Kickoff: 12 p.m. PT on Sunday, September 14 at Buck Shaw Stadium
Television: CSN Plus, Unimas
Radio: 1590 KLIV, 1370 KZSF
*Due to many events in the Bay Area on Sunday afternoon, fans are encouraged to arrive early as traffic may occur.
MLS Regular Season: 18-26-11
Home: 13-10-6 (42 GF, 38 GA)
Away: 5-17-5 (32 GF, 50 GA)
Shootout (1996-99): 1-4; Overtime (2000-03): 0-0-4
Playoffs: 4-5-1; US Open Cup: 0-4-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 74, LA Galaxy – 88
Last Game vs. LA Galaxy
Earthquakes 2, LA Galaxy 2; August 8,2014 - StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
Newly signed designated player Matias Perez Garcia and U.S. National Team forward Chris Wondolowski both scored in the first half to help the Earthquakes earn a valuable road point with a 2-2 draw against the LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center. Wondolowski recorded an assist in his third straight game, as San Jose stretched its unbeaten run to four games. The Quakes broke in front 18 minutes into the match on a perfectly executed counter attack. Sam Cronin picked up a turnover and found Shea Salinas as he moved into Galaxy territory. Wondolowski made a run behind the defense and received a pass from Salinas. The Quakes leading scorer moved around one defender before ripping a low shot to the far post for a 1-0 advantage. Jason Hernandez came through with another big block in the Quakes defensive box after a good attack by the Galaxy soon after the goal. Robbie Rogers got free on the left and unloaded a shot that was deflected right to Robbie Keane. Keane shot low, but Hernandez recovered to slide and block the shot to keep San Jose ahead. Gyasi Zardes equalized for the Galaxy on a counter of their own in the 29th minute. Landon Donovan started the break and then found Keane to his left. Keane hit a low shot that deflected off a Quakes defender to Zardes, who slotted a well-placed strike past Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch. San Jose came right back with a goal in the 31st minute after another textbook counter. Salinas got the ball wide to Atiba Harris, who immediately crossed one to Wondolowski. Wondolowski flicked a ball to Perez Garcia at the top of the box and he unleashed a blast right through Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo and into the back of the net for a 2-1 Quakes advantage. The Galaxy drew even just after halftime on a set piece. Stefan Ishizaki whipped a corner kick into the box and Omar Gonzalez found just enough space to sneak a header past Busch to make the game 2-2 four minutes into the second stanza.
History of the Earthquakes – LA Galaxy Rivalry
As the two original MLS teams in California, the Earthquakes (then known as the Clash) and the Galaxy met for the first time on April 28, 1996, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. … In front of a crowd of 40,347, the Clash fell to the Galaxy, 2-1 … From 1996-2005, the in-state rivals matched up more than any other teams in the league … Along with playing each other 48 times in the regular season, the Quakes and the Galaxy have also faced off eight times in the postseason and four times in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup … The teams squared off in the playoffs in 1996, 2003 and 2005, as well as the 2001 MLS Cup … The Galaxy captured the 1996 conference semifinal series, two games to one, taking the final two contests at the Rose Bowl by identical scores of 2-0 … In 2001, the sides met in the MLS Cup, with the Quakes producing a come-from-behind 2-1 triumph at Columbus Crew Stadium as Dwayne De Rosario scored the winner in overtime … The 2003 Western Conference Semifinal series produced one of the most memorable games in league history … After dropping the road leg of a two-game set, 2-0, San Jose fell behind by that same score after just 13 minutes of the home return to trail the series, 4-0 on aggregate … The Quakes responded with a four-goal explosion in regulation to level the aggregate, 4-4, getting the fourth from Chris Ronér in the 90th minute just moments after he had come into the game … Fellow second-half substitute Rodrigo Faria then struck six minutes into sudden-death overtime to send San Jose to the Western Conference Finals, and ultimately its second MLS Cup … In 2005, having lost the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinals, 3-1, at The Home Depot Center, the Quakes needed another two-goal comeback to win the series … After going up 1-0 on a Brian Ching goal in Game 2 on Oct. 29, 2005, Ned Grabavoy scored for the Galaxy to end the Quakes’ hopes … That match marked the Quakes’ final game before the team was relocated to Houston on Dec. 15, 2005 … Since the Earthquakes rejoined MLS in 2008, the teams have met 10 times … San Jose has gone 3-4-3 during that stretch, including a 1-0 win in front of what was then a stadium-record crowd of 10,799 at Buck Shaw Stadium on Aug. 21, 2010, thanks to a fourth-minute goal by Chris Wondolowski … The sides played to a scoreless draw in front of a new Buck Shaw record crowd of 10,872 in last year’s first meeting on June 25, with the Quakes unable to find a goal despite out-shooting the Galaxy, 25-8, and playing with a man advantage for 47 minutes … The return fixture in Carson resulted in a 2-0 victory for LA as Robbie Keane scored the winner on his MLS debut … The Earthquakes were 2-0-1 against the Galaxy in 2012, rallying from two-goal deficits to knock off their Southern California rival on May 23, 3-2, at The Home Depot Center and June 30, 4-3, in front of 50,391 at Stanford Stadium … San Jose again came from behind in their final regular season meeting of 2012, equalizing a pair of one-goal deficits for a 2-2 draw at Buck Shaw Stadium … After defeating the Galaxy 1-0 in the first leg of Western Conference Semifinals, the Quakes dropped the second match at Buck Shaw Stadium 3-1 and were eliminated from the postseason … The 2013 California Clasico got off to a lively start as the Earthquakes rallied from a 2-1 deficit while playing a man down with goals from Shea Salinas and Alan Gordon in second-half stoppage time, making San Jose the first team in league history to accomplish that feat … The Galaxy won the two teams’ next meeting in 2013 with a 3-0 rout on Aug. 31 at the StubHub Center thanks to a goal from Landon Donovan and a brace by Robbie Keane … The Earthquakes dropped a 1-0 decision to the Galaxy in their first meeting of 2014, a match that drew a sold-out crowd of 50,006.
Earthquakes-LA Galaxy Connections
Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan began his MLS career with the Earthquakes, producing 32 goals and 29 assists over 87 appearances from 2001-04 and helping lead San Jose to both of its MLS Cup titles in 2001 and 2003 … Gordon played for the Galaxy from 2004-10 and was traded back to Galaxy on Aug. 11 … Quakes assistant coach Ian Russell played in three games for the Galaxy in 2007 … Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant was San Jose’s first-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft and played 46 games for the Earthquakes from 2003-04, producing one goal and six assists … Dunivant (1999-2002) and Earthquakes forward Adam Jahn (2009-12) both attended Stanford … Galaxy assistant coach Curt Onalfo played in six matches for San Jose in 1997 … Galaxy technical director Jovan Kirovski played in nine matches for the Quakes in 2008 … Galaxy midfielder Robbie Rogers was teammates with Quakes forward Steven Lenhart on the Columbus Crew from 2008-10 … Galaxy defenders A.J. DeLaGarza (2005-08) and Omar Gonzalez (2006-08), Galaxy midfielder Robbie Rogers (2005) and Quakes defender Clarence Goodson (2000-03) played at the University of Maryland … Galaxy defender Tommy Meyer (2008-2011) and Quakes midfielder Tommy Thompson (2013) both played at the University of Indiana … Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Perk at Quakes midfielder Shea Salinas were teammates with the Philadelphia Union in 2010 … Galaxy defender James Riley played with the San Jose Earthquakes in 2008 … Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski and LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez represented the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
