Espinoza scores goal, Yarbrough makes 5 saves to help San Jose Earthquakes rally to beat Rapids 3-2 – The Mercury News

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Cristian Espinoza had a goal and an assist, Vitor Costa de Brito added two assists and William Yarbrough made five saves to help the San Jose Earthquakes recover from a deficit two goals to beat the Colorado Rapids 3. -2 on Saturday night.

San Jose (3-8-1) beat Los Angeles FC 3-1 last time out to end a five-game winless streak in which the Earthquakes have conceded 14 of their 28 MLS goals this season.

Costa de Brito, on the left side, delivered a cross to the charging Espinoza, who slipped behind a defender and fired a shot inside the back post to give the Earthquakes their first lead of the match at 3- 2 in the 66th minute.

Colorado (5-4-3) lost for only the second time in its last seven games.

Rafael Navarro waited patiently as the play developed, then slipped between two defenders and redirected a corner played by Djordje Mihailovic into the net from the top of the penalty area to give Colorado a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute.

Omir Fernández, a 25-year-old who spent his first five seasons in MLS with the New York Red Bulls before signing with the Rapids in December, made it 2-0 when he scored his first goal of the season at 42nd. Kévin Cabral sent a one-touch pass to Andreas Maxsø who played another to Fernández, who collected the ball and then fired a shot inside the near post.

Amahl Pellegrino fired a one-touch shot near the penalty spot on a missed clearance that found the back of the net in the 44th minute to cut San Jose’s deficit to 2-1. Then, in the sixth minute of first-half stoppage time, Espinoza played a corner to Vítor Costa de Brito at the far post for a central header to Hernán López, whose one-touch shot from the right of the point penalty brought the score to 2. -2.

The Rapids had 61% possession and outshot San Jose 17-13, 7-5.

Colorado’s Zack Steffen stopped a shot.

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