In the build-up for the 2010 World Cup, ESPN created a series of team profiles with the slogan ‘One Game Changes Everything’. And that may just be the case for the San Jose Earthquakes.
On Saturday afternoon, the lasting impression from the San Jose Earthquakes’ home opener against Toronto FC was Oswaldo Alanis’ show-stopping freekick to tie the game up at 2-2. The hope is that one game can change the trajectory of this season.
For much of the match, it felt like more of the same for San Jose, from going 2-0 down to the only brief flashes of brilliance proving to be little consolation for lapses in the final third.