by SAN JOSE — Chris Wondolowski (Kiowa Tribe) scored in his fourth consecutive game to get his eighth goal of the season in the San Jose Earthquakes’ 2-2 tie Saturday against FC Dallas at Avaya Stadium.
Wondo now has a MLS career best of 152 goals. He is two shy from scoring at least 10 goals a seasonfor the 10 consecutive year, which would extend another MLS scoring record.
The afternoon did not get off to a great start for the Quakes, as goalkeeper Daniel Vega had one of the biggest blunders in a soccer match. FlorianJungwirth played an easy pass to Vega in the 27th minute, who let the ball pass through his legs and over the line to gift wrap a 1-0 lead for Dallas.
The Quakes came out of the locker room with something to prove and Wondolowski again provided the scoring punch for his team. The MLS Goal King placed a volley past Jimmy Maurer in the 46th minute. Magnus Eriksson gave his team the lead shortly after, when he stung a shot that appeared to get blocked off the line by Matt Hedges. But after Video Review, it was clear that the ball crossed the line. Eriksson’s goal broke a streak that saw Wondolowski score eight straight goals for San Jose, denying the forward a chance to break his record of scoring 10 consecutive goals scored by one player for one team.
San Jose looked set to get three more points, but Francis Atuahene had other ideas on his MLS debut. The No. 4 pick in the 2018 SuperDraft entered the match in the 64th minute and 42 seconds later scored his first MLS goal on his 22nd birthday.
