The San Jose Earthquakes will travel to Utah this week to take on Real Salt Lake on Saturday, June 23 at 7:00 p.m. PT. The match will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Bay Area, KNBR 1050 and 1370 KZSF.
Quakes players Anibal Godoy and Harold Cummings are currently participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the Panama National team. On Monday, June 18, Panama took on Belgium in their first match of the tournament and suffered a 3-0 defeat to a squad ranked third in FIFA’s power rankings. Panama will face England on June 24th and Tunisia on June 28th. The Quakes will show all 64 World Cup games on the video board at Avaya Stadium, and will serve coffee and donuts for fans that arrive for the first match of each match day. More information about the Quakes activities for the World Cup can be found here.
The Quakes drew 2-2 to the New England Revolution this past Wednesday, June 13. Forward Danny Hoesen tallied his eighth and ninth goals of the season and currently shares the fourth place spot on MLS’ top scorers list in 2018.
OPPONENT INFORMATION
Earthquakes vs. Real Salt Lake All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 10-10-9
Home: 7-5-3 (26 GF, 20 GA)
Away: 3-5-6 (11 GF, 23 GA)
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 37, Real Salt Lake – 43
Last Game vs. Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake 4 – 0 Earthquakes; August 23, 2017; Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah
The San Jose Earthquakes fell to Real Salt Lake 4-0 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. Despite the result, the Earthquakes remained just two points out of the sixth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. With the score 1-0 in the 61st minute, Quakes midfielder Anibal Godoy was shown his second yellow card of the match, forcing San Jose to play a man down for the final half hour. RSL capitalized on the man advantage by adding three late scores.
History of the Quakes – Real Salt Lake Rivalry
Real Salt Lake joined MLS as an expansion side prior to the 2005 campaign … The two teams played to a 2-2 draw in their first-ever meeting on April 30, 2005, at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, with Alejandro Moreno providing a late equalizer for San Jose … After going 2-0-2 over their first four MLS regular-season meetings, the Quakes dropped their first league tilt to RSL, 3-1, on May 31, 2008, at Rice-Eccles … The Quakes suffered two straight home defeats in league play in shutout fashion in back-to-back season openers in 2010 (3-0) and 2011 (1-0) … On March 19, the Quakes and RSL kicked off the 2011 season at Buck Shaw Stadium in a match later dubbed “The Great Deluge” as RSL took a 1-0 decision in a rainstorm through a 64th-minute Kyle Beckerman strike from 25 yards out that glanced off the left post and went in. That game marked Simon Dawkins’ MLS debut for the Quakes as a 66th-minute substitute … Real Salt Lake swept the 2011 season series with a 4-0 triumph in Utah on July 23 … The Quakes win against RSL on April 21, 2012 snapped a six-game winless streak in all competitions, including an 0-3-2 mark in the five prior MLS regular-season match-ups, and a loss via penalty-kick shootout in a 2010 US Open Cup play-in contest at Buck Shaw Stadium … The Quakes again beat RSL on June 23, 2012 by a 2-1 scoreline behind late goals from Alan Gordon and Chris Wondolowski for their first-ever win at RSL’s Rio Tinto Stadium … RSL was the last Quakes opponent to play a regular-season match at Spartan Stadium, earning a 2-2 tie on Oct. 8, 2005 … San Jose was 3-0-0 against RSL in 2012, outscoring them 9-2 in the process … The Earthquakes dropped their first two games of 2013 against RSL, losing 2-0 on March 3 at Buck Shaw Stadium and 3-0 on June 1 at Rio Tinto Stadium, but bounced back for a key 2-1 win at Rio Tinto on Sept. 21 thanks to a brace from Steven Lenhart … The San Jose Earthquakes rallied from a two-goal first-half deficit to tie Real Salt Lake 3-3 in the club’s 2014 MLS opener on Saturday, March 15 at Buck Shaw Stadium … Sam Cronin scored for the second time in as many games to lead the Earthquakes to a 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on Saturday, Aug. 30 … The Earthquakes were defeated by Real Salt Lake by a score of 2-0 on October 11, 2014 at Rio Tinto Stadium … San Jose was defeated by Real Salt Lake 1 – 0 on April 5, 2015 at Avaya Stadium … The Quakes earned a road point against Real Salt Lake with a 1-1 draw at Rio Tinto Stadium on May 1, 2015 … San Jose defeated RSL 1-0 at Avaya Stadium in their final matchup of 2015 thanks in large part to a late goal by Matias Perez Garcia … The Quakes and Real Salt Lake drew 1-1 in their first meeting of 2016 on July 22 … The Quakes defeated RSL 2-1 at Avaya Stadium with goals from Simon Dawkins and Fatai Alashe on Oct. 1, 2016 … Picking up where they left off, the Quakes prevailed with another 2-1 victory over Salt Lake on June 24, 2017 at Avaya Stadium … In their second matchup of 2017, the Quakes fell 4-0 to Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on August 23, 2017.
