SAN JOSE – The primary residence win in additional than three months has the San Jose Earthquakes again in playoff place.
Preston Judd scored 4 minutes into further time because the Quakes took benefit of an early pink card on Vancouver to win 2-1 Saturday night time at PayPal Park.
The Quakes (8-10-8) hadn’t gained at residence in league play since Could 3, however they got a golden alternative when Whitecaps proper again Edier Ocampo acquired two yellow playing cards in seven minutes.
Ocampo bloodied left midfielder Vitor Costa within the twentieth minute on a challenged header, after which pulled Costa down simply outdoors the field within the twenty seventh minute to get despatched off.
Cristian Arango #9 of the San Jose Earthquakes lies injured on the pitch towards the Vancouver Whitecaps within the first half at PayPal Park on Aug. 09, 2025 in San Jose, California. (Photograph by Eakin Howard/Getty Photos)
Costa additionally drew a foul on Tristan Blackmon to earn a penalty kick early within the second half. Josef Martinez’s penalty kick went in off the left publish to offer him 127 MLS objectives, second amongst lively gamers (Kei Kamara, 147) and sixth all-time, 44 behind all-time chief and membership legend Chris Wondolowski.
However Vancouver (13-6-6), second within the Western Convention, tied the sport within the 88th minute when captain Bryan White bought round Bruno Wilson and beat Daniel to the far publish.
With 11 minutes of additional time within the second half, the Quakes took benefit.
Jamar Ricketts’ cross was put again into the field by DeJuan Jones and hammered in by Judd to snap a six-match winless streak for the Quakes, who have been coming off a two-week layoff.
The win pushed the Quakes (32 factors) from tenth to eighth within the Western Convention standings, forward of Actual Salt Lake (31) and Colorado (30). Seattle (34) sits in seventh. The highest seven groups will routinely qualify for the playoffs, whereas the eighth-place crew hosts the ninth-place crew in a one-game wild card match to finish the sphere.
The factors are much more important for the Quakes contemplating their closing schedule. Six of their remaining eight video games are towards the highest seven groups within the convention, together with a home-and-home with conference-leader San Diego and a return sport at Vancouver.
Initially Printed: August 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM PDT
