SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes fell to St. Louis CITY SC 2-1 on Saturday night at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif. The result sees the Quakes fall for the first time at home in the 2023 MLS season, snapping a nine-match home unbeaten streak and a 12-game undefeated record at PayPal Park dating back to Aug. 3, 2022.
After conceding a goal at the end of the first half, the Earthquakes found the back of the net in the 47th minute from Jamiro Monteiro. Midfielder Jackson Yueill slotted a through ball for Monteiro to fire into the bottom right corner. St. Louis would successfully convert a penalty kick in the 58th minute to win the match.
The Earthquakes now host the LA Galaxy in the 97th edition of the California Clasico on Saturday, July 1, presented by Intermedia. The highly anticipated match will feature a halftime performance from Too $hort, Mistah FAB, and LaRussell to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Hip-Hop, followed by a postgame fireworks show. Kickoff from Stanford Stadium is slated for 7:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed globally on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app, as well as on local radio via 810 AM The Spread (English) and 1370 KZSF (Spanish).
GAME NOTES
The Earthquakes now hold a 7-7-6 record (27 pts.) during the 2023 MLS regular season and currently sit in fifth place in the 14-team Western Conference.
San Jose currently holds a 0-2-0 all-time record against St. Louis CITY SC, including a 0-1-0 record at home.
Tonight’s loss marked the Quakes first at home during the 2023 MLS season, snapping a nine-match home unbeaten streak and a 12-game undefeated record at PayPal Park, dating back to Aug. 3, 2022.
Midfielder Jamiro Monteiro scored his first goal of the season and 14th of his MLS career.
Midfielder Jackson Yueill tallied an assist on Monteiro’s goal, marking his second assist of the season and 14th of his MLS career.
Midfielder Jack Skahan earned his first start of the season and third of his MLS career.
MATCH INFORMATION
2023 MLS Regular Season
San Jose Earthquakes 1 – 2 St. Louis CITY SC
Saturday, June 24, 2023 – PayPal Park, San Jose, Calif.
Attendance: 15,074
Scoring Summary:
STL (1-0) – Sam Adeniran (Rasmus Alm) 41’
SJ (1-1) – Jamiro Monteiro (Jackson Yueill) 47’
STL (2-1) – Sam Adeniran (penalty kick) 58’
Misconduct Summary:
SJ – Jamiro Monteiro (caution) 49’
STL – Aziel Jackson (caution) 59’
SJ – Niko Tsakiris (caution) 84’
SJ – Carlos Akapo (caution) 90+1’
STL – Celio Pompeu (caution) 90+2’
STL – Tomas Ostrak (caution) 90+6’
ST LOUIS CITY SC: Roman Buerkl (C); Njabulo Blom, Josh Yaro, Akil Watts, Kyle Hiebert, Tim Parker; Jared Stroud (Celio Pompeu 80’), Rasmus Alm (Isak Jensen 90+3’), Aziel Jackson (Nicholas Gioacchini 72’), Miguel Perez (Indiana Vassilev 72’); Sam Adeniran (Tomas Ostrak 80’).
Substitutes not used: Ben Lundt (GK), Lucas Bartlett, John Nelson, Jake Nerwinski.
SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 9; FOULS: 19; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 3
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES: Daniel; Miguel Trauco (Tommy Thompson 83’), Rodrigues, Jonathon Mensah, Carlos Akapo (Paul Marie 79’), Jamiro Monteiro (Ousseni Bouda 71’), Carlos Gruezo (Niko Tsakiris 83’), Jackson Yueill (C); Jack Skahan (Benji Kikanović 70’), Jeremy Ebobisse, Cristian Espinoza.
Substitutes not used: JT Marcinkowski (GK), Tanner Beason, Cam Cilley, Daniel Munie.
SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 13; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 8
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES HEAD COACH LUCHI GONZALEZ
On tonight’s performance against St. Louis CITY SC:
“First of all, I am proud of the guys. We had nine-match win streak at home, and we are really proud of that. We thank our fans for giving us energy to push in every game here at home. We always represent ourselves at a high level by pushing intensity. Tonight didn’t go our way. We lost, and we are disappointed. We got back into the game in the second half. We had a great response to their goal on the set piece. We got composed at half-time and came out aggressive, intense, and attacking-minded. We created our first goal, and I was really confident we were going to turn the game around. Credit to St. Louis, they are an efficient team. Now we have to bounce back.”
On preparing for the Cali Clasico next weekend:
“We want to win every game and show our best in every moment, home or away. Now we have the LA Galaxy up next. After this game I am glad to learn lessons on the things we can improve and the things we can control. We own it, we can work on it in training, and do something about it against the Galaxy.”
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES MIDFIELDER JACK SKAHAN
On tonight’s match:
“At the end of the game we were pushing the score to tie the game. Their goalkeeper made some really good saves. He’s a really good player. St. Louis has done a really good job in their first year. I think a few teams in the past 4-5 years have maybe been given a bit of a model to do that. St. Louis has done it well. They have good players, they have an identity, and they’ve gotten some good results.’
On playing different positions in the midfield:
“I’m a winger and a center midfielder. I played as a winger in college four years. I played here as a center mid for three years. I can play both.”
