Earthquakes Take Down DC United

The San Jose Earthquakes earned a 2-1 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. Arturo Alvarez and Darren Huckerby scored for the second straight game to lead the Quakes. Santino Quaranta scored the lone goal for D.C. United.

With an attendance of 10,121, the crowd loved seeing the Quakes battle with the US Open Cup Champions. Though United was missing several key starters including Emilio, Fred and Moreno through either injuries or international call-ups. The Quakes tuck to their game plan though and created the better scoring opportunities of the game overall.

San Jose Earthquakes head coach Frank Yallop talked about the in after the game “I am very happy to get the three points. We didn’t play that well and we could have scored more goals. It was a good home win for us and we look forward to the rest of the games we have.”

On the team’s performance, he expanded on it saying “I think our guys were a little flat today. We had a few days off last week and sometimes you try to rest bodies rather than train and it always backfires in the end. I think that happened tonight, I don’t think we were as sharp as we normally are and the heat didn’t help. We are going to push the guys a little more and make sure they are ready to go next game. ”

Yallop went on to highlight Francisco Lima’s performance “He is a driving force and an influence in the middle of the field. He is exactly what we needed in there. I think between Ramiro Corrales and Francisco Lima they were starting to really strike a nice partnership. I like Francisco (Lima) I think he has great character, the guys like him a lot. He is a tough man and he always wants to win and that is terrific to have in any team.”

Earthquakes midfielder Darren Huckerby felt good about the game and added “We are just enjoying the game right now. The team has been putting in the work during the week and getting rewarded on Saturdays. Every game we are growing and getting results, so we just have to keep playing this way and working hard.”

Earthquakes captain Nick Garcia, was asked about next week's game against defending champion Houston “These next two games are obviously huge. We have our own destiny in our hands now. Houston is a very good side, so it will be tough, but we have the guys in here to get two good results and stay in the playoff hunt.”