Our prediction for this MLS match:
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Colorado Rapids and St Louis City, Portland Timbers will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday morning. The Timbers have found their best form of late, but bear in mind that both Maxime Crepeau (goalkeeper) and Kamal Miller (defender) are on international duty with Canada.
The Earthquakes, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to St Louis City. Given San Jose’s four-game losing run at Providence Park, we predict that the hosts are going to pick up all three points from Saturday’s encounter. The likes of Daniel, Tsakiris, and Wilson Valdez have been struggling with injuries of late, speaking of the away team. It has to be noted that in their last meeting at Providence Park Portland Timbers defeated San Jose Earthquakes 4-2.
Highlighted Team (San Jose Earthquakes):

San Jose Earthquakes are members of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer. The Quakes have been participating in the league since 1996 and they won their first MLS Cup trophy in 2001. Back then San Jose outplayed star-studded Los Angeles Galaxy in the title game, but it has to be noted that they scored the winner in the extra time.
Two years later the Quakes managed to repeat the success, with the team beating Chicago Fire in the 2003 MLS Cup final. Avaya Stadium is the home ground of San Jose Earthquakes and the capacity of the venue is 18.000. The construction of the stadium cost no less than $100 million and the venue was opened in March, 2015. The club’s home colors are blue and black, whilst the Quakes wear white and red shirts and white shorts when playing on the travels.
Chris Wondolowski is the club’s biggest star and he has been playing for San Jose Earthquakes since 2009. The USA ace has 121 league goals on his account ahead of the start of the 2017 season.