FC Dallas, San Jose Earthquakes share spoils in feisty affair

Jun 8, 2015 at 12am UK

Dallas and San Jose Earthquakes play out a 0-0 draw in a game that produced no fewer than three red cards.

Published: June 8 2015 | 02:08

Last updated: June 8 2015 | 15:17

San Jose Earthquakes and FC Dallas cancelled each other out with a 0-0 draw at the Avaya Stadium in a feisty clash that spawned three red cards.

Only seven minutes elapsed before either side fashioned a chance, and it was Dallas as Victor Ulloa fired wide, before Mauro Díaz sent a free kick over the bar shortly after.

Mark Sherrod could, and perhaps should, have opened the scoring on 16 minutes when he drilled Matias Perez Garcia's delivery well over the bar from close range.

Four minutes later Michael Barrios was denied by goalkeeper David Bingham, before Atiba Harris fired wide as the visitors grew on top once more.

The pendulum swung back in San Jose's favour as MLS legend Chris Wondolowski looked to take matters into his own hands, but his effort was beaten away by Dan Kennedy, who preserved parity at the break.

Bingham was forced into action early in the second half by once again denying Barrios, whose near-post effort looked to be sneaking past the home keeper.

Dallas were given renewed hope of breaking the deadlock when Sherrod was sent off for a reckless challenge on 53 minutes but Oscar Pareja's side struggled to make their advantage count.

Their numerical advantage was negated when Je-Vaughn Watson was also shown a straight red card on 75 minutes as the hosts then pushed for a winner.

Wondolowski headed over following Shea Salinas's excellent delivery, before Salinas then pulled his shot wide on 82 minutes.

Any hopes that the Earthquakes had of a dramatic winner were dashed on 87 minutes when JJ Koval became the third recipient of a straight red card as both sides shared the spoils.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21