SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs COLORADO RAPIDS
AVAYA STADIUM, San Jose, Calif.
August 14, 2015 (WEEK 24, MLS Game #237)
8 p.m. PT (UniMás; UDN)
A pair of clubs needing to start to make late-season charges up the Western Conference table meet on Viernes de Fútbol as the San Jose Earthquakes play host to the Colorado Rapids at Avaya Stadium. The Quakes return home after seeing their winless run extended to six matches in a 2-1 loss at the Houston Dynamo last weekend, leaving them six points out of the final playoff position in the conference. The Rapids are a further two points back at the foot of the table, coming off back-to-back home losses after a 2-1 defeat by Columbus Crew SC at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
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- Quincy Amarikwa scored his fourth goal in the last four games – in his fifth start for the Quakes after coming over from the Chicago Fire – but still saw his club’s winless streak extended to six games in a 2-1 defeat at the Houston Dynamo on Saturday evening.
- The Rapids suffered their second consecutive home defeat on the heels of a three-game winning run, falling 2-1 to Columbus Crew SC on Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Rapids defender James Riley scored deep in stoppage time to cancel out a first-half Chris Wondolowski goal and leave the teams in a 1-1 draw, May 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
- The teams have played to draws in each of their last four meetings. The Rapids last defeated San Jose in the first meeting in the 2011 season. The Quakes have won five of the 11 meetings since, with six draws.
- The Quakes have taken points on their last six trips to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids haven’t defeated San Jose at home since the 2010 season.
REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): George Gansner; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Daniel Radford
MLS Career: 64 games; FC/gm: 23.3; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 16; pens: 28
SUSPENDED: SJ: Fatai Alashe (through Aug. 16) … COL: Axel Sjoberg (through Aug. 16)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: SJ: Fatai Alashe … COL: Sam Cronin, Lucas Pittinari, Axel Sjoberg, Jared Watts
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: Clarence Goodson, David Bingham, Shaun Francis, Jordan Stewart … COL: James Riley, Drew Moor, Bobby Burling, Kevin Doyle, Sanna Nyassi
DISABLED LIST: SJ: Steven Lenhart
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (58 meetings): Earthquakes 26 wins (1 shootout), 85 goals … Rapids 18 wins (2 shootout), 71 goals … Ties 13
AT SAN JOSE (29 meetings): Earthquakes 13 wins (1 shootout), 48 goals … Rapids 8 wins (1 shootout), 35 goals … Ties 7
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Rapids defender James Riley scored deep in stoppage time to cancel out a first-half Chris Wondolowski goal and leave the teams in a 1-1 draw, May 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
- The teams have played to draws in each of their last four meetings. The Rapids last defeated San Jose in the first meeting in the 2011 season. The Quakes have won five of the 11 meetings since, with six draws.
- The Quakes have taken points on their last six trips to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids haven’t defeated San Jose at home since the 2010 season.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. COL: P28 W11 L8 T9 … Pablo Mastroeni vs. SJ: P4 W0 L0 T4
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