In international news, two San Jose Earthquakes players featured for their countries Thursday, but the outcome was far from happy.
Vako and Guram Kashia both started for Georgia in their Euro 2020 playoff final match against North Macedonia in Tbilisi, but North Macedonia reached the Euros following a 1-0 win, with Goran Pandev scoring just before the hour mark to give North Macedonia their first-ever major tournament berth.
Vako lasted in the match until second-half stoppage time and Kashia exited in the 88th minute, but it’s a bitter result for Georgia, who were themselves looking to get to a major tournament for the first time, but fell at the final hurdle.