Earthquakes defender Victor Bernardez and midfielder Marvin Chavez have been selected to the Honduras national team for two 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Cuba, Sept. 7 and Sept. 11.

The duo is not expected to miss any MLS action.

After the first-place Quakes (15-6-5, 50 points) host Chivas USA (7-10-6, 27) in the Western Conference on Sunday at Buck Shaw Stadium, they get a week off from league play before facing Chivas USA on Sept. 15 at the Home Depot Center.

San Jose will face Mexico’s San Luis FC in a friendly on Sept. 6 at Buck Shaw Stadium.

Chavez and Bernardez suited up for Honduras in a 2-0 win against Boca Juniors on Aug. 15, in which Chavez scored the second goal.

Bernardez played in World Cup Qualifiers against Canada and Panama in June and has earned 54 caps.

Chavez has three goals in 28 appearances with Honduras.

San Jose State

Sophomore backup offensive lineman Keith Bendixen won’t play Friday against Stanford, but he could be back as soon as Sept. 8 against UC Davis.

Bendixen was injured on the final play of practice Aug. 21 and was carted off the practice field.

Spartans coach Mike MacIntyre said Tuesday that Bendixen suffered a slightly dislocated left kneecap.

“He’ll be out a couple weeks,” MacIntyre said. “Hopefully he’ll be back by the UC Davis or Colorado State game.”

Bendixen wasn’t a projected starter, but is a versatile backup who can play guard, center and tackle.

“Depth-wise, it does hurt us,” MacIntyre said. “He was playing really well and he was going to play against Stanford. No matter if someone got hurt or not, we were going to play him because he had earned the right to do that.”

Tennis

Dennis Novikov of San Jose earned his first Grand Slam win with a 6-2, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 victory over Jerzy Janowicz.

Novikov, who won the main draw wild card into the Open by way of his USTA National 18s title at Kalamazoo, Mich., next faces No. 31-seeded Julien Benneteau.

“I was psyched when I won Kalamazoo and psyched when I won here,” said Novikov, who also won the Kalamazoo doubles title and will play his first-round match with partner Michael Redlicki on Wednesday.