OPPONENT INFORMATION
Earthquakes vs. D.C. United All-Time
MLS Regular Season:
17-13-6
Home:
8-4-6 (29 GF, 25 GA)
Away:
9-9-0 (27 GF, 33 GA)
All-Time Scoring:
San Jose – 56, D.C. United – 58
Match Center
Last Game vs. D.C. United
Earthquakes 2, D.C. United 0; August 22, 2015; RFK Stadium, Washington D.C.
The San Jose Earthquakes scored early in the first half and notched a second goal early in the second half on the way to a 2-0 victory over D.C. United at RFK Stadium. San Jose has now won three games in a row and outscored opponents 8-0 over that stretch. Chris Wondolowski and Shea Salinas scored the goals for the Quakes and David Bingham recorded his ninth shutout of the season. For the second straight match, San Jose burst out of the gate with an early goal. Shaun Francis received a pass from Quincy Amarikwa in the box and his low shot was parried by United goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra. The rebound fell to Fatai Alashe, but his shot was deflected to Wondolowski just outside the six-yard box. He calmly slotted the ball past Dykstra to the far post for his 105th career goal, moving him past Dwayne De Rosario into sole possession of sixth all-time in goals in MLS history. The Quakes defense held firm for the rest of the half to send San Jose to the locker room with a 1-0 advantage. Marvell Wynne broke up a D.C. counter attack in the 16th minute to prevent a goal and Clarence Goodson and Victor Bernardez cleared a number of threatening corners and crosses to keep D.C. off the board. Just seven minutes into the second half, San Jose doubled the lead after some great work from Quincy Amarikwa. After receiving the ball at midfield, he dribbled past one defender and then ran 30 yards to the edge of the box before finding Salinas to his left. Salinas curled a right-footed shot to the back post for his second goal of the year for a 2-0 lead. Bingham came up huge in the latter stages of the match with an impressive stop on Davy Arnaud. The D.C. United midfielder received a pass in space on the left side of the box with only Bingham to beat. Bingham rushed off his line, made himself big and deflected Arnaud’s shot. Goodson recovered and cleared the loose ball out of danger to preserve the clean sheet.
History of the Quakes – D.C. United Rivalry
San Jose and D.C. United are two of the 10 original MLS teams from the inaugural 1996 season … San Jose beat D.C. in MLS’ historic inaugural match, 1-0, on April 6, 1996, before 31,683 fans at Spartan Stadium … In 2005, the Quakes were blanked by D.C. United at RFK Stadium, 3-0, on July 15, prior to reeling off a run of 11-0-3 en route to the franchise’s first MLS Supporters’ Shield … Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski scored a brace in a 2-0 win at D.C. United on Oct. 9, 2010, a result that clinched San Jose’s first MLS Cup Playoffs berth since the club rejoined the league in 2008 … In 2011, the Earthquakes won at RFK Stadium, 4-2, behind Steven Lenhart’s first MLS hat trick, with Lenhart also assisting on Simon Dawkins’ game-winner early in the second half … D.C. United returned the favor at Buck Shaw Stadium on July 30 as a Dwayne De Rosario brace gave the visitors a 2-0 victory … The result snapped a six-game unbeaten streak (4-0-2) for the Quakes against D.C. United dating back to June 22, 2008 … In 2012, San Jose came back from an early one-goal deficit to defeat D.C. United 5-3 at Buck Shaw Stadium on May 2 thanks to braces from Chris Wondolowski and Steven Lenhart … In 2013, D.C. United defeated San Jose 1-0 at RFK Stadium … In 2014, D.C. United beat the Quakes at Buck Shaw Stadium 2-1 … The Earthquakes defeated D.C. United 2-0 in their only meeting in 2015.
Earthquakes – D.C. United Connections
D.C. United defender Bobby Boswell and Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski were teammates with the Houston Dynamo from 2008-09 … Clarence Goodson (2000-2003) and D.C. United defender Taylor Kemp (2009-2012) both played at the University of Maryland … D.C. United forward Fabian Espindola and midfielder/forward Luciano Acosta, as well as Quakes midfielder Matias Perez Garcia and defender Andres Imperiale were all born in Argentina … D.C. forward Jairo Arrieta and Quakes defender Shaun Francis both played on the Columbus Crew together in 2012 … Quakes forward Quincy Amarikwa and D.C. forward Chris Rolfe both played together for the Chicago Fire from 2013-2014 … D.C. United defender Steven Birnbaum and Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham both went to Cal … Bingham and Birnbaum also currently play with Quakes forward Chris Wondolowski on the United States National Team … D.C United midfielder Paul Clowes, midfielder/forward Rob Vincent as well as Earthquakes midfielder Simon Dawkins and defender Jordan Stewart were all born in England … Quakes defender Kip Colvey and D.C. United goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra were both born in Hawaii … D.C. United midfielder Marcelo Sarvas and San Jose midfielder Matheus Silva are both Brazilian.
