For the San Diego FC, it was a season of expansion of the banners. They won a place in the playoffs and sit at the top of the west conference table with three games to play.
Now, the trick is to stay at the top of the West and perhaps win the shield of supporters who go to the best regular MLS season team. San Diego will look for three points on Saturday evening when he hosts the desperate earthquakes of San Jose.
San Diego (17-8-6, 57 points) has just released a 1-1 draw on September 20 in Atlanta in which visitors took an advance of 1-0 at halftime on the goal of Anders Dreyer’s 32nd minute. However, a penalty kick after half-time equaled the scoring, and San Diego ended up with equality after being surpassed 17-7.
“I think we are lucky to go out with one point,” said San Diego coach Mikey Varas. “This is part of the learning process. And we will take the learning lessons.”
By learning the courses aside, San Diego equaled the 2018 LAFC for most points by an expansion team with 57. One more victory would be broken the expansion record of St. Louis City of 17, established two years ago.
While San Diego tries to maintain his position at the top of the table, San Jose (9-14-8, 35 points) finds himself rushing to guarantee a place in the playoffs. A 3-1 defeat against Saint-Louis on September 20, the third consecutive defeat of earthquakes made the task even more difficult.
San Jose begins the 11th weekend to the west, two points behind FC Dallas for the last place in the playoffs. The earthquake calendar is not really forgiving. After this match, San Jose visited Vancouver on October 5 and welcomed Austin FC on October 18.
To obtain the results he needs to achieve the playoffs, San Jose must repair his fleeing defense. Earthquakes have granted 58 goals in 31 games, tied to the third highest figure in MLS, to the big to cause Bruce Arena’s dismay.
“The same problem we had all year round,” he said after the defeat against Saint-Louis. “We had a very difficult period with the defense before the goal.”
San Diego won a 2-1 victory in San Jose at the first team meeting on August 17. Dreyer scored the goal of the Brissse in the 84th minute, three minutes after Marcus Ingvartsen even pulled San Diego. The earthquakes hit the first on the total of Josef Martinez in the 72nd minute.
– field level media
