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'

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Overview

Match Preview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

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

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
#24	Position	#18
35	Points	45
26	Played	27
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
33	Scored	49
34	Conceded	39
-1	GD	+10
1.35	PPG	1.67
35%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	15 G	3 A
Timo Werner	6 G	4 A
Ousseni Bouda	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to CenturyLink Field that hosts another battle between Seattle Sounders FC and San Jose Earthquakes.
4' Jordan Morris puts Seattle Sounders FC on the lead.
9' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Seattle Sounders FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
12' Against the run of play, Raul Ruidiaz has scored! This game has turned on its head.
15' Kelvin Leerdam does the damage! The net is bulging and Seattle Sounders FC surge ahead!
20' Joevin Jones makes no mistake. The score reads 4-0 and Seattle Sounders FC are in front.
25' 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.
30' Andres Rios is having his name booked by the referee on 30.
33' Magnificent from Raul Ruidiaz! That is 92 goals in 18 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
37' Jordan Morris does the damage! The net is bulging and Seattle Sounders FC surge ahead!
42' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
46' Shane O'Neill has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yeimar Gomez on 46 minute.
48' Joao Paulo adds to his 0 season tally! Seattle Sounders FC lead 7-0 — and this changes everything.
53' Tommy Thompson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
57' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Raul Ruidiaz is withdrawn and Will Bruin gets his opportunity.
58' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Kelvin Leerdam is replaced by Alex Roldan on 58 minute.
59' Joevin Jones does the damage! The net is bulging and Seattle Sounders FC surge ahead!
64' Shea Salinas has so much to prove this time. He replaces Vako Qazaishvili on 64 minute.
67' The whistle greets Paul Marie as he departs to be replaced by Tommy Thompson.
71' The deadlock is broken! Chris Wondolowski gets on the scoresheet on 71 minutes.
76' Over 76 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
81' Nicolas Lodeiro has been relatively quiet despite scoring 44 goals in his last 21 appearances.
85' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Nicolas Lodeiro by Joshua Atencio on 85 minute.
90' Nouhou Tolo, a Cameroon , has 38 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
The final score is 7-1.

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
Jeremy Ebobisse	3
Danny Musovski	3
Kelvin Leerdam	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

2.54 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC62% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes18%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

82%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

38%

Seattle Sounders FC or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC46% Draw36% San Jose Earthquakes18%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 7–1 not predicted

7 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

7.2%

2 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.9%

1 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.6%

4 – 0

3.5%

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	18%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	20%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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