San Jose Earthquakes vs LAFC, 2025 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

18': Preston Judd
90': Sergi Palencia (OG)

FT
2 - 4

LAFC

1': Son Heung-Min
9': Denis Bouanga
12': Denis Bouanga
87': Denis Bouanga

Son scores in first minute as LAFC beats San Jose Earthquakes

Son Heung-Min #7 of the Los Angeles FC celebrates his team's first goal with Denis Bouanga #99 against the San Jose Earthquakes in the first half at Levi's Stadium
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Denis Bouanga finished with a hat trick after Son Heung-Min scored in the first minute and LAFC beat the San Jose Earthquakes 4-2 at Levi Stadium.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Son Heung-Min (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Artem Smoliakov.
4': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Artem Smoliakov.
7': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
7': Attempt blocked. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
7': Attempt blocked. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
9': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
12': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Los Angeles Football Club 3. Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergi Palencia.
15': Foul by Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes).
15': Son Heung-Min (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Vítor Costa.
16': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
16': Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
16': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes).
18': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 3. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
21': (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes).
21': Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
22': Foul by Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club).
22': Rodrigues (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
27': Artem Smoliakov (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Beau Leroux (San Jose Earthquakes).
28': Attempt blocked. Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
29': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Denis Bouanga is caught offside.
30': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Sergi Palencia.
30': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
31': Attempt blocked. Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
32': Beau Leroux (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
32': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
33': Attempt saved. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club).
33': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
42': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Artem Smoliakov.
42': Attempt blocked. Ian Harkes (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza.
45': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Daniel Munie.
45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
45'+3': Delay in match (San Jose Earthquakes).
45'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+3': Attempt blocked. Ian Harkes (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ronaldo Vieira.
45'+3': Attempt blocked. Ian Harkes (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+4': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Nkosi Tafari.
45'+4': Attempt missed. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
45'+5': First Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 3.
45': Second Half begins San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 3.
47': Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Timothy Tillman.
47': Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
47': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
50': Foul by Daniel Munie (San Jose Earthquakes).
50': Mathieu Choinière (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes).
51': Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club).
52': Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes).
52': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
56': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Mathieu Choinière.
56': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Son Heung-Min.
57': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes).
57': Son Heung-Min (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57': Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club).
59': Attempt missed. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza following a set piece situation.
59': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamin Kikanovic replaces Rodrigues.
60': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ousseni Bouda replaces Beau Leroux.
62': Attempt missed. Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
63': Foul by Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes).
63': Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes).
63': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Denis Bouanga is caught offside.
66': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Josef Martínez replaces Preston Judd.
67': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club).
67': Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
67': Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Attempt missed. Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vítor Costa.
71': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ryan Hollingshead replaces Artem Smoliakov.
72': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Andrew Moran replaces Timothy Tillman.
74': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
74': Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Attempt saved. Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel (San Jose Earthquakes). Assisted by Andrew Moran with a through ball.
75': Dave Romney (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
76': Foul by Andrew Moran (Los Angeles Football Club).
76': Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes).
77': Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
77': Dave Romney (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club).
79': Attempt saved. Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Daniel (San Jose Earthquakes). Assisted by Mathieu Choinière.
80': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. David Martínez replaces Son Heung-Min.
81': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Jamar Ricketts replaces Vítor Costa.
81': Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Noel Buck replaces Ian Harkes.
81': Attempt missed. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
82': Foul by Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club).
82': Josef Martínez (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Attempt saved. Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Cristian Espinoza.
83': Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
83': Attempt saved. Josef Martínez (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
85': Delay in match because of an injury Andrew Moran (Los Angeles Football Club).
85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
86': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Frankie Amaya replaces Mark Delgado.
87': Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 4. Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergi Palencia.
89': Attempt missed. Josef Martínez (San Jose Earthquakes) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Kikanovic with a cross.
89': Attempt blocked. Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Dave Romney with a cross.
90': Foul by Nkosi Tafari (Los Angeles Football Club).
90': Josef Martínez (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90': Own Goal by Sergi Palencia, Los Angeles Football Club. San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 4.
90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Attempt blocked. Cristian Arango (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Kikanovic.
90'+3': Foul by Andrew Moran (Los Angeles Football Club).
90'+3': Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Cristian Espinoza (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Kikanovic with a headed pass.
90'+5': Second Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 4.
0': Match ends, San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 4.

Statistics

LAFC		SJ
14	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	11
3	Saves	2
34.4	Possession	65.6
8	SHOTS	19
6	ON GOAL	4
0.8	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
262	Accurate Passes	566
353	Passes	649
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	10
4	Crosses	37
0.0	Cross %	0.3
59	Long Balls	39
19	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.3	Long Balls %	0.7
1	Blocked Shots	8
24	Effective Tackles	9
36	Tackles	12
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
8	Interceptions	7
27	Effective Clearances	10
27	Clearances	10

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Levi's Stadium
Location: Santa Clara, California, USA
Attendance: 50,978

MLS Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	San Diego FC	34	+23	63
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	34	+28	63
3	LAFC	34	+25	60
4	Minnesota United FC	34	+17	58

Full Table

Line-Ups

San Jose Earthquakes (4-3-3)

No.	Name
42	Daniel (GK)
12	Dave Romney
5	Daniel Munie
94	Vítor Costa
26	Rodrigues
37	Ronaldo Vieira
6	Ian Harkes
34	Beau Leroux
19	Preston Judd
9	Cristian Arango
10	Cristian Espinoza

San Jose Earthquakes Substitutes:

Josef Martínez, Max Floriani, Noel Buck, Bruno Wilson, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Jamar Ricketts, Ousseni Bouda, Earl Edwards, Benjamin Kikanovic.

LAFC (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Hugo Lloris (GK)
91	Nkosi Tafari
4	Eddie Segura
5	Ryan Porteous
29	Artem Smolyakov
14	Sergi Palencia
66	Mathieu Choinière
8	Mark Delgado
11	Timothy Tillman
7	Son Heung-Min
99	Denis Bouanga

LAFC Substitutes:

Ryan Raposo, David Martínez, Frankie Amaya, Kenny Nielsen, Ryan Hollingshead, Adrian Wibowo, Thomas Hasal, Andy Moran, Yaw Yeboah.

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