When the RSL coaches and players sit down and watch the film of the loss to San Jose, they’re not going to be happy.
They weren’t happy after the loss, of course. Giving up a goal in the third of four minutes of stoppage time is going to eat at them. But it was the way it happened that hurts most.
The ball rolled out of bounds and the referee signaled for a corner kick. But the attention of both teams was toward a referee who decided to not to give the Earthquakes a free kick near the 18-yard box.