Sallói, Pulido help Sporting KC rally, beat Earthquakes 3-1

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<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. &mdash; Alan Pulido and Dániel Sallói each had a goal and an assist to help Sporting Kansas City beat the San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 on Saturday night. </p>
<p>Tim Melia had four saves, including a diving one-handed stop of a shot by Cristian Espinoza in the 52nd minute, for Kansas City (4-2-1). </p>
<p>Pulido took a pass from Sallói, faked left and <a href="https://twitter.com/SportingKC/status/1396311351732051972">blasted a shot</a> from the top of the penalty area that deflected off defender Tommy Thompson and then the crossbar before finding the net to give Sporting a 2-1 lead in the 60th minute. </p>
<p>Javier López took a corner kick by Espinoza and, on the second touch, <a href="https://twitter.com/MLS/status/1396289552797638666">side-netted a left-footer</a> from outside the area to give San Jose (3-4-0) a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute. Jaylin Lindsey answered with a goal in the 15th, running onto a ball by Pulido near the right post and rolling a shot inside the far post to make it 1-1. </p>
<p>Sallói capped the scoring in the 75th, <a href="https://twitter.com/LastWordSC/status/1396312937623658497">bending a shot</a> just outside the reach of goalkeeper James Marcinkowski. </p>
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