The Seattle Sounders won their third straight road game, topping the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 on Sunday. It was also their third straight shutout and their fourth shutout in five games across all competitions. Paul Rothrock got the game’s only goal, Tino Lopez made a game-saving goal-line clearance and Andrew Thomas made seven saves while the Sounders gave up 17 corners and 25 shots.
Highlights
Stats
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 1 – San Jose Earthquakes 0
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Venue: PayPal Park
Referee: Victor Rivas
Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Kali Smith
Fourth Official: Nabil Bensalah
VAR: Lukasz Szpala
Attendance: 18,251
Weather: 49 degrees and clear
SCORING SUMMARY
SEA – Paul Rothrock (Jesús Ferreira, Danny Musovski) 20’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
SEA – Nouhou (caution) 10’
SEA – Nikola Petković (caution) 46’
SEA – Danny Musovski (caution) 56’
SEA – Peter Kingston (caution) 59’
SJ – Nick Tsakiris (caution) 86’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Andrew Thomas; Cody Baker, Antino Lopez, Jackson Ragen, Nouhou – captain; Peter Kingston (Snyder Brunell 86’), Nikola Petković (Alex Roldan 65’); Paul Rothrock, Jesús Ferreira (Albert Rusnák 46’), Georgi Minoungou (Cristian Roldan 65’); Danny Musovski (Osaze De Rosario 65’)
Substitutes not used: Stefan Frei, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Sebastian Gomez, Paul Arriola
Total shots: 7
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 11
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 0
Saves: 7
San Jose Earthquakes – Daniel De Sousa; Nick Tsakiris, Daniel Munie, Rodrigues Vieira, Benjamin Kikanovic (Paul Marie 90+1’); Beau Leroux (Niko Fernandez 77’), Robert Roberts; Preston Judd, Ousseni Bouda (Jack Skahan 77’), Timo Werner; DeJuan Jones (Vitor Costa 57’)
Substitutes not used: Jonathan González, Dave Romney, Eriq Edwards Jr., Ian Harkes, Jacob Ricketts
Total shots: 25
Shots on goal: 8
Fouls: 6
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 17
Saves: 3
