{"id":899767,"date":"2026-04-17T13:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/lafc-vs-san-jose-earthquakes-everything-to-know-for-sunday-night-soccer-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:17:19","slug":"lafc-vs-san-jose-earthquakes-everything-to-know-for-sunday-night-soccer-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/lafc-vs-san-jose-earthquakes-everything-to-know-for-sunday-night-soccer-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"LAFC vs. San Jose Earthquakes: Everything to know for Sunday Night Soccer | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<article xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Supporters&#8217; Shield contenders clash when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/los-angeles-football-club\">LAFC<\/a> host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-jose-earthquakes\">San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> for Matchday 8&#8217;s Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>How to watch &#038; stream<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><h3>When<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/lafcvssj-04-19-2026\/\">Sunday, April 19<\/a> | 7 pm ET\/4 pm PT<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><h3>Where<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>BMO Stadium | Los Angeles, California<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>3rd in Western Conference<\/li>\n<li>16 points, 5W-1L-1D<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>What to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LAFC took care of business in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-league\/\">Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> quarterfinals midweek, eliminating LIGA MX titans Cruz Azul with a 4-1 aggregate victory.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/denis-bouanga\/\">Denis Bouanga<\/a> scored in Tuesday night&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/2026\/matches\/cazvslafc-04-14-2026\/\">1-1 draw<\/a>\u00a0at Estadio Cuauht\u00e9moc, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/hugo-lloris\/\">Hugo Lloris<\/a> made eight saves to knock out the reigning CCC champions. That built on LAFC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/2026\/matches\/lafcvscaz-04-07-2026\/\">3-0 home victory<\/a> last week, where\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/david-martinez\/\">David Mart\u00ednez<\/a> netted a stunning brace and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/son-heung-min\/\">Son Heung-Min<\/a> opened the scoring.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those results framed the Black &#038; Gold&#8217;s first defeat this year, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/porvslafc-04-11-2026\">2-1 setback<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/portland-timbers\">Portland Timbers<\/a> last weekend. Head coach Marc Dos Santos deployed a heavily rotated lineup, with an eye on their CCC series.<\/p>\n<p>Now, LAFC return home with the chance to climb the Western Conference table.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who to watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Son Heung-Min:<\/strong> The South Korean superstar hasn&#8217;t scored in league action this season, but he leads MLS with seven assists.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denis Bouanga:<\/strong> LAFC&#8217;s all-time leading scorer (110 goals) has 4g\/4a as he looks to record his fourth consecutive MLS season with at least 20 goals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Mart\u00ednez:<\/strong> The rising Venezuelan international is in the midst of a breakout season, with several standout league and CCC performances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hugo Lloris:<\/strong> Rested during Matchday 7&#8217;s visit to Portland, the legendary French goalkeeper has yet to concede a league goal this season and leads MLS with six clean sheets.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryan Porteous:<\/strong> Amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/aaron-long\/\">Aaron Long<\/a>&#8216;s long-term injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/ryan-porteous\/\">Porteous<\/a> has stepped in at center back to command an LAFC defense that&#8217;s allowed a league-low two goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Predicted XI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Does LAFC field something resembling a first-choice starting XI? They have four days of rest after playing in Mexico midweek.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>2nd in Western Conference<\/li>\n<li>18 points, 6W-1L-0D<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>What to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of MLS&#8217;s biggest surprises this year, San Jose sit firmly among the league&#8217;s top sides nearly 20 percent of the way through the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is despite losing their top stars from last campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/cristian-espinoza\/\">Cristian Espinoza<\/a> is now with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/nashville-sc\/\">Nashville SC<\/a>, Josef Mart\u00ednez plays for LIGA MX&#8217;s Club Tijuana and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/cristian-arango\/\">Chicho Arango<\/a> is on loan at Atl\u00e9tico Nacional\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even more impressively, they&#8217;ve gotten results lately without blockbuster winter signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/timo-werner\/\">Timo Werner<\/a>. The German star has missed their last two games due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Bruce Arena&#8217;s side cruised to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2026\/matches\/skcvssj-04-11-2026\">3-1 victory<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/sporting-kansas-city\">Sporting Kansas City<\/a>. And with Werner expected back this weekend, the Earthquakes are looking to keep the good times rolling in SoCal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who to watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Timo Werner:<\/strong> In just 200 minutes, Werner has already contributed two assists and given San Jose a proven difference-maker in the final third.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Niko Tsakiris:<\/strong> The homegrown midfielder has stepped up this year, producing 2g\/4a in seven games. He also leads MLS with 28 key passes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beau Leroux:<\/strong> After a breakout 2025 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/beau-lerouox\/\">Leroux<\/a> has started all seven matches this year and contributed 1g\/2a.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel:<\/strong> The Brazilian veteran ranks second among MLS goalkeepers with five clean sheets while conceding just two goals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Preston Judd:<\/strong> With 3g\/2a, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/preston-judd\">Judd<\/a> is San Jose&#8217;s leading scorer and has taken over their starting striker role.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><strong>Predicted XI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arena recently told reporters that Werner &#8220;should be ready this week.&#8221; But is the German playmaker ready to go the full 90 minutes?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>San Jose are perfect on the road this season, with three wins in as many games.<\/p>\n<p>However, LAFC have been just as dominant at home, going 6W-0L-1D while outscoring opponents 17-1 in seven games across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>If the Black &#038; Gold can keep BMO Stadium a fortress, they&#8217;ll have the edge.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/lafc-san-jose-earthquakes-everything-to-know-sunday-night-soccer-md8-2026\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Gaylene Fleishman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Supporters&#8217; Shield contenders clash when LAFC host the San Jose Earthquakes for Matchday 8&#8217;s Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire. How to watch &#038; stream When Sunday, April 19 | 7 pm ET\/4 pm PT Where BMO Stadium | Los Angeles, California Record 3rd in Western Conference 16 points, 5W-1L-1D What to know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":899768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40100,1272,2005],"tags":[5400,7839],"class_list":["post-899767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-earthquakes","category-everything","category-soccer","tag-earthquakes","tag-everything"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}