Recap: Seattle Sounders 0, San Jose Earthquakes 1

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Christian Espinosa scored the only goal just before the end of the first half whistle, as he smashed a left-footed shot past Stefan Cleveland in first-half injury time to help the Quakes run an 11-game winning streak.

The goal was against the course of play, with the Sounders asking most questions to that point. Raul Ruídias had two good chances in the span of six minutes before the half-hour mark, but fired over the crossbar as GT Marchinkowski slashed off his line after being played behind by Joao Paulo and then blocked by the COEX goalkeeper with one. Save by hand.

Ruediaz played save in the 34th minute, hit a long shot from behind and played Red Baker-Whiting inside the penalty area. But again, Marchenkovsky came to the decisive rescue.

The Sounders once again dominated possession after the break and had a good chance of equalizing before the hour mark when Joao Paulo netted the ball and shot dangerously into the net, but his shot was wide.

Will Bruyne returned from injury in the 83rd minute, to join Ruidis and Freddy Montero in the search for an equaliser. Bruin almost put together an attack in the crowd after two minutes of attacking behind Quakes’ defense, but his low shot towards the far post was just wide.

Chris Wondolofsky celebrated what he thought was a dagger in the 89th minute, but the goal was eliminated after a video review when it was determined that the ball had been cut off from touch in the crowd.

That gave the Sons a lifeline, as did the eight minutes of injury time, but they couldn’t find that elusive goal and the Earthquakes celebrated their first win since May 7.

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