San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 LAFC: final score
MLSFinal
San Jose Earthquakes and LAFC drew 2-2 on Saturday, September 19, 2026 in the MLS.
Goals: Son Heung-Min 34', Denis Bouanga 53', Preston Judd 70', Reid Roberts 90'+8'.
San Jose Earthquakes sit 4th on 48 points.
LAFC sit 6th on 46 points.
San Jose Earthquakes have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
LAFC have 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches.
Last 5 meetings: San Jose Earthquakes won 1, LAFC won 4, 0 drawn.
- Competition
- MLS
- Start time
- Saturday, September 19, 2026, 7:30 PM (ET)
- Venue
- Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
- Where to watch
- Apple TV (In the United States · ESPN)
The match in numbers
- San Jose Earthquakes and LAFC drew 2-2.
- The first goal came from Son Heung-Min (LAFC) on 34'.
- Aaron Long was sent off on 36'.
Data: ESPN · votes and picks from Scorely users
Goals and cards
73'Mark DelgadoYellow
Live commentary
- Match ends, San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 2.
- 90'+9'Second Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 2.
- 90'+8'Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 2, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Reid Roberts (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Beau Leroux.
- 90'+6'Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5'Foul by Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 90'+5'Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3'Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Dave Romney.
- 90'+2'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jeremy Ebobisse replaces Son Heung-Min.
- 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1'Foul by Beau Leroux (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 90'+1'Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'Attempt missed. Timo Werner (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Niko Tsakiris.
- 87'Attempt missed. Eduard Löwen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Beau Leroux.
- 86'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jacob Shaffelburg replaces Denis Bouanga.
- 86'Foul by Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 86'Nkosi Tafari (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84'Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Dave Romney.
- 83'Attempt blocked. Eduard Löwen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 82'Eduard Löwen (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 82'Foul by Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 82'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
- 82'Attempt saved. Timo Werner (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Vítor Costa.
- 82'Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Löwen.
- 81'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 81'Attempt saved. Paul Marie (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Beau Leroux.
- 80'Attempt saved. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Timo Werner.
- 79'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Tyler Boyd replaces Mathieu Choinière.
- 78'Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Jack Skahan replaces Ronaldo Vieira.
- 75'Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73'Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 72'Vítor Costa (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 72'Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 70'Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 1, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Timo Werner.
- 69'Attempt missed. Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Timo Werner following a corner.
- 69'Attempt blocked. Eduard Löwen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 69'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Nkosi Tafari.
- 69'Attempt blocked. Beau Leroux (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Löwen.
- 66'Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
- 66'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 64'Delay in match because of an injury Yevhen Cheberko (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 63'Attempt saved. Eduard Löwen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Timo Werner.
- 63'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
- 63'Attempt saved. Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Eduard Löwen with a cross.
- 63'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Sergi Palencia.
- 62'Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Paul Marie replaces Benji Kikanovic.
- 62'Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Timo Werner replaces Ousseni Bouda.
- 60'Attempt saved. Benji Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Vítor Costa with a cross.
- 59'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Mark Delgado.
- 59'Attempt blocked. Beau Leroux (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Löwen with a cross.
- 58'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Sergi Palencia.
- 57'Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 57'Foul by Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 56'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 56'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 53'Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Son Heung-Min following a fast break.
- 49'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 48'Delay in match because of an injury Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 48'Attempt blocked. Benji Kikanovic (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Niko Tsakiris.
- 48'Attempt missed. Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 45'Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Preston Judd replaces Jamar Ricketts.
- 45'Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Vítor Costa replaces Daniel Munie.
- 45'Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Nkosi Tafari replaces Armindo Sieb.
- 45'Second Half begins San Jose Earthquakes 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
- 45'+4'First Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
- 45'+2'Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 43'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 43'Delay in match because of an injury Yevhen Cheberko (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 41'Attempt blocked. Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Beau Leroux.
- 40'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Denis Bouanga.
- 40'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
- 39'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Son Heung-Min.
- 39'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
- 39'Attempt blocked. Eduard Löwen (San Jose Earthquakes) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 36'Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the red card.
