Berhalter has 2 goals, assist; Whitecaps beat Earthquakes 4-1, remain tied atop Western Conference

Vancouver Whitecaps' Sebastian Berhalter kicks the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match against the San Jose Earthquakes in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Whitecaps' Sebastian Berhalter kicks the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match against the San Jose Earthquakes in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Whitecaps' Thomas Muller (13) collides with San Jose Earthquakes' Max Floriani, right, during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Whitecaps' Thomas Muller (13) collides with San Jose Earthquakes' Max Floriani, right, during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Whitecaps' Sebastian Berhalter, front, falls while battling San Jose Earthquakes' Ronaldo Vieira (37) for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Whitecaps' Sebastian Berhalter, front, falls while battling San Jose Earthquakes' Ronaldo Vieira (37) for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Whitecaps' Rayan Elloumi, second from right, celebrates with teammate Ralph Priso (6) after scoring as San Jose Earthquakes' Daniel Munie, right, looks on during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
Vancouver Whitecaps' Rayan Elloumi, second from right, celebrates with teammate Ralph Priso (6) after scoring as San Jose Earthquakes' Daniel Munie, right, looks on during the first half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Sebastian Berhalter had two goals and an assist, Rayan Elloumi and Thomas Müller each added a goal, and the Vancouver Whitecaps in a 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday.

Vancouver (17-6-9) has 60 points and is tied with San Diego atop the Western Conference, two points ahead of third-place Minnesota. San Jose (10-15-8) has 38 points and fell out of playoff position. Eighth-place Dallas has 41 points, while Salt Lake and Colorado have 40 points apiece.

Elloumi, an 18-year-old homegrown who made his eight career appearance and second start in MLS, opened the scoring with a volley from point-blank range in the 39th minute. Berhalter played a perfectly-placed free kick from the left side to the back post, where Elloumi put away the first-touch finish.

Müller, on the counter-attack, ran onto a pass played by Ali Ahmed and gently settled it with his first touch and bent a low shot that slipped inside the left post into the side-net to make it 2-0 in the 57th.

The 36-year-old Müller, who has scored 45 goals in 131 career appearances for the German national team, was acquired Aug. 6 and has five goals and two assists in five appearances (four starts) for the Whitecaps.

Berhalter blasted a rising shot from 30 yards out that slipped inside the post to make it 3-0 in the 74th and his goal in the second minute of stoppage time capped the scoring.

Beau Leroux made it 3-1 in the 89th with a shot from outside the area that deflected off Vancouver's Giuseppe Bovalina into the net.

Ralph Priso made a goal-line block of a header by Josef Martínez in the seventh minute.

San Jose's Daniel De Sousa Britto — known simply as “Daniel” — had six saves.

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