Well- as expected, the crowd was tiny for this "play-in" match for the Quakes and RSL. The weather was clear, but a bit chilly out at Buck Shaw. I was happily surprised with the starting lineup for the Q's. We had some guys that were not perenial bench warmers out there so maybe we were going to try to win this one (Leitch, Corrales, Sanchez, and Alvarez coming off of the bench). The Q's fought back from a nil-2 defecit to equalize at 2-2 at the end of regulation. OT was two - 15 minute halves. The Quakes took a 3-2 lead late in the 2nd OT period, but gave up an equilizer late and OT ended 3-3. RSL took the victory in PKs 5-3.
Mistakes on defense didn't give Jon Busch a chance to help us win this game. But there were some good things that I saw (1) team has a fighting spirit (2) Omar Jasseh looked great - he is only 17 yrs old! (3) I like Justin Morrow alot - great hustle, and (4) Eduardo seemed to have sparked the comeback when he entered the game, but after only a few minutes on the pitch - he left the field with some sort of injury (UGH).
The Cup.US article
SHOUT OUT to our section 108 buddy Lisa! She is our walking, talking, and beautiful SJ Quakes media guide!
NEXT HOME GAME: NE Revolution this coming Saturday at the SB San Siro
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Awww... Shucks ! :-) Thanks guys... Wednesday was fun ! Even if you all jinxed it by calling a victory with four minutes left in OT... ;-)
It was me (not Howard). He was all over me after the game for staying silent when you pointed at him for the jinx. So this will be my way of "clearing" his name in a public way. I was fun though - looking forward to Saturday!
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