Heritage Cup (MLS)

The Heritage Cup is an annual cup rivalry between Major League Soccer (MLS) teams San Jose Earthquakes and Seattle Sounders FC. Both teams carried their names forward from their North American Soccer League (NASL) predecessors.

Heritage Cup
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC
LocaleWestern United States
First meetingSEA 3–1 SJ
NASL
(May 19, 1974)
Latest meetingSEA 4–1 SJ
MLS
(November 8, 2020)
Next meetingTBA

History

The Heritage Cup trophy was conceived and designed by San Jose Earthquakes fan Rob Stevenson and was commissioned by San Jose's Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation in collaboration with Seattle Sounders FC supporters.[1] The competition began in 2009 when the expansion Seattle began play, becoming the second MLS team named after their North American Soccer League counterpart – San Jose having been the first when they inherited the Earthquakes name in time for the 2000 season.[2]

The original Earthquakes and Sounders sides did have a rivalry while playing in the NASL. However, it did not completely resurface during the 2009 season with fans of both teams viewing other clubs as bigger rivals.[3] That season, the first MLS meeting of the teams was not considered for the competition due to the schedule consisting of two games in Seattle and only one in San Jose. Seattle won the initial meeting at home 2–0 and the second 2–1. The San Jose Earthquakes won the inaugural cup on goals scored after a 4–0 home victory on August 2, 2009.[4]

Present and future MLS teams that carry on the name of their market's NASL predecessors are eligible to join the competition. However, when the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC became eligible to compete for the cup upon joining the league in 2011, both teams' supporters elected not to participate.[2][5][6] They left open the possibility of joining if a couple of additional eligible teams join the MLS, thereby better differentiating the Heritage Cup from the Cascadia Cup.

The 2012 MLS Season brought an unbalanced schedule for the first time since 2009. The rules to the cup therefore reverted to counting only the last two matches between the teams, the way it will be counted in any season that has an unbalanced schedule.[7]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 the organizers sent out the following proposal

Gentlemen,

Here is the latest information for you about the 2020 Heritage Cup, the annual competition between San Jose and Seattle. The Quakes have not won the Cup since 2015, while Seattle displayed the Cup and used it in-stadium to promote their anniversary last year. As you know, the Heritage Cup is a joint operation between San Jose fans and some Sounders fans. This year presents a special challenge and we could only come up with one viable option, which is to use the July 10 San Jose vs Seattle game in Orlando as the Heritage Cup game for 2020. We delayed until now to arrange this, hoping to hear about the league schedule, but that didn’t happen. So this will be a one-game competition, on neutral ground.

We hope that this might also help the MLS Is Back tournament as well. If you can help us get information about this game and the Heritage Cup to MLS and especially to the ESPN producers and broadcast team as quickly as possible, this might be an additional storyline they can use in their telecast to add a little more drama to the game.

This match ended in a 0-0 draw and the winner of the Group stage (B) at the MLS is Back tournament, San Jose Earthquakes, was awarded the Heritage Cup for 2020.

Club namesakes
Major League Soccer North American Soccer League
San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders

Results

Competitive matches only

NASL era

For statistical purposes, matches that went to shootouts are counted as draws.

Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Series Ref
1974May 19NASLMemorial StadiumSeattle Sounders3–1San Jose Earthquakes SEA 1–0–0
June 30Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes2–2Seattle Sounders SEA 1–0–1
1975June 21NASLMemorial StadiumSeattle Sounders5–1San Jose Earthquakes SEA 2–0–1
July 12Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes2–2Seattle Sounders SEA 2–0–2
August 9Memorial StadiumSeattle Sounders1–2San Jose Earthquakes SEA 2–1–2
1976June 4NASLKingdomeSeattle Sounders1–2San Jose Earthquakes Tied 2–2–2
June 20Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes2–1Seattle Sounders SJ 3–2–2
1977April 23NASLSpartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes2–0Seattle Sounders SJ 4–2–2
May 21KingdomeSeattle Sounders0–1San Jose Earthquakes SJ 5–2–2
1978April 30NASLSpartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–0Seattle Sounders SJ 6–2–2
May 13KingdomeSeattle Sounders3–1San Jose Earthquakes SJ 6–3–2
1979May 12NASLKingdomeSeattle Sounders2–1San Jose Earthquakes SJ 6–4–2
May 19Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes0–1Seattle Sounders SJ 6–5–2
1980April 19NASLSpartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes0–1Seattle Sounders Tied 6–6–2
May 3KingdomeSeattle Sounders4–0San Jose Earthquakes SEA 7–6–2
1981June 20NASLKingdomeSeattle Sounders1–0San Jose Earthquakes SEA 8–6–2
August 8Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes3–0Seattle Sounders SEA 8–7–2
1982April 11NASLKingdomeSeattle Sounders0–0San Jose Earthquakes SEA 8–7–3
July 3KingdomeSeattle Sounders5–4San Jose Earthquakes SEA 9–7–3
August 7Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–2Seattle Sounders SEA 10–7–3
1983June 15NASLKingdomeSeattle Sounders1–1Golden Bay Earthquakes SEA 10–7–4
July 6Spartan StadiumGolden Bay Earthquakes2–2Seattle Sounders SEA 10–7–5
July 13KingdomeSeattle Sounders2–5Golden Bay Earthquakes SEA 10–8–5
September 3Spartan StadiumGolden Bay Earthquakes2–1Seattle Sounders SEA 10–9–5

