San Jose Earthquakes' Cordell Cato offers blunt assessment of team's bench options
By Geoff Lepper (MLSsoccer.com)Cordell Cato gave a blunt assessment when asked how he thought his San Jose Earthquakes debut went.
“Personally, I didn’t do anything,” Cato (above) told MLSsoccer.com. “And that’s not good for me.”
It wasn’t good for the Quakes, either. Coach Frank Yallop brought on second-year midfielders Sam Garza (in the 72nd minute) and Cato (79th), plus rookie forward Adam Jahn (83rd) in his attempt to wring a point from the team’s season-opening game last weekend.
None of the three made a substantial impact in what eventually went in the books as a 2-0 loss to Real Salt Lake.
“João Plata comes on and makes a difference for them,” Yallop said, referring to the RSL substitute who delivered a game-winning assist just six minutes after coming on the pitch. “And I’m not having a go at the guys that come on [for us], but no one made a difference.”
With the ability last season to summon seasoned attackers from the bench, San Jose scored 40 goals in the 60th minute or later, 22 in the or beyond the 75th, and nine in second-half stoppage time. Even with attackers Marvin Chávez, Alan Gordon and Steven Lenhart unavailable Sunday, the Quakes were still happy with the number of significant scoring chances they generated in the first hour against RSL. One could argue that, with better finishing from Chris Wondolowski and Mike Fucito, San Jose would have been up by two or three goals at halftime.
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