Before Friday’s game between the San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake, Chris Wondolowski hadn’t found any traction yet in the 2021 season.
He came off the bench in the season opener at the Houston Dynamo and uncharacteristically missed a game-tying shot from point-blank range in the dying minutes. The next week, he came off the bench late in the Earthquakes’ home opener and picked up a straight red card within a few minutes of entering the game, just the second ejection in his MLS career.
But after serving his suspension in San Jose’s third game of the season, last week, Wondo finally arrived in the 2021 season on Friday, when he came off the bench and scored two late goals in five minutes to flip a 1-0 loss into a 2-1 win for the Earthquakes at Rio Tinto Stadium.