LA Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes

MLS·Matchday 20

All thirty clubs: fifteen in the Eastern Conference and fifteen in the Western Conference, the same field as 2025 — San Diego FC, who joined that year, are the newest. Each club plays its fourteen conference rivals home and away and six clubs from the other conference once, 34 games in all; every game counts in its own conference table, three points for a win. Clubs level on points are separated by wins, then goal difference, then goals scored, then their head-to-head record; the league's later steps (disciplinary points, home and away splits) are not applied here, so clubs still level share a place. Seeds one to seven in each conference go straight to Round One of the playoffs; eight and nine play a single Wild Card game, hosted by the eighth, for the last place. The best record across both conferences wins the Supporters' Shield.

LA Galaxy

1–0 Full time Wednesday 19 August

San Jose Earthquakes

J. Paintsil 79′

Dignity Health Sports Park · kick-off 22:30

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What happened

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90+2′ ▮ J. Haak

Yellow card · Los Angeles Galaxy

Justin Haak (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90′ ⇄ J. Nelson

Substitution · Los Angeles Galaxy

Substitution, LA Galaxy. John Nelson replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.

84′ ▮ Jack Jasinski

Yellow card · San Jose Earthquakes

Jack Jasinski (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

83′ ⇄ T. Elgersma

Substitution · Los Angeles Galaxy

Substitution, LA Galaxy. Troy Elgersma replaces Joseph Paintsil.

79′ ⚽ J. Paintsil

Goal · Los Angeles Galaxy · assist Harbor Miller · 1–0

74′ ⇄ Vítor Costa