STANFORD, Calif. — Joseph Paintsil scored a goal and JT Marcinkowski had five saves for the LA Galaxy on Saturday night in a 1-1 tie with the San Jose Earthquakes at Stanford Stadium. <\/p>\n
The Galaxy (5-7-6), who had lost back-to-back games by a combined score of 6-1, are winless in three games since returning from the World Cup break. <\/p>\n
On the counter-attack, Paintsil put away a feed from Marco Reus with a first-touch finish that opened the scoring in the 13th minute. <\/p>\n
The Earthquakes had 61% possession and outshot LA 9-2 in the first half but trailed until Reid Roberts tapped in from point-blank range in the 63rd minute to make it 1-1. <\/p>\n
Angus Gunn made his second start and had one save for the Earthquakes (10-4-3). San Jose lost 4-0<\/a> to Orlando City at home on Wednesday night in the 30-year-old Scotland international’s MLS debut. <\/p>\n San Jose\u2019s Ian Harkes came on in the 20th minute to replace Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez, who left due to an apparent injury.<\/p>\n Paintsil hit the post with a shot from the center of the area in the 68th. <\/p>\n Preston Judd, who leads the Earthquakes with 11 goals this season, and captain Ronaldo Vieira did not play for San Jose (yellow card accumulation). <\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n