A late objective from Josef Martinez salvaged some extent for the San Jose Earthquakes, who drew visiting FC Dallas 2-2 on Wednesday evening.
Martinez’s objective, scored virtually instantly after Petar Musa put Dallas forward within the eighty fifth minute, despatched the Quakes (7-8-8, 29 factors) to a 3rd draw of their final 4 matches (0-1-3).
Dallas (5-10-7, 22 factors) noticed its four-match shedding streak come to an finish, although its winless streak reached 5 matches (0-4-1). It has gained simply as soon as in its final 12 outings (1-7-4).
Martinez pulled San Jose degree within the 86th minute, as he met Jack Shakan’s left-footed cross with an ideal header previous FC Dallas goalkeeper Maarten Paes. It was Martinez’s ninth objective of the season and first since scoring towards Dallas on June 25.
Martinez’s equalizer cancelled out what would have been a match-winner for Musa within the eighty fifth minute, as he had a easy tap-in of a backheel cross from Ramiro that made it 2-1 Dallas.
It was the second of two targets on the evening for Musa, his first coming within the third minute of first-half stoppage time. He now has 9 targets and 6 in his previous eight matches.
Ian Harkes opened the scoring within the twenty first minute, as a well-taken effort from simply past the highest of the field made it 1-0 Quakes.
However Musa made it 1-1 in first-half stoppage time, creating area for himself to search out the again of the web after teammate Patrickson Delgado’s tried chipped ball hit the crossbar.
Musa accomplished his brace within the eighty fifth minute to interrupt a 1-1 impasse, however Martinez’s objective simply seconds later meant each groups would stroll off the pitch with some extent apiece.
It additionally moved San Jose’s residence report to 3-3-6 on the season. Dallas moved to 4-3-5 on the street.
The Quakes had been additionally pressured right into a first-half substitution, as defender Vitor Costa was stretchered off within the thirty fourth minute after struggling an obvious decrease left leg harm.
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