{"id":11102,"date":"2026-09-09T08:19:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=11102"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:19:48","slug":"match-preview-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-houston-dynamo-09-12-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-san-jose-earthquakes-vs-houston-dynamo-09-12-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Earthquakes vs Houston Dynamo: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose Earthquakes host Houston Dynamo at PayPal Park on Saturday, September 12 (10:30 PM ET \/ 9:30 PM CT \/ 7:30 PM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neither side carries fresh injury or suspension concerns into this one, so the team news is thin and the picture up top comes down to who’s actually delivering. Preston Judd leads San Jose Earthquakes with eleven goals this season, with support from Ousseni Bouda’s five and creative help from Timo Werner, whose thirty chances created is the highest tally in the home squad. Houston Dynamo counter with Guilherme, whose twelve goals top the visiting attack, while Jack McGlynn’s forty-seven chances created and Mateusz Bogusz’s sixty-eight shots underline the midfield craft feeding him.<\/p>\n

The two sides met barely a fortnight ago and played out a goalless stalemate, and there’s little in the pattern since to suggest this return fixture opens up. San Jose Earthquakes sit sixth in the Western Conference<\/a>, their form line of three straight losses followed by two draws leaving them in need of a response at PayPal Park. Houston Dynamo, second in the West on forty points from twenty-three games, have won twice, drawn twice and lost once across their five most recent matches but haven’t scored in either of their last two outings. Both defences look the more settled unit right now, and this one reads like a game decided by a single moment rather than an avalanche of chances.<\/p>\n\n\n