Matias Almeyda spent a long time talking to his San Jose Earthquakes side after a 5-1 loss to LAFC at Banc of California Stadium Wednesday.
So long, in fact, that it was well over an hour after the final whistle that he arrived to conduct his postgame press conference with reporters. And the generally loquacious manager was tight-lipped when asked what he said to his players after the game: “I dedicated a large amount of time to reflect on what happened,” Almeyda said via interpreter.
After a valiant-but-futile effort in a tightly-contested California Clasico against the LA Galaxy on the weekend resulted in a narrow loss, the LAFC defeat was another performance in a string of them for the Earthquakes against the Southern California side where San Jose was decidedly second-best throughout.