San Jose Earthquakes vs Minnesota United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

San Jose Earthquakes

1 – 5

Full Time

Minnesota United FC

Sun 23 Aug 2026 · 01:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Timo Werner pen 4' 1–0

1–1 10' Joaquin Pereyra

1–2 40' Kelvin Yeboah

1–3 44' Kelvin Yeboah

1–4 65' Marcus Caldeira

1–5 86' Mauricio Gonzalez

Benjamin Kikanovic 85' Y

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Minnesota United FC — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 25 games · 41 pts (2026/26)
Minnesota United FC 25 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo

6 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	25	54
2	Internacional CF Miami	25	45
3	New England Revolution	25	43
4	Charlotte FC	25	40
5	Chicago Fire FC	24	39
6	Orlando City SC	25	34
7	Philadelphia Union	25	33
8	New York City FC	25	32
9	FC Cincinnati	24	32
10	New York Red Bulls	25	30
11	D.C. United SC	24	29
12	Toronto FC	25	29
13	Columbus Crew SC	25	23
14	Atlanta United FC	25	23
15	Montreal Impact FC	25	21
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	24	46
17	FC Dallas	25	43
18	Houston Dynamo	25	43
19	San Jose Earthquakes	25	41
20	St. Louis City	25	41
21	Los Angeles FC	26	40
22	Colorado Rapids SC	25	35
23	Portland Timbers	25	32
24	San Diego FC	25	30
25	Los Angeles Galaxy	26	30
26	Real Salt Lake	24	29
27	Minnesota United FC	25	29
28	Austin FC	25	29
29	Seattle Sounders FC	23	28
30	Sporting Kansas City	24	18

Head-to-Head

San Jose Earthquakes 17 games · Avg 3.4 goals Minnesota United FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Minnesota United FC 2025-07-13 Minnesota United FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2025-03-09 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Minnesota United FC 2024-09-01 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Minnesota United FC 2024-07-21 Minnesota United FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–5	L
20 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–1	L
16 Aug	St. Louis City	H	1–3	L
01 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	2–4	L
26 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
23 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	0–4	L

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	5–1	W
19 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	1–2	L
16 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
02 Aug	San Diego FC	H	1–1	D
26 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–0	D
23 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Minnesota United FC
#19	Position	#27
41	Points	29
25	Played	25
12 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 8 / 10
44	Scored	37
36	Conceded	43
+8	GD	-6
1.64	PPG	1.16
48%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

28% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

24% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (41 pts). Minnesota United FC are 27th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

11/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

6/6

61-75

4/2

76+

7/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Minnesota United FC

0-15

4/6

16-30

2/8

31-45

6/1

46-60

3/5

61-75

7/4

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	12 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah	13 G	2 A
Anthony Markanich	7 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at PayPal Park!
4' San Jose Earthquakes is taking the lead after the goal scored by Timo Werner on 4.
9' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' Joaquin Pereyra makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Minnesota United FC are in front.
15' Jefferson Diaz has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 285 games and scored 429 goals.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Minnesota United FC winning 100% of all matches.
30' It’s high time Cameron Knowles made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
35' Minnesota United FC is showing some good football. However, Minnesota United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' Sensational shot from Kelvin Yeboah. Minnesota United FC is back in the lead.
44' A goal from the Italy international Kelvin Yeboah! He fires home on 44 to make it 1-3!
46' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Jonathan Gonzalez by Ian Harkes on 46 minute.
51' 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.
56' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 56 minutes.
57' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Timo Werner is replaced by Darius Johnson.
62' Tomas Chancalay needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
65' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Marcus Caldeira makes it 1-4.
66' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Niko Tsakiris is replaced by Nick Fernandez on 66 minute.
71' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 71.
76' Fresh legs for Minnesota United FC! Tomas Chancalay comes on to replace Marcus Caldeira.
78' The supporters are chanting for Jamar Ricketts. He replaces Vitor Costa on 78 minute.
82' A tactical swap from Minnesota United FC — Mauricio Gonzalez on, Kelvin Yeboah off on 82 minutes.
83' Minnesota United FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Carlos Harvey is hanging Wil Trapp on the field on 83 minute.
85' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Benjamin Kikanovic on 85 minutes.
86' A stunning finish from Carlos Harvey — that came from absolutely nowhere!
87' Time for substitution for Minnesota United FC. Anthony Markanich is replaced by Devin Padelford.
The final score is 1-5.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Ian Harkes ↑ 46'
79
Darius Johnson ↑ 57'
3
Paul Marie ↑ 66'
4
Dave Romney
9
Luka Jovanovic
2
Jamar Ricketts ↑ 78'
31
Francesco Montali
20
Nick Fernandez ↑ 66'
17
Jack Jasinski

Coach Bruce Arena

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Kyle Duncan
26
Joaquin Pereyra
20
Wil Trapp ↓ Carlos Harvey 83'
15
Michael Boxall
12
Drake Callender
9
Kelvin Yeboah ↓ Mauricio Gonzalez 82'
30
Owen Gene ↓ Nectarios Triantis 76'
13
Anthony Markanich ↓ Devin Padelford 87'
23
Morris Duggan
28
Jefferson Diaz
22
Marcus Caldeira ↓ Tomas Chancalay 76'

Bench

Coach Cameron Knowles

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kelvin Yeboah	4
Kevin Molino	3
Benjamin Kikanovic	3
Danny Hoesen	3
Bongokuhle Hlongwane	3
Magnus Eriksson	3
Luis Amarilla	3
Danny Hoesen	3

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2026-08-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Minnesota United FC L 2026-08-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-08-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 St. Louis City L 2026-08-01 FC Cincinnati 4–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-07-26 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-07-23 San Jose Earthquakes 0–4 Orlando City SC L

Minnesota United FC Form

2026-08-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Minnesota United FC W 2026-08-19 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Atlanta United FC L 2026-08-16 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2026-08-02 Minnesota United FC 1–1 San Diego FC D 2026-07-26 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-07-23 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Minnesota United FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.54 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

2.21 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes26% Draw23% Minnesota United FC51%

Actual: Minnesota United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

49%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

74%

San Jose Earthquakes or Minnesota United FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes22% Draw39% Minnesota United FC39%

Actual: Minnesota United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted

1 – 5

Actual

1 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

8.6%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 3

6.2%

2 – 1

0 – 2

5.8%

2 – 3

4.8%

0 – 1

4.8%

0 – 3

4.2%

0 – 0

3.6%

1 – 4

3.5%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	14%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	20%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	16%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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