May 8, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
San Jose Earthquakes News Release
San Jose Earthquakes’ Ousseni Bouda and Niko Tsakiris on game night
(San Jose Earthquakes)
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes defeated the Oakland Roots Sports Club 1-0 in the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on Tuesday night at PayPal Park.
After a scoreless first half, the Quakes began to assert themselves in attack, sparked by the second-half substitution of Ousseni Bouda. In the 76th minute, the hosts broke through, as 18-year-old San Jose native Niko Tsakiris dribbled past multiple defenders to feed Bouda, who promptly blasted a goal from behind the edge of the box. Oakland striker Johnny Rodriguez was later shown a red card and subsequently sent off in the 82nd minute as the Quakes finished the game with a man advantage. The Roots made one last push in the closing moments, but they could not equalize as San Jose ran their unbeaten streak in all competitions to three games.
With the win, San Jose advances to the Round of 16 in a road match against Sacramento Republic FC. The game will be streamed live on usopencup.com, mlssoccer.com and uslsoccer.com. Date and time for the match are TBD.
The Quakes return to Major League Soccer regular season play Saturday, May 11, when they face the Colorado Rapids on the road. Kickoff from Dick’s Sporting Goods Park is set for 6:30 p.m. PT and will be broadcast globally on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, as well as on local radio AM 810 The Spread (English) and AM 1370 La Kaliente (Spanish).
GAME NOTES
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – U.S. Soccer’s Club Championship in its 109th edition – has crowned a champion since 1914 in every year except 2020 and 2021. The history-filled tournament is conducted on a single-game-knockout basis and open to all professional and amateur teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. In 1999, the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States was renamed to honor American soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.
Goalkeeper Emi Ochoa made his first start for the Earthquakes’ first team after making 35 appearances for the club’s second team in MLS NEXT Pro, notching seven shutouts in two seasons and helping lead Quakes II to the Western Conference Semifinals in 2023. A Homegrown Player from Salinas, California, the 19-year-old Ochoa also earned his first clean sheet.
The shutout marked the first one in all competitions for San Jose in 2024 after 11 games conceding at least one goal. After conceding 24…
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