Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

MLS · 2024

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2 – 0

Full Time

San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 15 Sep 2024 · 02:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 26' Carlos Akapo

Ralph Priso-Mbongue 41' Y

Y 89' Jack Skahan

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
San Jose Earthquakes 18 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes 2024-03-10 San Jose Earthquakes 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-08-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2023-03-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–0	W
08 Sep	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D
01 Sep	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	3–4	L
18 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
14 Jul	St. Louis City	A	4–1	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–2	L
01 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–2	L
25 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W
21 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	0–2	L
18 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	0–1	L
14 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		San Jose Earthquakes
#16	Position	#18
34	Points	33
17	Played	18
10 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	10 / 3 / 5
38	Scored	37
17	Conceded	24
+21	GD	+13
2.00	PPG	1.83
59%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
San Jose Earthquakes this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts). San Jose Earthquakes are 18th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ 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)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

San Jose Earthquakes

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

Events

Match Events

0' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have kicked off against San Jose Earthquakes. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against San Jose Earthquakes's shape.
10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' Tanner Beason has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' A quiet spell here at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
26' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Carlos Akapo on 26 minutes.
31' The travelling San Jose Earthquakes supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
35' The Haiti Fafa Picault breaks the deadlock on 35 minutes. 1-0!
40' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
41' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Ralph Priso-Mbongue.
46' San Jose Earthquakes make a change. Benjamin Kikanovic trudges off to be replaced by Vitor Costa on 46 minutes.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Benjamin Kikanovic, as he is very good at scoring at BC Place with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
55' A tactical swap from San Jose Earthquakes — Alfredo Morales on, Niko Tsakiris off on 55 minutes.
56' Sebastian Berhalter is replacing Ralph Priso-Mbongue for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
61' It looks surprising San Jose Earthquakes does not make any changes. Yohei Takaoka has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
66' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Ali Ahmed is replaced by Edier Ocampo on 66 minute.
71' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 279 games and scored 428 goals.
73' The San Jose Earthquakes manager makes a substitution. Paul Marie departs to be replaced by Amahl Pellegrino.
78' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 78 minutes.
83' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
84' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Alessandro Schopf is replaced by Stuart Armstrong on 84 minute.
86' Goal! Stuart Armstrong scores his 29 goal in 348 matches.
86' The crowd applauds Jackson Yueill as he leaves the pitch. Jack Skahan steps in for San Jose Earthquakes.
89' San Jose Earthquakes receives a card for a hard tackle on 89.
The points are shared — Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes. Honours even.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

8
Alessandro Schopf ↓ Stuart Armstrong 84'
11
Fafa Picault ↓ Levonte Johnson 84'
1
Yohei Takaoka
15
Bjorn Utvik
6
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld
4
Ranko Veselinovic
13
Ralph Priso-Mbongue ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 56'
45
Pedro Vite
22
Ali Ahmed ↓ Edier Ocampo 66'
3
Sam Adekugbe ↓ Mathias Laborda 66'

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Alfredo Morales ↑ 55'
22
Tommy Thompson
94
Vitor Costa ↑ 46'
16
Jack Skahan ↑ 86'
25
William Yarbrough
77
Casey Walls
17
Ousseni Bouda ↑ 46'
9
Amahl Pellegrino ↑ 73'
64
Beau Leroux

Coach Ian Russell

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	5
Jeremy Ebobisse	4
Chris Wondolowski	3
Andres Rios	3
Sebastian Berhalter	3
Vako Qazaishvili	3
Cristian Espinoza	2
Magnus Eriksson	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2024-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-09-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 FC Dallas D 2024-09-01 Austin FC 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 Houston Dynamo L 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-07-14 St. Louis City 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2024-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-09-01 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Minnesota United FC L 2024-08-25 Real Salt Lake 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-07-21 Minnesota United FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-07-18 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Houston Dynamo L 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.75 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.08 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC54% Draw25% San Jose Earthquakes21%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.83

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

79%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

46%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC37% Draw45% San Jose Earthquakes18%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

1 – 0

9.6%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

7.8%

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 0

5.1%

2 – 2

5.1%

0 – 2

3.4%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	23%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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