FC CHAMPIONS CUP: Mulrooney goal gives Quakes win over Olimpia

Richard Mulrooney’s goal in the 74th minute gave the San Jose Earthquakes a 1-0 win over Olimpia of Honduras before 4,318 fans at Miami’s Orange Bowl in the “away leg” of the Quakes’ first-round series in the FC Champions Cup. Mulrooney scored on a blast from 30 yards off a feed from Manny Lagos to beat Olimpia’s 20-year-old goalie Donis Escobar, and give the 2001 MLS champions the victory. San Jose and Olimpia meet in the second leg Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. OLIMPIA-SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SUMMARY March 13 in Miami Olimpia (Hond.) 0 San Jose Earthquakes (USA) 1. Goal: Mulrooney 74. Olimpia — Escobar, Vasquez, Ulloa, Beata, Avila, Palacios, Pineda (Reyes, 79), Tosello, Fernandez, Velasquez (Denilson Costa, 67), DeRosa (Perez, 46). San Jose — Cannon, Conrad, Dayak, Agoos, Barrett, Russell, Ekelund (Graziani, 70), Mulrooney, Lagos (Corrales, 76), De Rosario (Barclay, 82), Donovan. Att.: 4,318.