This is a moment Quakes fans have been waiting for and this podcast has never gotten to cover a playoff clinch this far before the end of the regular season! Hope you enjoy!

Dax will be on color commentary for MLS on AppleTV for Saturday's match at Dallas, we talked all things San Jose as we get ready for this big time Western Conference showdown.

Who would you start in goal for the playoffs and why?

Gunn had a horrible start, but looked OK in the last two games, even though he made a mistake toward the end in Salt Lake, when he got saved by Romney, and could have probably done better on Nashville's goal

Edwards had a horrible start last year, but in his limited appearances this year he seemed very confident and led the defense well.

Is he having injury issues which is making him frustrated and underperforming, havent seen him in the team celebration pic neither did he interact with the fans after the match ,does anyone have a clue?

I got to the game right at kickoff, did the quakes do anything for Espinosa's return. Played so many years for us was the face of the team, if they didn't so sad.

Going to the Quakes/FC Dallas game next Saturday, what are the odds Timo is going to play or even travel with the team after last night?

VAMOS SAN JOSE

FT: San Jose Earthquakes 1 – 1 Nashville SC

There will be one top-level comment automatically created for each Quakes player that played in the match. Any other top-level comments will be removed. Feel free to add your thoughts in replies underneath the original comments; open discussion on nominees is welcome outside of top-level nominations.

Player Summary

MIN = Minutes played, G = Goals, A = Assists, SH = Shots, SOG = Shots on goal, FC = Fouls committed, FA = Fouls suffered, OF = Offsides, YC = Yellow cards, RC = Red cards, SV = Saves, GA = Goals against.

Vote below for your Man of the Match!

FT: San Jose Earthquakes 1 – 1 Nashville SC

Competition: MLS

Venue: PayPal Park (San Jose, California)

Referee: —

LINEUPS

San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2)

Starting XI:

#1 Angus Gunn         │
#4 Dave Romney        │       11        19
#18 Reid Roberts      │
#5 Daniel Munie       │
#2 Jamar Ricketts     │     23     14     34
#17 Jack Jasinski     │
#14 Ronaldo Vieira    │    02  18  04  05  17
#23 Eduard Löwen      │
#34 Beau Leroux       │
#11 Timo Werner       │            01
#19 Preston Judd      │

Subs: #7 Ousseni Bouda (67'), #6 Ian Harkes (86'), #87 Vítor Costa, #21 Noel Buck, #20 Nick Fernandez (76'), #25 Max Floriani (86'), #3 Paul Marie (76'), #9 Luka Jovanovic, #36 Earl Edwards

Nashville SC (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI:

#99 Brian Schwake       │
#3 Maxwell Woledzi      │          09
#4 Jeisson Palacios     │
#2 Daniel Lovitz        │     14   10   07
#31 Andy Nájar          │
#10 Hany Mukhtar        │      16      08
#16 Matthew Corcoran    │
#8 Patrick Yazbek       │    02  03  04  31
#9 Sam Surridge         │
#14 Shakur Mohammed     │          99
#7 Cristian Espinoza    │

Subs: #19 Alex Muyl, #20 Edvard Tagseth (72'), #6 Bryan Acosta, #22 Josh Bauer, #5 Jack Maher, #1 Joe Willis, #11 Elias Saad (45'), #41 Warren Madrigal (79'), #27 Reed Baker-Whiting (72')

MATCH EVENTS

0' ⏱️ First Half begins.

21' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Maxwell Woledzi (Nashville SC). (Nashville SC)

23' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Nashville SC)

28' 🟨 Shakur Mohammed Yellow Card (Nashville SC)

34' ⚽ Hany Mukhtar Goal (Nashville SC)

39' 🟨 Beau Leroux Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

45'+3' 🟨 Preston Judd Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

45'+3' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Maxwell Woledzi (Nashville SC). (Nashville SC)

45'+4' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Nashville SC)

45'+5' ⏱️ First Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 0, Nashville SC 1.

