SAN JOSE, Calif. — It was a slight improvement in play, as the San Jose Earthquakes started the game smartly, but it was much of the same old, same old, as they capitulated late in a 1-1 draw with the Seattle Sounders in front of 18,000 at Avaya Stadium Saturday night.
The match was the first MLS regular season game for the Quakes since the club fired long-time general manager John Doyle for, among other things, playing unattractive soccer. And an energetic opening stanza, one in which Chris Wondolowski scored his 10th goal of the season -- the seventh straight MLS season in which he’s reached double digits — looked very promising for the sold-out crowd that had booed the team off the field two weeks ago.