San Jose, Calif. • Real Salt Lake showed it knows the way to San Jose. But knowing how to win on the road? That’s a different matter entirely, as RSL learned again on Saturday night in a 0-0 draw with the MLS-worst Earthquakes.
RSL has been outscored 25-8 and is 1-8-2 on the road this season.
Andrew Tarbell had three saves for San Jose.
The 24-year-old Tarbell had his first clean sheet of the season and the third of his career. It was San Jose’s first shutout in 25 games, dating to a 1-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Sept. 16.
Nick Rimando had three saves in his sixth shutout of the season for Real Salt Lake (9-9-4).
Real Salt Lake’s Albert Rusnák, who came in tied for second on the team with five goals this season, left the game due to neck pain in the seventh minute.
RSL played its second consecutive game without coach Mike Petke, who was completing his two-game suspension. Freddy Juarez was the acting bench coach.
The Earthquakes (2-12-7) are winless in their last 12 games after a 3-1 victory over Minnesota United on May 12.
San Jose, with league worsts of two wins and 13 points, has not won a home game since its season opener on March 3.
