Quakes draw with Seattle
Fatai Alashe scored on his own bobblehead night at Avaya Stadium, but the Earthquakes had to settle for a 1-1 tie Saturday when the Seattle Sounders’ Obafemi Martins scored in the 82nd minute.
In San Jose’s last chance before the final whistle, Chris Wondowlowski appeared to be held as he went to intercept a free kick, but there was no call.
The Quakes moved to 11-11-5 for 38 points and remained in seventh place in the West. More MLS: Steve Birnbaum scored a late goal to help visiting D.C. United tie the Colorado Rapids 1-1, pulling even with the New York Red Bulls atop the Eastern Conference with 45 points. ... Michel fed Tesho Akindele for a goal and added another later in the first half and host FC Dallas beat New York City FC 2-1 for their third straight victory. ... Javier Morales had a goal and an assist to help Real Salt Lake beat the host Houston Dynamo 3-1. ... Kei Kamara scored in the 21st and 26th minutes and the visiting Columbus Crew held on to beat the Philadelphia Union 2-1. ... Donovan Ricketts had five saves for the host Los Angeles Galaxy, and Evan Bush had four saves for the Montreal Impact in their scoreless draw. Europe: Manchester City enjoyed the perfect ending to a Saturday in the English Premier League when nothing went right for title rival Chelsea.
City produced a 90th-minute winner to beat Crystal Palace 1-0 and secure a fifth win in five matches, while defending champion Chelsea slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Everton behind Steven Naismith’s hat trick, sealing its worst start in the Premier League.
Elsewhere, the most expensive teenager in soccer history, Anthony Martial, scored in his debut in Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Liverpool, and Arsenal comfortably beat Stoke 2-0.
Chelsea is 11 points behind City, which leads United and Arsenal by five points.
Cristiano Ronaldo recorded his second career five-goal game to lead Real Madrid’s 6-0 rout at Espanyol, taking his tally to 231 goals and eclipsing Raul Gonzalez’s team mark of 228. Ronaldo reached the milestone in 203 matches, compared with Gonzalez’s 550.