San Jose Earthquakes win their second MLS Cup in three years
The Earthquakes defeated the Chicago Fire 4-2 on November 23, 2003, with Landon Donovan scoring twice to claim the original club's second MLS championship.
4-2
Final score in MLS Cup 2003
San Jose Earthquakes Match Tracker for Matches You've Attended
Build a lifetime archive of San Jose Earthquakes matches you've attended. Ticket Timeline turns San Jose Earthquakes history for soccer fans into a lasting personal record centered on real seats at PayPal Park—one of MLS's ten original 1996 clubs—not a live-score feed or ticket marketplace.
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Stoppage time winner
Tied deep into added time, then decided in the game's final minutes.
Late drama
Decided after the 90th minute
You never know when it's the night
A wonder goal. A title-clinching night. A match fans still talk about. Earthquakes fans who log every game are the ones who can prove they saw it.
Rare
Not every fan gets one of these live
Top 10 game of the season
Ticket Timeline ranks this as the #4 Earthquakes game of the season. You were one of 17,432 people there.
#4
Game of the regular season
Player scores a hat trick
Three goals in one match—rare enough that most fans never see it live.
Rare
Only a handful happen across a season
San Jose Earthquakes Snapshot
- League
- MLS (Major League Soccer)
- Home venue
- PayPal Park
- Location
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Abbreviation
- SJ
Team Colors
Primary: #003DA5
Secondary: #010101
Home venues in Ticket Timeline's game data
Buildings the San Jose Earthquakes have called home in the attendance data Ticket Timeline uses—useful when an old ticket names a former stadium or an earlier naming-rights label.
- Current home: PayPal Park (2021–present), formerly Avaya Stadium (2015–2020) and Earthquakes Stadium (2020–2021)
- Historical: Buck Shaw Stadium at Santa Clara University (2008–2014) and Spartan Stadium at San Jose State (used by the original 1996–2005 Earthquakes and briefly by the reborn club)
Coverage in Ticket Timeline's game data starts in 2008—a data-coverage year tied to the current San Jose Earthquakes franchise, not a claim about the earlier Earthquakes era that ran from 1996 to 2005.
The San Jose Earthquakes play home matches at PayPal Park in San Jose, CA, USA—a soccer-specific stadium opened in 2015 as Avaya Stadium and renamed PayPal Park in 2021. Dates for those nights are anchored in Pacific time. The building list above is what Ticket Timeline uses when tracking your attended matches.
Rebuild your San Jose Earthquakes history
San Jose Earthquakes matches you attended can be dated using opponents, weather, life events, and the progression of the team over seasons. Rebuilding San Jose Earthquakes attendance is usually a scavenger hunt: paper tickets and PDF confirmations, camera-roll scoreboard dates, calendar invites, season-ticket statements, and memory anchors (companions, rivals, life events, stadium names on stubs). Work season by season; a partial list of attended matches is enough to start matching opponents and stadiums. Note the 1996–2005 original Earthquakes era and the 2008-onward reborn franchise separately if a stub's stadium name doesn't match today's venue. When confirmations live in Gmail, Find Your Games walks through a read-only preview before anything is committed. For a shoebox of stubs, see what to do with old ticket stubs.
- Old paper tickets and digital PDFs
- Email receipts and order confirmations
- Camera-roll photos with visible dates or scoreboards
- Calendar entries and season-ticket records
- Memory anchors: opponents, companions, venues, life events
- PayPal Park nights (2021–present)—the primary home in Ticket Timeline's data
- Regular-season, playoff, and California Clásico match dates
What your San Jose Earthquakes archive unlocks
Once you've logged San Jose Earthquakes matches you attended, Ticket Timeline surfaces the attendance story—not a live scoreboard. Visited insights track your nights at PayPal Park across years of playoff runs, rivalry nights, and the club's original 1996 founding era.
Attended
- Total matches attended
- Your record when you attended
- Home and road matches
Visited
- Stadiums visited
- Nights at home PayPal Park (2021–present)
- Road trips and away venues across MLS
Witnessed
- Players and teams seen
- Historic matches witnessed
- Playoff and California Clásico moments witnessed
- Rare moments witnessed
- Achievements earned
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At PayPal Park
San Jose Earthquakes home matches are at PayPal Park in San Jose, CA. The soccer-specific stadium opened in 2015 as Avaya Stadium, was known as Earthquakes Stadium from 2020 after Avaya's naming rights ended, and was renamed PayPal Park in 2021, becoming one of MLS's most compact, vocal grounds.
How Ticket Timeline connects your San Jose Earthquakes matches
Add San Jose Earthquakes matches from memory, import a spreadsheet, or scan ticket stubs. Ticket Timeline links each attended match to MLS context—teams, stadiums, players, and notable moments—so nights at PayPal Park, including California Clásico nights and playoff runs, become a browsable San Jose Earthquakes archive. Primary focus on this page: a lifetime attendance archive.
A lifetime San Jose Earthquakes attendance archive
Ticket Timeline is for fans who want a permanent record of San Jose Earthquakes matches attended over years—not a live-score feed and not a ticket marketplace. Keep PayPal Park nights, California Clásico moments, playoff runs, and every other attended match in an exportable personal archive.
A memory worth recovering
The San Jose Earthquakes were one of MLS's ten original clubs when the league launched in 1996. At the end of 2005, the franchise's players, staff, and championship history relocated to become the Houston Dynamo, while the San Jose name, colors, and identity stayed behind. MLS awarded San Jose a new expansion franchise in 2008 that carries the Earthquakes name forward today. A lifetime San Jose Earthquakes archive can hold matches from either era together, with their dates and contexts preserved for future recall.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What can I track for San Jose Earthquakes matches I've attended?
Ticket Timeline is built as a long-term archive of attended San Jose Earthquakes matches: teams, stadiums, players, milestones, and moments across seasons, including nights at PayPal Park.
How do I add San Jose Earthquakes matches to my timeline?
Add matches as you remember them—or import a batch—then keep growing the archive. Ticket Timeline stores attended San Jose Earthquakes history with MLS context in an exportable personal record.
Can I track how many stadiums I've visited for MLS?
Yes. Ticket Timeline helps you see stadium progress across the San Jose Earthquakes and MLS matches you've attended, so you can revisit which stadiums you've been to and keep building that record over seasons.
Can I import years of San Jose Earthquakes history from a spreadsheet or Gmail?
Yes. You can import a spreadsheet of attended San Jose Earthquakes matches, and Ticket Timeline also supports finding games from Gmail ticket confirmations with a read-only, preview-before-commit flow. That makes it easier to reconstruct years of history without retyping every date.
Does Ticket Timeline sell tickets?
No. Ticket Timeline does not sell tickets. It is an app for tracking MLS matches you've already attended and exploring the story behind your fandom.
Is Ticket Timeline a permanent archive for San Jose Earthquakes fans?
Ticket Timeline is built as a lifetime attendance archive for fans who want attended San Jose Earthquakes matches preserved across seasons, including nights at PayPal Park, with an exportable personal record.
Can I track San Jose Earthquakes matches at PayPal Park?
Yes. Ticket Timeline helps you track San Jose Earthquakes matches you attended at PayPal Park, including matchdays, California Clásico nights, rivalry matches, and memorable soccer moments.
Can I add older San Jose Earthquakes matches?
Yes. You can add older San Jose Earthquakes matches from memory, tickets, photos, or spreadsheets and keep your soccer history organized in one timeline.
Start Building Your San Jose Earthquakes Timeline
Build a searchable lifetime record of attended San Jose Earthquakes matches.
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