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Weekly Update: Over 50,000 Fans Attend Cali Clasico at Stanford Stadium

July 2, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
San Jose Earthquakes News Release


The San Jose Earthquakes begin their two-match road trip this week when they take on the Portland Timbers on Saturday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. PT at Providence Park. The match will be broadcast live on NBC Sports California, KNBR 1050 and 1370 KZSF.

The San Jose Earthquakes and rival LA Galaxy finished in a 3-3 tie this past Saturday at Stanford Stadium. The match drew an attendance of 50,743 fans, the second-largest attendance in California Clasico history. Chris Wondolowski scored his 139th and 140th career goals in the match and is now just six goals away from breaking the all-time MLS goal-scoring record held by Landon Donovan (145).

The San Jose Earthquakes are showing all of the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches at Avaya Stadium. Earlier today, 7,500 fans attended the Mexico vs. Brazil Round of 16 match, which finished 2-0 in favor of the Brazilians. B-roll of the event can be downloaded here.

OPPONENT INFORMATION

Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers All-Time

MLS Regular Season: 4-9-7

Home: 4-2-4 (14 GF, 10 GA)

Away: 0-7-3 (7 GF, 18 GA)

All-Time Scoring: San Jose - 21, Portland - 28

Last MLS Game vs. Portland Timbers

Earthquakes 0 - 1 Portland Timbers; May 5, 2018; Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California

The San Jose Earthquakes fell to the Portland Timbers 1-0 at Avaya Stadium. Portland's Diego Valeri scored the match's lone goal in the 88th minute from a free kick. Earthquakes midfielder and 2017 USL Rookie of the Year Chris Wehan made his MLS debut, entering as a substitute in the 71st minute.

History of the Quakes - Portland Timbers Rivalry

The Earthquakes and Timbers rivalry dates back to when the teams played in the North American Soccer League ... The squads faced off for the first time as members of the NASL in 1975 in San Jose and the Earthquakes were victorious 2-1 with Ilija Mitic scoring both goals for the Quakes ... The Timbers evened the series with a 2-1 home victory towards the end of the '75 season ... In 1976 the teams only met once and Portland got the better of the Earthquakes in a 1-0 victory in San Jose ... The Earthquakes swept the 1977 season series with a 3-2 victory at home and 2-1 win in Portland ... The Timbers came back in 1978 and outscored the Earthquakes 8-2 in two wins on their way to the NASL National Conference Final, where they lost to the New York Cosmos ... The teams split the 1979 series with Portland winning 4-3 in San Jose and the Earthquakes winning 2-1 in Portland ...In 1980, the Earthquakes dropped both games to the Timbers, losing each match by just one goal ... The Timbers got the best of the Earthquakes in 1981 as well, sweeping the season series by finals of 3-0 and 2-1 ... 1982 was the last NASL series between the two teams ... The Earthquakes won the first game 1-0 in Portland and the Timbers were victorious 1-0 when they traveled to San Jose ... The two sides played again in a 2001 exhibition in Portland and the Timbers were victorious 2-1 ... The next meeting came in 2004 during the U.S. Open Cup and the Earthquakes won 3-0 ... In 2005, the sides met again in the U.S. Open Cup and the Earthquakes were victorious 2-0 ... The Earthquakes topped Portland in U.S. Open Cup Qualifying 1-0 on May 3, 2011 with Ike Opara scoring the game winner in the 120th minute ... The Earthquakes and Timbers battled to a pair of 1-1 draws in 2011 ... Portland got the better of San Jose 2-1 at JELD-WEN Field in the two team's first meeting of 2012, snapping a three-game winning streak for the Earthquakes ... Chris Wondolowski came off the bench to score a pair of second-half goals and rally San Jose from a two-goal deficit in a 2-2 draw at Buck Shaw Stadium on Sept. 19 ... The Earthquakes and Timbers closed out the 2012 regular season with a 1-1 draw on Oct. 27. Chris Wondolowski tied Roy Lassiter's single-season mark of 27goals with a penalty kick in the 24th minute ... Portland won the clubs' first of three meetings in 2013 1-0 at JELD-WEN Field with Will Johnson curling home a free kick in the 78th minute ... San Jose rallied at Buck Shaw Stadium to draw even with Portland 1-1 thanks to a 92nd-minute goal from Adam Jahn on April 21, 2013 ... The Earthquakes picked up their first-ever win against the Timbers on July 27, 2013 with a 2-1 result at Buck Shaw Stadium ... San Jose secured a valuable road point in a thrilling 3-3 draw against the Timbers at Providence Park to open their 2014 series on Sept. 7 and then fell2-1 in the next installment at Buck Shaw Stadium on Oct. 4 ... In their third game against the Timbers in 2014, the Earthquakes suffered a 3-0 loss at Providence Park ... In their first meeting of the 2015 season, the Earthquakes lost late at Providence Park after giving up a 91st minute goal that led to a 1-0 win for the Timbers ... Their second match of 2015 ended with a 0-0 draw ... The Earthquakes defeated the Timbers 2-1 in their first meeting of 2016 at Avaya Stadium, with Quincy Amarikwa's wonder strike from 40 yards proving to be the difference ... San Jose fell to Portland 3-1 in their second match of 2016 at Providence Park despite a late comeback attempt ... The 2016 series closed with a 1-0 Timbers victory in Portland thanks to a Liam Ridgewell header from a Diego Valeri free kick ... San Jose opened the 2017 series with a 3-0 win at home thanks to an early strike from Jahmir Hyka and a brace from Chris Wondolowski ...The Earthquakes fell 2-0 to Portland in their second meeting away at Providence Park. Quakes were shorthanded to 10 men as midfielder Darwin Ceren was ejected in the first half. Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri tallied twice in the second half to secure three points for the Timbers ... The Quakes earned a 2-1 victory over the Timbers at Avaya Stadium on Sept. 30, 2017. With the win, the Quakes were tied for the sixth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The victory was crucial in helping the Quakes reach the playoffs for the first time in five years ... In their first meeting of 2018, the Quakes suffered a 1-0 loss to the Timbers at Avaya Stadium on May 5.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Late Drama

