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

Match Preview

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 34 games · 52 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	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

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	#19
64	Points	52
34	Played	34
19 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	14 / 10 / 10
74	Scored	57
34	Conceded	51
+40	GD	+6
1.88	PPG	1.53
56%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

21% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 19th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

10/4

16-30

11/4

31-45

9/9

46-60

7/7

61-75

10/2

76+

13/6

■ 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)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	20 G	2 A
Thomas Muller	9 G	6 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 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' In just a few seconds ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex will turn into a battlefield for Vancouver Whitecaps FC and San Jose Earthquakes.
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Marc Dos Santos might look to freshen things up shortly.
7' Brilliant from the ! Ali Adnan makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 7.
12' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
17' Peru international Yordy Reyna has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
22' What composure from Judson! The Brazil international strokes it home. 1-1.
27' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Jake Nerwinski has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
32' It looks like no one’s ball. Vancouver Whitecaps FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
37' Carlos Fierro has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 298 appearances.
42' San Jose Earthquakes are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
47' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Andres Rios makes it 1-2.
48' What a moment for Andres Rios! That strike on 45 puts his side firmly in control.
53' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Jose Earthquakes that had 298 games and scored 448 goals.
56' Cristian Espinoza is having his name booked by the referee on 56.
59' Cristian Dajome adds to his 0 season tally! Vancouver Whitecaps FC lead 2-3 — and this changes everything.
63' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Danny Hoesen is hanging Vako Qazaishvili on the field on 63 minute.
68' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
72' A stunning finish from Chris Wondolowski — that came from absolutely nowhere!
73' The supporters are chanting for Ryan Raposo. He replaces Yordy Reyna on 73 minute.
76' Jasser Khemiri catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 76.
81' Oswaldo Alanis has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 81 minutes.
81' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Cristian Dajome by Theo Bair on 81 minute.
86' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vancouver Whitecaps FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
87' A change in the San Jose Earthquakes ranks — Cristian Espinoza exits the field as Paul Marie enters on 87.
90' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Leonard Owusu is replaced by Patrick Metcalfe on 90 minute.
90' Jackson Yueill picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Game over. The scoreline of 3-4 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Alessandro Schopf	2
Preston Judd	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

2.1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.73 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes 75% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC43% Draw25% San Jose Earthquakes32%

Actual: San Jose Earthquakes win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.83

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

68%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

57%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC35% Draw39% San Jose Earthquakes26%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

5.6%

2 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.8%

1 – 0

4.1%

2 – 3

1 – 3

3.8%

0 – 0

3.4%

3 – 0

3.3%

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%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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