The San Jose Earthquakes have won four of their last five games, after a rousing 4-0 thumping of California Clasico rivals LA Galaxy Wednesday in Carson.
The team seems to be back to the form they were in during the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando over the summer, pressing hard, passing well, shooting early and often and dictating games to their opponents.
With a long and chastening winless run sandwiched in the middle of those times this season, the willingness to stay the course appears to have been the right call, when many outsiders around the league thought Matias Almeyda must have lost the locker room.