The Philadelphia Union hosts the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday in a MLS inter-conference matchday 3 fixture. Philadelphia Union is fifth in the Eastern Conference table at 1-1-0 on four points with a goal difference of +1. Philadelphia opened its regular season with a 1-1 draw at home against Minnesota United and followed that with a 2-1 victory over Montreal on the road.
Philadelphia Union has three victories, one draw and one loss in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored six goals and conceded six. Alejandro Bedoya, Danny Gazdag and Cory Burked have each scored one goal for Philadelphia. Julian Carranza, Jakob Glesnes and Kai Wagner each have one assist.
The San Jose Earthquakes are 12th in the Western Conference standings 0-1-1 on one point with a goal difference of -2. San Jose opened its regular season with a 3-1 loss at home to the New York Red Bulls and followed that last weekend with a 3-3 draw at home against the Columbus Crew. San Jose’s Francisco Calvo scored an equalizer in the sixth minute of stoppage time to share the spoils.
San Jose has one victory, two draws and two losses in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored nine goals and conceded 12. The San Jose goalkeeper and back line have allowed three goals in three of the last four matches. Francisco Calvo is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with two and Jan Gregus is the leader in assists with two.
