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# Sounders Down Western Conference Front-Runner San Jose in Heritage Cup Classic
- URL: https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/de-rosario-header-lifts-seattle-sounders-san-jose-heritage-cup-classic/
- Published: 2026-05-14T07:31:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T05:47:53.000Z
- Author: Qasim Ali
- Tags: News, Analysis, Video, Preview, Sounders, Brian Schmetzer, Albert Rusnak, Jesus Ferreira, Osaze De Rosario, Nouhou, Snyder Brunell

SEATTLE, Wash. — Osaze De Rosario netted an 89th-minute game-winner as the game swung back and forth after an early Sounders mistake led to a second-minute San Jose goal. Albert Rusnák scored off a penalty kick late in the first half to equalize before Jesús Ferreira went coast-to-coast in a spectacular individual effort to give Seattle the lead.

> 3-2 SEA | FT  
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> Osaze De Rosario's 89th-minute header pushes [#Sounders](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sounders?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) to the win of the season over the No. 1 [#Earthquakes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earthquakes?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com).  
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> Seattle is 7-1-3 and while San Jose falls to 9-2-2 - both losses to the Sounders.  
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> \- xG: 3.4-1.7 SEA  
> \- Shots 24-11 SEA (9-3 SEA)[@EmeraldSpectrum](https://twitter.com/EmeraldSpectrum?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) | [#MLS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLS?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com)— Qasim Ali (@qasimasports) [May 14, 2026](https://twitter.com/qasimasports/status/2054768780245615063?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com)

The goals come at good times for Ferreira and De Rosario, who have both been lacking on the scoring edge as Seattle finally met its expected-goal mark after two frustrating draws against Kansas City and San Diego. 

> [#Sounders](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sounders?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) midfielder Jesús Ferreira had a phenomenal individual goal in Seattle’s 3-2 win over the San Jose [#Earthquakes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earthquakes?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com), as the team has been pushing the 25-year-old (2g, 3a in MLS) to be more goal-dangerous.  
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> Needless to say, Ferreira’s riding high.[@EmeraldSpectrum](https://twitter.com/EmeraldSpectrum?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) | [#MLS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLS?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) [pic.twitter.com/QvrfYJxvpa](https://t.co/QvrfYJxvpa?ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com)— Qasim Ali (@qasimasports) [May 14, 2026](https://twitter.com/qasimasports/status/2054785186169225333?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com)

> Osaze De Rosario had the game-winner against the San Jose [#Earthquakes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earthquakes?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) and his second goal of the 2026 today.  
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> He’s been in and out of the [#Sounders](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sounders?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) lineup, and he’s needed a certain type of mentality to hang in.  
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> He described that mentality succinctly:[@EmeraldSpectrum](https://twitter.com/EmeraldSpectrum?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) | [#MLS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLS?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com) [pic.twitter.com/Ki7xN5qOfN](https://t.co/Ki7xN5qOfN?ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com)— Qasim Ali (@qasimasports) [May 14, 2026](https://twitter.com/qasimasports/status/2054788156256661631?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=emeraldcityspectrum.com)

The win also meant history for the Sounders, who swept San Jose in the regular season for the first time.

“That’s a super motivated group,” head coach Brian Schmetzer said of his team postgame. “We’ve only lost one (MLS) game this year… that’s a motivated group right there to win games for the Seattle Sounders.”

The Sounders will face the LA Galaxy at home on Saturday before taking on a solid LAFC squad on May 24 in their final game until July as the World Cup break looms.