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San Jose Earthquakes match wrap: Sounders edge Quakes in 3-2 match at Pay Pal

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Seattle Sounders midfielder Albert Rusnak (11) scores against the San Jose Earthquakes Daniel DeSouza Britto on a penalty kick in the first half at Century Link Field in Seattle on Wed May 13, 2026 (AP News photo)

San Jose Earthquakes match wrap up:

By William Espy

SAN JOSE–The San Jose Earthquakes were back on the road on Wednesday night, as they headed to Seattle for a midweek match against the Sounders.

Nick Fernandez got the Earthquakes on the board quickly, as the Sounders turned the ball over near their goal to Nonso Adimabua who found Fernandez in front of the goal. As a result, the Quakes were up 1-0 in the second minute of the match.

Despite testing the San Jose Earthquakes’ goalkeeper Daniel quite a bit throughout the first half, it took the Sounders until the 43rd minute to find an equalizer. Dave Romney was called for a foul inside the Quakes’ box, sending Albert Rusnak to the penalty spot. Rusnak beat Daniel and tied the game at a goal apiece. Reid Roberts was shown a yellow card in stoppage time.

Ultimately, the game went into halftime as a 1-1 draw.

The Quakes made a pair of changes to start the second half, with leading scorer Preston Judd entering the match alongside Ousseni Bouda.

In the 55th minute, Seattle midfielder Jesus Ferreira ran from his own half into the San Jose penalty area. He danced around the Earthquakes’ defender and beat the goalkeeper to give the Sounders their first lead of the night.

The Sounders defense seemed to be holding up in the 69th minute, but a shot was blocked right to the feet of Judd who tied the game once again.

The Earthquakes would ultimately lose the game in heart breaking fashion though, as Osaze De Rosario scored a header in the 89th minute to put the Sounders back on top.

With the loss, the Earthquakes now sit second in the Western Conference trailing the Vancouver Whitecaps on goal differential.

Earthquakes late conceded goal earns point in 1-1 draw with Whitecaps

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The San Jose Earthquakes starting XI pose for a picture before the start of the match against the Vancouver Whitecaps at PayPal Park that resulted in a 1-1 draw on Saturday MAY 9, 2026. (San Jose Earthquakes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — In a battle for the top spot in the Western Conference, the San Jose Earthquakes and the Vancouver Whitecaps battled to a 1-1 draw on Saturday evening at PayPal Park.

San Jose extended its point streak to eight matches. Vancouver extended its point streak to six matches.

San Jose (9-1-2-29 points) drew first blood int he fourth minute. Paul Marie, who made his first start for head coach Bruce Arena, threaded a pass out to Preston Judd in stride inside the box. The veteran forward one-timed the ball into the right corner of the net past Whitecaps goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka for his team leading eighth goal of the season.

Vancouver (8-1-2-26 points) had a chance to even the match in the 29th minute when midfielder Jeevan Baldwal had a point-blank shot all alone inside the six-yard box, but Quakes goalkeeper Daniel knocked the ball away from danger.

Benji Kikanovic was issued a yellow card in the 36th minute after a ticky-tack foul was called on him just outside the box. Daniel was then also issued a yellow card for arguing the call with referee Malik Badawi.

Despite controlling the possession battle by a two-thirds to one margin and outshooting San Jose 6-2, Vancouver wasn’t able to generate many quality scoring chances in the opening 45 minutes.

Vancouver came out with vengeance in the second half as the dominated play from the opening minute all the way till stoppage time. They controlled the possession and kept the Quakes from counterattacking as they won the majority of the 50/50 balls. San Jose had a tough time dealing the Whitecaps physicality as the match ensued.

Daniel came up with three big saves in a span of three minutes. First in the 55th minute he knocked away a shot from 15 yards by Andres Cubas after being setup by Emmanuel Sabbi. Then in 57th minute he stoned away back-to-back chances inside the box by Bruno Caicedo and Badwal.

Vancouver finally broke through with the equalizer in the 76th minute. Sabbi found Sebastian Berhalter all alone along the right side of the box and Berhalter finished off a right-footed shot past Daniel for his fourth goal of the season, tied for second on the team with Tomas Muller who sat out the match with an illness.

Daniel finished the match stopping four of the five shots on target to earn the draw with his fellow keeper Takaoka who made two saves on three shots on target.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished the match with two corner kicks. Vancouver had four.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels up to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday May 13 at 6:30pm at Lumen Field.