- 36'Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 36'Foul by Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 34'Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Son Heung-Min (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
- 29'Attempt saved. Reid Roberts (San Jose Earthquakes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Hugo Lloris (Los Angeles Football Club). Assisted by Niko Tsakiris.
- 28'Beau Leroux (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 28'Foul by Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 28'Foul by Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 28'Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25'Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Denis Bouanga is caught offside.
- 18'Foul by Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 18'Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16'Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Reid Roberts.
- 14'Foul by Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 14'Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14'Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathieu Choinière.
- 11'Ousseni Bouda (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11'Foul by Ryan Porteous (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 9'Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (San Jose Earthquakes).
- 9'Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7'Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7'Foul by Mark Delgado (Los Angeles Football Club).
- 5'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Son Heung-Min.
- 4'Corner, San Jose Earthquakes. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
- 2'Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2'Foul by Jamar Ricketts (San Jose Earthquakes).
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Commentary: ESPN
Starting lineups
San Jose Earthquakes · 3-4-2-1
4Dave RomneyCD
Substitutes
LAFC · 4-3-3
23Yevhen CheberkoLB
8Mark DelgadoLM
Substitutes
Game stats
SJLAFC
68.9Possession (%)31.1
21Shots3
9Shots on target2
15Corners3
8Fouls7
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards1
0Offsides1
0Saves7
Last 5 games
San Jose Earthquakes
LMinnesota United FC5-1Aug 22, 2026
D@ Houston Dynamo FC0-0Aug 29, 2026
D@ Austin FC1-1Sep 5, 2026
W@ San Diego FC3-2Sep 9, 2026
WHouston Dynamo FC1-0Sep 12, 2026
LAFC
DPortland Timbers1-1Aug 22, 2026
D@ D.C. United0-0Aug 29, 2026
D@ Real Salt Lake2-2Sep 5, 2026
WRed Bull New York2-0Sep 9, 2026
L@ Sporting Kansas City3-1Sep 12, 2026
Head-to-head record
1
San Jose
0
Draws
4
LAFC
Last meetings
Apr 19, 2026LAFC1 – 4San Jose Earthquakes
Sep 13, 2025San Jose Earthquakes2 – 4LAFC
Apr 12, 2025LAFC2 – 1San Jose Earthquakes
Oct 19, 2024LAFC3 – 1San Jose Earthquakes
Aug 13, 2024LAFC4 – 1San Jose Earthquakes
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vancouver | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | +32 | 55 | DLDDW |
| 2 |  St. Louis | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | +15 | 51 | WWWDL |
| 3 |  Dallas | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | +8 | 51 | DWLWD |
| 4 |  San Jose | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | +10 | 48 | LDDWW |
| 5 |  Houston | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | +2 | 47 | DLDDD |
| 6 |  LAFC | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | +15 | 46 | DDDWL |
| 7 |  Seattle | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | +2 | 42 | WWWLD |
| 8 |  LA Galaxy | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 40 | WWLWD |
| 9 |  Colorado | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 39 | DLDDD |
| 10 |  Salt Lake | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 36 | LWLDW |
| 11 |  Portland | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 34 | LLDLD |
| 12 |  San Diego | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 34 | DDLDD |
| 13 |  Minnesota | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 34 | LLDDW |
| 14 |  Austin | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -18 | 31 | DDLLL |
| 15 |  Kansas City | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -39 | 22 | WLDLL |
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FAQ
What was the score in San Jose Earthquakes vs LAFC?
San Jose Earthquakes and LAFC drew 2-2 on Saturday, September 19 (MLS).
Who scored in San Jose Earthquakes vs LAFC?
Goals: Son Heung-Min 34', Denis Bouanga 53', Preston Judd 70' and Reid Roberts 90'+8'.
When do San Jose Earthquakes play next?
San Jose Earthquakes play FC Dallas on Saturday, October 24 at 8:30 PM (ET).
When do LAFC play next?
LAFC play LA Galaxy on Sunday, October 25 at 9:00 PM (ET).
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