two more of the club's recent additions -- with a cool finish as he bent a left-footed shot past Galaxy goalkeeper Steve Cronin inside the right post.
• Huckerby then doubled the Earthquakes' lead in the 40th minute. Racing down the left flank, he rounded a fallen defender and cut into the area, lashing a sharply angled drive that got through Cronin and nestled inside the far post for his second goal in as many games since coming to MLS.
• But it took the Galaxy just two minutes to respond. Donovan put a header of a David Beckham free kick off the bar, but when the Earthquakes couldn't clear, they had another chance. This time Beckham curled in a pinpoint from the right corner and Donovan rose up to head home from the top of the six, his 13th goal on the season.
• With 14 minutes to play, Buddle pulled the visitors level. Latching onto a ball outside the San Jose penalty area, he skipped through a pair of defenders before hammering a low drive that eluded Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon for his 12th goal on the season.
• Yet the Quakes still had one more answer. In the 90th minute, a Ramiro Corrales cross from the right wing was knocked away by Cronin, and Huckerby pounced on the loose ball. His shot from the left side was saved, but the rebound fell to Cochrane, who put away the rebound to give San Jose the win.
• Ruud Gullit made three changes in what would be his final game in charge of the Galaxy. Sean Franklin came into central defense in place of Eduardo Dominguez, Ely Allen came into the midfield in place of Alvaro Pires, and Alan Gordon started in attack in place of Carlos Ruiz.
• Here's Gullit's team (4-3-1-2): Steve Cronin - Chris Klein (Carlos Ruiz 76), Sean Franklin, Greg Vanney, Ante Jazic - David Beckham, Peter Vagenas, Ely Allen (Mike Randolph 46) - Landon Donovan - Edson Buddle, Alan Gordon. Substitutes Not Used: Alvaro Pires, Eduardo Dominguez, Mike Munoz, Josh Wicks
• "On the first goal, (Steve) Cronin was blocked by the referee so he couldn't do anything and on second goal, he slipped," Gullit said. "Despite that, I thought our team played well and created a lot of chances. I think that we fought for it and did everything to get a good result and that we deserved a lot better than we got."
TEAM NEWS
• Just days before the SuperClásico, the Galaxy made headlines with Ruud Gullit resigned for personal reasons and general manager Alexi Lalas was relieved of his duties. Cobi Jones - who less than a year ago was still in uniform for the club - took over as interim coach and Paul Bravo will assume Lalas's duties on the soccer side.
• "With Ruud moving on, we believe that this is the right time to make more sweeping changes throughout the organization," said Tim Leiweke, president and chief executive officer of AEG. "Our commitment continues to be focused on not only winning the MLS Cup this and every season but to build a club capable of competing at the international level. This decision is the right one for the organization, the right one for the players and the right one for our fans. We thank Alexi for the tremendous hard work and dedication he brought to his job each and every day."
• In his final game as head coach, one of the changes Gullit made was dropping defender Eduardo Dominguez after his MLS debut, the 4-0 loss to FC Dallas at Pizza Hut Park. "(Eduardo) Dominguez comes back from a break from Argentina and it was just too quick for him," Gullit said.
• For the third time in four games, the Galaxy staged a remarkable fightback to pull level. But unlike the draws against Chivas USA on July 10 and New York on July 19, where they held on to a share of the points after hitting for the equalizer in the final 20 minutes, they couldn't do it against San Jose.
• "It was disappointing to lose right at the end, but I think that what we can take from this game is that it was 100 percent better than last game," said David Beckham. We showed some character. We fought back so that's what we need to take from this game. It's always disappointing to lose any game especially when you lose in the last couple of minutes."
• Sitting in fourth place in the Western Conference - but maybe more importantly, ninth in the MLS overall table, which would leave them sitting outside of the MLS Cup Playoffs picture if the season ended this week. "Obviously, (this week's) game now becomes a must-win game for us," said Beckham.