San Jose Earthquakes match wrap: Quakes battle Toronto FC to 1-1 draw at BMO Field

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Toronto FC forward Daniel Salloi (20) chips the ball over San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper Daniel de Sousa Britto (42) during the second half of an MLS soccer game in Toronto, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

By William Espy

The San Jose Earthquakes looked to continue their hot start to the MLS season on Saturday morning as they visited Toronto F.C. north of the border forcing a 1-1 draw at BMO Stadium in Toronto.

Toronto didn’t wait long to put pressure on the Earthquakes, as Daniel Salloi was able to beat the Earthquakes goalkeeper, Daniel, with a shot from inside the box less than two minutes into the game.

Preston Judd scored his seventh goal of the season for the Earthquakes in the 14th minute to even things up at a goal apiece. Beau Leroux was shown the first yellow card of the afternoon in the 17th minute. Ronaldo Vieira was shown a yellow card in the 37th minute after a challenge from behind.

The game remained tied 1-1 heading into the halftime break.

Niko Tsakiris left the game in the 54th minute with an apparent injury. Nick Fernandez entered the game in his place.

The Earthquakes got away with an apparent handball in the 62nd minute, but there was no review and play continued. Judd nearly scored a second goal in the 65th minute, but the play was immediately called offside.

Toronto thought they took a lead in the dying moments of the game, but a sliding Reid Roberts kept the ball from crossing the goal line, keeping the game tied at a goal a piece. The play was reviewed, but the call was confirmed that there was no goal on the play.

Despite an abundance of scoring chances by both sides, neither team could break the deadlock and it would end in a 1-1 tie.

The Earthquakes will return home next weekend Sat May 9th as they take on the Vancouver Whitecaps.

San Jose Earthquakes match wrap: Quakes get the edge on St Louis 3-2; Timo Time scores two goals including gamer

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The San Jose Earthquakes continue to roll with another win in a match agains the St Louis FC at Energizer Park in St Louis on Sat Apr 25, 2026 (San Jose Earthquakes X photo)

By Wiliam Espy

The San Jose Earthquakes’ dominant start to the season continued just getting by St Louis FC 3-2 on Saturday evening as they visited St. Louis, Missouri to face St. Louis City SC.

Preston Judd opened the scoring in just the eighth minute, giving the Earthquakes an early 1-0 lead with his sixth goal of the season. With that goal, Judd is just one away from tying his career high of seven, which came last season.

San Jose’s goalkeeper, Earl Edwards Jr was forced to leave the game in the 24th minute, being replaced by Daniel. Nico Tsakiris and Ronaldo Vieira also entered the match at that stage, taking the places of Jack Skahan and Jonathan Gonzalez.

Shortly after the halftime break, the game did a complete 180. St Louis’s Sergio Cordova scored in the 52nd minute and then right on the following kickoff, Marcel Hartel gave St Louis the lead with a goal in the 53rd minute, making it a 2-1 game.

Timo Werner tied things up with a successful conversion on a penalty kick in the 69th minute, before Weren scored his second of the night in the 83rd minute to give the Earthquakes a late lead. The German forward also registered an assist on Werner’s opening goal, giving him three goal contributions on the night.

The Quakes held on to win 3-2, and maintained their sole possession of first place in the Western Conference. Meanwhile, the loss was detrimental for St. Louis, who now sit second-last in the Conference, ahead of only Sporting Kansas City.

The Earthquakes will return home on Tuesday for a U.S. Open Cup matchup against Minnesota United FC before returning to league play in Toronto on Saturday morning.

Earthquakes second half goal bonanza bury Austin FC in 5-1 rout

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San Jose Earthquakes fullback Jack Jasinski (#17) celebrates his first ever career MLS goal against Austin FC in the arms of his teammate Niko Tsakiris (#10) during the Earthquakes 5-1 win at PayPal Park on Wednesday APR 22, 2026. (San Jose Earthquakes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE–Preston Judd recorded his second brace of the season during a five-goal second half offensive explosion by the San Jose Earthquakes in a convincing 5-1 blowout victory over Austin FC on Wednesday evening at PayPal Park.

San Jose continued its best start in franchise history with its eighth win in nine games and went atop of the Western Conference standings with 24 points. Austin has lost two out of its past three matches.

Austin (1-4-4) drew first blood in the ninth minute. A giveaway by San Jose led to Joseph Rosales firing a shot off of Quakes goalkeeper Daniel and into the upper corner of the net for his first goal of the season.

