The San Jose Earthquakes lost to Norwegian club Viking, 5-3, in a shootout after their semifinal match Tuesday at the La Manga Cup in Spain ended in a 1-1.
Viking faces the MetroStars in the final, and San Jose takes on Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine for third Place. Both games will be played Friday.
LA MANGA CUP SEMIFINALS:
March 2 in La Manga, Spain
Viking (Norway) 1 San Jose (MLS) 1. Goals: Hansen 25; De Rosario (Mullan), 36.
Viking — Olsen, Dahl (Nygaard, 46), Hansen, Hangeland, Pereira, Sanne (Danielsen, 46), Aarsheim (Sorli, 46), Samuelsen (Finglestad, 79), Kopteff, Nevland (Berland, 66), Tengesdal.
San Jose — Onstad, Cochrane (Hart, 46), Dayak, Agoos, Dunivant, Mullan (Alvarez, 66), Corrales, Ekelund (Dombrowski, 61), Russell, De Rosario (Ching, 46), Walker (Levesque, 61).
(Viking wins 5-3 on penalties.)