The San Jose Earthquakes put in their most competent performance of the season. Which is why failing to grab all three points yesterday was perhaps the most frustrating experience of the year.
Despite dominating the entire match, Los Terramotos could never fully overcome an early own goal by Dan Benton, and had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Buck Shaw Stadium Saturday afternoon. All three new signings for San Jose looked impressive, and indeed it was new striker Scott Sealy's shot which set up fellow newcomer Darren Huckerby with a simple tap-in to level the match in the 13th minute.
While the Quakes threatened on numerous occasions throughout the rest of the match, the ball could never seem to find it's way past former Earthquakes 'keeper Jon Conway, who had a strong match for New York.
Now, let's take a long at Sean's famous player ratings (for reference, 6 is average/good, with 7 being great, and anything higher being excellent. 5 is bad, with anything lower being disappointing at least.)
Joe Cannon: 6
Wasn't forced into making tons of great saves as usual tonight, but Cannon did his job when called upon. A solid performance from Cannon, though there is some question as to how much fault Joe was at on the own goal. Perhaps he was out of position, though perhaps it was really all done by...
Eric Denton: 4
Well, let's just say it was a bad, no, awful match for the former Santa Clara University defender. The own goal early on seemed to really rattle his confidence, and any time the ball went near him in our end, the entire stadium seemed to quickly devolve into a state of nervousness. Rightfully, Frank Yallop had seen enough and subbed Denton out at halftime. Sorry Eric, but it looks like you have played yourself out of the starting left back spot.
Nick Garcia: 7
Had a nice little game for himself at center back. Won some critical challenges, and was not afraid to mix things up with the Red Bull attackers. This is what I would want to see from one of the team leaders
Ryan Cochrane: 6
To be honest, I barely noticed that Cochrane was on the field today, which I suppose is not a bad thing when you're playing in defense.
Darren Huckerby: 7
Brilliant stuff from Hucks today. The goal wasn't an incredible quality shot or run, but he did well to get himself in position for it. Darren made numerous opportunities for himself with his runs, and put in some threatening balls that perhaps should have been finished. My only complaint for Huckerby had to be the fact that many of his balls were just a tad off, but next week I expect more of the same.
Ronnie O'Brien: 6
Fine performance as usual from the Irishman, though Ronnie didn't create quite as much in the attack as I would expect. Ended up drifting quite a bit into the center of midfield, where he was actually fairly productive.
Francisco Lima
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