One of the interesting components of the San Jose Earthquakes’ dominant 4-0 win over the LA Galaxy Wednesday was the goalscorers.
Forward Andy Rios got on the scoresheet again, but the other three goals came from fullbacks Nick Lima (with a brace) and Tommy Thompson.
As a team that has long spread the scoring load around, I didn’t necessarily make the connection at first, but Earthquakes head coach Matias Almeyda highlighted just how many goals fullbacks have scored lately.
“I think we’ve repeated this type of performance many times, not with the goals and the result,” Almeyda said in Wednesday’s postgame press conference via interpreter.