{"id":137932,"date":"2025-05-25T02:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T02:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/preview-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-houston-dynamo-predictions-and-lineups\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T02:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T02:06:17","slug":"preview-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-houston-dynamo-predictions-and-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/preview-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-houston-dynamo-predictions-and-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo – predictions and lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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San Jose Earthquakes<\/strong> is set to face Houston Dynamo<\/strong> at PayPal Park during this weekend’s MLS Playoffs<\/strong> showdown. As the home side, the Earthquakes are currently placed \u00a0eighth\u00a0 in the \u00a0Western Conference\u00a0, holding \u00a018 points\u00a0, while the Dynamo occupies the \u00a0tenth\u00a0 position, trailing just two points behind.<\/p>\n

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Match Preview<\/h2>\n

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After successfully entering the last eight of the \u00a0US Open Cup\u00a0, the \u00a0San Jose Earthquakes\u00a0 aim to continue their unbeaten streak, which includes four consecutive \u00a0MLS\u00a0 matches. Earlier this season, the Earthquakes faced a rough patch, accumulating just ten points from their first ten games, punctuated by three consecutive losses against notable teams like \u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0, \u00a0Sporting Kansas City\u00a0, and the \u00a0Columbus Crew\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Rebounding from their struggles, they recently secured victories over \u00a0Portland Timbers\u00a0 (4-1) and \u00a0Colorado Rapids\u00a0 (2-0), marking their second back-to-back wins for the season. Following two draws against \u00a0Inter Miami\u00a0 and \u00a0New England Revolution\u00a0, San Jose has found some momentum, with an unbeaten run providing them some confidence going into this crucial match.<\/p>\n

\"\u00a9 Imago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In contrast, \u00a0Houston Dynamo\u00a0 enters this match following a disheartening \u00a03-1 loss\u00a0 to \u00a0Austin\u00a0, which resulted in their elimination from the \u00a0US Open Cup\u00a0. Despite this setback, Dynamo’s recent league performance has been promising, registering \u00a0four wins\u00a0, \u00a0two draws\u00a0, and \u00a0two defeats\u00a0 in their last eight matches. Coach \u00a0Ben Olsen\u00a0 is looking to capitalize on this form, aiming to make it three league wins in a row for the first time since \u00a0March 2024\u00a0.<\/p>\n

However, the Dynamo’s poor away performance looms over them, having only achieved one victory in their past nine road games. A win this weekend could elevate them to seventh in the standings if other results align favorably.<\/p>\n

San Jose Earthquakes form (all competitions):<\/strong> W, W, D, D
Houston Dynamo form (all competitions):<\/strong> L, W, W, W<\/p>\n

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Team News<\/h2>\n

\"\u00a9 Imago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For the \u00a0San Jose Earthquakes\u00a0, coach \u00a0Bruce Arena\u00a0 is likely to maintain a similar lineup to their previous match against \u00a0New England Revolution\u00a0. Notably, players like \u00a0Niko Tsakiris\u00a0, \u00a0Noel Buck\u00a0, and \u00a0Bruno Wilson\u00a0 are still recuperating from injuries. Arena will be particularly concerned about the absence of \u00a0Cristian Arango\u00a0, who is a key player with \u00a0nine goals\u00a0 this season and is struggling with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian duo, \u00a0Rodrigues\u00a0 and \u00a0Daniel\u00a0, are also sidelined with unspecified injuries and won\u2019t be available for selection. On the other hand, the \u00a0Houston Dynamo\u00a0 is grappling with their injury woes as well, with \u00a0Nelson Quinones\u00a0 and \u00a0Lawrence Ennali\u00a0 both out due to knee injuries. Furthermore, \u00a0Andrew Tarbell\u00a0 remains sidelined with a long-term knee issue, while \u00a0Erik Sviatchenko\u00a0 and \u00a0Ezequiel Ponce\u00a0 have been ruled out due to undisclosed injuries.<\/p>\n

Possible Starting Lineup for San Jose Earthquakes:<\/strong>
Daniel; Floriani, Munie, Roberts; Fernandez, Kaye, Ricketts, Lima; Pellegrino, Marie, Judd<\/p>\n

Possible Starting Lineup for Houston Dynamo:<\/strong>
Bond; Awodesu, Ortiz, Dorsey, Escobar; Raines, Artur; Bassi, McGlynn, Kowalczyk; Lingr<\/p>\n

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We say: San Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Houston Dynamo<\/h2>\n

Both teams come into this match with their recent performances suggesting they are evenly matched, making a \u00a01-1 draw\u00a0 a plausible outcome after regular time. For detailed statistical analysis of the most likely results and scorelines for this match, please click here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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San Jose Earthquakes is set to face Houston Dynamo at PayPal Park during this weekend’s MLS Playoffs showdown. As the home side, the Earthquakes are currently placed \u00a0eighth\u00a0 in the \u00a0Western Conference\u00a0, holding \u00a018 points\u00a0, while the Dynamo occupies the \u00a0tenth\u00a0 position, trailing just two points behind. Match Preview \u00a9 Imago After successfully entering the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30956,6553,8981,26544,27055,24612,24254,11000],"class_list":["post-137932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-dynamo","tag-earthquakes","tag-houston","tag-jose","tag-lineups","tag-predictions","tag-preview","tag-san"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}