SAN JOSE, Calif.—Hernan Lopez scored the game’s only goal in the 49th minute and the San Jose Earthquakes gave interim Coach Ian Russell his first win of the season with a 1–0 Major League Soccer victory over the Chicago Fire on Sunday night.
San Jose (4–16–2, 14 points) snapped a nine-match winless streak (0–8–1). Entering the night as the league’s worst defensive team, with 56 goals conceded, the Earthquakes put together their first clean sheet of the year.
