Earthquakes fall out of MLS playoff spot as St. Louis City hands San Jose a 3-1 loss

SAN JOSE The San Jose Earthquakes suffered their third consecutive loss by two goals and dropped out of the MLS final playoff spot after a - loss to St Louis City at PayPal Park on Saturday night San Jose - - has points and fell behind ninth-place Dallas points which now holds the last playoff berth in the Western Conference with three games left in the regular season The Quakes fell all the way to th place one point behind Houston St Louis City - - has won back-to-back games overall and is - - in its three MLS seasons against the Earthquakes Brendan McSorley had two goals and an assist the -year-old s first goal contributions in MLS and Roman B rki had nine saves to lead St Louis City s attack McSorley who made his first career start put away a volley from the top of the -yard box to open the scoring in the th minute Chris Durkin played a long arcing ball-in from well outside the area to the back post and Jo o Klauss flicked a header to McSorley for the finish Marcel Hartel with his right foot gently stopped a header from McSorley turned and fired a left-foot shot from inside the penalty arc to make it - in the th He also played a perfectly-placed ball-in to McSorley for a header that gave St Louis a - lead in the th minute Cristian Arango converted from the penalty spot in the th to account for the Earthquakes only goal McSorley and Klauss are the only players in club history with at least two goals and one assists in a single match Related Articles Earthquakes draw record crowd fall to LAFC in Levi s Stadium World Cup preview Quakes return to Levi s Stadium expecting record crowd vs LAFC superstar Son Landon Donovan tops San Jose Sports Hall of Fame s class Sloppy San Jose Earthquakes fall - to Austin FC drop to ninth place in playoff chase Chicho Arango and Preston Judd number goals San Jose Earthquakes beat Dynamo - San Jose had possession and shots on target McSorley at the goal line blocked a shot by Arango from the center of the area in the st minute The Earthquakes are back in action next Saturday night in San Diego against San Diego FC - - the first-place group in the Western Conference