Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs San Jose Earthquakes, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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San Jose Earthquakes

Sun 5 Oct 2025 · 22:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 12' Cristian Espinoza

Y 38' Benjamin Kikanovic

Y 42' Cristian Arango

Andres Cubas 45' Y

Edier Ocampo 47' Y

Y 67' Preston Judd

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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

2025-10-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes 2025-08-10 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 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

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	4–1	W
28 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–2	D
25 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
21 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–0	W
14 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	7–0	W
24 Aug	St. Louis City	H	3–2	W

San Jose Earthquakes

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–4	L
28 Sep	San Diego FC	A	1–0	W
21 Sep	St. Louis City	H	1–3	L
14 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	2–4	L
31 Aug	Austin FC	A	1–3	L
24 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	2–1	W

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' KICK OFF: San Jose Earthquakes gets underway.
5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with San Jose Earthquakes winning 50% of all matches.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. San Jose Earthquakes is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
12' Controversy at the stadium! Cristian Espinoza argues furiously but the card stands.
17' Daniel Munie has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 287 appearances.
22' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Bruce Arena will be considering his options from the bench.
27' San Jose Earthquakes looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Preston Judd scoring 1 goals.
32' Tate Johnson has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
37' San Jose Earthquakes come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
38' Poor challenge from Benjamin Kikanovic. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
39' Rayan Elloumi is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
42' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Cristian Arango.
45' It’s a booking for Vancouver Whitecaps FC player. Andres Cubas gets a card.
46' The whistle greets Ian Harkes as he departs to be replaced by Noel Buck.
47' It’s gonna be a card for Edier Ocampo.
52' Vancouver Whitecaps FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 52.
57' The Germany Thomas Muller breaks the deadlock on 57 minutes. 2-0!
62' 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.
66' The whistle greets Max Floriani as he departs to be replaced by Dave Romney.
67' That looks like a foul for a card for Preston Judd.
71' Daniel Rios gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Rayan Elloumi and will look to change the dynamic.
72' Vancouver Whitecaps FC ring the changes. Andres Cubas has done his job and it is now time for Jeevan Badwal to step up.
74' Sebastian Berhalter does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
78' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Jayden Nelson exits the field as Kenji Cabrera enters on 78.
79' Another change for San Jose Earthquakes made on 79 minute. Ronaldo Vieira leaves to be changed by Beau Leroux.
84' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
86' Another change for Vancouver Whitecaps FC made on 86 minute. Edier Ocampo leaves to be changed by Giuseppe Bovalina.
89' GOAL! Beau Leroux fires home to make it 3-1!
It finishes all square. Vancouver Whitecaps FC and San Jose Earthquakes share the spoils 4-1.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Ryan Gauld ↑ 78'
14
Daniel Rios ↑ 71'
32
Isaac Boehmer
12
Belal Halbouni
17
Kenji Cabrera ↑ 78'
11
Emmanuel Sabbi
26
Jean-Claude Ngando
59
Jeevan Badwal ↑ 72'
27
Giuseppe Bovalina ↑ 86'

Coach Jesper Sørensen

San Jose Earthquakes Lineups

Starting XI

37
Ronaldo Vieira ↓ Beau Leroux 79'
9
Cristian Arango
42
Daniel
6
Ian Harkes ↓ Noel Buck 46'
17
Josef Martinez
10
Cristian Espinoza
28
Benjamin Kikanovic ↓ Preston Judd 66'
11
Ousseni Bouda ↓ Jamar Ricketts 66'
5
Daniel Munie
25
Max Floriani ↓ Dave Romney 66'
18
Reid Roberts

Bench

14
Mark-Anthony Kaye
36
Earl Edwards Jr.
4
Bruno Wilson
16
Jack Skahan
12
Dave Romney ↑ 66'
21
Noel Buck ↑ 46'
19
Preston Judd ↑ 66'
2
Jamar Ricketts ↑ 66'
34
Beau Leroux ↑ 79'

Coach Bruce Arena

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

2025-10-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-09-28 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2025-09-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2025-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2025-09-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7–0 Philadelphia Union W 2025-08-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 St. Louis City W

San Jose Earthquakes Form

2025-10-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-09-28 San Diego FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-09-21 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 St. Louis City L 2025-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 2–4 Los Angeles FC L 2025-08-31 Austin FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-08-24 Houston Dynamo 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.45 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.04 San Jose Earthquakes xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC65% Draw20% San Jose Earthquakes15%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.49

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

85%

Draw or San Jose Earthquakes

35%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or San Jose Earthquakes

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC49% Draw37% San Jose Earthquakes14%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

9.2%

1 – 1

8.6%

3 – 1

7.5%

3 – 0

7.3%

1 – 0

7.1%

2 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

Actual

4 – 0

4.4%

0 – 0

4.4%

1 – 2

3 – 2

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	San Jose Earthquakes covers
-2.5	26%	—	74%
-2	26%	20%	54%
-1.5	46%	—	54%
-1	46%	21%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

San Jose Earthquakes keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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