San Jose Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 4′San Jose Earthquakes, goal:1–0assist
- 24′San Jose Earthquakes, goal:2–0assist
- 29′San Jose Earthquakes, goal:3–0assist
- 30′San Jose Earthquakes, yellow card:
- 40′San Jose Earthquakes, yellow card:
- Half-time3 – 0
- 46′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 67′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 67′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 67′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 67′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 76′Portland Timbers, yellow card:
- 76′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 76′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 79′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- 86′Portland Timbers, goal:3–1assist
- 87′San Jose Earthquakes, substitution:off
- 88′Portland Timbers, substitution:off
- Full-time3 – 1
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San Jose Earthquakes race into three-goal lead to sink Portland Timbers
San Jose Earthquakes beat Portland Timbers 3-1 at Avaya Stadium in a Major League Soccer regular season fixture, blowing the contest open inside the opening half-hour. The result lifted Arena's side, already sixth in the table, while Portland remain mired in 21st position after the defeat.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Preston Judd needed only four minutes to open the scoring, finishing from an Eduard Löwen assist, and the hosts never looked back. Löwen doubled the lead in the 24th minute with Beau Leroux teeing him up, before Judd added his second on 29 minutes, converting a Paul Marie assist to make it 3-0 at the break. Portland's David Pereira da Costa pulled one back in the 86th minute, assisted by E. Izoita, but it proved only a consolation.
San Jose finished with fewer touches of the ball than their visitors, managing 46 percent possession to Portland's 54, yet they were far more clinical, striking the target eight times from 13 attempts compared with Portland's six from 18. The four goals scored across the match came almost entirely inside the first half, with San Jose doing the bulk of their damage before half-time.
Preston Judd scored twice, either side of Löwen's strike, to finish with an 8.92 rating, the highest of the match. Löwen also chipped in with an assist to go alongside his own goal.
Despite having less of the ball, San Jose were the more accurate side in front of goal, landing eight shots on target from 13 attempts against Portland's six from 18.
San Jose Earthquakes beat Portland Timbers 3–1 (half-time 3–0).
San Jose Earthquakes met Portland Timbers in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 27). Kick-off was Sunday, 27 September 2026, 02:30 UTC at PayPal Park. Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez. Attendance: 15,061.
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Key moments
- 4' Goal: Preston Judd (assist: Eduard Löwen) — 1–0
- 24' Goal: Eduard Löwen (assist: Beau Leroux) — 2–0
- 29' Goal: Preston Judd (assist: Paul Marie) — 3–0
- 86' Goal: David Da Costa (assist: E. Izoita) — 3–1
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San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2)
Portland Timbers (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave San Jose Earthquakes 49%, the draw 24%, Portland Timbers 27%. It finished San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Portland Timbers.
Level sides, home ground swings it — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and Major League Soccer home advantage gives San Jose Earthquakes the lean. The draw at 24% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why San Jose Earthquakes in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1476 to 1476. Sides this close won 42.8% of 14,739 home games (draw 26.9%, visitors 30.3%). Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.1%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.1% of 5,190 games vs 44.7% across all 100,616 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 49%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Level sides split the rest: the draw at 24% and Portland Timbers at 27%.
Why the draw at 24%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 26.9%. These teams' recent games average 3.4 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.0% of 16,936. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Portland Timbers are 1 game into a new manager (Jack Cassidy), appointed 7 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. Out: Ousseni Bouda, an important player, and Ronaldo Vieira, on a provisional rating. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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