San Jose Earthquakes vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
San Jose Earthquakes vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Earthquakes Stadium.
- San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Malik Badawi (USA)
- Assistant 1 Chris Elliott
- Assistant 2 Meghan Mullen (USA)
5 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 13.6 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–1 D 02 May Toronto FC A 1–1 D 26 Apr St. Louis City A 3–2 W 23 Apr Austin FC H 5–1 W 19 Apr Los Angeles FC A 4–1 W 12 Apr Sporting Kansas City A 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D 03 May Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 D 26 Apr Colorado Rapids SC H 3–1 W 18 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–0 W 11 Apr New York City FC H 2–0 W 05 Apr Portland Timbers H 3–2 W Season Stats
San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver Whitecaps FC #17 Position #16 32 Points 32 15 Played 14 10 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 10 / 2 / 2 34 Scored 34 15 Conceded 12 +19 GD +22 2.13 PPG 2.29 67% Win % 71% Key Stats
62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this seasonSan Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
San Jose Earthquakes0-157/316-302/231-453/146-604/461-753/–76+7/3■ Scored ■ ConcededVancouver Whitecaps FC0-153/216-306/–31-452/346-60–/361-753/–76+6/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Vancouver Whitecaps FC gets underway.
- 4' San Jose Earthquakes is taking the lead after the goal scored by Preston Judd on 4.
- 9' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 9.
- 14' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bruno Caicedo, as he is very good at scoring at Earthquakes Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 19' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 24' 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.
- 25' The referee shows San Jose Earthquakes player a card on 25.
- 30' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Preston Judd scoring 1 goals.
- 35' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 36' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Benjamin Kikanovic gets a card.
- 41' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 46' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 51' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mathias Laborda made 273 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 55' A meaty challenge results in booking for Sebastian Berhalter on 55.
- 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 50% of all matches.
- 65' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Tristan Blackmon has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 70' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 273 games and scored 417 goals.
- 75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 76' GOAL! Sebastian Berhalter scores on 76.
- 79' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a card in front of him.
- 84' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 89' 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.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
San Jose Earthquakes Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 14
- 42
- 3
- 28
- 4
- 7
- 19
- 5
- 2
- 34
- 18
Bench
- 40
- 6
- 16
- 21
- 22
- 25
- 20
- 17
- 32
Coach Bruce ArenaVancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 24
- 1
- 20
- 33
- 16
- 2
- 18
- 7
- 59
- 28
- 14
Bench
- 4
- 32
- 8
- 22
- 17
- 11
- 26
- 19
- 29
Coach Jesper Sørensen -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Brian White 5 Jeremy Ebobisse 4 Andres Rios 3 Sebastian Berhalter 3 Vako Qazaishvili 3 Chris Wondolowski 3 Alessandro Schopf 2 Preston Judd 2 Head to Head
San Jose Earthquakes Form
2026-05-10 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-05-02 Toronto FC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2026-04-26 St. Louis City 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-04-23 San Jose Earthquakes 5–1 Austin FC W 2026-04-19 Los Angeles FC 1–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes WVancouver Whitecaps FC Form
2026-05-10 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-04-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.45 San Jose Earthquakes xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.35 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xGI would bet for: San Jose Earthquakes or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.8Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 77% 23% ± 2.5 52% 48% ± 3.5 31% 69% ± 4.5 16% 84% Double Chance
San Jose Earthquakes or Draw 68%Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 59%San Jose Earthquakes or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 8.3%0 – 0 8%1 – 0 7.9%1 – 2 7.7%0 – 1 7.3%2 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 5.6%0 – 2 5.5%3 – 1 4%1 – 3 3.5%3 – 0 3%Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes
Handicap San Jose Earthquakes covers Push Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 12% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 20% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 18% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 10% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.