{"id":209943,"date":"2026-03-08T04:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209943\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T04:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:59:24","slug":"new-addition-helps-san-jose-earthquakes-to-best-start-in-mls-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209943\/","title":{"rendered":"New addition helps San Jose Earthquakes to best start in MLS history"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHESTER, Pa. \u2014 German import Timo Werner had his second assist in as many appearances for San Jose, and \u201cDaniel\u201d earned his third straight shutout as the San Jose Earthquakes beat the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Quakes (3-0-0) are off to their best start since joining the MLS in 1996.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the effort tonight was great,\u201d Quakes head coach Bruce Arena said. \u201cThe performance certainly was not perfect, but good teams win these kinds of games because they know how to grind it out on a night when you know we\u2019re not moving the ball particularly well. We played together as a team for 90 plus minutes, and to leave Philadelphia with three points is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DeJuan<\/a>DeJuan Jones #24 of the San Jose Earthquakes controls the ball against Indiana Vassilev #19 of the Philadelphia Union during the second half at Subaru Park on March 07, 2026 in Chester, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ousseni Bouda scored for the second consecutive game as San Jose kept the Union (0-3-0) winless after it won the Supporter\u2019s Shield a year ago for having the league\u2019s best record.<\/p>\n

After a scoreless first half, San Jose struck in the 59th minute. Niko Tsakiris pushed the ball ahead to Werner on the left wing, who made a half-turn and fed a streaking Bouda with a low diagonal pass that beat the last man on the Philadelphia back line. The former Stanford forward buried the pinpoint pass for his second goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Werner is one of the biggest signings in club history and already is clearly has established chemistry with Bouda. Werner debuted in the second half of last week\u2019s 2-0 home win<\/a> over Atlanta and was on the field for just 18 minutes before he assisted on Bouda\u2019s goal in that game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a natural connection that we\u2019re starting to build, and I\u2019m really happy about it,\u201d Bouda said of Werner. \u201cWe\u2019re very happy to have Timo on the team. He brings a lot of experience, but he\u2019s also just a great guy. He\u2019s always looking to find his teammates and makes things easier for the rest of us. Hopefully it\u2019s a connection we can keep building throughout the season and turn into more goals. And now I\u2019ve got to return the favor, I need to find him for one, so it\u2019s on me to get him an assist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniel De Sousa Britto \u2014 known simply as \u201cDaniel\u201d \u2014 had three saves for San Jose.<\/p>\n

The Earthquakes\u2019 previous best MLS start was in 2003, when they opened 2-0-1 on their way to the MLS Cup championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the standard we expect from ourselves,\u201d Bouda said. \u201cWe saw in preseason that we looked really good, not just because we were winning, but in the way we were winning. It\u2019s also the second year with our staff, so they know us better and we know them better. We go into every game with full confidence, knowing we\u2019ve prepared well during the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that, we can let our talent show. We\u2019re a very talented, young team, and we\u2019ve looked good since day one. This is the standard we\u2019ve set for ourselves\u2014we run for each other, and then let our talent speak for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Quakes return home on March 15 to face\u00a0Seattle Sounders FC in the featured game of the week on Sunday Night Soccer. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. and the game will be broadcast globally via Apple TV (English\/Spanish), as well as local radio on KSFO 810 AM (English) and La Kaliente 1370 AM (Spanish).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHESTER, Pa. \u2014 German import Timo Werner had his second assist in as many appearances for San Jose,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[402,181,11203,88,1084,90,89,1083,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-209943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-inside-sports","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-mls","11":"tag-san-jose","12":"tag-san-jose-earthquakes","13":"tag-san-jose-headlines","14":"tag-san-jose-news","15":"tag-soccer","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}