San Jose
Earthquakes 2-1
Columbus Crew
First
Win for the Quakes!
Friday
February 22nd, 2008
MLS Central Coast Showcase - Alex G. Spanos Stadium
San Luis Obispo
Attendance: 3,861
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2008
After
2 goalless home matches against Houston Dynamo (0-1 in San Jose and 0-0
in San Francisco) and an un-official, close to public friendly against
San Luis Obispo, Kei Kamara
found the back of the net twice last Friday, for a 2-1 victory
against 2007 MLS 10th overall franchise Columbus Crew.
Kamara put the Earthquakes ahead at the 17th minute with a low lining
shot after Gavin Glinton slid a pass on the ground towards him.
At the 34th minute, Eddie Gaven equalized for the Crew with an assist
by Alejandro Moreno.
20 minutes later, Kei Kamara gave his team the victory, after an
individual dribbling move on the left of the box, he faked one way,
slid
the ball back and shot in the lower right corner of the net
Columbus (3 wins - 1 loss before this game in the pre-season) had a
chance to equalize at the 62nd minute with a shot by Guillermo Barros
Schelotto nicely saved by Dan Benton (who replaced Preston
Burpo
at the 22nd minute) Schelotto tracked the loose ball, bent a pass
across the box which was finally headed away by a SJE
defender.
A
competitive team
Having shown a strong physical and tactical presence in the two matches
against Houston, the SJE also proved last Friday that they are also
able
to score and win matches. With almost 6 more weeks of
preparation
before the season starts, the fans can reasonably believe the team will
be competitive on April 3rd for the season's opener at Home Depot
Center against Frank Yallop's former club, the Los Angeles Galaxy!
The MLS Show Case in San Luis Obispo continues for the SJE this Sunday
at 1 p.m. with another exhibition match against D.C. United.
T.H.
(source: S.J. earthquakes)
Scoring Summary:
SJE - Kei Kamara (Gavin Glinton) 17
CC - Eddie Gaven (Alejandro Moreno) 34
SJE - Kei Kamara 54
Misconduct Summary
CC - Stefani Miglioranzi caution (reckless foul) 11
SJE - Ryan Cochrane caution (reckless foul) 36
SJE - Nick Garcia caution (reckless foul) 62
Lineups:
Columbus
Crew (4-4-2): Will Hesmer, Frankie Hedjuk (Ryan Miller
65), Chad Marshall (Ryan Junge 67), Andy Iro (Leonard Griffin 67),
Sandro de Silva (Andrew Peterson 65), Eddie Gaven (Ricardo Virtuoso
65), Duncan Oughton (Brian Carroll 62), Stefani Miglioranzi (Kevin
Burns 62), Robbie Rogers (Emmanuel Ekpo 65), Alejandro Moreno (Zola
Short 62)
S.J.
Earthquakes (4-4-2): Preston Burpo (Dan Benton 22), Jason
Hernandez, Nick Garcia, Ryan Cochrane (Jay Ayres 71), James Riley, Shea
Salinas (Matt Taylor 67), Ramiro Corrales (J.P. Rodrigues 82), Ned
Grabavoy, Ivan Guerrero (Joe Vide 46), Gavin Glinton (Federico
Arias 62), Kei Kamara (Yuri Morales 82)
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