SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs. TORONTO FC
AVAYA STADIUM • San Jose, Calif.
July 16, 2016 • Week 19 • MLS Game #195
10:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE)
Two clubs in the thick of the hunt for playoff positions in their respective conferences meet when the San Jose Earthquakes play host to Toronto FC on Saturday evening at Avaya Stadium. The Quakes enter the weekend six points below the red line, their winless run extended to seven matches last weekend in a 1-0 home loss to FC Dallas. Toronto FC have risen three points above the playoff qualification line in the East, beginning their road swing with a 1-1 draw at Columbus Crew SC at midweek.
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- Sebastian Giovinco is on his way to repeating his record performance of a year ago, recording his seventh assist of the season in TFC’s 1-0 win against Chicago on Saturday. Giovinco also has eight goals this season – the only player in the league in the top 10 in both goals and assists; a year ago, he set the league’s all-time record for combined goals and assists when he scored 22 goals and set up 16.
- Toronto FC have won the last two meetings between the teams, over the last two seasons, both coming at BMO Field, including a 3-1 victory last May 30.
- The TFC win in the lone meeting in the 2014 season was their first victory against the Quakes since 2010. The Quakes won two of the four meetings in between, with two draws, including victories in the only meetings in both 2012 and 2013.
- Of the four TFC wins in the all-time series, two have come in San Jose. The Quakes’ win on May 8, 2013, a 2-1 triumph at Buck Shaw Stadium, was their first home win in the series since 2008.
REFEREE: Alejandro Mariscal. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Adam Garner; 4th: Allen Chapman
MLS Career: 1 game; FC/gm: 22.0; Y/gm: 5.0; R: 0; pens: 0
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: TOR: Justin Morrow
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: Anibal Godoy -- TOR: Jozy Altidore, Steven Beitashour
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Earthquakes 4 wins, 16 goals -- Toronto FC 4 wins, 16 goals -- Ties 4
AT SAN JOSE (5 meetings): Earthquakes 2 wins, 7 goals -- Toronto FC 2 wins, 8 goals -- Ties 1
LAST YEAR (MLS):
5/30: TOR 3, SJ 1 (Morrow 22; Creavalle 33; Moore 71 - Wondolowski 24)
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. TOR: P19 W5 L5 D9 -- Greg Vanney vs. SJ: P1 W1 L0 D0
