Thursday , 1 October 2026

San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
San Jose Earthquakes
1 – 1
Full Time
Portland Timbers
Thu 17 Sep 2020 · 01:30 UTC Avaya Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+7'
Y 84' Dario Zuparic
Y 85' Cristhian Paredes
Jackson Yueill 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Avaya Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee C. Blanchard
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Thomas Zablocki
  • Referee Timothy Ford
  • Referee Diego Blas
  • Referee Chris Elliott
  • Referee
9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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 27 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 St. Louis City 27 47
18 FC Dallas 27 47
19 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
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

5
4
11
San Jose Earthquakes 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Portland Timbers
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers 2019-10-06 Portland Timbers 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-07 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Portland Timbers 2018-07-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
03 Sep Los Angeles FC A 1–5 L
30 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–3 L
Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Sep San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D
14 Sep Los Angeles FC A 2–4 L
07 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 2–1 W
03 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–3 L
30 Aug Real Salt Lake H 4–4 D
24 Aug Seattle Sounders FC H 0–3 L

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes Portland Timbers
#19 Position #26
45 Points 32
27 Played 27
13 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
49 Scored 48
39 Conceded 51
+10 GD -3
1.67 PPG 1.19
48% Win % 33%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season
4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (45 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Portland Timbers
0-15
4/9
16-30
7/9
31-45
5/8
46-60
5/4
61-75
7/–
76+
10/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 15 G 3 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A
Ousseni Bouda 6 G 1 A
Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 9 G 2 A
Kristoffer Velde 8 G 5 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. San Jose Earthquakes get us underway at Avaya Stadium.
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Giovanni Savarese will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 25' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
  • 30' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Preston Judd scoring 2 goals.
  • 33' A stunning finish from Yimmi Chara — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 34' Magnificent from Yimmi Chara! That is 25 goals in 479 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 39' With 0 assists to his name this season, Andy Polo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
  • 44' USA international Marco Farfan has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 46' The supporters are chanting for Shea Salinas. He replaces Paul Marie on 46 minute.
  • 51' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 56' Tomas Conechny, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 61' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 64' Cristhian Paredes gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Eryk Williamson and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 69' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Jacob Akanyirige is replaced by Chris Wondolowski on 69 minute.
  • 74' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 76' GOAL! Vako Qazaishvili scores on 76.
  • 81' Tomas Conechny is replacing Jaroslaw Niezgoda for the Portland Timbers side.
  • 84' Poor challenge from Dario Zuparic. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 85' It’s a booking for Portland Timbers player. Cristhian Paredes gets a Yellow card.
  • 90' Jackson Yueill has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 90.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Yimmi Chara 5
Preston Judd 5
Felipe Mora 4
Evander 3
Jonathan Rodriguez 3
Jaroslaw Niezgoda 3
Cristian Espinoza 3
Diego Valeri 3

Head to Head

2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers 2019-10-06 Portland Timbers 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-07 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Portland Timbers 2018-07-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-05-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Portland Timbers

San Jose Earthquakes Form

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 2020-09-03 Los Angeles FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes L

Portland Timbers Form

2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.89 San Jose Earthquakes xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.41 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes45% Draw26% Portland Timbers29%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes64% 0% No36%
Avg goals/match: 3.3
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 63%
37%
± 3.5 42%
58%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw
71%
Draw or Portland Timbers
55%
San Jose Earthquakes or Portland Timbers
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
San Jose Earthquakes36% Draw42% Portland Timbers22%
Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
9%
1 – 2
6.7%
2 – 0
6.6%
1 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
6.3%
3 – 1
5.6%
0 – 0
5.2%
0 – 1
4.5%
3 – 0
4.1%
3 – 2
4%
0 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 15% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 20% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 15% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 8% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
25% ✓
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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