Minnesota v San Jose
Tani Oluwaseyi helps Minnesota extend unbeaten streak
Tani Oluwaseyi had a goal and two assists to help lead Minnesota United to a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night in Saint Paul, Minn.
Kelvin Yeboah, Anthony Markanich and Joseph Rosales also scored goals for Minnesota United (11-4-7, 40 points), which jumped out to a 3-0 first-half lead en route to extending its unbeaten streak to four games (3-0-1).
Dayne St. Clair made three saves for the Loons, who swept the regular-season series with the Earthquakes. Minnesota also won 1-0 at San Jose on March 8.
Defender Bruno Wilson scored a goal and Daniel finished with two saves for San Jose (7-8-7, 28 points), which lost for the first time in five MLS matches (1-1-3).
Minnesota took a 1-0 lead in the third minute on Oluwaseyi's ninth goal of the season. The score came off a corner kick to Robin Lod on the left side of the 6-yard box. Lod then did a flick-on header down to Oluwaseyi stationed in front of the goal, where he swung a left-footed shot into the left side of the net.
The Loons extended the lead to 2-0 in the 42nd minute thanks to Oluwaseyi's curling cross pass from the left end line to Yeboah, who headed it inside the far-right post for his seventh goal.
Minnesota made it 3-0 just before halftime when Markanich extended his goal streak to three games, blasting a right-footed rebound from the middle of the box into the top right corner for his fifth goal.
San Jose got on the board in the 70th minute on Wilson's right-footed shot into the middle of the net off a Preston Judd header pass on a corner kick.
Rosales scored his first goal of the season in the 95th minute on a 2-on-1 break with Oluwaseyi, slicing in a right-footed shot from the middle of the box off Oluwaseyi's crossing pass.
--Field Level Media
Game Information
- Referees:
- Ismir Pekmic
MLS Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Earthquakes | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | +19 | 29 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | +20 | 26 |
| LAFC | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 21 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +8 | 21 |
| Minnesota United FC | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 21 |
| Real Salt Lake | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 19 |
| FC Dallas | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +7 | 19 |
| Houston Dynamo FC | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 18 |
| LA Galaxy | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Austin FC | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| Colorado Rapids | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 13 |
| Portland Timbers | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| San Diego FC | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| St. Louis CITY SC | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 9 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -24 | 5 |

