{"id":408852,"date":"2026-07-23T02:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408852\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T02:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:02:09","slug":"will-antoine-griezmann-make-his-mls-debut-against-the-san-jose-earthquakes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408852\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Antoine Griezmann make his MLS debut against the San Jose Earthquakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nevertheless, the debut of the Frenchman has high expectations among soccer fans.<\/p>\n<p>Not only for the type of player he is, but also because he can be the new change that helped <a href=\"https:\/\/mlsmultiplex.com\/mls-eastern-conference\/orlando-city-sc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Orlando City<\/a> turn his season around.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the Lions\u2019 performances so far this year, the arrival of \u201cPrincipito\u201d promises to boost the team\u2019s attacking tempo and help lift the club out of the lower ranks of the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Griezmann&#8217;s arrival comes with high expectations, not only from the fanbase but also for the league itself.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it&#8217;s always a good thing to add star players, especially considering the Frenchman only recently finished the season with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, meaning the Principito is still very much at the top of his game.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the road, you have the horrible first half <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/equipe\/orlando-city-4513\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando City<\/a> performed, leaving them in a low position in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The bright side is that the Lions can turn this thing around, because there are still many games to play. However, to do that, they are going to need Griezmann\u2019s help at all costs.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the former FC Barcelona attacker is expected to be in the starting lineup for tonight\u2019s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/equipe\/san-jose-earthquakes-858\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Earthquakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though he didn&#8217;t take part in the World Cup, Griezmann remained in form throughout the season, as we mentioned earlier, since Atl\u00e9tico Madrid&#8217;s campaign ended relatively recently.<\/p>\n<p>That means his footballing and physical condition shouldn&#8217;t be an issue if <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/equipe\/orlando-city-4513\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando City<\/a> want to take the lead on the scoreboard and begin climbing out of the bottom of the standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nevertheless, the debut of the Frenchman has high expectations among soccer fans. Not only for the type of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-408852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408852","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=408852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}