San Jose Earthquakes vs. Toronto FC, May 8, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. PT OPPONENT INFO Last Game vs. Toronto FC Earthquakes 3, Toronto FC 0; March 24, 2012; BMO Field; Toronto, Ontario, Canada Chris Wondolowski continued his dominance north of the border, scoring twice for the San Jose Earthquakes in a 3-0 win against Toronto FC. Shea Salinas accounted for the remaining goal and Jon Busch kept his second clean sheet of the season as San Jose improved to 2-1-0. Wondolowski struck in the ninth and 68th minutes to record his second multi-goal game against Toronto in three years. His last was a hat trick in a 3-2 win at BMO Field on Sept. 25, 2010. Wondolowski also scored in San Jose’s 1-1 draw in Toronto on Aug. 27, 2011, giving the striker six Ontarian goals in three years, a career-high for the Danville native against any other MLS club. The win upped San Jose’s record to 2-0-4 all time at BMO Field. The scoring got underway early in the ninth minute as Wondolowski headed home a cross in from Sam Cronin. The former Toronto FC midfielder completed a give-and-go with Marvin Chavez on the near sideline then swung his cross to the far post and an unmarked Wondolowski. Salinas doubled San Jose’s lead in the 57th minute, finishing past Toronto FC goalkeeper Milos Kocic with a low shot targeted at the near post. Chavez took the assist after finding Salinas with a cross from just inside the area. San Jose capped the scoring in the 68th minute with Wondolowski doubling his haul on a closerange finish thanks to a cross in from Rafael Baca. Scoring: SJ: Chris Wondolowski (Sam Cronin) 9; Shea Salinas (Marvin Chavez, Steven Beitashour) 56; Chris Wondolowski (Rafael Baca, Sam Cronin) 68 TOR: None
SJ TOR
Shots 10 13
SOG 5 1
Fouls Offside Corners Saves 15 5 5 1 6 3 9 3
LINEUPS MTL: Kocic, Harden (Maund, 26), Aceval, Morgan, Eckersley, Lambe, Guzman, Silva, Dunfield (Koevermans, 45), Johnson, Plata (Soolsma, 85). SJ: Busch, Bernardez, Corrales, Morrow, Beitashour, Moreno (Baca, 57), Chavez (Stephenson, 72), Cronin, Salinas (Dawkins, 85), Lenhart, Wondolowski. Toronto FC Scouting Report Toronto FC (1-4-4, 7 pts.) enters Buck Shaw Stadium ninth in the Eastern Conference. They are riding a two-game losing streak after dropping one-goal results against the New York Red Bulls and Colorado Rapids. Zambian striker Robert Earnshaw has been the most dangerous player on the squad with five goals, second-most in MLS. The squad also features recent Designated Player signing Matias Laba, a 21-year-old Argentine holding midfielder who previously suited up for Argentinos Juniors. Laba has also captained Argentina’s U-20 squad. History of the Quakes – Toronto FC Rivalry The two teams tied 0-0 on July 19, 2008, at Toronto’s BMO Field in the debut of former Quakes star Darren Huckerby … San Jose produced a 2-0 win on Oct. 25, 2008, in the regular-season finale for both teams … Toronto FC posted a 3-1 victory at Buck Shaw Stadium on July 11, 2009 …The Quakes earned a 1-1 road draw on Oct. 10, 2009, thanks to a stoppage-time equalizer by Cornell Glen … Toronto FC defeated the Earthquakes 3-1 again at Buck Shaw Stadium on May 29, 2010, though the Quakes returned the favor at BMO Field on Sept. 25 with a 3-2 decision as Chris Wondolowski registered all three goals … Both meetings in 2011 ended in 1-1 deadlocks … San Jose’s Simon Dawkins and Alan Gordon, then with Toronto FC but now with the Quakes, accounted for the scoring at Buck Shaw on April 9 … At BMO Field on Aug. 27, Eric Avila’s 32nd-minute goal was cancelled out by Wondolowski’s late equalizer in the 87th minute … Wondolowski continued his dominance north of the border when the Quakes beat Toronto FC 3-0 on March 24, 2012, scoring two of San Jose’s three goals in the process. Earthquakes-Toronto FC Connections Toronto FC was brought into MLS as an expansion franchise ahead of the 2007 season, with the San Jose Earthquakes rejoining the league a season later in 2008 after a two-year absence … On July 14, 2011, the Earthquakes acquired defender Nana Attakora, forward Alan Gordon and midfielder Jacob Peterson from Toronto FC in exchange for forward Ryan Johnson, allocation money, and an international player slot (Peterson – Sporting KC – is no longer with the Quakes) … Attakora was born in North York, Toronto, and played on TFC from 2007-11 … Gordon’s only season in Toronto was 2011, when he played eight games before being traded to the Quakes … San Jose midfielder Sam Cronin was selected by Toronto FC with the second overall pick of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, and started 30 of 33 games played with TFC before being traded to the Earthquakes for allocation money on June 21, 2010 … Cronin scored his first MLS goal (6/13/2009 vs. NY) as a member of TFC, adding five assists in 30 career starts with the club… Quakes midfielder Sam Garza and defender Peter McGlynn played with TFC midfielder Luis Silva at UC Santa Barbara during the 2010 and 2011 seasons … Silva (No. 4) and Garza (No. 6) accounted for two of the top six picks during the 2012 MLS SuperDraft … Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham played at Cal with Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei and forward Andrew Wiedeman in 2008 … Earthquakes defender Ty Harden made 39 starts for Toronto FC between 2010 and 2012 before signing with San Jose on Jan. 25, 2013 … Toronto FC midfielder John Bostock originally joined San Jose on loan from Tottenham Hotspur in February, but ultimately joined the Canadian side several weeks later … TFC defender Danny Califf made 20 starts for the Quakes in 2004, tallying two goals … San Jose defender Rafael Baca