SAN JOSE \u2014 It may not yet be panic time for the Earthquakes, but after their 5-1 loss to Minnesota United FC on Saturday night it\u2019s now been three months since San Jose last won a match.<\/p>\n
Kelvin Yeboah scored two goals to help Minnesota United (7-7-7) snap out of its nine-match winless streak while overwhelming San Jose. The Loons\u2019 scuffling striker scored two goals \u2014 his first tallies in eight consecutive matches, a drought that led to him being benched.<\/p>\n
The Earthquakes (10-8-3) have lost four in a row to drop into fourth place in the Western Conference and are winless in six straight post World Cup break matches. The last time San Jose won an MLS match was in Portland after a 3-1 win on May 23 over the Timbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think all teams go through slumps. Obviously, this one\u2019s a little bigger than most, but hopefully we can get back to basics \u2014 back to training hard, start with good habits,\u201d said San Jose\u2019s All-Star defender Daniel Munie.<\/p>\n
Quakes coach Bruce Arena said one of his team\u2019s biggest issues since the World Cup break has been dealing with pressure from opponents.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think our opponents have been very physical against us over the last four or five games, and we haven\u2019t responded well to that,\u201d Arena said. \u201cWe haven\u2019t done a good job in the middle third of the field in terms of having some physicality, some presence, winning the ball, and making better passes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA \u2013 AUGUST 22: Timo Werner #11 of the San Jose Earthquakes reacts after scoring on a penalty kick during the first half against the Minnesota United FC at PayPal Park on August 22, 2026 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Brandon Vallance\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The defense of San Jose continues to be an Achilles heel, with 18 goals allowed in its winless lull of six matches (3.0 per match).<\/p>\n
San Jose\u2019s Timo Werner converted from the penalty spot to open the scoring in the fourth minute after Jefferson Diaz\u2019s hand ball. Werner has made three of his four penalty kick tries this season. It would be the Quakes only goal, however.<\/p>\n
Joaqu\u00edn Pereyra, Marcus Caldeira and Mauricio Gonz\u00e1lez each scored a goal for Minnesota, which last won in Columbus, Ohio on May 2 before Saturday\u2019s win at PayPal Park.<\/p>\n
Yeboah, on the counter-attack, flicked a shot from the top of the penalty box inside the left post \u2014 his first goal since May 16 \u2014 to make it 2-1 in the 40th minute and gently chipped a first-touch shot over the head of goalkeeper Angus Gunn into the net in the 44th to give Minnesota a two-goal lead.<\/p>\n
Yeboah had dropped out of the starting lineup in the last three MLS matches and was riding a goalless lull of more than 362 minutes across eight matches in all competitions since May 16.<\/p>\n
Pereyra scored in the 10th minute to make it 1-1. Near the left corner of the 6-yard box, Pereyra turned and flicked a shot inside the back post.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old Caldeira scored his first career goal, in his fourth MLS appearance, to make it 4-1 in the 65th minute and Gonz\u00e1lez capped the scoring in the 86th.<\/p>\n
Drake Callender had five saves for Minnesota. San Jose\u2019s Gunn finished with one save.<\/p>\n
San Jose next plays on the road against the Houston Dynamo next Saturday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate what we\u2019re going through right now, but we\u2019re in fourth place,\u201d said Munie. \u201cWe just have to put it behind us. It\u2019s tough. We have a week to prepare for Houston. We have to get a result there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 It may not yet be panic time for the Earthquakes, but after their 5-1 loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7,88,1084,90,89,1083,127],"class_list":["post-441060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-california","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-earthquakes","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441060","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=441060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}