San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

San Jose Earthquakes

3 – 3

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Houston Dynamo

Sun 25 May 2025 · 02:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 53' Ezequiel Ponce

Preston Judd 89' Y

Y 89' Pablo Ortiz

Reid Roberts 90' Y

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 18 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

San Jose Earthquakes 14 games · Avg 3.6 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Houston Dynamo 2024-07-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Houston Dynamo 2024-03-31 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-06-22 Houston Dynamo 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-04-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Houston Dynamo

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–3	D
17 May	New England Revolution	A	0–0	D
15 May	Internacional CF Miami	H	3–3	D
11 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–0	W
04 May	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
26 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–3	D
18 May	FC Dallas	A	2–0	W
15 May	Minnesota United FC	H	2–0	W
11 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–3	L
04 May	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L
27 Apr	Austin FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Houston Dynamo
#18	Position	#19
33	Points	32
18	Played	18
10 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	10 / 2 / 6
37	Scored	27
24	Conceded	24
+13	GD	+3
1.83	PPG	1.78
56%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/6

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/2

46-60

6/6

61-75

4/1

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

4/2

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	11 G	2 A
Ousseni Bouda	5 G	1 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

8 G

4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. San Jose Earthquakes host Houston Dynamo — let the battle begin!
5' Houston Dynamo fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' A quiet spell here at PayPal Park. Houston Dynamo seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. San Jose Earthquakes needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
25' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His San Jose Earthquakes side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
30' 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.
31' Ezequiel Ponce doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
36' San Jose Earthquakes seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
41' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Pablo Ortiz made 225 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
46' Over 46 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
50' What composure from Felipe! The Brazil international strokes it home. 0-2.
53' Ezequiel Ponce has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 53.
58' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
63' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Franco Escobar has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
64' The whistle greets Hernan Lopez Munoz as he departs to be replaced by Preston Judd.
65' Another change for Houston Dynamo made on 65 minute. Ezequiel Ponce leaves to be changed by Sebastian Kowalczyk.
66' The USA Preston Judd breaks the deadlock on 66 minutes. 1-2!
71' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Houston Dynamo's compact .
72' A goal from the USA international Preston Judd! He fires home on 72 to make it 2-2!
76' Magnificent from Preston Judd! That is 20 goals in 282 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
78' Fresh legs for San Jose Earthquakes! Mark-Anthony Kaye comes on to replace Beau Leroux.
80' A change in the Houston Dynamo ranks — Felipe exits the field as Franco Escobar enters on 80.
83' Another substitution for Houston Dynamo to replace Amine Bassi by Toyosi Olusanya on 83 minute.
86' San Jose Earthquakes ring the changes. DeJuan Jones has done his job and it is now time for Nick Lima to step up.
89' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Preston Judd on 89 minutes.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Reid Roberts on 90.
It finishes all square. San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo share the spoils 3-3.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

94
Vitor Costa
6
Ian Harkes
17
Josef Martinez
10
Cristian Espinoza
36
Earl Edwards Jr. ↓ Ousseni Bouda 78'
22
DeJuan Jones ↓ Nick Lima 86'
23
Hernan Lopez Munoz ↓ Preston Judd 64'
12
Dave Romney
5
Daniel Munie
34
Beau Leroux ↓ Mark-Anthony Kaye 78'
25
Max Floriani

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

31
Jonathan Bond
8
Amine Bassi ↓ Toyosi Olusanya 83'
10
Ezequiel Ponce ↓ Sebastian Kowalczyk 65'
6
Artur
25
Griffin Dorsey
9
Ondrej Lingr
21
Jack McGlynn
35
Brooklyn Raines ↓ Nicolas Lodeiro 83'
36
Felipe ↓ Franco Escobar 80'
24
Obafemi Awodesu
22
Pablo Ortiz

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Ferreira	4
Jackson Yueill	3
Preston Judd	3
Thor Ulfarsson	3
Tomas Martinez	3
Vako Qazaishvili	2
Jeremy Ebobisse	2
Tomas Martinez	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-05-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Houston Dynamo D 2025-05-17 New England Revolution 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2025-05-15 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Internacional CF Miami D 2025-05-11 Colorado Rapids SC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-05-04 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2025-04-26 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L

Houston Dynamo Form

2025-05-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Houston Dynamo D 2025-05-18 FC Dallas 0–2 Houston Dynamo W 2025-05-15 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Minnesota United FC W 2025-05-11 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-05-04 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2025-04-27 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.05 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.75 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo 76% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes43% Draw24% Houston Dynamo33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.8

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

67%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

57%

San Jose Earthquakes or Houston Dynamo

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes34% Draw39% Houston Dynamo27%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted

3 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

8.8%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.8%

3 – 1

5.4%

2 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.7%

1 – 0

4.1%

2 – 3

1 – 3

0 – 2

3.5%

0 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	13%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	16%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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