June 23, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
San Jose Earthquakes News Release
LOS ANGELES – The San Jose Earthquakes fell to LAFC 6-2 on Saturday night at BMO Stadium in front of 22,146 fans.
In a rematch of the Quakes’ 3-1 win on May 4 at Levi’s Stadium, the hosts would have the upper hand this time around. LAFC opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Mateusz Bogusz finished a Sergi Palencia cross from the right wing. They doubled the advantage in the 26th minute when a Ryan Hollingshead through ball found Denis Bouanga in the box for the finish. Kei Kamara made it 3-0 for LAFC in the 33rd minute with a header. Hollingshead added a fourth from a deflected shot in the 42nd minute. The Quakes got on the board in the third minute of stoppage time when Rodrigues volleyed a Cristian Espinoza cross from the right wing past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to close the first half.
LAFC found paydirt to open the second half when Bogusz was on the receiving end of a Bouanga cross from the left wing to extend the lead to 5-1. The Black and Blue answered when Benji Kikanović finished a feed from Hernán López from the right wing with a pinpoint header. However, Tomas Angel would open his account for LAFC in the 87th minute to close the scoresheet.
The Quakes will now prepare to host LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium on Saturday, June 29, to culminate their 50th Anniversary Week. Kickoff is set for 7:30 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).
Leading up to the game, on Wednesday, June 26, the club will hold a Media Day on the Stanford Stadium field, tentatively scheduled for 12:15 p.m. PT. A portion of practice will be open to the media. Details will be announced shortly.
GAME NOTES
The Quakes moved to 7-9-1 in the MLS regular-season series against LAFC and 1-7-1 on the road.
The only previous time San Jose had won on the road over LAFC prior to tonight was Sept. 27, 2020, when Shea Salinas and current team captain Jackson Yueill scored in a 2-1 victory.
Midfielder Cristian Espinoza and forward Jeremy Ebobisse extended their MLS-leading consecutive games played streaks to 94 and 93 games, respectively.
Espinoza recorded his 10th assist of the season and 12th in 15 career games against LAFC. He is now tied for third among 2024 MLS leaders behind only FC Cincinnati’s Lucho Acosta (15) and Inter Miami CF’s Lionel Messi (13).
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