Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

3 – 4

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San Jose Earthquakes

Thu 16 Jul 2020 · 01:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+5' · FT 45+12'

Y 56' Cristian Espinoza

Jasser Khemiri 76' Y

Y 90' Jackson Yueill

Y 90' Carlos Fierro

Overview

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 games · 50 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 27 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee M. de Oliveira
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Eduardo Mariscal
Referee

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 21 games · Avg 3.1 goals San Jose Earthquakes

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes 2019-08-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-09-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2018-08-26 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–4	L
08 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–0	W
01 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
06 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
29 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	4–3	W
21 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–3	W
11 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–0	D
08 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	2–5	L
29 Feb	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D
06 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	1–3	L
29 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#16	Position	#18
50	Points	45
26	Played	27
15 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 8
59	Scored	49
26	Conceded	39
+33	GD	+10
1.92	PPG	1.67
58%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ 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)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 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' Three points are at stake. Vancouver Whitecaps FC host San Jose Earthquakes — let the battle begin!
5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined San Jose Earthquakes backline.
7' Ali Adnan puts Vancouver Whitecaps FC on the lead.
12' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's shape.
17' Hwang Inbeom has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
22' Against the run of play, Judson has scored! This game has turned on its head.
27' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
32' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yordy Reyna, as he is very good at scoring at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
37' A quiet spell here at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. San Jose Earthquakes seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
42' Jake Nerwinski has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
47' Andres Rios does the damage! The net is bulging and San Jose Earthquakes surge ahead!
48' GOAL! Andres Rios fires home to make it 1-3!
53' David Milinkovic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
56' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Cristian Espinoza.
59' The deadlock is broken! Cristian Dajome gets on the scoresheet on 59 minutes.
63' Time for substitution for San Jose Earthquakes. Vako Qazaishvili is replaced by Danny Hoesen.
68' Vancouver Whitecaps FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
72' What a moment for Chris Wondolowski! That strike on 72 puts his side firmly in control.
73' The supporters are chanting for Ryan Raposo. He replaces Yordy Reyna on 73 minute.
76' The referee calls foul for Jasser Khemiri. He receives a Yellow card.
81' What a moment for Oswaldo Alanis! That strike on 81 puts his side firmly in control.
81' Theo Bair gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Cristian Dajome and will look to change the dynamic.
86' It is a cagey affair so far. Vancouver Whitecaps FC in their trying to find a way past San Jose Earthquakes's compact .
87' It is a substitution in San Jose Earthquakes team. Cristian Espinoza is replaced by Paul Marie on 87 minute.
90' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Leonard Owusu by Patrick Metcalfe on 90 minute.
90' Jackson Yueill was booked on 90.
With this win, San Jose Earthquakes is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matias Almeyda

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	5
Jeremy Ebobisse	4
Andres Rios	3
Sebastian Berhalter	3
Vako Qazaishvili	3
Chris Wondolowski	3
Preston Judd	2
Judson	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2020-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-03-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-10-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-09-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2019-09-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2020-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-03-08 San Jose Earthquakes 2–5 Minnesota United FC L 2020-02-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Toronto FC D 2019-10-06 Portland Timbers 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2019-09-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.77 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC43% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes33%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

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	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

67%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

57%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC35% Draw38% San Jose Earthquakes27%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

8.5%

2 – 1

7.9%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

5.5%

3 – 2

4.8%

2 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 3

3.9%

1 – 0

3.9%

0 – 2

3.3%

3 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	19%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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