On a night in which the San Jose Earthquakes were matched in intensity and pressing by their opponent, they needed a little something special to have any hope against Real Salt Lake, and they got it, with Chris Wondolowski coming off the bench and scoring a late brace to flip the game and give them a 2-1 win at Rio Tinto Stadium on Friday.
It looked for most of the night like RSL were going to win at a canter, after a golazo from Rubio Rubin put them ahead before halftime, but the combination of timely subs and the players who came off the bench rescued the game for the Earthquakes yet again.