MLS

San Jose Earthquakes vs Vancouver Whitecaps, 2024 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
San Jose Earthquakes
    FT
    0 - 2
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    • 74': Alessandro Schöpf
    • 86': Ali Ahmed

    Whitecaps blank Earthquakes for first win of season

    Reserves Alessandro Schopf and Ali Ahmed scored late in the second half as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated the host San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 on Saturday night.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 2': Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 5': Carlos Gruezo (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 5': Foul by Damir Kreilach (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 6': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Brian White is caught offside.
    • 9': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Vítor Costa.
    • 9': Foul by Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 9': Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Pedro Vite.
    • 14': Foul by Tristan Blackmon (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 14': Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Attempt saved. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 15': Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Foul by Bruno Wilson (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 16': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Pedro Vite.
    • 17': Foul by Bruno Wilson (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 17': Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Bruno Wilson (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 20': Foul by Carlos Gruezo (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 20': Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Foul by Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 21': Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Attempt blocked. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amahl Pellegrino.
    • 23': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ranko Veselinovic.
    • 25': Foul by Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 25': Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 27': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Andrés Cubas.
    • 34': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Paul Marie.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Damir Kreilach (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross.
    • 35': Foul by Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 35': Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 39': Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Carlos Gruezo (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Skahan.
    • 42': Bruno Wilson (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Damir Kreilach (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 44': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ranko Veselinovic.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0.
    • 45': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Alfredo Morales replaces Jack Skahan.
    • 46': Alfredo Morales (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 46': Foul by Damir Kreilach (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 47': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Luís Martins.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jackson Yueill with a cross following a corner.
    • 49': Offside, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Brian White is caught offside.
    • 51': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 51': Jeremy Ebobisse (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Amahl Pellegrino with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Amahl Pellegrino (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodrigues with a headed pass.
    • 53': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Yohei Takaoka.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Amahl Pellegrino (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jackson Yueill following a corner.
    • 54': Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Vite (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 56': Foul by Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 56': Javain Brown (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a through ball.
    • 60': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Rodrigues.
    • 62': Damir Kreilach (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Bruno Wilson (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 62': Bruno Wilson (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 62': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ali Ahmed replaces Luís Martins.
    • 63': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Fafá Picault replaces Damir Kreilach.
    • 66': Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Foul by Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Marie with a cross.
    • 69': Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 70': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Preston Judd replaces Jeremy Ebobisse.
    • 70': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ryan Raposo replaces Javain Brown.
    • 71': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Alessandro Schöpf replaces Pedro Vite.
    • 71': Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 71': Foul by Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 72': Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Foul by Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 72': Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Vítor Costa.
    • 74': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Carlos Gruezo.
    • 74': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1. Alessandro Schöpf (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Gauld following a fast break.
    • 76': Foul by Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 76': Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 77': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamin Kikanovic replaces Carlos Gruezo.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gauld.
    • 79': Alfredo Morales (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 79': Foul by Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 80': Alfredo Morales (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
    • 80': Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card.
    • 82': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Sebastian Berhalter replaces Brian White.
    • 85': Hand ball by Alfredo Morales (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 85': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Tommy Thompson replaces Paul Marie.
    • 85': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ousseni Bouda replaces Amahl Pellegrino.
    • 86': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ranko Veselinovic.
    • 87': Hand ball by Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Schöpf with a through ball.
    • 89': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Benjamin Kikanovic.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+2': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ranko Veselinovic.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 90'+3': Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+4': Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes).
    • 90'+5': Hand ball by Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
    • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2.
    • 0': Match ends, San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 14
    1 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    6 Corner Kicks 8
    2 Saves 1
    39.4 Possession 60.6
    8 SHOTS 9
    4 ON GOAL 2
    0.5 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    307 Accurate Passes 500
    390 Passes 590
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 6
    12 Crosses 26
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    62 Long Balls 49
    30 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    14 Effective Tackles 5
    19 Tackles 10
    0.7 Tackle % 0.5
    13 Interceptions 3
    26 Effective Clearances 16
    26 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: PayPal Park
    Location: San Jose, California, USA
    Attendance: 16,045

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    42 Daniel (GK)
    26 Rodrigues
    4 Bruno Wilson Yellow Card
    94 Vítor Costa
    3 Paul Marie
    16 Jack Skahan
    14 Jackson Yueill
    7 Carlos Gruezo
    11 Jeremy Ebobisse
    9 Amahl Pellegrino
    10 Cristian Espinoza
    San Jose Earthquakes Substitutes:
    Preston Judd, William Yarbrough, Alfredo Morales, Ousseni Bouda, Benjamin Kikanovic, Tanner Beason, Michael Baldisimo, Tommy Thompson, Daniel Munie.

    VAN Vancouver Whitecaps (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Yohei Takaoka (GK)
    4 Ranko Veselinovic
    6 Tristan Blackmon
    2 Mathías Laborda
    20 Adrián Cubas
    45 Pedro Vite
    14 Luís Martins
    23 Javain Brown
    19 Damir Kreilach
    25 Ryan Gauld
    24 Brian White
    Vancouver Whitecaps Substitutes:
    Fafà Picault, Ryan Raposo, Bjørn Inge Utvik, Levonte Johnson, Alessandro Schöpf, Sebastian Berhalter, Belal Halbouni, Ali Ahmed, Isaac Boehmer.

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