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

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MLS · 2024

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2 – 0

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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

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

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

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

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	#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' KICK OFF: Vancouver Whitecaps FC gets underway.
5' Yohei Takaoka, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Fafa Picault has been relatively quiet despite scoring 73 goals in his last 304 appearances.
15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
20' Ralph Priso-Mbongue is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Vancouver Whitecaps FC so far.
25' San Jose Earthquakes fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
26' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Carlos Akapo.
31' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
35' A stunning finish from Fafa Picault — that came from absolutely nowhere!
40' San Jose Earthquakes started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
41' Poor challenge from Ralph Priso-Mbongue. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
46' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Vitor Costa is hanging Benjamin Kikanovic on the field on 46 minute.
51' A quiet spell here at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
55' Alfredo Morales is ready to make an impact after coming on for Niko Tsakiris at the 55 minute mark.
56' Sebastian Berhalter is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ralph Priso-Mbongue at the 56 minute mark.
61' Tanner Beason has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
66' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Ali Ahmed is replaced by Edier Ocampo on 66 minute.
71' It’s high time Vanni Sartini made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
73' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Amahl Pellegrino is hanging Paul Marie on the field on 73 minute.
78' San Jose Earthquakes are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
83' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
84' The whistle greets Alessandro Schopf as he departs to be replaced by Stuart Armstrong.
86' Stuart Armstrong adds to his 0 season tally! Vancouver Whitecaps FC lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
86' San Jose Earthquakes manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jack Skahan is hanging Jackson Yueill on the field on 86 minute.
89' It’s a booking for San Jose Earthquakes player. Jack Skahan gets a card.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Jamiro Monteiro	2
Ali Adnan	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

1.84 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC58% Draw24% San Jose Earthquakes18%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.8

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

82%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

42%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC40% Draw44% San Jose Earthquakes16%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

1 – 0

10.5%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.9%

3 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 1

1 – 2

4.9%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 2

2.9%

4 – 0

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	18%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	23%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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