San Jose (8-1-0) responded with scoring chances led by German superstar Timo Werner. Werner had two shots from the left side of the box in the 11th and 14th minutes only to have Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver stone away both chances.

Despite being down a goal in the opening 45 minutes, San Jose dominated the first half with seven scoring chances inside the box. They outshot Austin 13-4 and had a xG of 1.28 compared to 0.45 for Austin.

The Earthquakes carried the momentum they had in the first half at the start of the second half creating quality scoring chances including a header from Jack Jasinski that hit off the right post in the 57th minute.

San Jose finally hit paydirt a minute later off of a set piece. Werner’s corner kick sailed right into the middle of the box where an unmarked Jasinski headed the ball past Stuver for his first career MLS goal in the 58th minute.

Jamar Ricketts earned a penalty kick in the 76th minute when he was tripped up inside the box by Austin so and so. Werner cashed in the penalty kick two minutes later with a rifle of a shot to the left side of the net for his second goal of the season.

The Earthquakes iced the game in the 83rd minute when Preston Judd scored his first goal of the match after finishing off a cross into the box from Paul Marie with a one-timer past Stuver for his third goal of the season.

Ousseni Bouda scored his co-team leading fifth goal of the season after getting inside position on Jonanthan Bell inside the box to chase down a long ball. Bouda beat Stuver with a left-footed shot to the far corner of the net.

Judd completed his brace and co-team leading fifth goal of the season in the 89th minute after heading the ball into the back off the net after a perfectly timed cross into the box from Marie that sent the Quakes crowd into a frenzy.

Daniel finished the match stopping one of the two shots on target to earn his eighth victory of the season. Stuver, who was left hung out to dry for the majority of the match, made 11 saves on 16 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with 13 corner kicks. Austin only had one.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels to the Midwest to take on St. Louis CITY on Saturday April 28 at 5:30pm at Energizer Park.

San Jose Earthquakes match recap: Quakes extend win record going 6-1-0; SJ defeats Sporting KC 3-1 at Sporting KC Stadium

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The San Jose Earthquakes got great ball handling all game long against Sporting KC at Sporting KC Stadium in Kansas City Kansas on Sun Apr 12, 2026 (San Jose Earthquakes X photo)

By William Espy

The San Jose Earthquakes were on the road on Saturday evening, as they visited Sporting Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas.The Quakes entered the night undefeated on the road and in the midst of an incredible start to the season overall. The Quakes improved their start of the season to a 6-1-0 record with the 3-1 defeat of Sporting KC.

Sporting Kansas City got out to an early lead, as Jacob Bartlett, their hometown kid, was able to beat Daniel to score his first career MLS goal in the 27th minute after a perfectly placed ball by Dejan Joveljic. The 20-year-old midfielders’ first goal, although against the Earthquakes, was a heartwarming moment as he was able to score at the same stadium that he grew up attending to watch matches in his youth.

Jack Skahan evened things up with his first goal since the 2024 season in the 44th minute.

There was a brief halt in play during stoppage time of the first half, as the lights in the stadium shut off momentarily, but play quickly resumed. The game would remain tied heading into halftime.

Skahan scored his second of the night in the 49th minute, making it his first career multi-goal game and the first multi-goal season of his career.

Kansas City’s Shapi Suleymanov picked up the first yellow card of the night in the 54th minute.

Defender Dave Romney would extend the Earthquakes’ lead in the 75th minute. The goal was his first as a member of the Quakes, and first overall since 2023 when he was a member of the New England Revolution. Ironically, both his lone goal with the Revolution and his goal on Saturday occurred with Bruce Arena on the sideline.

The Earthquakes held onto their lead and walked away with a 3-1 victory on the road. The win secured the Quakes second place in the Western Conference for the time being, as they trail only the Vancouver Whitecaps due to a tie breaker

Tsakiris’ brace powers Earthquakes over San Diego FC 3-0

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San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Niko Tsakiris celebrates his second goal of the match with his fellow teammates against San Diego FC at PayPal Park on Saturday APR 4, 2026. (San Jose Earthquakes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Niko Tsakiris made franchise history by joining some select company.

The San Jose Earthquakes midfielder recorded his first career brace as the Quakes dominated from start to finish in a 3-0 rout of San Diego FC on Saturday evening at PayPal Park.

San Jose has won two games in a row and five of their first six matches for its best start in franchise history. San Diego suffered its first loss of its MLS campaign after starting the season undefeated with points in its first five matches.

