Colorado Rapids SC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Colorado Rapids SC

5 – 0

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San Jose Earthquakes

Thu 24 Sep 2020 · 01:00 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45+4' · FT 45'

Kellyn Acosta 38' Y

Y 43' Judson

Andre Shinyashiki 44' Y

Y 86' Danny Hoesen

Overview

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Colorado Rapids SC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Eric Weisbrod
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Malik Badawi
Referee Chris Elliott
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Colorado Rapids SC 16 games · Avg 2.4 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2020-09-06 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-08-11 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-10-21 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	5–0	W
20 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W
17 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–4	L
13 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	5–0	W
10 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
06 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–5	L
20 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–6	L
17 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
14 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
11 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–7	L
06 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC		San Jose Earthquakes
#22	Position	#18
36	Points	45
27	Played	27
11 / 3 / 13	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
38	Scored	49
38	Conceded	39
+0	GD	+10
1.33	PPG	1.67
41%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

3/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

12/7

16-30

5/4

31-45

5/6

46-60

6/7

61-75

5/2

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Colorado Rapids SC to score. At the same time, San Jose Earthquakes does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' USA international William Yarbrough has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
15' Colorado Rapids SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
25' Cade Cowell has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
29' Kellyn Acosta does the damage! The net is bulging and Colorado Rapids SC surge ahead!
34' Daniel Vega needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
35' Goal! Cole Bassett scores his 35 goal in 280 matches.
38' Poor challenge from Kellyn Acosta. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
43' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Judson gets a Yellow card.
44' The referee has no hesitation. Andre Shinyashiki is booked for Colorado Rapids SC — Yellow card on 44.
46' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Chris Wondolowski comes on to replace Cade Cowell.
50' The United States Jon Lewis breaks the deadlock on 50 minutes. 3-0!
55' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Colorado Rapids SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
60' A change in the Colorado Rapids SC ranks — Kellyn Acosta exits the field as Nicolas Mezquida enters on 60.
63' Carlos Fierro makes way for Vako Qazaishvili at the 63 minute mark. A tactical switch from San Jose Earthquakes.
68' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Jon Lewis by Nicolas Benezet on 68 minute.
70' Magnificent from Tommy Thompson! That is 5 goals in 287 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
70' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Cristian Espinoza is replaced by Paul Marie on 70 minute.
75' A change in the Colorado Rapids SC ranks — Jack Price exits the field as Collen Warner enters on 75.
79' A goal from the Uruguay international Nicolas Mezquida! He fires home on 79 to make it 4-1!
84' What a moment for Andre Shinyashiki! That strike on 84 puts his side firmly in control.
86' Controversy at the stadium! Danny Hoesen argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

9
Nicolas Benezet ↑ 68'
1
Clint Irwin
3
Drew Moor ↑ 68'
33
Steven Beitashour
4
Danny Wilson
27
Deklan Wynne
32
Collen Warner ↑ 75'
20
Nicolas Mezquida ↑ 60'
18
Jeremy Kelly ↑ 60'

Coach Robin Fraser

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

9
Danny Hoesen ↑ 63'
6
Shea Salinas ↑ 63'
11
Vako Qazaishvili ↑ 63'
96
Luis Felipe
24
Nick Lima
8
Chris Wondolowski ↑ 46'
18
J.T. Marcinkowski
26
Eric Calvillo
33
Paul Marie ↑ 70'

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cole Bassett	4
Diego Rubio	3
Rafael Navarro	3
Cristian Arango	2
Vako Qazaishvili	2
Javier Lopez	2
Dominique Badji	2
Nathan	2

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-09-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-09-17 FC Dallas 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–5 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-09-10 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2020-09-06 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-06 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.57 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.07 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Colorado Rapids SC to win 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC67% Draw19% San Jose Earthquakes14%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.64

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

86%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

33%

Colorado Rapids SC or San Jose Earthquakes

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC51% Draw36% San Jose Earthquakes13%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–0 not predicted

5 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

2 – 0

8.7%

1 – 1

3 – 1

7.6%

3 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

6.4%

4 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.8%

4 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 0

3.8%

1 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	28%	—	72%
-2	28%	20%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	21%	32%
-0.5	68%	—	32%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.