{"id":410863,"date":"2026-07-24T15:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/410863\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:35:28","slug":"cali-clasico-heads-to-stanford-stadium-for-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-la-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/410863\/","title":{"rendered":"Cali Cl\u00e1sico heads to Stanford Stadium for San Jose Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 105th edition of the Cali Cl\u00e1sico is upon us when the San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> host bitter rivals LA Galaxy<\/a> at Stanford Stadium for Matchday 18’s Walmart Saturday Showdown.<\/p>\n

\n Standings<\/p>\n

2nd in Western Conference
\n32 points (10W-4L-2D)<\/p>\n

\n Last game<\/p>\n

San Jose suffered their worst defeat of the season in their return from the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> break, falling 4-0<\/a> to Orlando City<\/a> at home on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

German star Timo Werner<\/a> returned from injury and Scottish goalkeeper\u00a0Angus Gunn<\/a> made his MLS debut, but it was not enough to spark a result at PayPal Park.<\/p>\n

\n Players to watch<\/p>\n

Timo Werner: The UEFA Champions League winner arrived as San Jose’s marquee signing ahead of the 2026 season, making an immediate impact.
\nPreston Judd: Already notching a career-high goal total this season, Judd<\/a> (11g\/2a) is firmly in the Golden Boot presented by Audi race.
\nDaniel Munie: The 26-year-old center back recently earned his first MLS All-Star<\/a> selection, where he will be San Jose’s lone representative.<\/p>\n

\n Need to know<\/p>\n

Following a historically strong start to the season, San Jose have hit a rough patch either side of the World Cup break, losing three of their last four matches and notching only one league win since late April.<\/p>\n

But with Werner back from injury and Judd enjoying a career year, the Quakes will be confident in returning to winning ways under legendary head coach Bruce Arena.<\/p>\n

\n Standings<\/p>\n

10th in Western Conference
\n20 points (5W-7L-5D)<\/p>\n

\n Last game<\/p>\n

Things have not gone smoothly for the Galaxy since returning from the World Cup break, dropping consecutive home matches by an aggregate 6-1 scoreline.<\/p>\n

It began with a 3-0 El Tr\u00e1fico defeat<\/a> against crosstown rivals LAFC<\/a> before falling 3-1<\/a> to St. Louis CITY SC<\/a> midweek. The Galaxy would love nothing more than finding the win column against their long-term California rivals.<\/p>\n

\n Players to watch<\/p>\n

Marco Reus: The German playmaker leads active Galaxy players in goal contributions this season with 4g\/5a.
\nJoseph Paintsil: Recording 10 goals in each of the past two seasons for LA, the Ghanaian international has work to do to reach that tally again in 2026.
\nJakob Glesnes: A former MLS Defender of the Year, Glesnes<\/a> will expectedly partner either Justin Haak<\/a> or Maya Yoshida<\/a> at center back with Emiro Garc\u00e9s<\/a> suspended (red card).<\/p>\n

\n Need to know<\/p>\n

The Galaxy are still searching for their creative spark following the\u00a0club-record transfer<\/a> (reportedly<\/a> up to $13.5 million) of Brazilian winger Gabriel Pec to Cruzeiro in his home nation.<\/p>\n

The 2024 Newcomer of the Year remains LA’s top goal contributor this season as Marco Reus<\/a> and Joseph Paintsil<\/a> aim to pick up the slack ahead of the arrival of newly acquired striker Ky\u014dgo Furuhashi<\/a> and the return of joint-leading scorer Jo\u00e3o Klauss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With both teams looking to bounce back after midweek losses, the market appears to back hosts San Jose at just over 50% to win and 23% to draw. Can the Galaxy provide an upset?<\/p>\n

Market insights shared are current as of Friday, July 24 at 11 am ET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 105th edition of the Cali Cl\u00e1sico is upon us when the San Jose Earthquakes host bitter rivals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[86446,11414,88,1084,90,89,6532,164267],"class_list":["post-410863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-la-galaxy","tag-priority-match","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-earthquakes","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-sendtonews","tag-sjvsla-07-25-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410863","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=410863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}