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09/10 00:07 CDT Niko Tsakiris has goal, 2 assists to lead Earthquakes to 3-2
victory over San Diego
Niko Tsakiris has goal, 2 assists to lead Earthquakes to 3-2 victory over San
Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) --- Niko Tsakiris had a goal and two assists by halftime to
spark the San Jose Earthquakes to a 3-2 victory over San Diego FC on Wednesday
night, ending an eight-match winless streak.
Tsakiris scored for the third time this season to stake San Jose (11-8-5) to a
1-0 lead in the third minute. Beau Leroux and Luka Jovanovic had assists.
San Diego (8-10-6) keeper CJ dos Santos had a save on a penalty kick by
Tsakiris in the 8th minute, but Tsakiris picked up an assist four minutes later
on a goal by Preston Judd --- his career-high 12th --- for a 2-0 advantage.
Judd had 11 goals in his first 72 appearances in the league.
Tsakiris notched his 10th assist this season on Ousseni Bouda's career-best
sixth netter for a three-goal lead in the 35th minute. Bouda had five goals
through his first 70 matches, and Tsakiris had three assists in 61 appearances
from 2022-25.
Anders Dreyer scored his ninth goal --- with assists from Onni Valakari and
Elias Achouri --- in the 42nd minute to cut it to 3-1 at halftime.
Angus Gunn finished with four saves for San Jose in his ninth start in the
league.
Dos Santos saved three shots for San Diego, which is 3-3-0 in its last six
outings.
Dos Santos was tagged with a second yellow card in the 81st minute and San
Jose's Max Floriani was shown a second yellow card in the second minute of
stoppage time --- leading to red card exits.
Cdric Bakambu scored on a penalty kick for San Diego following Floriani's foul
for his first goal in his first MLS appearance.
San Jose was coming off back-to-back draws before winning for the first time
since beating the Portland Timbers 3-1 on the road on May 23. The Earthquakes
had gone 0-5-3 since then.
Up next
San Jose: Hosts Houston Dynamo on Saturday.
San Diego: Hosts Philadelphia Union on Sunday.
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