San Jose Earthquakes vs Real Salt Lake 2-1

San Jose Earthquakes beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 after scoring twice in the opening 17 minutes and then holding on as the visitors had more of the ball after the break. Real Salt Lake pulled one back before half-time, but San Jose kept the lead to the end.

Ousseni Bouda opened the scoring in the 2nd minute, and Benjamin Kikanovic made it 2-0 on 17 minutes from Jamar Ricketts' assist. Real Salt Lake replied in the 23rd minute when Juan Sanabria, set up by Sam Junqua, made it 2-1. That was the half-time score.

San Jose lost Kikanovic at the break, with Jack Jasinski coming on, while Real Salt Lake made two changes on 45 minutes as Chadwick Zachary Booth and Aiden Hezarkhani replaced Dominik Marczuk and Sam Junqua. The hosts then made three changes on 60 minutes, with Ronaldo Vieira, Beau Leroux and Eduard Löwen coming on for Ian Harkes, N. Tsakiris and Nick Fernandez. Real Salt Lake also brought on Lukas Engel for Justen Glad on 60 minutes, then Alexandros Katranis replaced Chadwick Zachary Booth on 70 minutes and Ariath Piol came on for Stijn Spierings on 71 minutes. San Jose were forced to see out the final stages after that, and the result stayed with the home side.

Real Salt Lake had 56% of the possession and 496 passes to San Jose's 390, while also edging the shots 16-15 and expected goals 1.45 to 1.28. Both sides had five shots on target and five corners, San Jose were caught offside five times to Real Salt Lake's three, and the save count finished at 4-3 in the home side's favour. Fouls were level at 13 each.

San Jose's Reid Roberts was booked in the 46th minute, with N. Tsakiris shown yellow on 60 minutes. Philip Quinton was booked for Real Salt Lake on 63 minutes, and Alexandros Katranis was cautioned in stoppage time.