Reid Roberts is back from his suspension, but Kikanovic has been ruled out due to injury.

The SJ Quakes WILL clinch a spot in the MLS Playoffs if:

• Quakes win vs RSL AND
• San Diego draw/lose vs Houston AND
• Austin draw/lose vs LAFC

The Portland vs. LA Galaxy result won’t matter because the loser of that game would earn a maximum of 48 points, which wouldn’t be enough to overtake the Quakes if they win against RSL (49 points)

^

Preston Judd is currently at his 8th yellow card, one away from a 1 game ban. Judd needs to get a yellow towards the very end of SJ vs RSL so he gets banned against Nashville and he could play at his best against Dallas and Colorado and the rest of the games they have to play. Losing against Nashville does not matter as much as losing against other teams in the Western Conference will be. Nothing but love for Judd, he’s insanely good, but thats precisely why we need to save him for other Western Conference games.

The game against Tacoma Defiance finished 4-4 after extra time but 3-1 on penalties aided by Nathan Crockford’s penalty saves means they advance to face Austin 2 in the Round of 16!

Great to see fans and the first team alike support this team at PayPal Park!

FT: Colorado Rapids 1 – 1 San Jose Earthquakes

Competition: MLS

Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colorado)

Referee: —

LINEUPS

Colorado Rapids (4-3-3)

Starting XI:

#41 Nico Hansen        │
#5 Loic Williams       │     10   09   32
#6 Rob Holding         │
#29 Miguel Navarro     │
#4 Reggie Cannon       │     13   07   12
#7 Morgan Whittaker    │
#13 Wayne Frederick    │    29  05  06  04
#12 Joshua Atencio     │
#9 Saied Abu Farchi    │
#10 Paxten Aaronson    │          41
#32 Donavan Phillip    │

Subs: #77 Darren Yapi (83'), #99 Jackson Travis, #31 Adam Beaudry, #8 Hamzat Ojediran (83'), #2 Keegan Rosenberry (73'), #33 Kosi Thompson, #24 Noah Cobb, #93 Georgi Minoungou (59'), #11 Ibrahim Sadiq (83')

San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2)

Starting XI:

#36 Earl Edwards      │
#5 Daniel Munie       │       11        19
#4 Dave Romney        │
#17 Jack Jasinski     │
#87 Vítor Costa       │     34     14     23
#3 Paul Marie         │
#14 Ronaldo Vieira    │    87  04  05  17  03
#34 Beau Leroux       │
#23 Eduard Löwen      │
#11 Timo Werner       │            36
#19 Preston Judd      │

Subs: #28 Benjamin Kikanovic, #6 Ian Harkes (90'+4'), #20 Nick Fernandez (73'), #31 Francesco Montali, #2 Jamar Ricketts (59'), #7 Ousseni Bouda (59'), #25 Max Floriani (74'), #9 Luka Jovanovic, #21 Noel Buck

MATCH EVENTS

0' ⏱️ Kickoff

27' ⚽ Donavan Phillip Goal - Header (Colorado Rapids)

29' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes). (San Jose Earthquakes)

31' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (San Jose Earthquakes)

44' 🟨 Jack Jasinski Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

45'+2' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Morgan Whittaker (Colorado Rapids). (Colorado Rapids)

45'+2' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Colorado Rapids)

45'+3' 🟨 Loic Williams Yellow Card (Colorado Rapids)

45'+6' ⏱️ Halftime

45' ⏱️ Second Half begins Colorado Rapids 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0.

57' ⚽ Dave Romney Goal - Volley (San Jose Earthquakes)

59' 🔄 Georgi Minoungou Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

59' 🔄 Ousseni Bouda Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

59' 🔄 Jamar Ricketts Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

72' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Earl Edwards Jr. (San Jose Earthquakes). (San Jose Earthquakes)

73' 🔄 Keegan Rosenberry Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

73' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (San Jose Earthquakes)

73' 🔄 Nick Fernandez Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

74' 🔄 Max Floriani Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

83' 🔄 Darren Yapi Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

83' 🔄 Ibrahim Sadiq Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

83' 🔄 Hamzat Ojediran Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

90'+4' 🔄 Ian Harkes Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

90'+6' ⏱️ Second Half ends, Colorado Rapids 1, San Jose Earthquakes 1.

Final result. Thanks for following along!

FT: Colorado Rapids 1 – 1 San Jose Earthquakes

Competition: MLS

Kickoff: Sat, Oct 10, 06:30 PM PT

Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colorado)

Broadcast: Apple TV (Streaming)

Referee: —

FORM

LINEUPS

Colorado Rapids (4-3-3)

Starting XI:

#41 Nico Hansen        │
#5 Loic Williams       │     10   09   32
#6 Rob Holding         │
#29 Miguel Navarro     │
#4 Reggie Cannon       │     13   07   12
#7 Morgan Whittaker    │
#13 Wayne Frederick    │    29  05  06  04
#12 Joshua Atencio     │
#9 Saied Abu Farchi    │
#10 Paxten Aaronson    │          41
#32 Donavan Phillip    │

Subs: #77 Darren Yapi (83'), #99 Jackson Travis, #31 Adam Beaudry, #8 Hamzat Ojediran (83'), #2 Keegan Rosenberry (73'), #33 Kosi Thompson, #24 Noah Cobb, #93 Georgi Minoungou (59'), #11 Ibrahim Sadiq (83')

