Low-Block Fortress
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 10 shots blocked or saved on 38.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 38.0%
- Shots blocked
- 4
- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 0
Major League Soccer · Matchday 25San Jose Earthquakes
D. Munie 38'
1 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
Houston Dynamo
Major League Soccer
Matchday 25San Jose Earthquakes1–0Houston Dynamo
1.38
Expected goals
1.02
38′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SJE 1.38, HD 1.02.
Match report
San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Houston Dynamo
San Jose Earthquakes edged out Houston Dynamo 1-0 at PayPal Park in Major League Soccer. Munie opened the scoring for San Jose Earthquakes on 38'.
Expected goals finished San Jose Earthquakes 1.38, Houston Dynamo 1.02. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Houston Dynamo held 62.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. San Jose Earthquakes graded out for low-block fortress — 38.0% possession and 4 shots blocked. San Jose Earthquakes graded out for counter-punch — 38.0% possession and 1.38 expected goals.
Angus Gunn came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.5 for San Jose Earthquakes across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 31 fouls between them and 5 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
38%Possession62%
10Shots11
1.38xG1.02
What the numbers say
4 readsCounter-Punch
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.38 xG from 38.0% possession.
- Possession
- 38.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.38
- Opponent xG
- 1.02
Goalkeeper Rescue
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes's goalkeeper kept them in it — 6 saves against 1.02 xG, conceding just 0.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 1.02
- Conceded
- 0
Cynical Press
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 4 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 4
Timeline
Ronaldo Vieira
Foul
🟨1'
Jamar Ricketts
Argument
🟨19'
Beau Leroux
Foul
🟨19'
D. Munie — assist: B. Leroux
⚽38'
Half-time
🔄65'
H. Herrera ↑ D. Samassekou ↓
I. Harkes ↑ N. Tsakiris ↓
🔄69'
N. Fernandez ↑ B. Leroux ↓
🔄69'
🟨75'
Agustin Resch
Foul
🔄77'
M. Arana ↑ D. McGuire ↓
🔄77'
N. Markanich ↑ I. Aliyu ↓
J. Skahan ↑ E. Lowen ↓
🔄82'
L. Jovanovic ↑ O. Bouda ↓
🔄82'
🔄84'
F. Negri ↑ Felipe Andrade ↓
Benjamin Kikanović
Persistent fouling
🟨90'
Match info
Kickoff
VenuePayPal Park, San Jose
RefereeRosendo Mendoza, USA
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 25
StatusMatch Finished