Saturday , 14 November 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 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

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 #19
26 Points 52
34 Played 34
7 / 5 / 22 W / D / L 14 / 10 / 10
40 Scored 57
81 Conceded 51
-41 GD +6
0.76 PPG 1.53
21% Win % 41%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/12
16-30
8/10
31-45
9/9
46-60
3/7
61-75
6/15
76+
5/14
■ Scored ■ Conceded
San Jose Earthquakes
0-15
14/7
16-30
6/7
31-45
6/7
46-60
7/8
61-75
6/3
76+
10/16
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A
San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd 17 G 3 A
Ousseni Bouda 7 G 1 A
Timo Werner 6 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Sporting Kansas City kicks off things out of here…
  • 4' Roger Espinoza does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
  • 9' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 14' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 14.
  • 19' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jack Skahan scoring 2 goals.
  • 22' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Carlos Fierro makes no mistake. 1-1!
  • 27' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 100% of all matches.
  • 28' Nick Lima has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 28.
  • 33' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 34' Shea Salinas puts San Jose Earthquakes on the lead.
  • 39' A meaty challenge results in booking for Winston Reid on 39.
  • 44' Supporters expect more eagerness from Cade Cowell, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 47' Winston Reid adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 2-2 — and this changes everything.
  • 52' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 56' A meaty challenge results in booking for Marcos Lopez on 56.
  • 61' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 301 games and scored 461 goals.
  • 66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 71' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 76' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 78' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Amadou Dia gets a Yellow card.
  • 79' Roger Espinoza picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 84' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 85' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Cristian Espinoza.
  • 86' Johnny Russell was booked on 86.
  • 87' Andres Rios has so much to prove this time. He replaces Carlos Fierro on 87 minute.
  • 90' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Gerso Fernandes trudges off to be replaced by Erik Hurtado on 90 minutes.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

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
Shea Salinas 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
2.23 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.21 San Jose Earthquakes xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City44% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes35%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes79% 0% No21%
Avg goals/match: 4.44
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 81%
19%
± 3.5 63%
37%
± 4.5 45%
55%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
66%
Draw or San Jose Earthquakes
56%
Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City32% Draw36% San Jose Earthquakes32%
Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 2
6.9%
1 – 1
6.6%
2 – 1
6.4%
1 – 2
6.3%
3 – 2
5.1%
2 – 3
5%
3 – 1
4.7%
1 – 3
4.6%
3 – 3
Actual
2 – 0
3.1%
0 – 2
3%
4 – 2
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 12% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 17% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 61% — 39%
+1 61% 16% 23%
+1.5 77% — 23%
+2 77% 12% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

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

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