Alliance era
Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Series Ref
1985July 7WACSMemorial StadiumF.C. Seattle3–1San Jose Earthquakes SEA 1–0–0
August 2Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–0F.C. Seattle Tied 1–1–0
1986June 27WSAMemorial StadiumF.C. Seattle1–0San Jose Earthquakes SEA 2–1–0
August 15Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–3F.C. Seattle SEA 3–1–0
1987March 21WSASpartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes3–1F.C. Seattle Storm SEA 3–2–0
May 17Memorial StadiumF.C. Seattle Storm3–0San Jose Earthquakes SEA 4–2–0
June 7WSA PlayoffsMemorial StadiumF.C. Seattle Storm0–3San Jose Earthquakes SEA 4–3–0
1988July 1WSAMemorial StadiumSeattle Storm3–0San Jose Earthquakes SEA 5–3–0
July 17Spartan StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–3Seattle Sounders SEA 6–3–0
July 30WSA ChampionshipMemorial StadiumSeattle Storm5–0San Jose Earthquakes5,600 SEA 7–3–0

1996–2008

Results from when the two teams played each other between 1996 and 2008.

Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Series Ref
2002July 17U.S. Open CupInterbay StadiumSeattle Sounders3–4San Jose Earthquakes1,275
2003August 5U.S. Open CupHusky Soccer StadiumSeattle Sounders1–0San Jose Earthquakes2,510

MLS era
Heritage Cup Match
Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Series Ref
2009April 25MLSQwest FieldSeattle Sounders2–0San Jose Earthquakes28,838 SEA 1–0–0[8]
June 13Qwest FieldSeattle Sounders2–1San Jose Earthquakes28,999 SEA 2–0–0[9]
August 2Buck Shaw StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes4–0Seattle Sounders9,919 SEA 2–1–0[10]
2010May 22MLSQwest FieldSeattle Sounders0–1San Jose Earthquakes35,953 Tied 2–2–0[11]
July 31Buck Shaw StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes0–1Seattle Sounders10,351 SEA 3–2–0[12]
2011April 2MLSBuck Shaw StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes2–2Seattle Sounders10,276 SEA 3–2–1[13]
October 15CenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders2–1San Jose Earthquakes64,140 SEA 4–2–1[14]
2012March 31MLSCenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders0–1San Jose Earthquakes38,458 SEA 4–3–1
June 26U.S. Open CupKezar StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes0–1Seattle Sounders7,219 SEA 5–3–1
August 11MLSBuck Shaw StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes2–1Seattle Sounders10,744 SEA 5–4–1
September 22CenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders1–2San Jose Earthquakes38,948 Tied 5–5–1
2013March 23MLSBuck Shaw StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–0Seattle Sounders10,525 SJ 6–5–1
May 11CenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders4–0San Jose Earthquakes38,880 Tied 6–6–1
July 13Buck Shaw StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–0Seattle Sounders10,525 SJ 7–6–1
2014May 17MLSCenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders1–0San Jose Earthquakes49,746 Tied 7–7–1
June 24U.S. Open CupStarfire SportsSeattle Sounders1–1San Jose Earthquakes4,023 Tied 7–7–2
August 2MLSLevi's StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–0Seattle Sounders48,765 SJ 8–7–2
August 20CenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders1–1San Jose Earthquakes38,509 SJ 8–7–3
2015March 14MLSCenturyLinkFieldSeattle Sounders2–3San Jose Earthquakes39,175 SJ 9–7–3
June 20CenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders0–2San Jose Earthquakes39,971 SJ 10–7–3
September 12Avaya StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–1Seattle Sounders18,000 SJ 10–7–4
2016May 7MLSCenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders2–0San Jose Earthquakes39,570 SJ 10–8–4
September 10Avaya StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–1Seattle Sounders18,000 SJ 10–8–5
2017April 8MLSAvaya StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes1–1Seattle Sounders18,000 SJ 10–8–6
June 28U.S. Open CupAvaya StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes2–1Seattle Sounders13,442 SJ 11–8–6
July 23MLSCenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders3–0San Jose Earthquakes43,528 SJ 11–9–6
2018July 25MLSAvaya StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes0-1Seattle Sounders16,478 SJ 11–10–6
October 28CenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders2-1San Jose Earthquakes42,617 Tied 11–11–6
2019April 24MLSCenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders2–2San Jose Earthquakes37,722 Tied 11–11–7
September 29Avaya StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes0–1Seattle Sounders18,000 SEA 12–11–7
2020July 10 MLS is BackESPN Wide World of Sports ComplexSeattle Sounders0–0San Jose Earthquakes0 SEA 12–11–8
September 10MLSCenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders7–1San Jose Earthquakes0 SEA 13–11–8
October 18Earthquakes StadiumSan Jose Earthquakes0–0Seattle Sounders0 SEA 13–11–9
November 8CenturyLink FieldSeattle Sounders4–1San Jose Earthquakes0 SEA 14–11–9

