Making his first start for visiting St. Louis City SC, Brendan McSorley recorded a brace and added an assist Saturday night in its 3-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes.

Marcel Hartel also scored a goal for St. Louis (7-17-7, 28 points), which won consecutive matches for just the second time this year and the first time since March 9 and 15. Goalie Roman Burki logged nine saves.

The result was a damaging one for San Jose (9-14-8, 35 points), which started the night in ninth place in the West table and ended it in 11th, two points behind Dallas for the conference's last playoff spot. It lost despite advantages of 21-16 in shots and 10-6 in shots on frame.

But familiar defensive letdowns colored the Earthquakes' efforts as they fell to 0-6-0 all-time against St. Louis. The first one occur

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