San Jose (5-1-0) struck first early in the first half. Preston Judd intercepted a back pass and quickly found Tsakiris along the left wing. The 20-year-old fifth year player dribbled into the box before roofing a left footed shot into the back of the net as a San Diego defender closed in on him for his first goal of the season in the 13th minute.

San Diego’s (3-1-2) high scoring attack had limited possession throughout the match as the pitch was tilted inside their defensive zone thanks to San Jose’s high press attack that kept the ball from the feet of Anders Dyers and leading goal scorer Marcus Ingvartsen.

The match quickly went south for SDFC when fullback Manu Duah pushed down Judd from behind after he made a move to get around Duah inside the box in the 28th minute. Referee Fotis Bazakos awarded a penalty kick to San Jose. After a VAR review, it was determined that Duah never made a play for the ball resulting in a red card and automatic ejection. San Diego played a man down for the final 62 minutes of the match.

Tsakiris completed his brace when slammed home the penalty kick into the upper right corner of the net beating his fellow Under-23 U.S. Men’s National Team teammate SDFC goalkeeper Duran Ferree in the 34th minute.

Tsakiris became the second youngest player in franchise history to record a brace. The youngest just happens to be the greatest American born soccer player ever in Landon Donovan.

The Earthquakes made it 3-0 just before halftime when Beau Leroux centered the ball from down the left sideline into the middle of the box where Judd one-timed it into the right corner of the net for his team leading third goal of the season in the third minute of stoppage time.

In the second half, San Jose took advantage of being up a man as they continued to create chances and kept the ball out of danger as head coach Bruce Arena subbed out five of his starters for a more defensive oriented lineup.

Quakes goalkeeper Daniel needed to make just one save to record his fifth clean sheet of the season. To date, Daniel has only conceded one goal on the season. Ferree kept the match from being a bigger blowout as he made seven saves on 10 shots on target in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with seven corner kicks. SDFC had five.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels out to the Midwest as they take on Sporting Kansas City on Saturday April 11 at 5:30pm at Sporting Park.

San Jose Earthquakes match wrap: Quakes blank Whitecaps 1-0 end Vancouver’s win streak

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San Jose Earthquakes Beau Leroux (34) heads down field against the Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place on Sat Mar 21, 2026 (San Jose Earthquakes photo)

By William Espy

The San Jose Earthquakes went on the road for Saturday night’s matchup against the undefeated Vancouver Whitecaps and handed the Whitecaps their first loss of 2026 with a 1-0 shutout at BC Place in Vancouver.

The Earthquakes were doing a good job putting pressure on the Whitecaps’ defense early on, but some errant passes and turnovers ruined some scoring chances.

Daniel was forced to make a big save in the 30th minute when AZ Jackson danced around the defense, firing a dangerous shot on goal. Moments later, Daniel was forced to make another big save to deny a Vancouver header attempt.

In the 31st minute, Timo Werner was shown a yellow card. Oddly though, Werner was sitting on the bench.

The Quakes had a great scoring opportunity in the 33rd minute. Preston Judd had a center pass which found Jamar Ricketts, but the ensuing shot went just wide of the goal.

Beau Leroux broke the deadlock in stoppage time of the first half with a shot from well outside of the box to make it 1-0 heading into halftime.

Both teams made a change to start the second half as Tomas Muller entered the game for Vancouver and Ian Harkes took the field for San Jose.

Werner and Vitor Costa entered the game in the 54th minute taking the place of Ricketts and an injured DeJuan Jones.

The Earthquakes maintained their lead for the second half, and ultimately walked away with a 1-0 victory over a very strong opponent.

Earthquakes suffer first goal against in first loss of the season to Seattle 1-0

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Seattle Sounders midfielder Paul Rothrock (#14) celebrates his first half goal against the San Jose Earthquakes with his teammate Nouhou (#5) at PayPal Park on Sunday MAR 15, 2026. (Seattle Sounders)

By Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — All good things must come to an end.

The Seattle Sounders were dominated on the stat sheet by the San Jose Earthquakes but won on the stat that matter the most, the goal stat, in a 1-0 victory on Sunday afternoon at PayPal Park.

San Jose had its three-game winning streak snapped. Seattle has won three out of its first four matches.

Seattle (3-1) finally ended Quakes goalkeeper Daniel’s shutout streak to start the season when they drew first blood in the 20th minute. Jesús Ferreira sent a long ball down the right wing from midfield. Paul Rothrock stayed onside as he raced down the pitch and dribbled into the box before beating Daniel with a right footed shot for his team leading second goal of the season.

