Saturday , 14 November 2026

San Jose Earthquakes vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
San Jose Earthquakes
1 – 0
Full Time
Colorado Rapids SC
Sun 12 Mar 2023 · 03:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Cristian Espinoza 78' 1–0
Y 45' Bryan Acosta
Jamiro Monteiro 90' R
Y 90' Jack Price

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at PayPal Park.

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

5
6
7
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · Avg 2.4 goals Colorado Rapids SC
Last 5 meetings
2023-03-12 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2022-05-08 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-07-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Mar Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W
05 Mar Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–1 W
26 Feb Atlanta United FC A 1–2 L
09 Oct Seattle Sounders FC A 2–2 D
02 Oct Minnesota United FC H 2–0 W
25 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–3 L
Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Mar San Jose Earthquakes A 0–1 L
05 Mar Sporting Kansas City H 0–0 D
27 Feb Seattle Sounders FC A 0–4 L
09 Oct Austin FC A 1–1 D
01 Oct FC Dallas H 1–0 W
18 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–4 L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 17 G 3 A
Ousseni Bouda 7 G 1 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A
Colorado Rapids SC
Paxten Aaronson 8 G 8 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at PayPal Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between San Jose Earthquakes and Colorado Rapids SC.
  • 5' Honduras international Bryan Acosta has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Colorado Rapids SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 20' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 25' Colorado Rapids SC come into this ranked 25 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 35' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 39' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Lalas Abubakar by Sam Nicholson on 39 minute.
  • 44' Over 44 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 45' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Bryan Acosta.
  • 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 55' Colorado Rapids SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 55.
  • 60' The travelling Colorado Rapids SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 64' Jonathan Lewis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kevin Cabral on 64 minute.
  • 69' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 73' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Cade Cowell by Benjamin Kikanovic on 73 minute.
  • 78' Cristian Espinoza adds to his 2 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 82' Michael Barrios gets the nod from Colorado Rapids SC. He replaces Alex Gersbach and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 87' San Jose Earthquakes is showing some good football. However, San Jose Earthquakes are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Red card for Jamiro Monteiro.
  • 90' Tanner Beason is ready to make an impact after coming on for Miguel Trauco at the 90 minute mark.
  • Another three points for San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cole Bassett 4
Rafael Navarro 3
Diego Rubio 3
Vako Qazaishvili 2
Javier Lopez 2
Dominique Badji 2
Nathan 2
Kellyn Acosta 2

Head to Head

2023-03-12 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2022-05-08 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-07-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2023-03-12 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-03-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-02-26 Atlanta United FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2022-10-09 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-10-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Minnesota United FC W 2022-09-25 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2023-03-12 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-02-27 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2022-10-09 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2022-10-01 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2022-09-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.66 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.96 Colorado Rapids SC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes53% Draw26% Colorado Rapids SC21%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.62
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
79%
Draw or Colorado Rapids SC
47%
San Jose Earthquakes or Colorado Rapids SC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
San Jose Earthquakes37% Draw47% Colorado Rapids SC16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.5%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
9.8%
2 – 1
9.3%
0 – 0
9.2%
0 – 1
6%
1 – 2
5.3%
3 – 0
5.3%
3 – 1
5.2%
2 – 2
4.5%
0 – 2
3.3%
3 – 2
2.6%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 16% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 23% 48%
-0.5 52% — 48%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 13% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
39% ✗
Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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