SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
AVAYA STADIUM, San Jose, Calif.
April 11, 2015 (WEEK 6, MLS Game #53)
10:30 p.m. ET (TSN2, CSN-California, MLS LIVE)
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A high-powered matchup in the Western Conference is ahead on Saturday evening when the San Jose Earthquakes play host to Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Avaya Stadium. The Quakes saw their two-game winning streak come to an end with their first loss in their new home last weekend, a 1-0 defeat by Real Salt Lake. Whitecaps FC lead the West and the MLS overall table, now undefeated in their last five matches following a 2-2 home with Columbus Crew SC on Wednesday evening at BC Place.
- The Quakes lost for the first time in their new Avaya Stadium home, suffering their second consecutive loss in their 1-0 defeat by Real Salt Lake on Sunday afternoon.
- Whitecaps FC are looking to win three consecutive away matches for the first time in the club’s MLS history with their visit to San Jose. They have won back-to-back road games on three occasions, including the wins at Chicago and Orlando City this season.
- Whitecaps FC have an eight-game undefeated streak alive vs. the Earthquakes over the last three seasons. Since a 3-1 San Jose victory on April 7, 2012 at Buck Shaw Stadium, the ‘Caps have won five meetings with three draws.
- The away team has never won in the all-time series. Whitecaps FC have come away with draws on four of their five visits to San Jose; the Quakes have lost on each of their last five visits to Vancouver, including both meetings at BC Place a season ago.
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REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic. AR1 (bench): Mike Rottersman; AR2 (opposite): Felisha Mariscal; 4th: Daniel Radford
MLS Career: 83 games; FC/gm: 22.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 18; pens: 13
SUSPENDED: SJ: Innocent Emeghara (through April 12)
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: VAN: Gershon Koffie, Kendall Waston
DISABLED LIST: VAN: Andre Lewis
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Earthquakes 1 win, 11 goals … Whitecaps FC 5 wins, 16 goals … Ties 5
AT SAN JOSE (5 meetings): Earthquakes 1 win, 6 goals … Whitecaps FC 0 wins, 4 goals … Ties 4
RETURN MATCHES: 7/26: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 4 p.m. PT; 10/3: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 7:30 p.m. PT
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