Earthquakes lose to Orlando City on late goal

Jack Skahan had a late chance for the Quakes, then Orlando scored on the counter-attack to win the match.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jack Lynn scored in the 89th minute to help Orlando City beat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Saturday night.

Orlando keeper Pedro Gallese made a diving, one-hand save of a shot by Jack Skahan in the 88th minute and then, on the counter-attack after a corner kick, Lynn scored the winning goal.

Iván Angulo raced down the left side and cut back to evade a defender near the corner of the area before playing an arcing cross to Martin Ojeda, whose volley redirected the ball to Lynn for the finish from the top of the 6-yard box.

“We had the opportunity to take the points tonight, at the very least, one point. It was a disappointing goal to give away,” Quakes manager Luchi Gonzalez said after the loss. “Some innocence in terms of not putting the ball over immediately, getting back in the box, maybe fouling early to kind of kill the play. It’s a pretty disappointing one to give away. We know that.”

Gallese, who had a clean sheet in the season opener, had his second consecutive shutout and his third of the season. He stopped all four shots from the Quakes.

Orlando (4-5-4) won in San Jose for the first time in four tries all time.

Will Yarbrough had three saves for the Earthquakes (3-10-1).

The Earthquakes were coming off a 4-2 loss Wednesday night against the Portland Timbers in which they blew a two-goal lead.

Orlando City won its last match against the Earthquakes 5-0 on June 22, 2021.