San Jose (3-1) had chances early on and towards the end of the opening 45 minutes. Niko Tsakiris had back-to-back chances inside the Seattle box, but the Sounders defenders collapsed down low and blocked both attempts. Beau Leroux also had a shot attempt that was also blocked and away from the net.

The Quakes best scoring chance in the first half came at the 44th minute when Preston Judd was fouled just outside the D by Antonio Lopez. Tsakiris’ free kick just missed the far corner of the net as Sounder goalkeeper Andrew Thomas made a diving attempt at it.

San Jose controlled the pace of play and possession in the second half as they created quality scoring chances only to have Thomas and his backline thwart off any balls crossed into the middle of the box.

The Earthquakes came within inches of scoring the equalizer in the 74th minute. Judd chased down a long ball and was able to chip the ball over Thomas as the ball was heading for the far corner of the net. However, Lopez chased it down before it could cross the goal line and kicked it out of danger for Seattle.

The Sounders thought they iced the game in the 86th minute when Cody Baker scored his first goal of the season. Osaze De Rosario centered the ball to Baker who beat Daniel with a low right footed shot to the far corner. However, after a VAR review it was determined the play was ruled offsides.

Thomas made seven saves to earn his third victory of the year. Daniel made three saves on four shots to suffer his first loss of the year.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with 17 corner kicks. Seattle had zero.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels north of the border to take on the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday March 21 at 7:30pm at BC Place.

Werner’s debut sparks Earthquakes to 2-0 shutout win over Atlanta United

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San Jose Earthquakes forward Preston Judd celebrates his first half goal among the Earthquakes super fan group The Ultras against Atlanta United at PayPal Park on Saturday FEB 28, 2026. (San Jose Earthquakes)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Earthquakes have jumped out to a quick start to the 2026 season. They defeated Atlanta United FC 2-0 on Saturday afternoon at PayPal Park.

San Jose has started 2-0 for the second consecutive year in a row. Atlanta United has started the season 0-2 and has lost both matches by a 2-0 score.

The match featured the San Jose debut of German international striker Timo Werner who came as a substitute for Preston Judd in the 61st minute. The Quakes acquired from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig back in late January. He’s recorded 153 goal and 86assits in nearly 450 appearances across stints with German Bundesliga sides VFB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig, as well as English Premier League teams Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

Werner has been capped 57 times by his country and lifted seven trophies for club and country, including the UEFA Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup with Chelsea.

San Jose (2-0-0) drew first blood in the 24th minute. Jamar Ricketts intercepted a free kick off of the foot of Atlanta United goalkeeper Lucas Hoyos. Ricketts raced down the left wing before chipping the ball into the center of the box where an unmarked Judd headed the ball into the far corner of the net for his second goal of the season.

Judd has scored in back-to-back games as head coach Bruce Arena has made Judd his starting striker to open up the 2026 season with the subtractions of Chico Arango, Cristian Espinoza and Josef Martinez.

Atlanta (0-2-0) spent the majority of the opening 45 minutes inside its own zone defending San Jose’s offensive attack. The Quakes had the pitch tilted on the United’s as they had eight total shots to just three for Atlanta in the first half.

The Earthquakes thought they had doubled their lead in the 70th minute when Ricketts centered a ball into the middle of the box and Niko Tsakiris tapped home the ball into an open net. However, the sideline official ruled the play offsides and negated what would’ve been Tsakiris’ first goal of the season.

San Jose did eventually double its lead in the 79th minute. Werner ran down a long pass down the right wing. Werner then crossed the ball into the middle where a sliding Ousseni Bouda one-timed the ball with a right footed shot top shelf for his first goal of the season.

It was the type of play on why Arena wanted Werner in a Quakes kit as his speed and playmaking ability will make Werner a catalyst of San Jose’s offensive attack.

Quakes goalkeeper Daniel (2-0) recorded his second straight clean sheet having to make only one save during the match. He wasn’t tested much in the second half but came up with his lone save in the 89th minute was a sliding save on a shot attempt from Miguel Almirón. It was Atlanta’s best chance of the match.

Hoyos (0-2) made four saves on six shots on target in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with seven corner kicks. Atlanta United had four.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels out to Philadelphia for its first road match of the season against the Union on Saturday March 7th at 4:30pm at Subaru Park.