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SAN JOSE \u2014 The San Jose Earthquakes\u2019 return from the two-month World Cup break could hardly have gone worse.<\/p>\n

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Coming off the worst loss of the Bruce Arena era, the Earthquakes now head into Saturday night\u2019s California Clasico against the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium without leading scorer Preston Judd and captain Ronaldo Vieira, both suspended after accumulating their fifth yellow cards of the season.<\/p>\n

The Quakes (10-4-2, 32 points) entered the break with the best start in club history. But Wednesday\u2019s MLS restart ended in a humbling 4-0 loss to Orlando City SC at PayPal Park, where San Jose allowed early goals in both halves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you concede a goal to start both halves, you\u2019re digging a real deep hole,\u201d Arena said. \u201cWe played poorly, no excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The defeat erased several remarkable defensive milestones.<\/p>\n

Before Wednesday, the Earthquakes had not conceded a goal from a set piece, allowed a goal from outside the penalty area or trailed by more than one goal in any league match this season. Orlando wiped out all three distinctions before the half-hour mark.<\/p>\n

David Brekalo opened the scoring in the seventh minute, heading home Eduard Atuesta\u2019s free kick. Ivan Angulo doubled the lead in the 29th minute with a long-range strike, and French star Antoine Griezmann marked his MLS debut by capitalizing on a bad pass by left back Jamar Ricketts and poor marking just three minutes into the second half to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n

While Griezmann made an immediate impact after coming over from Atletico Madrid, San Jose received little production from its designated player, Timo Werner. The German international completed just 41.7 percent of his passes \u2014 the lowest mark of any player in the match \u2014 picked up a yellow card late in the first half and was substituted in the 73rd minute.<\/p>\n

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The night also marked the debut of goalkeeper Angus Gunn, who joined the club after starting all three World Cup matches for Scotland. Gunn replaced Daniel, San Jose\u2019s starter since the beginning of the 2023 season, after the Brazilian was traded to FC Dallas during the break.<\/p>\n

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Arena, the second-year coach of the Quakes, said that Daniel \u201chad a desire to leave here\u201d and that he had been recruiting Gunn for nearly a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t help our goalkeeper at all tonight,\u201d Arena said. \u201cAngus will be fine. We hung him out to dry. He\u2019s the least of our worries.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bigger concern on Saturday may be the absences of Judd at striker and Vieira at defensive midfielder. Both were booked Wednesday, triggering one-game suspensions that will keep them out of one of the club\u2019s biggest matches of the season.<\/p>\n

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Vieira said the quick turnaround gives the Earthquakes little time to dwell on Wednesday\u2019s disappointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt motivates me, and I think it motivates the guys also,\u201d Vieira said. \u201cAfter a night like tonight, we have to go out there and grind for each other. We need to have 11 guys who are ready to fight for the result, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

A possible replacement for Judd would be Luka Jovanovi\u0107, who was acquired from the Australian A-League over the break. Arena said that Jovanovi\u0107\u2019s work permit hasn\u2019t been approved yet, but he expects it to happen this week.<\/p>\n

Despite the lopsided defeat, San Jose remained tied with the Vancouver Whitecaps atop the Western Conference after Vancouver also lost Wednesday. The Whitecaps still hold a game in hand and own the tiebreaker on goal differential.<\/p>\n

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