The San Jose Earthquakes have advanced to the quarterfinal round of the MLS is Back Tournament, and they aren’t ready to go home yet.
“I think everybody enjoys being here,” attacker Magnus Eriksson said to reporters from Orlando after Monday’s 5-2 win over Real Salt Lake in the Round of 16. “That was actually one of the things we said before the game on the field, that we’ve been here almost five weeks, so we can stay two more and go all the way to the final.”
Eriksson scored a brace from the penalty spot, and goals from Cristian Espinoza, Vako and Chris Wondolowski showed the Quakes were more than able to weather a couple mistakes that led to RSL’s two goals on the night.