A man down, Quakes lose

Gyasi Zardes scored two goals early in the second half, and the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the 10-man San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 in the 2016 opener of the California Clasico rivalry in Carson (Los Angeles County) on Saturday night.

Jelle Van Damme headed the ball across the front of the goal and Zardes finished with a toe punch in the 56th minute. Zardes doubled the lead six minutes later with an opportunistic stab at Kip Colvey’s errant clearance attempt.

Robbie Keane capped the scoring with a penalty kick for the Galaxy (2-1-0) in the 91st minute.

The Earthquakes (2- 1-0) went down a man in the third minute of firsthalf stoppage time when Simon Dawkins was sent off for a lunging scissor tackle on Sebastian Lletget.

Chris Wondolowski scored in the 89th minute to pull the Quakes within 2-1.

More MLS: Pedro Morales scored twice on penalty kicks in the Vancouver Whitecaps’ 2-1 win over the Sounders in Seattle. ... Fanendo Adi scored twice in a 4-minute span late in the second half to give the Portland Timbers a 2-2 tie at Real Salt Lake. ... Felipe scored from the top of the box in the 77th minute to tie the game and tallied on a free kick in the 83rd to give the host New York Red Bulls a 4-3 victory over the Houston Dynamo. ... Mauro Diaz scored in the 79th minute and Maximiliano Urruti in the 87th in host FC Dallas’ 2-0 victory over the Montreal Impact. ... The visiting Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire played to a scoreless draw.

Europe: The lethal striking duo of Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy combined again to nudge Leicester closer to the title, although Arsenal remains primed to pounce on any slip-ups by the leaders after ending a three-game winless run in the English Premier League. Vardy, the league’s top scorer, set up Mahrez for his 16th goal of the season at Crystal Palace to clinch Leicester’s third successive 1-0 win. With seven games remaining, Leicester is eight points clear of Tottenham, which hosts Bournemouth on Sunday, and Arsenal is a further three points back in third after a 2-0 win at Everton.

U.S. national team: Stanford forward Jordan Morris was picked for the U.S. under-23 roster for an Olympic qualifying playoff at Colombia on Friday and will miss the Americans’ World Cup qualifier at Guatemala that night.