Earthquakes Reach Final

Troy Dayak’s overtime goal gave the San Jose Earthquakes a 1-0 victory over the Miami Fusion on Wednesday night and a trip to the MLS Cup.

The Earthquakes will play the Galaxy in the championship game Sunday at Columbus, Ohio.

Miami won the opening game of the semifinal series, but San Jose evened it with a 4-0 victory Sunday. The victory Wednesday gave the Earthquakes six points in the first-to-five points format.

Dayak scored his first goal of the playoffs when he headed in a loose ball in the 94th minute. Dayak capitalized when Richard Mulrooney’s corner kick caromed off Fusion defender Carlos Llamosa.

The Earthquakes dominated play for most of the match but couldn’t get a shot past Miami goalkeeper Nick Rimando.

Miami played a man down after the ejection of midfielder Ian Bishop in the 82nd minute.

The Fusion couldn’t mount a serious scoring threat in the second half. A header by Llamosa--the Fusion’s best scoring chance in the half--was deflected by goalkeeper Joe Cannon in the 55th minute.

In the first half, Miami’s best scoring threat came in the 15th minute, when Chris Henderson’s 30-yard shot was stopped with a diving deflection by Cannon.