The latest installment of the California Clasico saw the Quakes erase a 3-1 deficit to earn a 3-3 draw. San Jose has trailed in all seven of the Clasicos at Stanford, but lost just once (4-1-2).

Closing the Gap

In the Earthquakes' last MLS match against the LA Galaxy, forward Chris Wondolowski scored his 139th and 140th career goals. He is now just five goals away from tying Landon Donovan's record for all-time MLS goals (145). Wondolowski is also tied for the third most goals against LA in MLS history with 12, and third in penalty-kick goals with 24 (Jaime Moreno 44, Landon Donovan 31).

Player to Watch

Quakes Designated Player Vako scored his fourth goal of the season on Saturday and has now tallied nine goals and six assists in 30 appearances since joining the club midseason in 2017, averaging a point every other game.

Mano a Mano

In matches between the two teams, Chris Wondolowski and Diego Valeri lead their squads in goals (Wondolowski 10, Valeri 6) and shots on goal (Wondolowski 20, Valeri 21).

Reinforcements

Quakes players Anibal Godoy and Harold Cummings return to San Jose after participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the Panama National Team. The Timbers may also see the return of Andy Polo (Peru) and David Guzman (Costa Rica) who also participated in the World Cup.

Captain

Chris Wondolowski is the all-time leading goal scorer against the Portland Timbers with 10.

ACADEMY UPDATE

The U-17 Girls' Academy have won all four of their matches in the Development Academy Playoffs, including a 2-1 win over Penn Fusion in the quarterfinals. This week, the U-17s will head to Kansas City for their semifinal match against Nationals on Monday, July 9. The U-15 Girls' Academy season has come to an end following a 2-1 loss to San Diego Surf in the quarterfinals.

RENO 1868 FC UPDATE

Last Saturday, June 30, Reno 1868 FC tallied a 1-0 win against Portland Timbers 2 at Greater Nevada Field. Quakes forward Danny Musovski scored Reno's lone goal to secure three points for Reno. Reno will look to extend their unbeaten streak to 14 matches when they host Real Monarchs SLC on Tuesday, July 3, at Greater Nevada Field.

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