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

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MLS · 2026

San Jose Earthquakes

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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

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

San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 8.2 goals/game

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 3.1 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
33	Points	34
18	Played	17
10 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 3
37	Scored	38
24	Conceded	17
+13	GD	+21
1.83	PPG	2.00
56%	Win %	59%

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

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: San Jose Earthquakes gets underway.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His San Jose Earthquakes side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Canada international Ryan Raposo has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' The 31-year-old Cristian Espinoza has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
17' Poor challenge from Andy Rose. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
22' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both San Jose Earthquakes and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
27' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
32' San Jose Earthquakes currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
37' Over 37 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
42' It is a cagey affair so far. San Jose Earthquakes in their trying to find a way past Vancouver Whitecaps FC's compact .
45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Florian Jungwirth on 45.
46' David Milinkovic gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Russell Teibert and will look to change the dynamic.
50' GOAL! Cristian Espinoza scores on 50.
53' It’s gonna be a Red card for Andy Rose.
55' Ranko Veselinovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tosaint Ricketts on 55 minute.
60' The referee shows Vancouver Whitecaps FC player a Yellow card on 60.
65' 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.
66' GOAL! Andres Rios fires home to make it 2-0!
71' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
72' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Jake Nerwinski by Ryan Raposo on 72 minute.
73' Patrick Metcalfe is replacing Michael Baldisimo for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
75' Erik Godoy has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Red card on 75.
76' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Chris Wondolowski trudges off to be replaced by Cade Cowell on 76 minutes.
77' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Andres Rios exits the field as Shea Salinas enters on 77.
81' The crowd applauds Fredy Montero as he leaves the pitch. Theo Bair steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
85' Paul Marie is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nick Lima at the 85 minute mark.
88' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Cristian Espinoza is replaced by Siad Haji on 88 minute.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from San Jose Earthquakes to claim maximum points.

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

2.14 San Jose Earthquakes xG

Expected Goals

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

1.53 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes54% Draw22% Vancouver Whitecaps FC24%

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

76%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

46%

San Jose Earthquakes or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

San Jose Earthquakes38% Draw39% Vancouver Whitecaps FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

8.6%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

6.1%

2 – 0

5.9%

1 – 0

3 – 2

4.7%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

3.8%

0 – 1

3.4%

2 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — San Jose Earthquakes

Handicap	San Jose Earthquakes covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

22% ✗

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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