San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles Galaxy — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 13′Los Angeles Galaxy, goal:0–1assist
- 20′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 43′Los Angeles Galaxy, yellow card:Foul
- 45+3′Los Angeles Galaxy, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time0 – 1
- 60′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 60′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 62′San Jose Earthquakes, goal:1–1
- 73′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 73′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 80′San Jose Earthquakes, yellow card:
- 81′San Jose Earthquakes, yellow card:
- 82′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 90′San Jose Earthquakes, yellow card:
- 90+5′San Jose Earthquakes, missed penalty:Missed penalty
- 90+7′Los Angeles Galaxy, yellow card:
- 90+7′San Jose Earthquakes, yellow card:
- Full-time1 – 1
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San Jose Earthquakes
4-2-3-1
Los Angeles Galaxy
4-4-2
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San Jose Earthquakes
Los Angeles Galaxy
Match report
San Jose Earthquakes fight back to draw with Los Angeles Galaxy
San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy shared the points in a 1-1 draw in Major League Soccer's Regular Season matchday 17, played at PayPal Park. The result left the home side sitting fifth in the table on 33 points from 17 games, while the Galaxy remain 20th with 21 points from 18 outings.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Los Angeles Galaxy struck first when Joseph Paintsil converted an assist from Marco Reus in the 13th minute, giving the visitors a 0-1 lead they carried into half-time. San Jose Earthquakes responded after the break, with R. Roberts levelling the score at 1-1 in the 62nd minute to secure a share of the spoils.
San Jose dominated territory and chances, holding 58% of possession against 42% for the Galaxy and outshooting their opponents 18 to 9, with five shots on target compared to two. Bruce Arena's side also led on corners, five to six only in the visitors' favour, though the fouls count of 14 to 16 showed a physical edge from Los Angeles.
Joseph Paintsil scored the opening goal for Los Angeles Galaxy and finished with the highest rating of the match at 8.3. R. Roberts was not far behind, netting the equaliser for San Jose Earthquakes and earning a rating of 8.2.
San Jose Earthquakes generated 3.04 expected goals compared to 1.28 for Los Angeles Galaxy, reflecting their greater attacking threat across the match.
San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy drew 1–1 (half-time 0–1).
San Jose Earthquakes met Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 17). Kick-off was Sunday, 26 July 2026, 02:30 UTC at Stanford Stadium. Referee: A. Villarreal.
Team pages: San Jose Earthquakes · Los Angeles Galaxy · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 13' Goal: Joseph Paintsil (assist: Marco Reus) — 0–1
- 62' Goal: Reid Roberts — 1–1
Starting line-ups
San Jose Earthquakes (4-2-3-1)
Los Angeles Galaxy (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave San Jose Earthquakes 63%, the draw 22%, Los Angeles Galaxy 15%. It finished San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy.
San Jose Earthquakes' rating edge carries it — San Jose Earthquakes are the stronger side on our strength rating, and Major League Soccer home advantage on top gives San Jose Earthquakes a clear lead. The draw at 22% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why San Jose Earthquakes at 63%?
San Jose Earthquakes sit 106 points higher on our strength rating — 1588 to 1481. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,564 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.5% of 5,039 games vs 44.9% across all 98,308 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 55–22–23.
Why only 63%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 63% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 22% and Los Angeles Galaxy at 15%.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.1%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 16,708. The goals environment takes 2.0 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
San Jose Earthquakes scored +0.63 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,710 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Los Angeles Galaxy are missing 2 regular starters — Edwin Cerrillo, C. Garcés — about 24% of their usual starting-XI weight. A body count alone told us nothing. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the San Jose Earthquakes vs Los Angeles Galaxy final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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