MLS

San Jose Earthquakes vs LAFC, 2022 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
San Jose Earthquakes
  • 14': Benjamin Kikanovic
  • 77': Cade Cowell
FT
2 - 1
LAFC
  • 54': Kwadwo Opoku
  • Red Card 79': Ilie Sánchez

Cowell scores, Earthquakes win 2-1 over Los Angeles FC

— Cade Cowell’s goal was pivotal for the San Jose Earthquakes in a 2-1 win against Los Angeles FC on Saturday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Jackson Yueill.
  • 13': Foul by Jamiro Monteiro (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 13': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0. Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tommy Thompson.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead with a headed pass.
  • 18': Foul by Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 18': Franco Escobar (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 19': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Diego Palacios.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
  • 19': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Jhegson Méndez.
  • 21': Delay in match because of an injury Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 25': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ryan Hollingshead.
  • 28': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Tanner Beason.
  • 30': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 30': Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 30': Foul by Nathan (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 31': Nathan (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 32': Foul by Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 32': Ján Gregus (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 33': Jamiro Monteiro (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 34': Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Latif Blessing.
  • 39': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 39': Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 39': Attempt blocked. Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamiro Monteiro.
  • 40': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead.
  • 41': Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 41': Foul by Sebastien Ibeagha (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 42': Sebastien Ibeagha (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Foul by Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 44': Jhegson Méndez (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Jhegson Méndez (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta.
  • 45': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Kellyn Acosta tries a through ball, but Cristian Arango is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Franco Escobar (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
  • 46': Foul by Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 46': Tanner Beason (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Nathan (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross following a corner.
  • 49': Foul by Jhegson Méndez (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 49': Jamiro Monteiro (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jackson Yueill.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamiro Monteiro.
  • 54': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a through ball.
  • 56': Foul by Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 56': Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 58': Jhegson Méndez (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 58': Jamiro Monteiro (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Foul by Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 59': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Foul by Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 60': Franco Escobar (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 60': Benjamin Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club) with an attempt from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a cross.
  • 61': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Nathan.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
  • 64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ilie Sánchez replaces Latif Blessing.
  • 64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Carlos Vela replaces Ryan Hollingshead.
  • 64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. José Cifuentes replaces Jhegson Méndez.
  • 65': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by James Marcinkowski.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Sebastien Ibeagha (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Murillo with a headed pass following a corner.
  • 67': Foul by Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 67': Nathan (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
  • 67': Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ilie Sánchez.
  • 69': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Cade Cowell replaces Benjamin Kikanovic.
  • 69': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Eric Remedi replaces Ján Gregus.
  • 70': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Sebastien Ibeagha.
  • 70': Hand ball by Nathan (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 71': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
  • 73': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. José Cifuentes tries a through ball, but Kwadwo Opoku is caught offside.
  • 73': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 74': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 74': Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ilie Sánchez.
  • 75': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Gareth Bale replaces Kwadwo Opoku.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 77': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tommy Thompson with a cross.
  • 79': Foul by Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 79': Jamiro Monteiro (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Second yellow card to Ilie Sánchez (Los Angeles Football Club) for a bad foul.
  • 81': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Sebastien Ibeagha.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 81': Offside, San Jose Earthquakes. Eric Remedi tries a through ball, but Jeremy Ebobisse is caught offside.
  • 82': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by José Cifuentes.
  • 83': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Diego Palacios.
  • 84': Foul by Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 84': Sebastien Ibeagha (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 85': Jamiro Monteiro (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 86': José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Eddie Segura replaces Franco Escobar.
  • 88': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Tanner Beason.
  • 89': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 89': Jamiro Monteiro (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes).
  • 90'+1': Gareth Bale (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cade Cowell with a through ball.
  • 90'+3': Eric Remedi (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 90'+5': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 90'+6': Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
  • 0': Match ends, San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1.

Statistics

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0 Fouls 0
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 0
0 Saves 0
0 Possession 0
0 SHOTS 0
0 ON GOAL 0
0.0 On Target % 0.0
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
0 Blocked Shots 0
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: PayPal Park
Location: San Jose, California, USA
Attendance: 18,000

MLS Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 LAFC 4 +8 12
2 San Diego FC 4 +8 10
3 Vancouver Whitecaps 3 +7 9
4 San Jose Earthquakes 3 +6 9
Full Table

Line-Ups

SJ San Jose Earthquakes (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 JT Marcinkowski (GK)
15 Tanner Beason
13 Nathan Cardoso Yellow Card
3 Paul Marie
22 Tommy Thompson
35 Jamiro Monteiro
14 Jackson Yueill
17 Jan Gregus
11 Jeremy Ebobisse
28 Benjamin Kikanovic
10 Cristian Espinoza
San Jose Earthquakes Substitutes:
Jack Skahan, Eric Remedi, Ousseni Bouda, Matt Bersano, Judson, Cade Cowell, Shea Salinas, Niko Tsakiris, Oskar Ågren.

LAFC LAFC (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Maxime Crépeau (GK)
25 Sebastien Ibeagha Yellow Card
3 Jesús Murillo
12 Diego Palacios
2 Franco Escobar
23 Kellyn Acosta
32 Jhegson Méndez
24 Ryan Hollingshead
9 Cristian Arango Yellow Card
22 Kwadwo Opoku
7 Latif Blessing
LAFC Substitutes:
Gareth Bale, Daniel Trejo, Eddie Segura, Ilie Sánchez, Carlos Vela, José Cifuentes, Brian Rodríguez, John McCarthy.

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