I like to watch the Quakes. Sue me. Wondo is a great scorer and they do have some people in the MF that can provide, when they're on form. The Quakes have played better of late, but haven't had the results, especially at home. Could they change that against the Crew?
Well let's just answer that right away. Yes. This match was pretty much all San Jose. It started early with Wondo putting a 30+ yard strike just wide. That woke up the Crew defense a little bit. In the 9th minute the Quakes ran a little nice 1-2, and Stephenson got a shot on goal, but it was an easy save for Hesmer.
After that the Crew kind of got their heads on straight, and started playing the possession game. It was effective in one sense, they kept the ball for long periods. However they got no shots on goal, and it started to look like they were just passing the ball around, not being able to find any cracks in the Quakes defense. The first half finished in a bit of a lull at 0-0.
The Quakes exploded during the second half though, and it was great to see if you were one of the Quake supporters who were riding out their home winless streak. All the goals came in fairly short order. In the 50th, Wondolowski took a nice volley off a cross from Ryan Johnson and put it in the back of the net, 1-0 to the Quakes. In the 59th, Lenhart put a header on goal and it bounced in off McDonald's back. 2-0. The Quakes finally capped the scoring in the 62nd when Stephenson hit a great distance drive past Hesmer to make it 3-0, which was the final.
The other big moment came in the 79th minute when McDonald received s dtrsight red card. Honestly, there wasn't much in it, and it doesn't look like the appeal will be successful.
All in all though, best perfromance of the year fro mSan Jose, and Columbus looks like they have more to do.
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