Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Seattle Sounders FC

0 – 0

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sat 11 Jul 2020 · 01:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+3' · FT 45+10'

Y 19' Tommy Thompson

Xavier Arreaga 24' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Seattle Sounders FC 13 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 15 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Logan Brown
Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
Referee Victor Rivas

13 games this season 🟨 2.2/game ⚽ 6.6 goals/game

Standings

#	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

Seattle Sounders FC 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-09-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-04-25 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-10-28 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-07-26 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–0	D
08 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
01 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
19 Oct	FC Dallas	H	4–3	W
06 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
29 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–0	D
08 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	2–5	L
29 Feb	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D
06 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	1–3	L
29 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L
26 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#21	Position	#17
24	Points	32
13	Played	15
7 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	10 / 2 / 3
17	Scored	34
11	Conceded	15
+6	GD	+19
1.85	PPG	2.13
54%	Win %	67%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

33% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 17th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

4/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Seattle Sounders FC is hosting San Jose Earthquakes for another epic battle.
5' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Yeimar Gomez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Nick Lima has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
19' Tommy Thompson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 19.
24' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Xavier Arreaga.
29' Guram Kashia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for San Jose Earthquakes so far.
34' The home supporters are growing impatient. Seattle Sounders FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Xavier Arreaga made 15 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
44' Seattle Sounders FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Albert Rusnak scoring 1 goals.
49' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 49 minutes.
54' Seattle Sounders FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's shape.
56' Jordy Delem makes way for Joevin Jones at the 56 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
61' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
64' The crowd applauds Tommy Thompson as he leaves the pitch. Shea Salinas steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
69' Supporters expect more eagerness from Judson, as he is very good at scoring at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
74' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 284 games and scored 450 goals.
75' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Judson departs to be replaced by Chris Wondolowski.
77' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Nouhou Tolo by Miguel Ibarra on 77 minute.
82' The 30-year-old Tommy Thompson has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
85' Cade Cowell is replacing Vako Qazaishvili for the San Jose Earthquakes side.
90' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Kelvin Leerdam exits the field as Shane O'Neill enters on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

25
Andres Rios
93
Judson ↓ Chris Wondolowski 75'
4
Oswaldo Alanis ↓ Florian Jungwirth 64'
37
Guram Kashia
7
Magnus Eriksson C
11
Vako Qazaishvili ↓ Cade Cowell 85'
24
Nick Lima
14
Jackson Yueill
22
Tommy Thompson ↓ Shea Salinas 64'
10
Cristian Espinoza ↓ Carlos Fierro 75'
17
Daniel Vega

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

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
Joevin Jones	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-03-01 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2019-10-19 Seattle Sounders FC 4–3 FC Dallas W 2019-10-06 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2019-09-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-03-08 San Jose Earthquakes 2–5 Minnesota United FC L 2020-02-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Toronto FC D 2019-10-06 Portland Timbers 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2019-09-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2019-09-26 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Philadelphia Union L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 3

1.11 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.89 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC46% Draw30% San Jose Earthquakes24%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 2

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	84%	16%
± 1.5	60%	40%
± 2.5	32%	68%
± 3.5	15%	85%
± 4.5	6%	94%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

76%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

54%

Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes

70%

Half-Time Result

Seattle Sounders FC26% Draw55% San Jose Earthquakes19%

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

14.3%

1 – 0

13.7%

0 – 1

10.6%

2 – 0

2 – 1

7.3%

1 – 2

5.8%

0 – 2

2 – 2

3.4%

3 – 0

2.9%

3 – 1

2.8%

1 – 3

1.7%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	11%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	22%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	18%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

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