National Team. Also Thursday, the San Antonio Scorpions received Sam Garza and David Bingham via loan.
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