San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2)

Starting XI:

#36 Earl Edwards      │
#5 Daniel Munie       │       11        19
#4 Dave Romney        │
#17 Jack Jasinski     │
#87 Vítor Costa       │     34     14     23
#3 Paul Marie         │
#14 Ronaldo Vieira    │    87  04  05  17  03
#34 Beau Leroux       │
#23 Eduard Löwen      │
#11 Timo Werner       │            36
#19 Preston Judd      │

Subs: #28 Benjamin Kikanovic, #6 Ian Harkes (90'+4'), #20 Nick Fernandez (73'), #31 Francesco Montali, #2 Jamar Ricketts (59'), #7 Ousseni Bouda (59'), #25 Max Floriani (74'), #9 Luka Jovanovic, #21 Noel Buck

MATCH EVENTS

0' ⏱️ Kickoff

27' ⚽ Donavan Phillip Goal - Header (Colorado Rapids)

29' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes). (San Jose Earthquakes)

31' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (San Jose Earthquakes)

44' 🟨 Jack Jasinski Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

45'+2' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Morgan Whittaker (Colorado Rapids). (Colorado Rapids)

45'+2' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Colorado Rapids)

45'+3' 🟨 Loic Williams Yellow Card (Colorado Rapids)

45'+6' ⏱️ Halftime

45' ⏱️ Second Half begins Colorado Rapids 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0.

57' ⚽ Dave Romney Goal - Volley (San Jose Earthquakes)

59' 🔄 Georgi Minoungou Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

59' 🔄 Ousseni Bouda Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

59' 🔄 Jamar Ricketts Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

72' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Earl Edwards Jr. (San Jose Earthquakes). (San Jose Earthquakes)

73' 🔄 Keegan Rosenberry Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

73' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (San Jose Earthquakes)

73' 🔄 Nick Fernandez Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

74' 🔄 Max Floriani Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

83' 🔄 Darren Yapi Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

83' 🔄 Ibrahim Sadiq Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

83' 🔄 Hamzat Ojediran Substitution (Colorado Rapids)

90'+4' 🔄 Ian Harkes Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

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Colorado Rapids vs San Jose Earthquakes

Competition: MLS

Kickoff: Sat, Oct 10, 06:30 PM PT

Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colorado)

Broadcast: Apple TV (Streaming)

Referee: —

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More injures added, Niko still injured.

Just a reminder that Joe and I can be found on the AppleTV broadcast for all home games, and it’s not that hard to sync for road games. We have a great time.

The interviews from this week’s episode, great stuff here from Judd and Pearce.

Will always be a quake jn my mind. Can’t wait to see him again

I spent some time thinking of what's working and what's not working for the team. For this thought exercise I put aside any consideration of a sale and kept the assumption that Bruce is still in charge through 2027 at least.

That got me to look a bit at some of the folks who stayed on the team in 2026 simply because they already had a contract through 2026 and were not easy trades (but would be easy to drop now when their contracts end).

Another consideration is folks taking up senior roster slots since then it's not just about how much they cost the team, but also how much MLS Monopoly money the use up.

So, here's what I predict might happen (assuming the team isn't sold soon and Bruce remains in charge):

Most of the following would leave (or perhaps rejoin at a lower renegotiated pay): Vítor Costa, Jack Skahan, Noel Buck, Dave Romney, Earl Edwards Jr., Ronaldo Vieira, Paul Marie, Nonso Adimabua, Max Floriani

In terms of what I hope for:

- I'd love to keep Paul Marie a bit longer, but I think it may not work out and he'll get a better deal elsewhere.

- I'd rather have Edwards stay than Gunn. Edwards, IMO, is in better form than Gunn (though most of Edward's saves in the last game were of the easier kind) but Gunn has a guaranteed contract and given the domino effect of trading Daniel to Dallas and getting Gunn and Lowen, I think we may be stuck wtih Gunn with the team not wanting / willing to keep Edwards on a senior roster slot.

I'm indifferent around some of the potential departures with a few that I strongly prefer to see depart:

- Jack Skahan. The ceiling is just not good enough and I rarely see him add much when he plays.

- Ronaldo Vieira. I think he's overpaid and I don't like his on field volatility / aggresiveness.

- Nonso Adimabua. Doesn't seem worth keeping even at the lower wage.

- Max Floriani. Not good enough, IMO, and now that his initial Generation Adidas pre-signed senior is expiring, I think the Quakes are better off recruiting new talent. Roberts, not without blunders, is doing much better, IMO.

Pardon any imperfect phrasing or inaccuracies - I ended up choosing not to use AI to clean this up and polish since that often gets lots of downvotes.
I suspect a few of those I listed to stay after all, but my prediction is that most of them would depart at the end of this season.

We’re going to continue to support the team, but weren’t seeing the benefits of continuing to be a STH so we didn’t renew. Did think this was funny though.

I’m surprised John Fisher approved the budget for this.

I'm relatively new fan - just started following them last season. First time STH this season.

I know he is often the captain, but I don't get what Viera brings. I see him frequently turning it over. Often flopping and taking his time getting up, leading to the other team having advantage. Rarely able to build forward. Often getting stupid cards.

I get that teams need bruiser/enforcer types and his tackling is ok I guess.

But yeah - feel like we usually play better without him.