MLS: San Jose Earthquakes double up FC Dallas to extend coach Bruce Arena's record to 270 career league wins
- Dan Stickradt
- 18 hours ago
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FRISCO, Texas — Even with a weather delay, this one was twice as fun.
The San Jose Earthquakes defeated FC Dallas 4-2 on Wednesday night in Major League Soccer regular-season play at Toyota Stadium in front of a sellout crowd of 11,004 fans.
A 90-minute weather delay postponed the kickoff, but the ensuing action was worth the wait. And it was the Quakes that left Dallas all soaking wet.
San Jose (7-7-5 overall, fifth place, 26 points) moved to 30-22-22 all-time against FC Dallas in MLS play overall with a 116-93 scoring edge. In road games at FC Dallas, the Earthquakes are 12-14-10 overall but have outscored Dallas 51-59 in those 36 meetings.
Bruce Arena won his 270th MLS regular-season game – a league record for head coaches. The late great Sigi Schmid is second with 240 wins. His team has already surpassed last season’s win total.
Arena was not pleased with the team’s start, but pleased with the come-from-behind victory.
“I think a sloppy first half. We had a lot of the ball and were really very inefficient in the attacking third of the field, and our response coming out of halftime was outstanding,” said Arena. “Getting two goals in the first 12 minutes – and then I think we fell asleep and conceded that tying goal to make it 2-2, and then obviously Beau (Leroux) made a great play for the third goal. I think the last 10 minutes of the game, we could’ve been a little bit better in just keeping the ball, but we got the fourth goal to end it all. This time of year playing in Dallas is very difficult with the heat and humidity, and we started the game an hour and a half late because of the lightning, so it was a really challenging game for us. To walk away with three points is terrific, and we’re looking forward to recovering and giving a good effort Saturday against the (LA) Galaxy.”
Despite San Jose outshooting FC Dallas 10-4 in the first half, the hosts struck first in the 30th minute when Lucho Acosta split the San Jose midfield and found Petar Musa for the left-footed finish to give FC Dallas a 1-0 lead.
The Earthquakes equalized early in the second half when Chicho Arango rose above the back line to head home Cristian Espinoza’s corner kick past FC Dallas goalkeeper Maarten Paes in the 50th minute. Seven minutes later, the Black and Blue Espinoza collected his second assist of the match, feeding Josef Martínez for the slick back heel and a 2-1 San Jose lead.
““We knew we’d get chances as we discussed this at halftime. We had to be solid coming out. Don’t concede a goal. We’d be happy at 1-0 after 60 minutes. Instead it was 2-1 in our favor, so the guys did an outstanding job,” added Arena.
FC Dallas (5-7-6, 21 points, 10th place) answered in the 68th minute when a Musa shot was deflected toward Shaq Moore, whose left-footed blast found paydirt to tie it 2-2. However, the Quakes recaptured the lead in the 76th minute when Beau Leroux stole the ball from center back Alvaro Augusto in the box and slotted the ball past Paes.
Three minutes later, FC Dallas midfielder Kaick made contact with Arango from behind after a dead ball and was immediately sent off by referee Timothy Ford. Now with a man advantage, the Quakes amped up the aggression and drew a second red card in the 86th minute when Toros defender Sebastien Ibeagha dragged Preston Judd down just outside the box.
Down to nine men but armed with 11 minutes of stoppage time, the hosts labored to knot the match at the death. But the Earthquakes put the contest to rest in the 99th minute when Espinoza amassed his third assist of the night; he combined for the helper with DeJuan Jones, whose low cross found Mark-Anthony Kaye for the goal and a 4-2 final score as San Jose escaped Texas with all three points.
With their seventh victory of the MLS season, the Quakes – now fifth in the Western Conference and in playoff position under first-year Head Coach and Sporting Director Bruce Arena – have now surpassed last year’s win total.
The Black and Blue will now travel home for the California Clasico at Stanford on Saturday, June 28. Kickoff from Stanford Stadium will take place at 7:30 p.m. PT and will be broadcast globally via MLS Season Pass on Apple TV (English/Spanish), as well as via local radio KSFO 810 AM (English) and 1370 AM La Kaliente (Spanish).
BOX SCORE
FC Dallas 2 – 4 San Jose Earthquakes
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas
Weather: 83°F Mostly Cloudy
Attendance: 11,004 (sellout)
*all stats unofficial
Match Officials:
Referee: Timothy Ford
AR1: Andrew Bigelow
AR2: Jeffrey Swartzel
VAR: Shawn Tehini
AVAR: Joshua Patlak
4th Official: Rosendo Mendoza
Scoring Summary:
DAL (1-0) – Petar Musa (unassisted) 30’
SJ (1-1) – Cristian “Chicho” Arango (Cristian Espinoza) 50’
SJ (1-2) – Josef Martínez (Cristian Espinoza, Chicho Arango) 57’
DAL (2-2) – Shaq Moore (unassisted) 68’
SJ (2-3) – Beau Leroux (unassisted) 76’
SJ (2-4) – Mark-Anthony Kaye (DeJuan Jones, Cristian Espinoza) 90+9’
Misconduct Summary:
SJ – Daniel Munie (caution) 45+6’
DAL – Kaick (ejection) 79’
SJ – Chicho Arango (caution) 80’
DAL – Sebastien Ibeagha (ejection) 85’
SJ – Mark-Anthony Kaye (caution) 90+1’
FC DALLAS: Maarten Paes (GK); Marco Farfan ( Lalas Abubakar 86’), Anderson Julio (Bernard Kamungo 45+5’), Shaq Moore, Alvaro Augusto, Sebastien Ibeagha; Sebastian Lletget ( Kaick 61’), Pedrinho (Logan Farrington 61’) ; Petar Musa, Lucho Acosta.
Substitutes not used: Michael Collodi (GK), Leo Chu, Nolan Norris, Katlego Ntsabeleng.
POSS.: 39.2%; SHOTS: 10; SOG: 8; CORNERS: 0; OFFSIDES: 2; SAVES: 7; FOULS: 13; xG: 1
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES: Daniel (GK); Rodrigues (Max Floriani 76’), Daniel Munie, Dave Romney; DeJuan Jones, Ian Harkes (Mark-Anthony Kaye 76’), Beau Leroux, Vítor Costa, Cristian Espinoza (C); Cristian “Chicho” Arango (Ousseni Bouda 87’), Josef Martínez (Preston Judd 82’).
Substitutes not used: Earl Edwards Jr. (GK), Nick Fernandez, Benji Kikanović, Amahl Pellegrino, Reid Roberts.
POSS.: 60,8%; SHOTS: 23; SOG: 11; CORNERS: 9; OFFSIDES: 1; SAVES: 6; FOULS: 11; xG: 2.9
COURTESY PHOTO / SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
The San Jose Earthquakes celebrated a four-goal night in doubling up host FC Dallas Thursday.
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