Quakes end slide, defeat Salt Lake
Simon Dawkins scored in the first half, Fatai Alashe had a goal in the second and the San Jose Earthquakes beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 on Saturday night at Avaya Stadium to snap a seven-game winless stretch.
San Jose (8-10-13) moved into eighth place in the Western Conference, four points back of sixth-place Seattle. Real Salt Lake (12-11-9) is fourth, but its
winless streak was extended to five games.
Dawkins opened the scoring in the 34th minute. He and Chris Wondolowski connected on a give-and-go with two back-heel passes and Dawkins struck it from distance. Real Salt Lake tied it 6 minutes later when Justen Glad flicked a loose ball off the crossbar and it bounced in.
Alashe scored on a wellplaced header in the 72nd minute.
In other MLS highlights, Dax McCarty capped the scoring in the 66th minute and had assists on New York’s first two goals to give the host Red Bulls a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union. The Red Bulls (14-9-9) tied New York City FC for first
place in the Eastern Conference standings, each with two games remaining . ... Kei Kamara and Juan Agudelo each had a goal and an assist in the rain to help host New England beat Sporting Kansas City 3-1. The Revolution (10-14-9) remained seventh in the East — two points back of sixth-place Montreal for the final playoff spot. ... Lamar Neagle scored twice and D.C. United beat host Toronto (13-9-10), which dropped two points behind the Red Bulls and NYCFC.
Thirty years after Diego Maradona’s goal of the century, West Ham winger Dimitri Payet scored a brilliantly executed solo goal that evoked memories of the Argentina great. Unlike Maradona’s 1986
World Cup strike, after charging through brittle English resistance, Payet’s run through Middlesbrough’s defense came on a far less significant occasion. But the English Premier League point it secured might just have saved Slaven Bilic’s job, with the 1-1 draw preventing West Ham from crashing to a fifth successive loss.
Landon Donovan is earning $456,000 with the Los Angeles Galaxy in his return to MLS, down from $4.25 million two years ago in his final full season, the MLS Players Union said. Baseball: The Atlanta Braves have interviewed interim manager Brian Snitker and three coaches — bench coach Terry Pendleton, first base coach Eddie Perez and third base coach Bo Porter — for the fulltime job heading into 2017. Motor sports: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton put himself in the best possible position to wrest back the lead in the Formula One drivers’ championship by claiming pole position for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton beat his teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg by four tenths of a second in qualifying.
Rain washed out the NASCAR Xfinity Series race and there will be a Dover doubleheader Sunday.
The second-tier series race will start at 7 a.m. PDT in Delaware, with the NASCAR Sprint Cup race is scheduled for 11:15 a.m.