Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 CONFERENCE QUARTER FINALS

MLS · 2026
Sporting Kansas City
3 – 3
3 – 0 pen
Full Time
San Jose Earthquakes
Sun 22 Nov 2020 · 21:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45+4' · FT 45+9'
Y 28' Nick Lima
Winston Reid 39' Y
Y 56' Marcos Lopez
Amadou Dia 78' Y
Roger Espinoza 79' Y
Y 85' Cristian Espinoza
Johnny Russell 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Andrew Bigelow
  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Jeremy Kieso
  • Referee Ramy Touchan

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

9
3
5
Sporting Kansas City 17 games · Avg 3.8 goals San Jose Earthquakes
Last 5 meetings
2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Nov San Jose Earthquakes H 3–3 D
08 Nov Real Salt Lake A 2–0 W
28 Oct FC Cincinnati A 1–0 W
25 Oct Colorado Rapids SC H 4–0 W
17 Oct Chicago Fire FC A 2–2 D
15 Oct FC Dallas A 0–1 L
San Jose Earthquakes
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Nov Sporting Kansas City A 3–3 D
08 Nov Seattle Sounders FC A 1–4 L
05 Nov Los Angeles FC H 3–2 W
29 Oct Real Salt Lake H 2–0 W
25 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–2 L
19 Oct Seattle Sounders FC H 0–0 D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City San Jose Earthquakes
#30 Position #18
21 Points 45
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 13 / 6 / 8
31 Scored 49
63 Conceded 39
-32 GD +10
0.81 PPG 1.67
23% Win % 48%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/8
16-30
7/7
31-45
5/8
46-60
2/6
61-75
4/11
76+
4/9
■ 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)

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' We are underway at Children's Mercy Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 4' A goal from the Honduras international Roger Espinoza! He fires home on 4 to make it 1-0!
  • 9' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 14' Over 14 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 19' San Jose Earthquakes have won 429 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 22' What an equalizer from Carlos Fierro!
  • 27' Peru international Marcos Lopez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 28' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Nick Lima.
  • 33' The energy levels are beginning to show. Matias Almeyda might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 34' Shea Salinas adds to his 0 season tally! San Jose Earthquakes lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
  • 39' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Winston Reid will be fuming at that decision.
  • 44' Cade Cowell needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 47' A stunning finish from Winston Reid — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 52' Khiry Shelton, a USA , has 13 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 56' Marcos Lopez picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 61' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 286 games and scored 429 goals.
  • 66' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 71' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 76' San Jose Earthquakes is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 78' Amadou Dia picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 79' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Roger Espinoza.
  • 84' With 0 assists to his name this season, Eric Calvillo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for San Jose Earthquakes.
  • 85' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Cristian Espinoza will be fuming at that decision.
  • 86' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 87' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Carlos Fierro is replaced by Andres Rios.
  • 90' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Gerso Fernandes is replaced by Erik Hurtado on 90 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-3.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Daniel Salloi 6
Alan Pulido 5
Erik Thommy 3
Danny Hoesen 3
Cristian Arango 3
Chris Wondolowski 3
Felipe Gutierrez 3
Javier Lopez 2

Head to Head

2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 1–5 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes

Sporting Kansas City Form

2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-10-28 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-10-25 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-10-17 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2020-10-15 FC Dallas 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-11-08 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-11-05 San Jose Earthquakes 3–2 Los Angeles FC W 2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake W 2020-10-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-10-19 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.22 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.34 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City43% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes36%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes80% 0% No20%
Avg goals/match: 4.56
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 94%
6%
± 2.5 82%
18%
± 3.5 65%
35%
± 4.5 47%
53%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
64%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
57%
Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City31% Draw35% San Jose Earthquakes34%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 2
6.8%
1 – 2
6.3%
1 – 1
6.2%
2 – 1
6%
2 – 3
5.2%
3 – 2
5%
1 – 3
4.8%
3 – 1
4.4%
3 – 3
Actual
2 – 4
3.1%
0 – 2
3%
1 – 4
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 11% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 16% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 58% — 42%
+1 58% 17% 25%
+1.5 75% — 25%
+2 75% 12% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
11% ✓
San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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