These are the players who will be on the bench: LAFC: Gareth Bale, Daniel Trejo, Eddie Segura, Ilie Sánchez, Carlos Vela, José Cifuentes, Brian Rodríguez and John McCarthy.
San Jose Earthquakes: Jack Skahan, Eric Remedi, Ousseni Bouda, Matt Bersano, Judson, Cade Cowell, Shea Salinas, Niko Tsarkis, and Oskar Agren.
The referee designation for today's game is as follows:
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira
Assistant Referee 1: Jose Da Silva
Assistant Referee 2: Felisha Mariscal
Fourth referee: Malik Badawi
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard
Assistant VAR: Tom Supple
The last time these two teams met was on May 28, 2022 and on that occasion LAFC won 3-2 at home. That confrontation was full of fouls, yellow cards, corner kicks and many goals that we hope will be repeated today.
The San Jose Earthquakes and LAFC have met several times, of the last 5 games the LAFC has won three times and in the other two games the winner was the San Jose Earthquakes.
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What time is the San Jose Earthquakes vs LAFC match for MLS 2022?
This is the start time of the game San Jose Earthquakes vs LAFC of August 20th in several countries:
Argentina: 11:00 PM on Star+.
Bolivia: 10:00 PM on Star+.
Brazil: 11:00 PM.
Chile: 11:00 PM on Star+.
Colombia: 9:00 PM on Star+.
Ecuador: 9:00 PM on Star+.
United States (ET): 10:00 PM on TUDN USA.
Spain: 4:00 AM.
Mexico: 9:00 PM on ESPN3 and Star+.
Paraguay: 11:00 PM on Star+.
Peru: 10:00 PM on Star+.
Uruguay: 11:00 PM on Star+.
These were the eleven players who started last game:
JT Marcinkowski, Tanner Beason, Nathan Cardoso, Paul Marie, Tommy Thompson, Jamiro Monteiro, Judson, Jackson Yueill, Jeremy Ebobisse, Benjamin Kikanovic, and Cristian Espinoza.
These were the eleven players who started last game:
Maxime Crépeau, Sebastien Ibeagha, Jesús Murillo, Diego Palacios, Ryan Hollingshead, Ilie Sánchez, Kellyn Acosta, José Cifuentes, Cristian Arango, Daniel Musovski and Carlos Vela.
There are three San Jose Earthquakes players to watch out for. The first is striker Jeremy Ebobisse (#11) who is the team's top scorer with 14 goals so far in the tournament and is not going to stop. Another player is Cristian Espinoza (#10), he plays the position of midfielder, has 6 goals and 7 assists in 25 games played and is a very important ball control player. Finally, Jan Gregus (#17) with 5 assists is recognized as the team's assister and is expected to feature a lot in the match.
Unlike LAFC, San Jose had a bad start to the season, after 5 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses, they add up to 24 points that establishes them in the thirteenth position in the west. Their last game was against FC Dallas, the match ended in a 4-1 loss and thus they achieved their eleventh loss of the tournament. The objective of the Earthquakes for this game is to be able to stay with the victory and thus steal the twelfth place from the Houston Dynamo, it will be a complicated game but not impossible to win.
The next three players are considered key to LAFC's offensive attack and any one of them is likely to score in the game against Nashville. Mexican player Carlos Vela (#10) is the team's creative, his ability to control the ball and generate plays have been of great value to his team. He is the leader of the team, in 19 games played he has achieved 6 goals and 7 assists, this makes him the second highest scorer and the highest assister of the team. Forward Cristian Arango (#9) is another game distributor on the pitch that is of the utmost importance, he is the team's top scorer, he has generated 8 goals and 1 assist. Finally, the 23-year-old midfielder José Cifuentes (#11) who is the team's third highest scorer with 6 goals in 20 games played and the second highest assister with 4 assists. He will add a lot to LAFC's attack from set pieces and he's also a great defender.
The Los Angeles team is at the top of the tournament, after 18 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, they have 57 points in the general table that puts them in first position in the Western Conference. They've had an amazing start to the season, hopefully they can keep up the same pace throughout the tournament and advance to the postseason. The novelty of the team is the arrival of Welsh striker Gareth Bale to the team, on Saturday, June 25, his arrival to the team was announced and his experience could favor the LAFC forward. Their last game resulted in a 1-0 victory against DC United at the Banc of California Stadium and thus they maintained their first place in the general table. They arrive as favorites to win this game and stay with the victory because of the incredible team they have and the good time they are going through.
The PayPal Park is located in the city of California, United States. It will host this game, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators and is the home of the San Jose Earthquakes. It was inaugurated on March 22, 2015 and cost 60 million dollars.
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