In their first playoff game in three years, the San Jose Earthquakes went down, came back to take the lead, but then conceded in stoppage time, and then scored an even later equalizer, before coming up blanks in a penalty shootout, failing to advance after a 3-3 draw through 120 minutes, after losing the shootout 3-0 against Sporting Kansas City on Sunday at Children’s Mercy Park.
Tim Melia made three consecutive saves in the shootout to play the hero for Sporting, while San Jose’s bid to spring a postseason upset on the No.