Teal San Jose Clash numbers on the jerseys, Hanson “mmbopping” out of the speakers and video board graphics straight out of a Nintendo 64.
Yet on a night when the Earthquakes honored all things 90s, it took until the 88th minute for supersub Adam Jahn to blow the dust off the cartridge – and the roof off Avaya Stadium.
In front of a packed house, the home side dominated for long periods but the game malfunctioned and somehow they found themselves a goal down to DC United when coach Dominic Kinnear sent the big 25-year–old on with eight minutes to go and a simple message ringing in his ears: "Score a goal.