Orlando City left San Jose with three points and a flattering scoreline, but Maxime Crépeau earned every decimal of his 9.2 match rating. The goalkeeper made seven saves to preserve a 4-0 clean sheet that looked far more comfortable on paper than it felt on the pitch.
San Jose peppered Crépeau's goal throughout the evening, forcing the Canadian into a succession of stops that kept the hosts at bay long enough for Orlando's attack to pull clear. By full time the visitors had four goals to show for their work, yet the margin owed as much to Crépeau's reflexes as to any cutting edge up front.
It was the kind of performance that turns a potential scrap into a routine away win. Orlando's defenders will have noted the seven interventions behind them; San Jose's forwards will wonder how they failed to convert any of them. Crépeau, meanwhile, can file this one under job done, the hard way.
The shutout moves Orlando forward in the standings, though the real story lies in the numbers: seven saves, zero goals conceded, and a rating that reflects the workload required to deliver it. Clean sheets come in many shapes; this one arrived with plenty of mileage on the clock.