Back-to-Back: The Quakes open the season with back-to-back home games against the Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers. Last season, San Jose didn’t have a home game until Week 3.
Getting Familiar: Nine of San Jose’s first 18 matches are against Portland, FC Dallas and the LA Galaxy.
New Three-Game Opponents: In 2015, the Earthquakes played the LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders FC, Real Salt Lake, FC Dallas, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Houston Dynamo three times. This year, the Galaxy (one at home), FC Dallas (two at home) and Houston (two at home) are the only teams to remain as three-match opponents, and will be joined by Portland (one at home), Colorado (one at home) and Sporting Kansas City (two at home).