San Jose shuts out Seattle 1-0 on Espinoza's lone goal
Cristian Espinoza recorded the only goal of the match in the 45th minute and the San Jose Earthquakes blanked the Seattle Sounders 1-0 Saturday.
MLS
FT
Saturday, July 31, 2021
| 1st | 2nd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Match Report
Team Stats
16
Fouls
17
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
1
34.8
Possession
65.2
5
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
222
Accurate Passes
473
307
Passes
563
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.0
59
Long Balls
60
29
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
15
14
Tackles
21
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
11
27
Effective Clearances
12
27
Clearances
12
Head to Head
SEA leads series 3-0-2
Lineups
SEA · 5-4-1
- 30Stefan ClevelandG
- 3Xavier ArreagaCD
- 27Shane O'NeillCD-L
- 28Yeimar GómezCD-R
- 94Jimmy MedrandaLB
- 16Alex RoldanRB
- 84Joshua AtencioCM-L
- 6João PauloCM-R
- 21Reed Baker-WhitingLM
- 22Kelyn RoweRM
- 9Raúl RuidíazF
Substitutes
- 17Will BruinSUB
- 26Andy ThomasSUB
- 12Fredy MonteroSUB
- 75Daniel LeyvaSUB
- 45Ethan DobbelaereSUB
- 18Spencer RicheySUB
- 35Alex VillanuevaSUB
- 73Obed VargasSUB
SJ · 3-4-3
- 1JT MarcinkowskiG
- 4Oswaldo AlanísCD
- 15Tanner BeasonCD-L
- 13Nathan CardosoCD-R
- 23Florian JungwirthCM-L
- 93JudsonCM-R
- 6Shea SalinasLM
- 2Luciano AbecasisRM
- 9Javier LópezF
- 44Cade CowellCF-L
- 10Cristian EspinozaCF-R
Substitutes
- 17Daniel VegaSUB
- 25Andrés RíosSUB
- 19Siad HajiSUB
- 3Paul MarieSUB
- 16Jack SkahanSUB
- 27Marcos LópezSUB
- 8Chris WondolowskiSUB
- 5Eric RemediSUB
Timeline
- 31' Jimmy Medranda (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1' Goal! Seattle Sounders FC 0, San Jose Earthquakes 1. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Jungwirth with a headed pass.
- 49' Luciano Abecasis (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53' João Paulo (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 55' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Fredy Montero replaces Reed Baker-Whiting.
- 62' Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Marcos López replaces Cade Cowell.
- 70' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Danny Leyva replaces Shane O'Neill.
- 71' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Chris Wondolowski replaces Javier López.
- 83' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Alex Villanueva replaces Jimmy Medranda.
- 83' Substitution, Seattle Sounders FC. Will Bruin replaces Kelyn Rowe.
- 86' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Andrés Ríos replaces Luciano Abecasis.
- 86' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Eric Remedi replaces Shea Salinas.
- 90'+3' Joshua Atencio (Seattle Sounders FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4' Nathan (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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