SAN JOSE — The San Jose Earthquakes overcame a two-goal deficit to take the lead on Saturday night time, however the recreation in opposition to Houston at PayPal Park led to a 3-3 draw after Griffin Dorsey scored in stoppage time for the Dynamo.
Dorsey ran onto a ball performed backward by Franco Escobar and ripped a one-touch shot that deflected off defender Dave Romney into the online to cap the scoring.
“I give our players a lot of credit for coming back down from two goals and basically have the game won at the end,” Earthquakes coach Bruce Area stated. “We didn’t manage the game very well at the end.”
The Earthquakes haven’t misplaced of their previous seven matches throughout all competitions.
Ezequiel Ponce opened the scoring within the thirty first minute, heading residence a first-touch cross performed by Dorsey and Felipe Andrade’s header within the fiftieth gave Houston (4-6-5) a 2-0 lead. Ondrej Lingr entry move from the fitting aspect was deflected by San Jose’s Vítor Costa however Andrade pushed it contained in the left submit.
Preston Judd got here on within the sixty fourth minute, changing Hernán López, and scored within the 66th and once more within the 72nd — heading a perfectly-placed ball-in performed by Ian Harkes into the top-left nook of the aim — to make it 2-2.
“I think we’re trying to build our culture to never say die,” Judd stated. “We were down 2-0 and nobody really stopped believing. The result feels like a loss after the tie after we went up 3-2, but I think it’s a good learning point and to know we’re always in the game.”
Daniel Munie scored his first profession aim in MLS to offer the Earthquakes (5-6-4) their first lead within the 76th minute. Ian Harkes lofted an entry move from close to the left sideline and Munie put away a leaping header.
The Quakes go to the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday.
