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Benji Kikanovich scored two goals in the second half as San Jose Earthquakes defeated the Chicago Fire on Sunday 2-1 to end the drought. The
quake (4-7-6, 18 points) scored for the first time since May 28, and after waiting for an international break in early June, Nashville SC and Real Salt Lake I didn't score in the match. ..
Earthquake goalkeeper JT Marsinkovsky made five saves, and Fire goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina made six saves.
Tue (4-9-5, 17 points) finally scored in 5 minutes of the second half stop time, but 16 led to the lowest goal of MLS. increase.
After an unscored but energetic first half, the quake began to function early after the break. They fired a rapid fire shot at Slonina in the 47th minute until Kikanovich scored. Yamiro Monteiro started in a hurry when 18-year-old Slonina saved a shot on a dive.
After hitting the crossbar following San Jose's Marcos Lopez, teammate Christian Espinosa hit the left post. Kikanovich found the ball in front of a wide open net, and San Jose natives tapped at the beginning of the season.
A fire was pushed out in the second half of the game, so the quake launched a counterattack, and in the 87th minute Kikanovich scored from the right side of the penalty area. When he hit the post with two minutes of downtime, he won almost one-third.
When Brian Gutierrez came out before the seismic defense, passed the run from John Durand and passed Marsinkovsky, the fire was just before the final whistle. I finally scored.
Tue failed to follow up on Wednesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union, which was at the top of the Eastern Conference at the time. Chicago fell to 1-7-2 on the road.
San Jose took the lead for the first time since defeating Portland Timbers 3-2 on May 18. The
quake has played its first match since June 18. The Los Angeles Galaxy on June 25th has been postponed due to power grid issues.
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