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.
2–3
Full time
PENS
Wednesday 9 September
A. Dreyer 42′
C. Bakambu 90+4′ pen
N. Tsakiris 3′
P. Judd 12′
O. Bouda 35′
How it looked going in
the market at kick-off, margin removed
61% San Diego
19% draw
19% San Jose Earthquakes
How the odds moved in play
136 price samples · 9 Sep – 10 Sep
0% San Diego
0% draw
100% San Jose Earthquakes
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What happened
26 on the timeline
90+5′
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R. VieiraYellow card · San Jose Earthquakes
Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
90+4′
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C. Bakambu▶▶▶Penalty · San Diego · 2–3
90+2′
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M. FlorianiSecond yellow · San Jose Earthquakes
Second yellow card to Max Floriani (San Jose Earthquakes) for a bad foul.
82′
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D. FerreeSubstitution · San Diego
Substitution, San Diego. Duran Ferree replaces Alejandro Alvarado.
80′
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C. dos SantosSecond yellow · San Diego
Second yellow card to CJ dos Santos (San Diego) for a bad foul.
75′
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M. FlorianiYellow card · San Jose Earthquakes
Max Floriani (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68′
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C. BakambuSubstitution · San Diego
Substitution, San Diego. Cédric Bakambu replaces Onni Valakari.
67′
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R. VieiraSubstitution · San Jose Earthquakes
Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ronaldo Vieira replaces Beau Leroux.
67′
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B. KikanovicSubstitution · San Jose Earthquakes
Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benji Kikanovic replaces Jack Jasinski.
52′
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J. TverskovYellow card · San Diego
Jeppe Tverskov (San Diego) is shown the yellow card.
45′
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K. SargeantSubstitution · San Diego
Substitution, San Diego. Kieran Sargeant replaces Dagur Thórhallsson.
45′
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A. AlvaradoSubstitution · San Diego
Substitution, San Diego. Alejandro Alvarado replaces Aníbal Godoy.
45′
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M. FlorianiSubstitution · San Jose Earthquakes
Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Max Floriani replaces Reid Roberts.
45′
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E. LöwenSubstitution · San Jose Earthquakes
Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Eduard Löwen replaces Luka Jovanovic.
45+3′
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Beau LerouxYellow card · San Jose Earthquakes
Beau Leroux (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45+2′
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A. PellegrinoSubstitution · San Diego
Substitution, San Diego. Amahl Pellegrino replaces Gabriel Pirani because of an injury.
42′
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A. Dreyer▶Goal · San Diego · assist O. Valakari · 1–3
37′
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O. BoudaYellow card · San Jose Earthquakes
Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
35′
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O. Bouda▶▶▶Header · San Jose Earthquakes · assist N. Tsakiris · 0–3
30′
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O. BoudaSubstitution · San Jose Earthquakes
Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ousseni Bouda replaces Preston Judd because of an injury.
18′
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C. McVeyYellow card · San Diego
Christopher McVey (San Diego) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
13′
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P. JuddYellow card · San Jose Earthquakes
Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
12′
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P. Judd▶▶Goal · San Jose Earthquakes · assist N. Tsakiris · 0–2
8′
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N. Tsakiris▶Penalty missed · San Jose Earthquakes
Penalty saved. Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by CJ dos Santos (San Diego).
7′
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C. dos SantosYellow card · San Diego
CJ dos Santos (San Diego) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
3′
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N. Tsakiris▶▶▶Goal · San Jose Earthquakes · assist Beau Leroux · 0–1
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Line-ups
San Diego4-3-3
- 1C. dos SantosG
- 3D. ÞórhallssonLB
- 26M. DuahCD-R
- 33O. VerhoevenRB
- 97C. McVeyCD-L
- 6J. TverskovCM
- 12Gabriel PiraniLM
- 20A. GodoyRM
- 8O. ValakariF
- 10A. DreyerRF
- 99E. AchouriLF
Substitutes
- 70A. Alvarado↳ for A. Godoy 45′
- 90A. Pellegrino↳ for Gabriel Pirani 45'+2′
- 5K. Sargeant↳ for D. Þórhallsson 45′
- 94C. Bakambu↳ for O. Valakari 68′
- 18D. Ferree↳ for A. Alvarado 82′
- 14Bryan Zamblé
- 19D. Vazquez
- 21B. Duke
- 32I. Murphy
San Jose Earthquakes3-4-2-1
- 1A. GunnG
- 4D. RomneyCD
- 5D. MunieCD-R
- 18R. RobertsCD-L
- 6I. HarkesCM-R
- 17Jack JasinskiRM
- 34Beau LerouxCM-L
- 87Vítor CostaLM
- 9Luka JovanovićCF-L
- 10N. TsakirisCF-R
- 19P. JuddF
Substitutes
- 7O. Bouda↳ for P. Judd 30′
- 23E. Löwen↳ for Luka Jovanović 45′
- 25M. Floriani↳ for R. Roberts 45′
- 28B. Kikanovic↳ for Jack Jasinski 67′
- 14R. Vieira↳ for Beau Leroux 67′
- 2J. Ricketts
- 16J. Skahan
- 20N. Fernandez
- 31Francesco Montali