SAN JOSE — The San Jose Earthquakes took care of enterprise on the ultimate day of the common season, however with their playoff destiny out of their very own arms, in the end, it didn’t matter.
The Quakes broke by way of with a pair of late targets to drag out a 2-1 win over Austin FC on Saturday. The opposite outcomes they’d have wanted to assert the Western Convention’s last playoff seed on Main League Soccer’s “Decision Day,” nonetheless, didn’t go their manner.
San Jose wanted to win its match and trusted three different outcomes. FC Dallas beat Vancouver and Actual Salt Lake tied St. Louis, locking the Quakes out of the postseason regardless of getting the wanted draw from Colorado in opposition to LAFC. They wanted one loss from FC Dallas or Actual Salt Lake.
The Earthquakes gamers watched from the sector as their destiny was sealed with the ultimate seven minutes of the RSL-St. Louis match airing on the jumbotron.
For a lot of the match at PayPal Park, it didn’t seem that scoreboard watching can be a worthwhile exercise.
The Quakes dominated possession and owned benefits in most statistical classes. They outshot Austin 10-2 and held possession for greater than 60% of the sport. However they missed their first eight photographs on objective — and first 24 whole makes an attempt — earlier than Josef Martinez headed their first objective previous Austin keeper Brad Stuver within the seventy fifth minute.
Martinez’s objective tied the rating at 1, and Niko Tsakiris put them forward 2-1 simply 2 minutes afterward a free kick paying homage to the one he made within the U20 World Cup.
Austin FC tried just one shot on objective within the first half, however the right-footer from Owen Wolff gave Austin a 1-0 lead within the twenty second minute.
In Bruce Area’s first season on the helm, San Jose clearly corrected course from final yr’s last-place end however pale down the stretch, costing them a return to the postseason for the primary time since 2023. The Earthquakes misplaced 4 of their last six matches to complete 10-15-8, two factors shy of the playoffs.
Initially Revealed: October 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM PDT
