Nick Garcia said, as far as he can remember, it&#8217;s rained only one day since February when he arrived in San Jose, Calif.</p><p>&#8220;I can see why people come out here and never want to leave,&#8221; he said.</p><p>Garcia&#8217;s new hometown is going to seem even sweeter tonight. The Wizards, Garcia&#8217;s former team for the last eight Major League Soccer seasons, arrive in San Jose to take on the expansion Earthquakes, Garcia&#8217;s new team after a trade during last offseason.</p><p>Kickoff is set for 9 p.m. at Buck Shaw Stadium at the University of Santa Clara.</p><p>Garcia won&#8217;t be the only San Jose player with an extra bounce in his step. Forward Scott Sealy was traded to San Jose on July 14 after three-plus seasons scoring goals with the Wizards.</p><p>And even if the two ex-Wizards didn&#8217;t want to talk up their motivations going up against their old team for the first time, they didn&#8217;t have to. The Wizards know from experience they&#8217;re going to be getting Garcia&#8217;s and Sealy&#8217;s best efforts &#8212; and then some.</p><p>&#8220;When I played, it didn&#8217;t matter whether it was one season after, or 10 seasons after,&#8221; said Wizards technical director Peter Vermes. &#8220;I don&#8217;t remember losing to a team that traded me. That was my mentality.</p><p>&#8220;If players don&#8217;t want to show an old team they made a mistake in trading you, then they&#8217;re not a competitor and shouldn&#8217;t be playing. I certainly expect that (competitiveness) from Nick Garcia and Scott Sealy.&#8221;</p><p>As for Garcia and Sealy, they said they&#8217;re mostly interested in continuing the Earthquakes&#8217; recent run of good form, which includes a six-game unbeaten streak, and playing themselves into the MLS playoffs. Though they&#8217;re in last place in the Western Conference, the Quakes find themselves just four points out of third place in the bunched-up division and an automatic postseason berth.</p><p>Both Garcia and Sealy have thrived in their new environment. Garcia has started and played in 15 of the Earthquakes&#8217; 21 games and dished out two assists. And in his short time with his new club, Sealy has scored one goal and handed out two assists in five games.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m definitely enjoying it,&#8221; Seely said. &#8220;It&#8217;s new scenery. I have no complaints so far. I&#8217;ve got new teammates, new guys to get used to. It&#8217;s coming along.&#8221;</p><p>You won&#8217;t get Garcia or Sealy to say this game means any more or less than any other. It&#8217;s just another game in a stretch of games where they&#8217;re all vital.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s another game,&#8221; Sealy said. &#8220;Whether we&#8217;re playing Kansas City or Houston, the objective is to get points. It doesn&#8217;t matter who we&#8217;re playing.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to do whatever possible to get our team points. If that&#8217;s against my old teammates, so be it.&#8221;