San Jose Earthquakes vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

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Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 30 Mar 2025 · 03:30 UTC PayPal Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Cristian Espinoza 35' Y

Ousseni Bouda 59' Y

Y 90' Jackson Ragen

Overview

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San Jose Earthquakes vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at PayPal Park.

San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 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 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-03-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-03-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-07-13 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-06-01 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
22 Mar	Charlotte FC	A	1–4	L
16 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–2	L
09 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	0–1	L
02 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W
23 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	4–0	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
23 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	0–0	D
16 Mar	St. Louis City	A	0–1	L
08 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	5–2	W
01 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
23 Feb	Charlotte FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Seattle Sounders FC
#18	Position	#24
33	Points	24
18	Played	17
10 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 7
37	Scored	20
24	Conceded	22
+13	GD	-2
1.83	PPG	1.41
56%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC get this one started.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' 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.
20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Cristian Espinoza, as he is very good at scoring at PayPal Park with 20 goals in the last 15 games.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' Beau Leroux has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
32' The USA Beau Leroux breaks the deadlock on 32 minutes. 1-0!
35' Cristian Espinoza was booked on 35.
40' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
45' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact .
46' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Joao Paulo trudges off to be replaced by Danny Musovski on 46 minutes.
51' Obed Vargas needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
56' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
59' Poor challenge from Ousseni Bouda. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
64' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
66' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Nick Lima on, Preston Judd off on 66 minutes.
71' Paul Rothrock has been relatively quiet despite scoring 13 goals in his last 284 appearances.
73' Josef Martinez gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Ousseni Bouda and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Daniel Munie gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Reid Roberts and will look to change the dynamic.
79' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
80' The Slovakia Albert Rusnak breaks the deadlock on 80 minutes. 1-1!
85' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
86' Mark-Anthony Kaye is replacing Beau Leroux for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Jackson Ragen.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	9
Jordan Morris	8
Cristian Espinoza	6
Cristian Roldan	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	4
Danny Musovski	3
Jeremy Ebobisse	3
Shea Salinas	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-03-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2025-03-22 Charlotte FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-03-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-03-09 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Minnesota United FC L 2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-02-23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Real Salt Lake W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2025-03-30 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2025-03-23 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2025-03-16 St. Louis City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Los Angeles FC W 2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-02-23 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Charlotte FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.71 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

0.91 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes54% Draw26% Seattle Sounders FC20%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.62

Actual: Yes — both scored

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 Seattle Sounders FC

46%

San Jose Earthquakes or Seattle Sounders FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

San Jose Earthquakes38% Draw46% Seattle Sounders FC16%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

11.5%

2 – 0

10.4%

2 – 1

9.3%

0 – 0

9.2%

3 – 0

5.8%

0 – 1

5.6%

3 – 1

5.4%

1 – 2

4.9%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 2

2.9%

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	24%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

41% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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