Week 2 brings us a match on Mar 5th where San Jose Earthquakes hosts Columbus Crew at Avaya Stadium in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Major League Soccer teams. In their last match, San Jose Earthquakes recorded a 1-3 loss against New York Red Bulls. Patryk Klimala scored the first goal for New York Red Bulls in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then in the 69th minute, Cristian Espinoza sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Javier López. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while 1st placed Columbus Crew is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Vancouver Whitecaps. M. Berry scored the first goal for Columbus Crew in the 8th minute, then Derrick Etienne added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Yaw Yeboah In the end, Vancouver Whitecaps couldn’t muster any offence and Columbus Crew ran away with the shutout win. Columbus Crew is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Columbus Crew is glad to have Lucas Zelarayán in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored five goals. San Jose Earthquakes’s most prolific scorer has been Chris Wondolowski. The American attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.