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FC Dallas vs San Jose Earthquakes: Match Predictions

Easy win or trap game?

By Jason Poon
MLS: San Jose Earthquakes at FC Dallas Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

FC Dallas return to action tonight against a struggling San Jose side that’s dead last in the standings. Some of us are concerned this could be a trap game for FCD, given how terrible San Jose are at soccering. Maybe some of us would be more inclined to believe that fully if this were away, but this is a home game and Dallas’ depth can weather even a trap game should the starters play to the level of their competition.

The staff are continuing to make picks this season and we’re going with a very simple points system:

Correct Result Prediction: 1pt

Correct Score: 2pts

Here’s where we stand so far:

BDS Standings

Position Name Point Total
Position Name Point Total
1 Drew Epperley 29
2 Jared Tilley 27
3 Nathan Hill 26
4 Ben Lyon 22
5 Jeff Loftin 20
6 Etan Cohn 18
7 Mohammad Bushnaq 18
8 Jack Rouse 18
9 Jason Poon 17
10 Ryan Scanlon 16
11 Scott Hiney 9
12 Jose Carmona 8
13 Andrew Gentry 4
14 Cody Gamond 2
15 Preston Wetherington 2
16 Noah Riffe 1

Here are our staff predictions against SJE:

FCD vs SEA

Name Result for FCD FCD Score Opposition Score Commentary
Name Result for FCD FCD Score Opposition Score Commentary
Ben Lyon Win 2 1 The smug comments from Sounders fans this week...
Jack Rous Win 2 0 How do they do it? Ricardo Pepi
Jason Poon Loss 0 2 It's been fun but I'm not seeing a way out of Seattle with a win.
Jeff Loftin Loss 1 2 Close loss after controversial play at the other end which mysteriously doesn't get VAR treatment.
Mohammad Bushnaq Loss 1 2 Valiant effort but Dallas falls short in the Pacific NW for their revenge bid.
Nathan Hill Draw 2 2 FC Dallas advance on PKs and claim the Cascadia Cup. Goals from Jara and Pepi.
Ryan Scanlon Loss 1 3 Seattle’s quality and combination play will be too much for FC Dallas which will not let us get away with what we pulled off against Portland. Michael Barrios gives us a glimmer of hope with a goal before Jordan Morris and Nick Lodeiro put this out of reach.

What do you guys think? Is this a trap game? At this point last year, we saw this team get spanked at home 0-4 by Vancouver and started the collapse. Is this the same? Or has this team figured things out and we do the spanking?

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