Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Seattle Sounders FC

7 – 1

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San Jose Earthquakes

Fri 11 Sep 2020 · 02:00 UTC CenturyLink Field HT 45+1' · FT 45+3'

Y 30' Andres Rios

Overview

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Seattle Sounders FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at CenturyLink Field.

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

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Jorge Gonzalez
Referee Cory Richardson
Referee Farhad Dadkho

8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 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

2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes 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

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	7–1	W
07 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L
03 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–2	D
31 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	3–1	W
24 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	3–0	W
28 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	1–4	L

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–7	L
06 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–1	D
03 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	1–5	L
30 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–3	L
02 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–4	L
28 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	5–2	W

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' That's the starting whistle at CenturyLink Field. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Seattle Sounders FC and San Jose Earthquakes.
4' What a moment for Jordan Morris! That strike on 4 puts his side firmly in control.
9' It’s high time Matias Almeyda made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
12' What a strike from Raul Ruidiaz! The score is 2-0.
15' Kelvin Leerdam doubles the advantage! 3-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
20' Against the run of play, Joevin Jones has scored! This game has turned on its head.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Andres Rios will be fuming at that decision.
33' The deadlock is broken! Raul Ruidiaz gets on the scoresheet on 33 minutes.
37' The deadlock is broken! Jordan Morris gets on the scoresheet on 37 minutes.
42' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Seattle Sounders FC winning 50% of all matches.
46' A tactical swap from Seattle Sounders FC — Shane O'Neill on, Yeimar Gomez off on 46 minutes.
48' Magnificent from Joao Paulo! That is 9 goals in 341 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
53' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
57' Raul Ruidiaz makes way for Will Bruin at the 57 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
58' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Kelvin Leerdam by Alex Roldan on 58 minute.
59' Joevin Jones doubles the advantage! 8-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
64' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Shea Salinas is hanging Vako Qazaishvili on the field on 64 minute.
67' Another substitution for San Jose Earthquakes to replace Paul Marie by Tommy Thompson on 67 minute.
71' Chris Wondolowski is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
76' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Seattle Sounders FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
81' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
85' The crowd applauds Nicolas Lodeiro as he leaves the pitch. Joshua Atencio steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
90' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 90.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Seattle Sounders FC 7-1 San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Joao Paulo
33
Joevin Jones
10
Nicolas Lodeiro C ↓ Joshua Atencio 85'
9
Raul Ruidiaz ↓ Will Bruin 57'
24
Stefan Frei
18
Kelvin Leerdam ↓ Alex Roldan 58'
7
Cristian Roldan ↓ Jordy Delem 57'
5
Nouhou Tolo
13
Jordan Morris
28
Yeimar Gomez ↓ Shane O'Neill 46'
3
Xavier Arreaga

Bench

30
Stefan Cleveland
17
Will Bruin ↑ 57'
8
Jordy Delem ↑ 57'
16
Alex Roldan ↑ 58'
70
Handwalla Bwana
11
Miguel Ibarra
27
Shane O'Neill ↑ 46'
84
Joshua Atencio ↑ 85'
99
Justin Dhillon

Coach Brian Schmetzer

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Shea Salinas ↑ 64'
24
Nick Lima ↑ 64'
14
Jackson Yueill
12
Matt Bersano
22
Tommy Thompson ↑ 64'
26
Eric Calvillo ↑ 64'
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 64'
19
Siad Haji
15
Tanner Beason

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

2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-09-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Portland Timbers L 2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2020-08-31 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC W 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-06 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2020-09-03 Los Angeles FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-08-02 San Jose Earthquakes 1–4 Minnesota United FC L 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.34 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.2 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC61% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes18%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.54

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

82%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

39%

Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC45% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes17%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 7–1 not predicted

7 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 1

2 – 0

3 – 1

7.1%

1 – 0

6.4%

3 – 0

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

4.8%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 0

4.2%

4 – 1

4.2%

4 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	18%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	21%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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