Expansion Earthquakes win reunion game 2-1 over former San Jose stars who moved to Houston

Kei Kamara and Ivan Guerrero scored second-half goals, and the San Jose Earthquakes beat the Houston Dynamo 2-1 Thursday in a match between the current and former editions of Major League Soccer's Bay Area franchise.

Brian Ching scored in the 88th minute of an unusual homecoming night for the Dynamo, which is largely comprised of erstwhile Earthquakes.

Houston's core was first assembled in San Jose, where the Quakes won two league titles before moving to Texas in 2006. The Dynamo have since won back-to-back MLS Cups under coach Dominic Kinnear, a Bay Area native who moved along with the club, while a new ownership group secured an expansion team that kept the Quakes' history and colors.

San Jose, which had an MLS-low four goals and five shutout losses entering the game, earned its first home victory of the season with a surprising second-half effort in front of a delighted near-sellout crowd at Buck Shaw Stadium.