The Rapids recorded a 1-0 win at PayPal Park last September ,ending a 10-match, decade-long winless run at San Jose (D4 L6). Colorado hasn’t won consecutive matches at San Jose since July-August 2003.
San Jose followed its first win of the season with a 3-0 loss at New York City FC on Sunday. The Earthquakes have conceded at least three goals in five of their nine games this season, allowing a total of 23 goals, tied for fifth-most at this stage of a season in MLS history.
The Rapids ended a five-match winless run (D3 L2) with a 2-0 win over Portland on Saturday. That was Colorado’s second straight clean sheet, though the Rapids haven’t managed three shutouts in a row since the first three games of the 2015 season.
San Jose leads MLS in possession this season, keeping 60.3 percent of the ball. The Earthquakes have held at least 60 percent possession in a league-high six games this season but have managed just two points from those games (D2 L4).
Diego Rubio and Mark-Anthony Kaye scored in Colorado’s win over Portland on Saturday. Rubio (4) and Kaye (3) have combined for seven of the Rapids’ last eight MLS goals, with Lalas Abubakar the only other Rapids player to score since early March.