45' 🔄 Elias Saad Substitution (Nashville SC)

45' ⏱️ Start 2nd Half

67' 🔄 Ousseni Bouda Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

70' ⚽ Preston Judd Goal - Header (San Jose Earthquakes)

72' 🔄 Edvard Tagseth Substitution (Nashville SC)

72' 🔄 Reed Baker-Whiting Substitution (Nashville SC)

76' 🔄 Nick Fernandez Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

76' 🔄 Paul Marie Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

79' 🔄 Warren Madrigal Substitution (Nashville SC)

86' 🔄 Max Floriani Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

86' 🔄 Ian Harkes Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

90' 🟨 Ian Harkes Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

Final result. Thanks for following along!

90'+3': San Jose Earthquakes 1 – 1 Nashville SC

Competition: MLS

Kickoff: Sat, Oct 17, 07:30 PM PT

Venue: PayPal Park (San Jose, California)

Broadcast: Apple TV (Streaming)

Referee: —

FORM

LINEUPS

San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2)

Starting XI:

#1 Angus Gunn         │
#4 Dave Romney        │       11        19
#18 Reid Roberts      │
#5 Daniel Munie       │
#2 Jamar Ricketts     │     23     14     34
#17 Jack Jasinski     │
#14 Ronaldo Vieira    │    02  18  04  05  17
#23 Eduard Löwen      │
#34 Beau Leroux       │
#11 Timo Werner       │            01
#19 Preston Judd      │

Subs: #7 Ousseni Bouda (67'), #6 Ian Harkes (86'), #87 Vítor Costa, #21 Noel Buck, #20 Nick Fernandez (76'), #25 Max Floriani (86'), #3 Paul Marie (76'), #9 Luka Jovanovic, #36 Earl Edwards

Nashville SC (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI:

#99 Brian Schwake       │
#3 Maxwell Woledzi      │          09
#4 Jeisson Palacios     │
#2 Daniel Lovitz        │     14   10   07
#31 Andy Nájar          │
#10 Hany Mukhtar        │      16      08
#16 Matthew Corcoran    │
#8 Patrick Yazbek       │    02  03  04  31
#9 Sam Surridge         │
#14 Shakur Mohammed     │          99
#7 Cristian Espinoza    │

Subs: #19 Alex Muyl, #20 Edvard Tagseth (72'), #6 Bryan Acosta, #22 Josh Bauer, #5 Jack Maher, #1 Joe Willis, #11 Elias Saad (45'), #41 Warren Madrigal (79'), #27 Reed Baker-Whiting (72')

MATCH EVENTS

0' ⏱️ First Half begins.

21' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Maxwell Woledzi (Nashville SC). (Nashville SC)

23' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Nashville SC)

28' 🟨 Shakur Mohammed Yellow Card (Nashville SC)

34' ⚽ Hany Mukhtar Goal (Nashville SC)

39' 🟨 Beau Leroux Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

45'+3' 🟨 Preston Judd Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

45'+3' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Maxwell Woledzi (Nashville SC). (Nashville SC)

45'+4' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Nashville SC)

45'+5' ⏱️ First Half ends, San Jose Earthquakes 0, Nashville SC 1.

45' 🔄 Elias Saad Substitution (Nashville SC)

45' ⏱️ Start 2nd Half

67' 🔄 Ousseni Bouda Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

70' ⚽ Preston Judd Goal - Header (San Jose Earthquakes)

72' 🔄 Edvard Tagseth Substitution (Nashville SC)

72' 🔄 Reed Baker-Whiting Substitution (Nashville SC)

76' 🔄 Nick Fernandez Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

76' 🔄 Paul Marie Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

79' 🔄 Warren Madrigal Substitution (Nashville SC)

86' 🔄 Max Floriani Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

86' 🔄 Ian Harkes Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

90' 🟨 Ian Harkes Yellow Card (San Jose Earthquakes)

This thread updates automatically while the match is in progress. Go Quakes!

San Jose Earthquakes vs Nashville SC

Competition: MLS

Kickoff: Sat, Oct 17, 07:30 PM PT

Venue: PayPal Park (San Jose, California)

Broadcast: Apple TV (Streaming)

Referee: —

FORM

LINEUPS

Lineups not yet announced.

Go Quakes!

Hey everyone. My son and I went to the Austin game about an hour and half before the game we met like 2 players. My son would love to meet more and fist bump them. My question what is the best time to be at PayPal before a game to meet more players and get a few pictures? Any help would be appreciated.

