{"id":315543,"date":"2026-05-14T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315543\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:44:44","slug":"seavsj-101-preview-all-you-need-to-know-when-the-sounders-host-the-san-jose-earthquakes-pres-by-ticketmaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315543\/","title":{"rendered":"SEAvSJ 101 Preview: All you need to know when the Sounders host the San Jose Earthquakes, pres. by Ticketmaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Sounders are hosting the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday in their second of two meetings in the regular season. Here is everything you need to know:<\/p>\n<p>WHEN AND WHERE: Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. PT at Lumen Field (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/event\/0F006383ED599A47?brand=fcsounders&amp;artistid=1292961&amp;landing=s&amp;wt.mc_id=MLS_TEAM_SEA_SGT_PG_GM6&amp;utm_source=page-schedule-release&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=smt-sj&amp;utm_content=static\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TICKETS<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>WHERE TO WATCH: The match will be available to watch on <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/seattle-sounders-fc-vs-san-jose-earthquakes\/umc.cse.58w2by3b0nk6t46y0rvf1u5w4?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.4000%2Ctvs.sbd.7000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WHERE TO LISTEN: The match will air on 93.3 KJR FM and in Spanish on El Rey 1360AM.<\/p>\n<p>2026 MLS STANDINGS: Sounders: 6-1-3 (21 points, 4th West), Earthquakes: 9-1-2 (29 points, 1st West)<\/p>\n<p>FORM GUIDE (all competitions, most recent first): Seattle: DDWWW, San Jose: DDWWW<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS MEETING: The Sounders defeated the \u2018Quakes 1-0 at PayPal Park in San Jose on March 15 behind a goal from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundersfc.com\/players\/paul-rothrock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Rothrock<\/a>. Seattle handed San Jose its only loss through 12 matches so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>HOME UNBEATEN RUN CONTINUES: The Sounders\u2019 home unbeaten streak has reached 21 consecutive contests dating back to last June\u2019s clash with reigning UEFA Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain in the FIFA Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSIVE BATTLE: The Sounders and Earthquakes boast some of the best defensive marks in MLS through the opening third of the campaign. Seattle and San Jose are first and tied for third, respectively, in goals allowed.<\/p>\n<p>THOMAS KEEPS SHINING: Part of the reason for Seattle\u2019s excellent defensive record has been the revelation of goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundersfc.com\/players\/andrew-thomas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Thomas<\/a>. In his first year as the No. 1, Thomas is first in MLS in Save Percentage (86%) and third in Goals-Expected Goals (-5.43).<\/p>\n<p>HISTORIC START: The Earthquakes flew out of the gates this year, posting the best 10-match start to a regular season in league history (9-1-0) before dropping points with two draws in their last two matches.<\/p>\n<p>ELECTRIC ATTACK: San Jose enters Wednesday tied for the best attack in MLS with 27 goals scored. Part of that offensive efficiency has come from new Designated Player forward Timo Werner, whose 1.38 Goals + Assists\/90 Minutes is second in the league. The German international has been sidelined since late April, though, with a lower body injury and will miss the match in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>PLAYER TO WATCH: Preston Judd, F<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a coming-out party in 2026 for Judd, who has already set a career high with eight goals just 12 games into the season. The 26-year-old Las Vegas native enters Lumen Field on a heater with five goals in his last four MLS contests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Sounders are hosting the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday in their second of two meetings in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2975,101236,128710,85333,87799,100,101235,88,90,89,12816,131858],"class_list":["post-315543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2975","tag-andrew-thomas","tag-aws-sync","tag-match-preview","tag-mls-regular-season","tag-news","tag-paul-rothrock","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-seattle-sounders-fc","tag-seavssj-05-13-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}