San Jose Earthquakes vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

San Jose Earthquakes

3 – 0

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Thu 8 Oct 2020 · 02:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45+5'

Y 17' Andy Rose

Florian Jungwirth 45' Y

R 53' Andy Rose

Y 60' Michael Baldisimo

R 75' Erik Godoy

Overview

Match Preview

San Jose Earthquakes vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 games · 50 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Jason White
Referee Younes Marrakchi
Referee Chris Elliott
Referee

11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 goals/game

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	26	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	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
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

San Jose Earthquakes 21 games · Avg 3.1 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-08 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2020-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-08-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-09-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
04 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
28 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–1	W
24 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–5	L
20 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–6	L
17 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3	L
04 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–3	L
28 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	0–1	L
24 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–6	L
20 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W
17 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

San Jose Earthquakes		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#18	Position	#16
45	Points	50
27	Played	26
13 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	15 / 5 / 6
49	Scored	59
39	Conceded	26
+10	GD	+33
1.67	PPG	1.92
48%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Rio Tinto Stadium will turn into a battlefield for San Jose Earthquakes and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' 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.
10' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' Jake Nerwinski needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
17' The referee has no hesitation. Andy Rose is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Yellow card on 17.
22' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
27' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have won 439 goals from 284 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
32' The home supporters are growing impatient. San Jose Earthquakes must find a spark to ignite this game.
37' Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
42' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
45' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Florian Jungwirth on 45 minutes.
46' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Russell Teibert is withdrawn and David Milinkovic gets his opportunity.
50' A goal from the Argentina international Cristian Espinoza! He fires home on 50 to make it 1-0!
53' The referee calls foul for Andy Rose. He receives a Red card.
55' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ranko Veselinovic is hanging Tosaint Ricketts on the field on 55 minute.
60' It’s a booking for Vancouver Whitecaps FC player. Michael Baldisimo gets a Yellow card.
65' Supporters expect more eagerness from Erik Godoy, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
66' Assisted by Carlos Fierro with the perfectly-timed delivery and Andres Rios makes no mistake. 2-0!
71' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
72' Ryan Raposo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jake Nerwinski at the 72 minute mark.
73' Time for substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Michael Baldisimo is replaced by Patrick Metcalfe.
75' The referee has no hesitation. Erik Godoy is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Red card on 75.
76' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Chris Wondolowski exits the field as Cade Cowell enters on 76.
77' The supporters are chanting for Shea Salinas. He replaces Andres Rios on 77 minute.
81' Theo Bair is ready to make an impact after coming on for Fredy Montero at the 81 minute mark.
85' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Nick Lima trudges off to be replaced by Paul Marie on 85 minutes.
88' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Cristian Espinoza departs to be replaced by Siad Haji.
Game over. The scoreline of 3-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Oswaldo Alanis
6
Shea Salinas ↑ 77'
96
Luis Felipe
35
Gilbert Fuentes ↑ 85'
17
Daniel Vega
33
Paul Marie ↑ 85'
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 76'
19
Siad Haji ↑ 88'
16
Jack Skahan

Coach Matias Almeyda

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

53
Ali Adnan
12
Fredy Montero ↓ Theo Bair 81'
87
Tosaint Ricketts ↓ Ranko Veselinovic 55'
15
Andy Rose
30
Evan Bush
28
Jake Nerwinski ↓ Ryan Raposo 72'
31
Russell Teibert C ↓ David Milinkovic 46'
55
Michael Baldisimo ↓ Patrick Metcalfe 73'
22
Erik Godoy
17
Leonard Owusu
11
Cristian Dajome

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	5
Jeremy Ebobisse	4
Chris Wondolowski	3
Andres Rios	3
Sebastian Berhalter	3
Vako Qazaishvili	3
Alessandro Schopf	2
Preston Judd	2

Head to Head

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-10-08 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2020-10-08 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-10-04 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-09-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-24 Los Angeles FC 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-09-20 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-09-17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Montreal Impact FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.05 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.62 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes52% Draw22% Vancouver Whitecaps FC26%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.67

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

San Jose Earthquakes or Draw

74%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

48%

San Jose Earthquakes or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes36% Draw39% Vancouver Whitecaps FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.3%

2 – 1

8.4%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

5.7%

2 – 0

5.4%

1 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.6%

0 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.6%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	19%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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