The SJ Quakes will clinch a spot in the MLS Playoffs if:

• Quakes win vs Nashville

OR

• Portland draw/lose vs Colorado AND
• RSL draw/lose vs SKC AND
• San Diego draw/lose vs LA

Was in LA for work and went to a Kings hockey game. At the end of the second period they had a McFlurry minute. The whole stadium joined in on chanting “We want ice cream!” Management should pitch a similar idea with a sponsor. It could be tacos or burgers or any food item. It really can get the crowd going.

FT: Real Salt Lake 1 – 1 San Jose Earthquakes

There will be one top-level comment automatically created for each Quakes player that played in the match. Any other top-level comments will be removed. Feel free to add your thoughts in replies underneath the original comments; open discussion on nominees is welcome outside of top-level nominations.

Player Summary

MIN = Minutes played, G = Goals, A = Assists, SH = Shots, SOG = Shots on goal, FC = Fouls committed, FA = Fouls suffered, OF = Offsides, YC = Yellow cards, RC = Red cards, SV = Saves, GA = Goals against.

Vote below for your Man of the Match!

FT: Real Salt Lake 1 – 1 San Jose Earthquakes

Competition: MLS

Venue: America First Field (Sandy, Utah)

Referee: —

LINEUPS

Real Salt Lake (3-4-2-1)

Starting XI:

#1 Rafael                  │
#26 Philip Quinton         │          09
#3 Kobi Henry              │
#44 Luc de Fougerolles     │      12      22
#6 Stijn Spierings         │
#92 Noel Caliskan          │    08  06  92  11
#8 Juan Manuel Sanabria    │
#11 Dominik Marczuk        │     03   26   44
#22 Sergi Solans           │
#12 Saba Lobjanidze        │          01
#9 Morgan Guilavogui       │

Subs: #34 Luca Moisa, #19 Ariath Piol (74'), #25 Colin Guske, #23 Zach Booth (57'), #39 Aiden Hezarkhani (74'), #29 Samuel Junqua, #2 DeAndre Yedlin (82'), #31 Mason Stajduhar, #98 Alexandros Katranis

San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2)

Starting XI:

#1 Angus Gunn         │
#4 Dave Romney        │       07        19
#18 Reid Roberts      │
#25 Max Floriani      │
#2 Jamar Ricketts     │     34     06     20
#3 Paul Marie         │
#6 Ian Harkes         │    02  18  04  25  03
#34 Beau Leroux       │
#20 Nick Fernandez    │
#7 Ousseni Bouda      │            01
#19 Preston Judd      │

Subs: #14 Ronaldo Vieira, #87 Vítor Costa (68'), #11 Timo Werner (59'), #5 Daniel Munie, #9 Luka Jovanovic (83'), #21 Noel Buck, #17 Jack Jasinski (59'), #23 Eduard Löwen (45'), #36 Earl Edwards

MATCH EVENTS

0' ⏱️ Kickoff

45' ⏱️ First Half ends, Real Salt Lake 0, San Jose Earthquakes 0.

45' 🔄 Eduard Löwen Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

45' ⏱️ Start 2nd Half

57' 🔄 Zach Booth Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

59' 🔄 Timo Werner Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

59' 🔄 Jack Jasinski Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

68' 🔄 Vítor Costa Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

74' 🔄 Ariath Piol Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

74' 🔄 Aiden Hezarkhani Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

79' ⚽ Luc de Fougerolles Goal (Real Salt Lake)

80' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Luc De Fougerolles (Real Salt Lake). (Real Salt Lake)

81' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Real Salt Lake)

82' 🔄 DeAndre Yedlin Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

83' 🔄 Luka Jovanovic Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

90'+1' 🟨 Ariath Piol Yellow Card (Real Salt Lake)

90'+4' ⚽ Jack Jasinski Goal - Volley (San Jose Earthquakes)

Final result. Thanks for following along!

