Down To Ten
San Diego
San Diego played the closing 10 minutes a man down after a 80′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 80′
- Player
- CJ Dos Santos
Major League Soccer · Matchday 24San Diego
A. Dreyer 42'
C. Bakambu 90'
2 – 3
FT
HT 1–3
San Jose Earthquakes
N. Tsakiris 3'
Niko Tsakiris 8'
P. Judd 12'
O. Bouda 35'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 24San Diego2–3San Jose Earthquakes
1.94
Expected goals
2.16
3′8′12′35′42′80′90′92′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SD 1.94, SJE 2.16.
Match report
San Diego 2-3 San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes edged out San Diego 3-2 at Snapdragon Stadium in Major League Soccer. Tsakiris opened the scoring for San Jose Earthquakes on 3', Judd made it 2-0 to San Jose Earthquakes on 12', Bouda made it 3-0 to San Jose Earthquakes on 35', Dreyer pulled one back for San Diego on 42' and Bakambu pulled one back for San Diego on 90' from the penalty spot.
Expected goals finished San Diego 1.94, San Jose Earthquakes 2.16. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more.
The game turned on a dismissal: Santos was sent off on 80', leaving San Diego 10 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. San Diego graded out for box occupation — 8 of 10 shots in the box and 0.19 xg per shot. San Jose Earthquakes graded out for cynical press — 17 fouls and 6 yellow cards.
Anders Dreyer came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for San Diego from 1 goal, 4 key passes and 2 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 10 yellow cards, with San Jose Earthquakes conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
53%Possession47%
10Shots11
1.94xG2.16
What the numbers say
5 readsBox Occupation
San Diego
San Diego kept getting bodies into the area — 80% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 8 of 10
- Share
- 80%
- xG per shot
- 0.19
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — San Diego scored on 90′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 90′
Cynical Press
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 6 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 6
- Red cards
- 1
Timeline
⚽3'
N. Tsakiris — assist: B. Leroux
📺6'
Preston Judd · Penalty confirmed
CJ Dos Santos
Foul
🟨6'
CJ Dos Santos · Red card cancelled
📺6'
⚽8'
Niko Tsakiris (Pen)
⚽12'
P. Judd — assist: N. Tsakiris
🟨13'
Preston Judd
Christopher McVey
Foul
🟨18'
🔄30'
O. Bouda ↑ P. Judd ↓
⚽35'
O. Bouda — assist: N. Tsakiris
🟨37'
Ousseni Bouda
Time wasting
A. Dreyer — assist: O. Valakari
⚽42'
A. Pellegrino ↑ Gabriel Pirani ↓
🔄45+2'
🟨45+3'
Beau Leroux
Foul
Half-time
K. Sargeant ↑ D. Thorhallsson ↓
🔄46'
A. Alvarado Jr ↑ A. Godoy ↓
🔄46'
🔄46'
M. Floriani ↑ R. Roberts ↓
🔄46'
E. Lowen ↑ L. Jovanovic ↓
Jeppe Tverskov
Argument
🟨52'
🔄67'
B. Kikanovic ↑ J. Jasinski ↓
🔄67'
R. Vieira ↑ B. Leroux ↓
C. Bakambu ↑ O. Valakari ↓
🔄68'
🟨75'
Max Floriani
Foul
CJ Dos Santos
Foul
🟨80'
CJ Dos Santos
Foul
🟥80'
D. Ferree ↑ Unknown ↓
🔄82'
Cédric Bakambu · Penalty confirmed
📺88'
C. Bakambu (Pen)
⚽90'
🟥90+2'
Max Floriani
Foul
🟨90+2'
Max Floriani
Foul
🟨90+5'
Ronaldo Vieira
Argument
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSnapdragon Stadium, San Diego
RefereeAlexis Da Silva, USA
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 24
StatusMatch Finished