Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes 5/14/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

The Vancouver Whitecaps host the San Jose Earthquakes in a MLS Western Conference fixture on Saturday. Vancouver is last in the conference table at 2-1-6 on seven points with a goal difference of -10. Vancouver won just its second match of the season when defeating Toronto 1-0 last Saturday. The match at home was scoreless until the 90th minute when Tosaint Ricketts scored the winner for the Whitecaps.

Vancouver has two wins and three losses in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored five goals and conceded eight. Tristan Blackmon, Cristian Dajome, Lucas Cavallini, Ryan Raposo, Ryan Gauld, Brian White and Tosaint Ricketts have each scored one goal for Vancouver. Three players for the Whitecaps have one assist apiece. 

San Jose is 11th in the conference table at 2-3-5 on nine points with a goal difference of -7. San Jose earned its second victory of the season when defeating the Colorado Rapids at home 1-0 last Saturday. Nathan Cardoso scored in the 64th minute for San Jose to give the Earthquakes all three points. JT Marcinkowski made five saves in goal for the clean sheet, his first of the season.

San Jose has three victories, one draw and one loss in its last five matches across all competition and over that span has scored 12 goals and conceded eight. Jeremy Ebobisse is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with five, while Cristian Espinoza has scored four. Jan Gregus is the leader in assists with five, while Jamiro Monteiro and Espinosa have two apiece.