SAN JOSE, Calif. — Kelvin Yeboah scored two goals to help Minnesota United beat the San Jose Earthquakes 5-1 on Saturday night to snap a nine-game winless streak. <\/p>\n
Minnesota (7-7-7) won for the first time since a 3-2<\/a> victory at Columbus on May 2. <\/p>\n The Earthquakes (10-8-3) have lost four in a row and are winless in six straight. <\/p>\n Drake Callender had five saves for Minnesota. Joaqu\u00edn Pereyra, Marcus Caldeira and Mauricio Gonz\u00e1lez each scored a goal. <\/p>\n Yeboah, on the counter-attack, flicked a shot<\/a> 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<\/a> over the head of goalkeeper Angus Gunn into the net in the 44th to give Minnesota a two-goal lead. <\/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<\/a>. <\/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 Timo Werner converted from the penalty spot to open the scoring in the fourth minute. <\/p>\n Gunn finished with one save. <\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n