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

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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.

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
14	Points	33
18	Played	18
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
18	Scored	37
46	Conceded	24
-28	GD	+13
0.78	PPG	1.83
22%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

76% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

San Jose Earthquakes

0-15

7/6

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/2

46-60

6/6

61-75

4/1

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

San Jose Earthquakes

Preston Judd	11 G	2 A
Ousseni Bouda	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Children's Mercy Park that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes.
4' Roger Espinoza puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
9' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jack Skahan scoring 2 goals.
14' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
19' Supporters expect more eagerness from Gerso Fernandes, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
22' Magnificent from Carlos Fierro! That is 6 goals in 282 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
27' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Andres Rios made 289 appearances and scored 22 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
28' San Jose Earthquakes player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
33' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
34' What a moment for Shea Salinas! That strike on 34 puts his side firmly in control.
39' Winston Reid was booked on 39.
44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 282 games and scored 427 goals.
47' The deadlock is broken! Winston Reid gets on the scoresheet on 47 minutes.
52' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
56' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Marcos Lopez will be fuming at that decision.
61' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
66' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
71' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
76' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
78' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Yellow card on 78.
79' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
84' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
85' That is a Yellow card for San Jose Earthquakes. Cristian Espinoza will be fuming at that decision.
86' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 86.
87' Andres Rios gets the nod from San Jose Earthquakes. He replaces Carlos Fierro and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Gerso Fernandes by Erik Hurtado on 90 minute.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sporting Kansas City 3-3 San Jose Earthquakes.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

22
Winston Reid
7
Johnny Russell C
29
Tim Melia
6
Ilie Sanchez
12
Gerso Fernandes ↓ Felipe Hernandez 90'
27
Gianluca Busio ↓ Gadi Kinda 97'
26
Jaylin Lindsey
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Erik Hurtado 90'
11
Khiry Shelton
4
Roberto Puncec
13
Amadou Dia

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Andres Rios ↑ 87'
96
Luis Felipe
22
Tommy Thompson ↑ 102'
26
Eric Calvillo ↑ 115'
17
Daniel Vega
33
Paul Marie
44
Cade Cowell ↑ 87'
19
Siad Haji
15
Tanner Beason

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

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

3 / 4

2.08 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.59 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City38% Draw21% San Jose Earthquakes41%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes80% 0% No20%

Avg goals/match: 4.67

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	83%	17%
± 3.5	67%	33%
± 4.5	49%	51%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

59%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

62%

Sporting Kansas City or San Jose Earthquakes

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw34% San Jose Earthquakes39%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 2

6.5%

1 – 1

5.8%

2 – 3

5.6%

1 – 3

5.5%

2 – 1

5.2%

3 – 2

4.5%

3 – 3

Actual

2 – 4

3.6%

3 – 1

3.6%

1 – 4

3.5%

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	9%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	14%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	18%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	14%	17%
+2.5	83%	—	17%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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