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San Diego vs San Jose: match report
San Diego FC hosted San Jose Earthquakes at Snapdragon Stadium on Thursday 10 September 2026, in the MLS. Alexis Da Silva is the referee, averaging 4.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2.
Result and scorers
San Diego 2-3 San Jose. Goals: Niko Tsakiris 3' for San Jose; Preston Judd 12' for San Jose; Ousseni Bouda 35' for San Jose; Anders Dreyer 42' for San Diego; Cédric Bakambu 90'+4' (pen) for San Diego.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 3' Goal: Niko Tsakiris (San Jose) 0-1
- 6' Yellow card: CJ dos Santos (San Diego)
- 8' Missed penalty: Niko Tsakiris (San Jose)
- 12' Goal: Preston Judd (San Jose) 0-2
- 12' Yellow card: Preston Judd (San Jose)
- 18' Yellow card: Christopher McVey (San Diego)
- 35' Goal: Ousseni Bouda (San Jose) 0-3
- 37' Yellow card: Ousseni Bouda (San Jose)
- 42' Goal: Anders Dreyer (San Diego) 1-3
- 45'+3' Yellow card: Beau Leroux (San Jose)
- 52' Yellow card: Jeppe Tverskov (San Diego)
- 75' Yellow card: Max Floriani (San Jose)
- 81' Second yellow: CJ dos Santos (San Diego)
- 90'+2' Second yellow: Max Floriani (San Jose)
- 90'+4' Penalty: Cédric Bakambu (San Diego) 2-3
- 90'+5' Yellow card: Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 53.3% | Possession | 46.7% |
| 10 | Shots | 11 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 6 |
| 1 | Corners | 3 |
| 12 | Fouls | 17 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 1 | Red cards | 1 |
Line-ups
San Diego 4-3-3
Coach: Mikey Varas
- 1 Carlos Dos Santos GK
- 33 Oscar Verhoeven DEF
- 26 Manu Duah DEF
- 97 Christopher McVey DEF
- 3 Dagur Thórhallsson DEF
- 20 Aníbal Godoy MID
- 6 Jeppe Tverskov MID
- 12 Gabriel Pirani MID
- 10 Anders Dreyer FWD
- 8 Onni Valakari MID
- 99 Elias Achouri MID
Bench
- 5 Kieran Sargeant DEF
- 70 Alejandro Alvarado MID
- 90 Amahl Pellegrino FWD
- 94 Cédric Bakambu FWD
- 18 Duran Ferree GK
- 21 Bryce Duke DEF
- 32 Ian Murphy DEF
- 19 David Vazquez MID
- 14 Bryan Zamblé FWD
San Jose 3-4-2-1
Coach: Bruce Arena
- 1 Angus Gunn GK
- 5 Daniel Munie DEF
- 4 David Romney DEF
- 18 Reid Roberts DEF
- 17 Jack Jasinski DEF
- 6 Ian Harkes MID
- 34 Beau Leroux MID
- 87 Vítor Costa DEF
- 10 Niko Tsakiris MID
- 9 Luka Jovanović FWD
- 19 Preston Judd FWD
Bench
- 7 Ousseni Bouda FWD
- 25 Max Floriani DEF
- 23 Eduard Löwen MID
- 14 Ronaldo Vieira MID
- 28 Benji Kikanović DEF
- 31 Francesco Montali GK
- 2 Jamar Ricketts DEF
- 20 Nick Fernandez MID
- 16 Jack Skahan FWD
Previous meetings
- Sunday 5 April 2026: San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 San Diego FC
- Sunday 28 September 2025: San Diego FC 0-1 San Jose Earthquakes
- Sunday 17 August 2025: San Jose Earthquakes 1-2 San Diego FC