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San Jose Earthquakes
Major League Soccer
May 19, 2024 at 3.30am UK
Stanford Stadium
Orlando City

Earthquakes
0 - 1
Orlando City


Costa (70'), Espinoza (90+5')
FT(HT: 0-0)
Lynn (89')

Preview: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Orlando City - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between San Jose Earthquakes and Orlando City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Round 14 of the 2023-24 Major League Soccer season sees San Jose Earthquakes entertain the challenge of Orlando City at PayPal Park on Sunday.

Both teams will be keen to get back to winning ways this weekend after neither managed to come away with maximum points last time out.


Match preview

San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Cristian Espinoza© Reuters

San Jose were beaten for the first time in five games across all competitions as they suffered a 4-2 defeat against Portland Timbers at Providence Park on Thursday.

Amahl Pellegrino and Hernan Lopez struck before the interval to put Luchi Gonzalez's men in the driving seat after which a Jonathan Rodriguez second-half double and penalties from Evander and Felipe Mora turned the game on its head.

Consequently, the Goonies remain bottom of the Western Conference of the MLS table and will be keen to shake off what has been a rocky start to the season so far

Next up is the task of facing off against an opposing outfit who have been beaten in only one of the previous six editions of this fixture dating back to 2015.

Off the back of victories in three of their last four games on home turf, Sunday's hosts will back themselves to get the job done in front of their fans once again.

Orlando City head coach Oscar Pareja looks on on March 3, 2024© Reuters

Orlando City played out a goalless stalemate against league leaders Inter Miami when the teams went head-to-head at the Exploria Stadium on Thursday.

Despite seeing less of the ball, Oscar Pareja's men still managed to muster more attempts at goal but were unable to find that all-important winning strike.

With 13 points picked up from 12 matches this term, the Lions sit 11th in the Eastern Conference standings, albeit just one point shy of playoff contention.

Having netted eight times across their last three outings on the road, Sunday's visitors will be looking to put on another attacking masterclass away from home here.

San Jose Earthquakes Major League Soccer form:

Orlando City Major League Soccer form:


Team News

San Jose's JT Marcinkowski and Daniel Britto are ruled out through knee and thigh injuries respectively, while Bruno Valdez misses out through suspension.

Twenty-two-year-old Jamar Ricketts is also out of contention for this weekend's visitors as he continues to battle with a damaged ankle.

Orlando City duo Ramiro Enrique and Robin Jansson are ruled out through ankle injuries, but the former is closing in on a return to action.

Mikey Halliday (knee) and Tahir Reid-Brown (thigh) also miss out for the home side, who are preparing to be without the suspended Cesar Araujo.


San Jose Earthquakes possible starting lineup:
Yarbrough; Costa, Beason, Rodrigues, Akapo; Tsakiris, Gruezo; Pellegrino, Lopez, Espinoza; Ebobisse

Orlando City possible starting lineup:
Gallese; Brekalo, Cartagena, Schlegel; Torres, Lodeiro, Smith, Angulo; Ojeda, McGuire, Muriel


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We say: San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 Orlando City

Meetings between San Jose and Orlando have often yielded plenty of goals, and we expect this weekend's clash to be no different. Having said that, we can also see the teams cancelling each other out to settle for a point apiece in the end.


For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.


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Eastern Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Inter MiamiInter Miami34228479493074
2Columbus Crew34199672403266
3FC CincinnatiCincinnati341851158481059
4Orlando City34157125950952
5Charlotte FCCharlotte FC34149114637951
6New York City FCNY City34148125449550
7New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls34111495550547
8CF MontrealMontreal341110134864-1643
9Atlanta UnitedAtlanta341010144649-340
10DC United341010145270-1840
11Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia34910156255737
12Toronto34114194061-2137
13Nashville SCNashville3499163854-1636
14New England RevolutionNew England3494213774-3731
15Chicago Fire3479184062-2230

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Los Angeles FCLos Angeles34197863432064
2Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy34197869501964
3Real Salt LakeSalt Lake341611765481759
4Seattle SoundersSeattle34169951351657
5Houston DynamoHouston34159104739854
6Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd34157125849952
7Colorado RapidsColorado34155146160150
8Portland TimbersPortland341211116556947
9Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver34138135249347
10Austin FCAustin34119143948-942
11Dallas34118155456-241
12St Louis City34813135063-1337
13Sporting Kansas CityKansas3487195166-1531
14San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes3463254178-3721


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