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Kick Off:
Earthquakes still sprinkling magic on MLS, USMNT


There’s just something about these Cardiac Quakes and their magical 2012 season.

Just when you thought that the San Jose “Goonies” came up with every possible kind of variation on the stoppage time victory this year, there was Saturday night. Seattle’s Fredy Montero scored a stoppage time equalizer only for Steven Lenhart to do him one better and clinch a 2-1 win (watch the highlights here).

www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-08-11-sj-v-sea/highlights

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Quakes close in on Shield after sweeping Seattle
Make it a clean sweep.


Before the season few expected the San Jose Earthquakes to win every one of their three matches against the Seattle Sounders, including two at CenturyLink Field. But the Quakes completed the feat on Saturday with a 2-1 triumph.

Chris Wondolowski scored his 10th game-winner this season (a new MLS record) and extended his lead in the Golden Boot race. The frontrunner for MVP credited the Seattle crowd for their part in his performance: "When you have a good atmosphere, it helps raise my level, I think. It makes me want to raise it a little extra notch."

The Sounders, whose last loss came against the Earthquakes, were missing star players Eddie Johnson and Mauro Rosales. But manager Sigi Schmid wasn’t about to make excuses: "We would have been overrun even with Eddie and Mauro,” he said. "They killed us in the first half, to be quite honest. If we play like we played in the first half, we won't go very far [in the playoffs]."

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/09/24/kick-quakes-close-shield-after-sweeping-seattle