On April 6, the San Jose Earthquakes were winless in their last four matches and had just suffered a lopsided defeat to LAFC. They hosted the team with the Western Conference’s worst record (other than themselves) and earned a convincing win to spur an 11-3-4 run over their next 18 matches.
The Earthquakes head into Saturday’s match at Avaya Stadium also winless in four, fresh off a loss to LAFC, and facing the Western Conference’s lowest-ranked team. Can San Jose kick-start a similar run of form? Perhaps they can once again tap into a Tommy Thompson pregame television hype speech for inspiration.