Real Salt Lake has now pushed their winless streak to six games after tying with the San Jose Earthquakes Friday night in a 1-1 score. This is the longest such streak for the team since 2011. While the match ended in a tie, it’s not like Real Salt Lake didn’t have ample opportunities, especially in the second half. The team far and away won the time of possession battle against their opponent. Real Salt Lake possessed the ball for 56 of
The Columbus Crew (3-1-1, 10 points) secured a road point with a 1-1 draw against the San Jose Earthquakes (0-2-2, 2 points) on Sunday afternoon at Buck Shaw Stadium. Behind a 44th-minute goal from Federico Higuain, the Crew remains unbeaten on the road in 2014 (2-0-1) following today’s draw. Higuain put the Crew on the board first, capitalizing on a Waylon Francis cross that was initiated by Hector Jimenez. The goal – Higuain’s fourth of the season and his 20th career
In the hustle and bustle of the San Jose Earthquake locker room following a 1-1 come-from-behind draw against the Columbus Crew, one member of the Quakes sat quietly at his locker with his feet up and studied his phone more than the chaos around him. That was second-year midfielder Sam Garza, a native Texan that has had several bumps in his career, but still has a promising future in MLS. Garza, 23, shined as a brilliant player in high school as
The Columbus Crew and the San Jose Earthquakes played to a 1-1 draw Saturday night off goals from Glauber and Justin Morrow. It was a match of changing momentum, missed opportunities, and two spectacular goals. The Crew were without Eddie Gaven, but Ben Speas filled in admirably. Crew head coach Robert Warzycha agreed. “He is a good player. He finds a lot of success on the left side or in the middle of the field. He’s connecting the passes and linking the forwards,
The San Jose Earthquakes fell 3-2 to Chivas USA on Saturday night at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Sacha Kljestan put the home side up 1-0 in the 25th minute on a long range effort. Chris Wondolowski pulled the Quakes level at one on a penalty in the 42nd minute and then Justin Braun scored his fourth goal against the Quakes in his last four appearances to put the home side up 2-1 in the 54th minute. As the