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 34 games · 43 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 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	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Colorado Rapids SC 18 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
#27	Position	#19
43	Points	52
34	Played	34
12 / 7 / 15	W / D / L	14 / 10 / 10
47	Scored	57
50	Conceded	51
-3	GD	+6
1.26	PPG	1.53
35%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

14/7

16-30

6/7

31-45

6/7

46-60

7/8

61-75

6/3

76+

10/16

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	17 G	3 A
Ousseni Bouda	7 G	1 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Colorado Rapids SC have kicked off against San Jose Earthquakes. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' San Jose Earthquakes have won 441 goals from 293 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
29' Goal! Kellyn Acosta scores his 17 goal in 286 matches.
34' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Dave Romney scoring 1 goals.
35' Cole Bassett has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 35 minutes.
38' Kellyn Acosta is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
43' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Judson.
44' Colorado Rapids SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
46' Chris Wondolowski has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cade Cowell on 46 minute.
50' GOAL! Jon Lewis fires home to make it 3-0!
55' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
60' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Kellyn Acosta by Nicolas Mezquida on 60 minute.
63' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Carlos Fierro trudges off to be replaced by Vako Qazaishvili on 63 minutes.
68' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Jon Lewis is replaced by Nicolas Benezet.
70' The deadlock is broken! Tommy Thompson gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
70' The supporters are chanting for Paul Marie. He replaces Cristian Espinoza on 70 minute.
75' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Collen Warner comes on to replace Jack Price.
79' What a strike from Nicolas Mezquida! The score is 4-1.
84' Andre Shinyashiki adds to his 0 season tally! Colorado Rapids SC lead 5-1 — and this changes everything.
86' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a Yellow card on 86.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Colorado Rapids SC take all three points.

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
Rafael Navarro	3
Diego Rubio	3
Dominique Badji	2
Nathan	2
Kellyn Acosta	2
Cristian Espinoza	2
Cristian Arango	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

2.58 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.04 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

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

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	48%	52%
± 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

1 – 1

3 – 1

7.7%

3 – 0

7.5%

1 – 0

6.6%

4 – 1

4 – 0

4.8%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 2

0 – 0

3.9%

1 – 2

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	28%	—	72%
-2	28%	20%	52%
-1.5	48%	—	52%
-1	48%	21%	31%
-0.5	69%	—	31%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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