San Jose – The earthquakes in San Jose tried to win their first three MLS games for the primary time of their 28 seasons within the league.
Instead, they might not solve Minnesota's defense and lost 1-0 on Saturday evening in PayPal Park.
The latest quake of latest look dominated the possession and controlled the ball for 68.4 percent of the sport, had a lead of 598-250 in passports and a 22: 3 advantage near Kreuzen.
But San Jose needed until the 68th minute to attain his first goal-an attempt from well outside the hit by midfielder Ian Harkes-against Minnesotas 5-3-2 formation, which only allowed one goal this season.
“I think we tried everything to destroy the line of five that put them in their backs,” said Captain Cristian Espinoza from Quakes. “I believe it is extremely difficult to have the chance to attain while you defend many of the game with nine players within the box. But now we have to proceed working, improve further, because we’ll probably face this case again this season and now we have to be ready. “
The only goal of the game came to a Miscue from Centerback Bruno Wilson, whose clearance attempt went straight into the air. The ball reached the Minnesota striker Kelvin Yeboah, who was not marked in front of the goal and was exploited in the 32nd minute.
Yeboah, who started on Saturday with 14 shots and the only goal from Minnesota, had four shots (three at the finish) against the quake.
“Obviously we didn't do job within the goal, didn't clear the ball and never did job to succeed in the player who was finished,” said coach Bruce Arena. “Bad defense of our role on this specific game.”
Both teams are actually 2-1-0.
The addition of the Colombian star Chicho Arango and Josef Martinez, who is seventh of all time in MLS in MLS, was expected to start the offensive in the first season of the arena. But it didn't help against Minnesota on Saturday, which has lost only one of the last 13 games against San Jose in all competitions.
“Obviously, they defended thoroughly, physically large of their back line and dealt pretty much with many crosses,” said Arena. “You have a very good defense attitude and it was difficult to break and we have to be technically a bit cleaner to achieve further chances. Our team played hard, played well, but not good enough to score a goal and at least go off the field with one point. “
The quakes were 2-0 for the primary time since 2017 after winning their start with 4: 0 and winning 2-1 with 2-1 last week, though that they had dropped to 10 men within the last half-hour.
The list remained the identical on Saturday evening, except for a forced change. Record that signed Hernan Lopez served an automatic one-game suspension after receiving the red card in Kansas City. Amahl Pellegrino took its place as an attacking midfielder. According to the Arena, Lopez was no reason for the shortage of production.
While it was the primary setback of the season for the quakes, it was still a more hopeful performance than most of the games of last season when San Jose had the worst record in MLS (6-25-3) and gave 78 goals for a league record.
Daniel (five parades) was excellent within the goal, and the defense was solid aside from the failed release. But the crime couldn’t create any quality possibilities.
Although there have been 70 percent of the property in the primary half, the quakes only had two shots and 0.21 expected destinations. In the second half it gathered 13 shots (three within the goal) when it tried to make a comeback, but couldn’t break through.
San Jose ended with a lead of 15-10 in shots, but Minnesota had a lead of 1.9-1.5 within the expected goals.
“Today's result has no influence on the work we have done so far,” said Espinoza: “We have a really strong team and a good mix of experience and young players. We just have to work. We will face teams that will defend the whole game and we have to be ready for it.”
They will return to PayPal Park next Saturday to face Colorado (1-0-2).
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