The result did little for either team, with both San Jose (7-8-12) and Seattle (9-13-5) having fallen another rung in the West before the ball even kicked off. Seattle is six points out of the playoff spots with seven matches remaining.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Sounders right back Tyrone Mears took his eye off the ball for half a second.
Mears probably didn’t even lose focus for that long as he glanced away from the arc of the falling ball to steal a glance at onrushing Earthquakes defender Jordan Stewart.
That’s all it took.
That’s all it took to throw Mears off, to allow Stewart to rush into space and to give him time to pick out Chris Wondolowski.