SAN JOSE — Dejan Joveljic scored on a penalty kick in the 61st minute and the Galaxy held off the San Jose Earthquakes, 3-2, on Wednesday night as the club continues to try to climb into playoff position.

Tyler Boyd gave the Galaxy (7-10-7, 28 points) the lead in the 16th minute, using an assist from Raheem Edwards to score his sixth goal of the season.

Jeremy Ebobisse put San Jose (9-9-8, 35 points) ahead 2-1 with a goal in the 31st minute. It came two minutes after an own-goal by Galaxy defender Calegari knotted the score. Jamiro Monteiro picked up an assist on Ebobisse’s eighth goal of the season.

The Galaxy scored the equalizer five minutes into the second half when Riqui Puig took a pass from Edwin Cerrillo and scored his fifth goal of the season.

Joveljic’s third goal of the season came after Edwards was fouled by San Jose defender Miguel Trauco.

It was the second straight win and the fourth in the past five MLS matches for the Galaxy, which is five points behind ninth-place FC Dallas for the final Western Conference playoff berth with 10 games left in the regular season. After an abysmal start to the season, the Galaxy is 5-1-4 in its last 10 MLS matches.

Jonathan Bond saved four shots for the Galaxy. Daniel de Sousa Britto had two saves for the Earthquakes, who lost their second straight match.

The Galaxy next hosts the fourth-place Houston Dynamo (11-10-5, 38 points) on Saturday night at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Related Articles