{"id":271846,"date":"2026-04-17T02:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/271846\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T02:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:29:18","slug":"earthquakes-move-past-usls-phoenix-in-u-s-open-cup-despite-first-half-red-card-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/271846\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquakes move past USL\u2019s Phoenix in U.S. Open Cup despite first-half red card \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/04\/11\/san-jose-earthquakes-stay-hot-rally-to-defeat-sporting-kansas-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earthquakes<\/a> are on to the round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup after beating USL side Phoenix Rising FC 2-0 at PayPal Park on Wednesday behind goals from Nick Fernandez and Jack Jasinski.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez opened the scoring in the third minute when he took a short corner kick from Timo Werner, dribbled to his right and blasted a shot from the edge of the 18-yard box past Phoenix goalkeeper Patrick Rakovsky.<\/p>\n<p>Jasinski\u2019s goal came on a pass from Fernandez that capped a quick build-up off a throw-in. Noel Buck made a quick one-touch pass near midfield to Fernandez on the left side, who passed it first time to a streaking Jasinski on the right edge of the box, and the Quakes\u2019 second-round draft pick dispatched the ball in the lower right corner of the net.<\/p>\n<p>That was all the scoring for the match as the Quakes settled in defensively after losing Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez to a second yellow card late in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Bruce Arena was positive about Fernandez\u2019s performance in the midfield after spending much of last year with the Quakes\u2019 MLS NEXT Pro team in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s gotten in a little bit this year now, and he\u2019s been a good player,\u201d Arena said of the 24-year-old who has featured in four games now. \u201cProbably his more comfortable natural position would be as a 10, but he\u2019s very versatile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Jose is now 7-1-0 in all competitions, its best start in franchise history. There will be a quick turnaround for Arena\u2019s group, as the Earthquakes visit LAFC on Sunday afternoon in MLS play.<\/p>\n<p>The Quakes will host Minnesota United in the round of 16 on April 28 (7 p.m., Paramount+). Sixteen MLS clubs joined the competition this week at the round of 32, and all but three advanced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Earthquakes are on to the round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup after beating USL side&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,402,181,88,1084,90,89,198,1083,200,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-271846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-bay-area","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-inside-sports","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-san-jose","13":"tag-san-jose-earthquakes","14":"tag-san-jose-headlines","15":"tag-san-jose-news","16":"tag-santa-clara-county","17":"tag-soccer","18":"tag-south-bay","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271846","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=271846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}