Match Centre: SJ Earthquakes vs Portland Timbers
Espinoza 16′Espinoza 24′Arango 27′Bouda 88′
Mora 42′
Player of the match Cristian Espinoza 9.0
GolVolt rating 3.8GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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23 → 20
SJ Earthquakes climb 3 places in the table. Portland Timbers stay in place 8.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 69′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.8 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Espinoza scored the winner, Espinoza: rated 9.0.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.3 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 5 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.6 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.8more watchable than 38% of MLS matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
5 goals5 cards2 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 16' Goal: Cristian Espinozaassist: Jones1:0
- 24' Goal: Cristian Espinozaassist: Bouda2:0
- 27' Goal: Cristian Arangoassist: Jones3:0
- 38' Ian Harkesyellow card
- 40' Daniel Munieyellow card
- 42' Goal: Felipe Moraassist: Da Costa3:1
- Half-time · 3:1
- 55' Dave Romneyyellow card
- 60' Goal Disallowed
- 66' SubstitutionParedes for Ortiz
- 70' Penalty cancelled
- 72' SubstitutionRodrigues for Floriani
- 76' SubstitutionSmith for Ayala
- 77' 2 substitutionsFernandez for BravoKelsy for Moreno
- 82' SubstitutionKaye for Harkes
- 82' SubstitutionLassiter for Mosquera
- 88' Goal: Ousseni Boudaassist: Arango4:1
- 90+2' Kamal Milleryellow card
- 90+3' SubstitutionBuck for Leroux
- 90+4' Vítor Costayellow card
- Full-time · 4:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
SJ Earthquakes
Portland Timbers
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
SJ Earthquakes
- 2 Jamar Ricketts —
- 7 Amahl Pellegrino —
- 14 Mark-Anthony Kaye on
- 19 Preston Judd —
- 21 Noel Buck on
- 24 Nick Lima —
- 26 Rodrigues on
- 30 Niko Tsakiris —
- 36 Earl Edwards Jr. —
Portland Timbers
- 7 Ariel Lassiter on
- 13 Dario Župarić —
- 15 Eric Miller —
- 17 Cristhian Paredes on
- 18 Zac McGraw —
- 19 Kevin Kelsy on
- 22 Omir Fernandez on
- 23 Ian Smith on
- 25 Trey Muse —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- PayPal Park, San Jose
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · SJ Earthquakes Cristian Espinoza
- 2. place · SJ Earthquakes Ousseni Bouda
- 3. place · SJ Earthquakes Cristian Arango
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