MLS
September 5, 2010
Houston
1 - 2
San Jose
Eastern Conference
1:30 BST, September 6, 2010
Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Geovanni's goal, assist key Earthquakes, doom Dynamo
Scoring Summary
| Houston | San Jose |
|---|---|
| Brad Davis (46') | Khari Stephenson (5') |
| Giovani Deiberson (64') |
Teams
| Houston | San Jose |
|---|---|
| 18 Pat Onstad | 18 Jon Busch |
| 17 Mike Chabala | 20 Tim Ward |
| 31 Andrew Hainault | 14 Brandon McDonald |
| 32 Bobby Boswell | 21 Jason Hernandez |
| 2 Eddie Robinson | 3 Chris Leitch |
| 9 Brian Mullan | 10 Arturo Alvarez |
| 20 Geoff Cameron | 7 Khari Stephenson |
| 8 Richard Mulrooney | 4 Sam Cronin |
| 11 Brad Davis | 77 Giovani Deiberson |
| 23 Dominic Oduro | 8 Chris Wondolowski |
| 15 Cameron Weaver | 13 Cornell Glen |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Tally Hall | Alex Horwath 24 |
| 4 Ryan Cochrane | Bobby Burling 2 |
| 26 Corey Ashe | Steven Beitashour 33 |
| 51 Adrian Serioux | Joey Gjertsen 17 |
| 5 Danny Cruz | Brad Ring 5 |
| 33 Joseph Ngwenya | Omar Jasseh 22 |
| 25 Brian Ching | Scott Sealy 9 |
| Substitutions | |
| Corey Ashe for Mike Chabala (78) | Bobby Burling for Khari Stephenson (58) |
| Brian Ching for Dominic Oduro (83) | Scott Sealy for Cornell Glen (80) |
| Adrian Serioux for Richard Mulrooney (82) | Brad Ring for Giovani Deiberson (85) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Eddie Robinson (65) | Jason Hernandez (40) |
| Cornell Glen (45) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Sam Cronin (84) | |
| · Squads: Houston | San Jose | |
HOUSTON (AP) -- Geovanni had a goal and an assist to lead the San Jose Earthquakes to their first win in Houston, 2-1 over the Dynamo on Sunday night
San Jose (9-7-5, 32 points) moved into a tie with Seattle for fifth place in the West, while Houston (6-12-5, 23 points) dropped its second straight match and fourth in fifth games to drop nine points behind San Jose and Seattle for the last playoff spot.
Geovanni scored in the 64th minute, blasting a deflection in the middle box into the net from 14 yards out. San Jose played the final 8 minutes a man down after Sam Cronin was given a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Brian Mullan.
Houston had a shot from Adrian Serioux from 30 yards out in the middle stopped by Jon Busch in second-half stoppage, and Andrew Hainault's header off a corner went just wide of the upper post later in stoppage time.
The Earthquakes opened the scoring in the sixth minute on Khari Stephenson's left-footed shot from 14 yards, and Houston tied it in the 45th minute on Brad Davis' header.