San Jose Earthquakes host the Portland Timbers in a Major League Soccer regular-season match at PayPal Park in downtown San Jose, California. The fixture pits two Western Conference MLS clubs against each other and carries typical league and rivalry implications for playoff positioning. PayPal Park, the Earthquakes’ soccer-specific stadium opened in 2015, provides an intimate, purpose-built venue for the contest with seating for roughly 18,000 spectators.