2019 MLS Regular Season — Week 18
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake
Ayava Stadium — Los Angeles
July 6 - 10:30 PM ET
STREAMING: MLS LIVE on ESPN+ in US, on DAZN in Canada
Real Salt Lake look to extend an unbeaten streak to a season-high four games when they head to northern California to face a San Jose Earthquakes team looking to bounce back from a midweek loss at Minnesota United.
RSL (8-8-2) made it back-to-back clean sheet victories on Wednesday, beating Columbus Crew SC, 1-0, at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sam Johnson scored the lone goal in the 38th minute, finding himself in position to score after a booming clearance from Aaron Herrera inside his own 18-yard box. Johnson raced past two Columbus defenders and clinically finished a bouncing ball into the bottom corner.
The Earthquakes (7-7-4) had a six-match unbeaten streak snapped with a 3-1 loss at Allianz Field Wednesday. Tommy Thompson canceled out Darwin Quintero's opening strike with an equalizer in first-half stoppage time before Michael Boxall and Kevin Molino added second-half goals to lead the Loons.
San Jose Earthquakes
- Injury Report:
- OUT: Anibal Godoy (M) - abdomen surgery
- Suspended: None
- Suspended after next caution: Harold Cummings (D), Marcos Lopez (D)
- International duty: Nick Lima (D)
Real Salt Lake
- Injury Report:
- OUT: Jordan Allen (M) - knee injury, out for season
- DOUBTFUL: Tony Beltran (D) - knee injury
- QUESTIONABLE: Nedum Onuoha (D) - adductor injury
- QUESTIONABLE: Sam Johnson (F) - quad injury
- Suspended: None
- Suspended after next caution: Everton Luiz (M), Aaron Herrera (D)
- International duty: None
Series Matchup at Earthquakes
- Earthquakes: 7 wins, 26 goals
- Real Salt Lake: 5 wins, 24 goals
- 4 draws
Officials
- Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
- Assistant Referees: Jose Da Silva, Gjovalin Bori
- 4th Official: Ismir Pekmic
- VAR: Malik Badawi
