{"id":457905,"date":"2026-09-09T04:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T04:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457905\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T04:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T04:22:22","slug":"match-recap-earthquakes-ii-1-tacoma-defiance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457905\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH RECAP: Earthquakes II 1, Tacoma Defiance 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014 San Jose Earthquakes II fell to Tacoma Defiance 2-1 on Saturday night at Spartan Soccer Complex in MLS NEXT Pro regular-season play.<\/p>\n

After a scoreless first half, the hosts opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a successful penalty kick by midfielder Edwyn Mendoza. The penalty was awarded to San Jose when Tacoma Defiance center back Jasper Winslow fouled Quakes II forward Zach Bohane as he ran the ball into the 18-yard box. The visitors nearly pulled one back in the 73rd minute when Tacoma midfielder Matthew Christopher Bell took a shot to the bottom right corner of the net, but San Jose goalkeeper Nate Crockford caught the ball with a diving stop.<\/p>\n

Tacoma found the equalizer via a successful penalty kick by striker Mark Bronnick in the 83rd minute. The penalty kick was awarded to the visitors after a foul by San Jose right back Jacob Heisner on Tacoma midfielder Xavi Gnaulati. In the 90th minute, Tacoma took the lead when midfielder Mark Cian O\u2019Neill headed in a corner kick from right wing back Charlie Gaffney.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the match, Quakes II moves to 10th place in the MLS NEXT Pro Western Conference and remains in fifth place in the Pacific Division (9-10-6). Tacoma Defiance remains in seventh place in the MLSNP Western Conference and fourth place in the Pacific Division (11-11-4).<\/p>\n

Quakes II continues the homestand and faces Ventura County FC on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Kickoff from Spartan Soccer Complex will take place at 7:30 p.m. PT and will be broadcast via OneFootball, as well as on MLSNEXTPro.com.<\/p>\n

Fans can\u202fpurchase\u202ftickets to the match via\u202fTixr<\/a>. Earthquakes Season Ticket Holders can receive free tickets by contacting their Quakes representative.<\/p>\n

Quakes II Assist Leaders:<\/p>\n

San Jose Earthquakes II 1 \u2013 2 Tacoma Defiance<\/p>\n

Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 \u2014 Spartan Soccer Complex; San Jose, CA
Weather: \u00a070\u00b0F Sunny<\/p>\n

Match Officials:\u202f\u00a0
Referee: Rafael Bonilla<\/p>\n

4th Official: Andrew Hanks<\/p>\n

SJ (1-0) \u2013 Edwyn Mendoza (penalty kick) 64\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

TAC (1-1) \u2013 Mark Bronnik (penalty kick) 83\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

TAC (1-2) \u2013 Mark Cian O\u2019Neill (Charlie Gaffney) 90\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

TAC \u2013 Xavi Gnaulati (caution) 69\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

TAC \u2013 Jared Rios (caution) 72\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

SJ \u2013 Edwyn Mendoza (caution) 78\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES II: Nathan Crockford (GK); Alejandro Cano (C), Niklas Dossmann, Jacob Heisner (Martin Mukah Kwende Jr. 84\u2019), Shane de Flores; Noel Buck (Julian Donnery 83\u2019), Kaedren Spivey (Gabriel Bracken Serra 76\u2019), Edwyn Mendoza (Jermaine Spivey 90+3), Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez (Rohan Rajagopal 77\u2019); Zach Bohane, Tomo Allen.<\/p>\n

Substitutes not used: Connor Lambe (GK), Warren Boyce, Dominic Lorenti III, Jorge Torres.<\/p>\n

SHOTS: 12; SOG: 5; CORNERS: 4; OFFSIDES: 1; SAVES: 4; FOULS: 14; CLEARANCES: 10<\/p>\n

TACOMA DEFIANCE: Max Anchor (GK) (C); Gallatin Sandnes, Jared Rios, Jasper Winslow; Edson Carli (Matthew Christopher Bell 46\u2019), Xavi Gnaulati (Daniel Robles 90+4), Mark Cian O\u2019Neill, Rafael Jauregui; Andrew Brown, Mark Bronnik, Charlie Gaffney.<\/p>\n

Substitutes not used: Mohammad Shour (GK), Jose Kevin Bonilla, Bryan Cisneros-Tafolla, Omar Hassan, Codey Phoenix.<\/p>\n

SHOTS: 18; SOG: 6; CORNERS: 7; OFFSIDES: 1; SAVES: 4; FOULS: 12; CLEARANCES:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. \u2014 San Jose Earthquakes II fell to Tacoma Defiance 2-1 on Saturday night at Spartan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[180651,180652,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-457905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-earthquakes-ii","tag-earthquakes-ii-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457905","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=457905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}