On Thursday May 19th, San Jose Earthquakes will host Portland Timbers in a clash of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. San Jose Earthquakes sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-3 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps. Lucas Daniel Cavallini struck first for Vancouver Whitecaps in the 52nd minute, but Jamiro Monteiro got the equalizer for San Jose Earthquakes in the 62nd minute . San Jose Earthquakes looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while portland Timbers is fresh off their 7-2 blowout win against Sporting KC. Bill Tuiloma struck first for Portland Timbers in the 12th minute, then Blanco added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Cristhian Paredes. Portland Timbers is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Portland Timbers won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Fogaca and Sebastian Marcelo Blanco have been the hottest scorers for Portland Timbers in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. San Jose Earthquakes is fortunate enough to have Jeremy Ebobisse in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.