San Jose Earthquakes fall 1-0 to Houston on Steres’ late goal

Steres scores his first goal of the season in the 86th minute to San Jose to its eighth loss in the last nine games.

SAN JOSE (AP) — Daniel Steres scored his first goal of the season in the 86th minute to help the Houston Dynamo beat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Wednesday night.

San Jose (4-18-2) has lost eight of its last nine games (a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire on July 7) and has been outscored 25-8 over that span.

Steres, who came on in place of Griffin Dorsey in the 73rd minute, headed home a perfectly-placed ball played by Amine Bassi for the game’s only goal in the closing minutes.

The Dynamo had 58% possession and outshot San Jose 22-8, 7-0 on target.

Houston (9-7-7) has just one loss in its last nine games.

Jacob Daniel Jackson started in goal for the Earthquakes, the 24-year-old’s first appearance since he allowed six goals to Los Angeles FC on June 24, and had six saves.