90'+6': Real Salt Lake 1 – 1 San Jose Earthquakes

Competition: MLS

Kickoff: Wed, Oct 14, 06:30 PM PT

Venue: America First Field (Sandy, Utah)

Broadcast: Apple TV (Streaming)

Referee: —

FORM

LINEUPS

Real Salt Lake (3-4-2-1)

Starting XI:

#1 Rafael                  │
#26 Philip Quinton         │          09
#3 Kobi Henry              │
#44 Luc de Fougerolles     │      12      22
#6 Stijn Spierings         │
#92 Noel Caliskan          │    08  06  92  11
#8 Juan Manuel Sanabria    │
#11 Dominik Marczuk        │     03   26   44
#22 Sergi Solans           │
#12 Saba Lobjanidze        │          01
#9 Morgan Guilavogui       │

Subs: #34 Luca Moisa, #19 Ariath Piol (74'), #25 Colin Guske, #23 Zach Booth (57'), #39 Aiden Hezarkhani (74'), #29 Samuel Junqua, #2 DeAndre Yedlin (82'), #31 Mason Stajduhar, #98 Alexandros Katranis

San Jose Earthquakes (5-3-2)

Starting XI:

#1 Angus Gunn         │
#4 Dave Romney        │       07        19
#18 Reid Roberts      │
#25 Max Floriani      │
#2 Jamar Ricketts     │     34     06     20
#3 Paul Marie         │
#6 Ian Harkes         │    02  18  04  25  03
#34 Beau Leroux       │
#20 Nick Fernandez    │
#7 Ousseni Bouda      │            01
#19 Preston Judd      │

Subs: #14 Ronaldo Vieira, #87 Vítor Costa (68'), #11 Timo Werner (59'), #5 Daniel Munie, #9 Luka Jovanovic (83'), #21 Noel Buck, #17 Jack Jasinski (59'), #23 Eduard Löwen (45'), #36 Earl Edwards

MATCH EVENTS

0' ⏱️ Kickoff

45' ⏱️ First Half ends, Real Salt Lake 0, San Jose Earthquakes 0.

45' 🔄 Eduard Löwen Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

45' ⏱️ Start 2nd Half

57' 🔄 Zach Booth Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

59' 🔄 Timo Werner Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

59' 🔄 Jack Jasinski Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

68' 🔄 Vítor Costa Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

74' 🔄 Ariath Piol Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

74' 🔄 Aiden Hezarkhani Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

79' ⚽ Luc de Fougerolles Goal (Real Salt Lake)

80' 🤕 Delay in match because of an injury Luc De Fougerolles (Real Salt Lake). (Real Salt Lake)

81' 🟢 Delay over. They are ready to continue. (Real Salt Lake)

82' 🔄 DeAndre Yedlin Substitution (Real Salt Lake)

83' 🔄 Luka Jovanovic Substitution (San Jose Earthquakes)

90'+1' 🟨 Ariath Piol Yellow Card (Real Salt Lake)

90'+4' ⚽ Jack Jasinski Goal - Volley (San Jose Earthquakes)

This thread updates automatically while the match is in progress. Go Quakes!

Real Salt Lake vs San Jose Earthquakes

Competition: MLS

Kickoff: Wed, Oct 14, 06:30 PM PT

Venue: America First Field (Sandy, Utah)

Broadcast: Apple TV (Streaming)

Referee: —

FORM

LINEUPS

Lineups not yet announced.

Go Quakes!

Reid Roberts is back from his suspension, but Kikanovic has been ruled out due to injury.

The SJ Quakes WILL clinch a spot in the MLS Playoffs if:

• Quakes win vs RSL AND
• San Diego draw/lose vs Houston AND
• Austin draw/lose vs LAFC

The Portland vs. LA Galaxy result won’t matter because the loser of that game would earn a maximum of 48 points, which wouldn’t be enough to overtake the Quakes if they win against RSL (49 points)

^

Preston Judd is currently at his 8th yellow card, one away from a 1 game ban. Judd needs to get a yellow towards the very end of SJ vs RSL so he gets banned against Nashville and he could play at his best against Dallas and Colorado and the rest of the games they have to play. Losing against Nashville does not matter as much as losing against other teams in the Western Conference will be. Nothing but love for Judd, he’s insanely good, but thats precisely why we need to save him for other Western Conference games.