Cup winners by season
Year Winner SJ points SEA points Notes
2009San Jose Earthquakes33San Jose Earthquakes win 5–2 on aggregate.
2010Seattle Sounders FC33Seattle Sounders FC win based on MLS standings position after 1–1 tie on aggregate.
2011Seattle Sounders FC14Seattle Sounders FC win on points.
2012San Jose Earthquakes60San Jose Earthquakes win on points.
2013Seattle Sounders FC33Seattle Sounders FC win 4–1 on aggregate.
2014San Jose Earthquakes41San Jose Earthquakes win on points.
2015San Jose Earthquakes41San Jose Earthquakes win on points.
2016Seattle Sounders FC14Seattle Sounders FC win on points.
2017Seattle Sounders FC14Seattle Sounders FC win on points.
2018Seattle Sounders FC06Seattle Sounders FC win on points.
2019Seattle Sounders FC14Seattle Sounders FC win on points.
2020Seattle Sounders FC14Seattle Sounders FC win on points.

Statistical leaders

Bold denotes player is still able to play in competition. Updated through game played on November 8, 2020

Top goalscorers

At least two goals included in table

San Jose's Chris Wondolowski is the Heritage Cup's top goalscorer, with eight goals.
Scorer Club G
Chris Wondolowski San Jose Earthquakes 8
Raúl Ruidíaz Seattle Sounders FC 6
Jordan Morris Seattle Sounders FC 4
Fredy Montero Seattle Sounders FC 4
Simon Dawkins San Jose Earthquakes 3
Nicolas Lodeiro Seattle Sounders FC 3
Joevin Jones Seattle Sounders FC 2
Kelvin Leerdam Seattle Sounders FC 2
Obafemi Martins Seattle Sounders FC 2
Lamar Neagle Seattle Sounders FC 2
Cristian Roldan Seattle Sounders FC 2
Shea Salinas San Jose Earthquakes 2

Top assists

At least two assists included in table

Sounders' Nicolás Lodeiro and the Quakes' Shea Salinas share leadership of the series' assists table, with four each.
Assists Club A
Nicolas Lodeiro Seattle Sounders FC 5
Shea Salinas San Jose Earthquakes 4
Cordell Cato San Jose Earthquakes 3
Jordan Morris Seattle Sounders FC 3
Cristian Roldan Seattle Sounders FC 3
Mauro Rosales Seattle Sounders FC 3
Pérez García San Jose Earthquakes 2
Ryan Johnson San Jose Earthquakes 2
Joevin Jones Seattle Sounders FC 2
Raúl Ruidíaz Seattle Sounders FC 2

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f
    These matches were the determined matches to be specifically for the Heritage Cup cup competition between 2009 and 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f
    These matches were the determined matches to be specifically for the Heritage Cup cup competition between 2012 and 2014.

References
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  2. Romero, Jose (June 10, 2009). "Let the Heritage Cup competition begin|9". Soccer Silicon Valley. The Seattle Times Company. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  3. Ruiz, Don (May 22, 2010). "Heritage Cup? Sounders simply want to beat Earthquakes". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  4. Gashk, Matt. "Seattle Falls To San Jose". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  5. Dittfurth, Garrett. "On the Heritage Cup". Timbers Army Blogs. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  6. http://forum.vancouversouthsiders.ca/index.php?p=/discussion/243/heritage-cup-our-position
  7. "Heritage Cup Rules". Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
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  9. "Sounders get back on the winning track". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. June 13, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
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  11. "Wondo strikes early, Quakes defense does the rest". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
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