Niko Tsakiris delivered a standout performance as San Jose Earthquakes defeated expansion side San Diego FC 3–0 in MLS regular-season action on Matchday 6.
The hosts took control early. In the 13th minute, Tsakiris opened the scoring, finishing a move created by Preston Judd, whose assist put San Jose 1–0 up. Moments earlier, Ousseni Bouda had gone into the referee’s book with a yellow card for the Earthquakes in the 11th minute.
The match tilted further in San Jose’s favor just after the half-hour mark. San Diego FC’s Manu Duah was sent off in the 32nd minute, leaving the visitors down to 10 men. Two minutes later, Tsakiris doubled the lead from the penalty spot in the 34th minute, calmly converting to make it 2–0.
San Jose added a third in first-half stoppage time. In the 45+3rd minute, provider turned scorer as Preston Judd finished off a move assisted by Beau Leroux to put the Earthquakes 3–0 ahead heading into the break.
San Diego FC used their bench heavily to respond, with David Vazquez, Lewis Morgan, Marcus Ingvartsen, Onni Valakari and Oscar Verhoeven all substituted as Wilson Eisner, Bryan Zamblé, Aníbal Godoy, Alexander Mighten and Willy Kumado came on. San Jose, already in control, managed minutes by introducing Paul Marie, Dave Romney, Nick Fernandez, Jonathan González and Ian Harkes.
The visitors’ frustration showed in the second half as Osvald Søe (52′) and Jeppe Tverskov (59′) received yellow cards. San Jose collected further bookings through Jonathan González (77′) and Tsakiris (90′).
No additional goals followed after the interval, and the Earthquakes comfortably saw out the 3–0 victory. Aside from goals, bookings and substitutions, more detailed match events such as shot counts, possession figures or tactical data were not available in the provided report.
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