SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Brendan McSorley had two goals and an assist — the 22-year-old's first goal contributions in MLS — and Roman Bürki had nine saves, to help St. Louis City beat the San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 on Saturday night. St. Louis City (6-17-8) has won back-to-back games overall and is 6-0-0 in its three MLS seasons against the Earthquakes. San Jose (9-13-9) has 36 points, tied with Houston for 10th in the Western Conference, and fell behind Dallas (37 points) for the final playoff spot. McSorley, who made his first career start, put away a volley from the top of the 6-yard box to open the scoring in the 10th minute. Chris Durkin played a long arcing ball-in from well outside the area to the back post and João Klauss flicked a header to McSorley for the finish. Marcel Hartel, with hi
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