The Seattle Sounders will host the second of three home games in the span of a week tonight against the San Jose Earthquakes. Through the first few months of the season, the Earthquakes have been the best team in the league with 29 points, already eight more than they had in the season immediately prior to Bruce Arena taking over as head coach.
The Earthquakes have done this while using a roster heavy on domestic talent that came through the MLS SuperDraft and playing a style that is fun and entertaining.
They will be without two of their top players, however. Niko Tsakiris and Timo Werner have both been ruled out for this game, with Tsakiris likely out for 3–4 months after undergoing groin surgery.
The Sounders should be about as healthy as they’ve been all year, with only Pedro de la Vega, Yeimar Gomez Andrade and Niko Petković listed as out.
Notes
- The only loss the Earthquakes have suffered this year came at the hands of the Sounders, who won that previous meeting 1–0.
- The Sounders are currently enjoying a club-record 21-game home unbeaten streak (15–0–6).
- The Earthquakes lead MLS with 27 goals scored and are second with a +19 goal-difference.
- The Sounders have allowed the fewest goals (6) in MLS.
Absences: Injury, international duty and suspension
Seattle
OUT: Pedro de la Vega — Knee; Yeimar Gomez Andrade — Hamstring; Nikola Petković — Knee
San Jose
OUT: Vítor Costa — Lower Body; Earl Edwards Jr. — Lower Body; DeJuan Jones — Lower Body; Niko Tsakiris — Lower Body; Timo Werner — Lower Body
Recent form
Sounders: WWWDD
Earthquakes: WWWDD
Kit matchup
Officials
REF: Filip Dujic; AR1: Chris Wattam; AR2: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt; 4TH: Ramy Touchan; VAR: Edvin Jurisevic; AVAR: Joshua Patlak
How to Watch
Match date/kickoff time: Wednesday, May 13, 6:30 PM PT
Venue: Lumen Field, Seattle
Global Streaming English: AppleTV (Max Bretos & Brian Dunseth)
Global Streaming Spanish: AppleTV (Carlos Mauricio Ramirez)
Local Radio: 93.3 KJR-FM Seattle, iHeartMedia (Danny Jackson & Steve Zakuani)
Local Spanish Radio: El Rey 1360 AM (Rodriguez, Maqueda, Tapia)
Is this game available to stream for free? No
Will Sounders radio be available as an alternate feed? Yes
Lineups
Highlights will be posted as the match progresses.
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