{"id":477227,"date":"2026-09-27T07:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T07:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/477227\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T07:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T07:38:11","slug":"judd-scores-twice-as-san-jose-earthquakes-beat-portland-3-1-now-into-third-place-in-western-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/477227\/","title":{"rendered":"Judd scores twice as San Jose Earthquakes beat Portland 3-1, now into third place in Western Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2014 Preston Judd and Eduard L\u00f6wen provided all of the scoring as the streaking San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> beat the Portland Timbers 3-1 at PayPal Park on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Judd scored a pair of goals, both assisted by L\u00f6wen, who scored his first goal of the season as San Jose extended its unbeaten streak to six MLS matches<\/a> while moving into third place in the Western Conference<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re starting to turn things around, but I think the important message is that none of that matters,\u201d said Judd. \u201cWhat matters is the next game. Everything we\u2019ve done this season is great, but it\u2019s always about the next game and each game going forward. Like I keep saying, the goal is to get to the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judd\u2019s second goal of the night in the 29th minute gave San Jose a 3-0 lead and gave the 27-year-old forward his team-leading 15th goal of the season, good for sixth-most in the league.<\/p>\n

\"SANSAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 26: Preston Judd #19 of the San Jose Earthquakes fires the siren as he celebrates scoring with fans during the first half against the Portland Timbers at PayPal Park on September 26, 2026 in San Jose, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Judd, who wasn\u2019t happy with his celebration after his first goal, went wild after his second score. A bit too wild. He jumped into the stands and fired the stadium\u2019s siren. His exuberance earned a yellow card.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe celebration wasn\u2019t planned at all. I just knew my first celebration wasn\u2019t up to my standard, so I had to match it with the second one,\u201d said Judd. \u201cIt worked out. I mean, I got a yellow card for it, so that kind of sucked, but it was a pretty cool celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quakes coach Bruce Arena thought getting their lead to 3-0 was very important Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe third goal was really important, so that we\u2019re not relaxing after the second goal, and getting the third one was probably the difference in the game tonight,\u201d Arena said.<\/p>\n

Saturday night\u2019s win marked San Jose\u2019s first victory by multiple goals in four months. The Quakes\u2019 last multi-goal win was also against the Timbers on May 23 in Portland.<\/p>\n

San Jose opened the scoring in the fourth minute when L\u00f6wen\u2019s cross from the right wing was headed by Judd past Timbers goalkeeper James Pantemis for his team-leading 14th goal and a 1-0 Earthquakes lead.<\/p>\n

The Quakes doubled their advantage in minute 24 when Timo Werner laid a ball off for Beau Leroux and the midfielder dribbled forward into the box before pushing a short through ball for L\u00f6wen in the left-edge of the six-yard box. L\u00f6wen subsequently blasted it for the near post over Pantemis\u2019 right shoulder to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n

\"SANSAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 26: Eduard Lowen #23 of the San Jose Earthquakes celebrates scoring with teammate Beau Leroux #34 during the first half against the Portland Timbers at PayPal Park on September 26, 2026 in San Jose, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n

San Jose tripled the score in the 29th minute when Paul Marie controlled the ball in the box in the right half-space. He cut back and flicked a cross for Judd, who volleyed it in from the center edge of the six-yard box to make it 3-0 before halftime.<\/p>\n

David Da Costa pulled one back for Portland in the 86th minute when he took in a through ball from Eric Izoita and fired from close range into the back of the net for the final 3-1 margin.<\/p>\n

Earl Edwards Jr. made his second start this season, his his first since April 25, had a career-high seven saves for San Jose (13-8-6). With 45 points, the Quakes moved past Houston Dynamo FC (13-9-5, 44 points) and into third place. San Jose is now just two points behind second-place FC Dallas.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Quakes head to the international break and won\u2019t be back in action until Oct. 10, when they travel to Colorado to face the Rapids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 Preston Judd and Eduard L\u00f6wen provided all of the scoring as the streaking San Jose…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[389,184,7,392,332,402,181,7332,395,88,1084,90,89,397,198,1083,200,127],"class_list":["post-477227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-alameda-county","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-contra-costa-county","tag-east-bay","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-peninsula","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-earthquakes","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-mateo-county","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-soccer","tag-south-bay","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477227","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=477227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}