SEATTLE — Raul Ruidiaz and Joevin Jones both scored twice and the Seattle Sounders set a franchise record for goals in a match with a 7-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Thursday night.
Seattle scored five goals faster than any team in MLS history, needing just 33 minutes to take a 5-0 lead on the hapless Earthquakes. The five goals in a half set a franchise record and Seattle tied the league record for most goals in a first half, joining Chicago in 2019 against Atlanta United and FC Dallas in 2017 against Real Salt Lake.
The Sounders added two more in the second half, becoming the ninth team in league history to score at least seven goals in a match. The league record for goals in a match is eight, set by the LA Galaxy in 1998 against Dallas.
The six-goal margin of victory was the worst loss for San Jose (2-4-3) in its MLS history. Chris Wondolowski added to his all-time MLS record for goals scoring his 163rd on a penalty kick in the 71st minute for the only San Jose highlight.
Seattle (5-2-3) rebounded from last Sunday's loss to rival Portland and moved to the top of the Western Conference standings, one point ahead of Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United.
Jordan Morris got the record night started for Seattle making a 40-yard run through the middle of an absent San Jose defense and scoring with his left foot in the fourth minute. Ruidiaz scored his first in the 12th minute off an assist from Nicolas Lodeiro, and his second came in the 33rd minute off an assist from Morris for a 5-0 lead.
Kelvin Leerdam scored for the second straight match in the 15th minute with a right-footed shot from the top of the penalty area, and Jones scored his first in the 20th minute off an assist from Ruidiaz.
And it could have been worse. San Jose goalkeeper Daniel Vega twice stopped Morris in close late in the first half, otherwise a sixth or seventh goal may have come.
João Paulo scored his first MLS goal early in the second half off assists from Leerdam and Morris, and Jones added his second in the 60th minute off another assist from Morris. Morris finished with three assists.
Vega added a couple more saves later in the second half to keep Seattle from scoring an eighth.
NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving had 26 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 121-104 victory Monday night over the Los Angeles Lakers, who played without LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Ten people were injured during a drive-by shooting in a central Florida neighborhood, police said.
THESSALONIKI – Video Art Miden collaborates with ToPikap in Thessaloniki, presenting the video art program ‘Frozen’, curated by Gioula and Olga Papadopoulou, on Saturday, February 4.
SAN FRANCISCO – The opening of Uproot, the Greek Chamber Music Project (GCMP) concert tour marking the centennial of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, takes place on Friday, February 3, 8 PM, at Old First Concert, 1751 Sacramento Street in San Francisco, and live-streamed online.
JERUSALEM — U.S.
MILAN — Italy's government has increased security around its diplomatic missions around the globe in response to “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an anarchist network that has been acting in solidarity with an imprisoned Italian militant, the foreign minister said Tuesday.
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