SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
AVAYA STADIUM, San Jose, Calif.
September 12, 2015 (WEEK 28, MLS Game #281)
7:30 p.m. PT (CSN-CA; JOEtv)
It will be a crucial meeting of clubs in the Heritage Cup in the chase for places in the MLS Cup Playoffs when the San Jose Earthquakes play host to Seattle Sounders FC at Avaya Stadium on Saturday evening. The Quakes sit in seventh place in the conference, three points out of the top six, after their four-game winning and shutout streak was put to an end in a 2-1 home loss to Philadelphia Union last weekend. Sounders FC are one of three teams tied for that final playoff position just ahead of the Quakes, coming off a second consecutive victory in a 2-1 win against Toronto FC last weekend at CenturyLink Field.
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- The Earthquakes saw their shutout streak end at 448 minutes – the longest in MLS this season, and the second-longest in club history – but saw their four-game winning run come to an end as Philadelphia Union hit for two late goals for a 2-1 win Saturday at Avaya Stadium.
- Clint Dempsey scored his first goal in MLS play since May 9, and Obafemi Martins scored his fourth goal in four games after his return from injury, as Sounders FC has put together back-to-back wins in league play for the first time since the end of May following their 2-1 win against Toronto FC on Saturday evening at CenturyLink Field.
- The teams are meeting for the third time this season, and the Quakes have won each, both matches in Seattle. Chris Wondolowski scored a pair of goals to lead San Jose to a 3-2 victory March 14; Matias Perez Garcia scored a goal and set up another as the Quakes took a 2-0 win June 20 at CenturyLink Field.
REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. AR1 (bench): Brian Dunn; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Alex Chilowicz
MLS Career: 123 games; FC/gm: 25.3; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 38; pens: 31
SUSPENDED: SEA: Osvaldo Alonso (caution accumulation; through Sept. 13)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: SJ: Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson … SEA: Andy Rose, Zach Scott
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: Fatai Alashe, David Bingham, Shaun Francis, Sanna Nyassi, Jordan Stewart … SEA: Tyrone Mears, Gonzalo Pineda, Erik Friberg, Brad Evans, Oneil Fisher
DISABLED LIST: SJ: Steven Lenhart … SEA: Andres Correa, Andy Craven, Damian Lowe
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (18 meetings): Earthquakes 10 wins, 23 goals … Sounders FC 6 wins, 19 goals … Ties 2
AT SAN JOSE (7 meetings): Earthquakes 5 wins, 11 goals … Sounders FC 1 win, 4 goals … Ties 1
2015 (MLS)
3/14: SEA 2, SJ 3 (Dempsey 1, Martins 84 – Wondolowski 13, 48; Emeghara 70)
6/20: SEA 0, SJ 2 (Nyassi 28; Garcia 73)
- The teams are meeting for the third time this season, and the Quakes have won each, both matches in Seattle. Chris Wondolowski scored a pair of goals to lead San Jose to a 3-2 victory March 14; Matias Perez Garcia scored a goal and set up another as the Quakes took a 2-0 win June 20 at CenturyLink Field.
- The Quakes have a four-game undefeated streak alive in the league series, with three wins and a draw. The last Sounders FC victory came last May 17, a 1-0 win at CenturyLink Field.
- The win in the first meeting was the first for the Earthquakes in Seattle since 2012, when they won the season series, including victories in both games at CenturyLink Field.
- Sounders FC haven’t scored a goal on their last three visits to northern California, since a 2-1 loss at Buck Shaw Stadium in 2012; Seattle last won at San Jose in 2010.
- Coaches record: Sigi Schmid vs. SJ: P38 W16 L16 D6 … Dominic Kinnear vs. SEA: P11 W5 L4 D2
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