The Quakes were on a bit of an up trick anyway coming in, and when you add in the fact San Jose is clearly FC Dallas's bogey team - two of the Quakes four wins last year came against FCD - it was probably a foregone conclusion that this game wasn't going to go well for Dallas.
Sure enough, San Jose's man marking defense befuddled FCD's attack and their defensive concept turned FCD one dimensional in the second half.
So while the 0-0 result FCD got a point, it most certainly wasn't a positive game for Dallas.