ShareThe San Jose Earthquakes are on top of the Western Conference and will be hoping to stay there with a positive result against Toronto FC.Bruce Arena is relishing the San Jose Earthquakes' upcoming MLS fixtures against some of the best teams in the Western Conference, but he is not getting carried away by their blistering start to the season. The Earthquakes extended their winning league run to six matches by beating St. Louis City SC 3-2 in their last league match, helping them maintain top spot in the West. San Jose travel to BMO Field this weekend to take on Eastern Conference side Toronto FC before fixtures against the Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders and FC Dallas. They finish up their fixtures before the break for the World Cup against the Portland Timbers, and Arena wants to be in as strong a position when MLS play resumes."Our start is good, so when we hit the break in June, we'll be in a somewhat positive position. You can't go in the month of May and lose every game," Arena said. "Obviously, that'll destroy everything we've worked for at the moment. But we're in a good position. "Hopefully, we can hang in there and have a team ready to play on Saturday, and then I'll worry about the next game."We use this phrase with our players: 'Next play'. It's next play and next game. We don't look too far ahead."And the Earthquakes come up against a Toronto side without a win in their last four MLS outings (D3 L1) following a 2-1 defeat at home against Atlanta United last time out. Aleksey Miranchuk and Tristan Muyumba's second-half goals rendered Emilio Aristizabal's 71st-minute strike a consolation, leaving them sixth in the East after nine games.Toronto boss Robin Fraser was left frustrated at the lack of attacking fluidity within his team, who generated an expected goals (xG) total of just 0.6 from their nine shots. "The last 20 minutes were good," Fraser said. "Prior to that, we were too tentative. To be fair, Atlanta did a good job of restricting us to very little. "They did a good job of making it difficult for us to build out. But this is a game where they take something away from us, and we have to find other ways to try and hurt them. "I thought we probably didn't play in behind enough early in the game. The way they set up defensively, the only way to get at them was to get in behind, but we didn't do that."PLAYERS TO WATCHToronto – Daniel SalloiSalloi has 10 goal contributions in 13 regular-season matches against San Jose (six goals, four assists), only posting more against Dallas (11 – nine goals, two assists).Four of those came in his last match against the Earthquakes in April 2025 with Sporting Kansas City (two goals, two assists).SJ Earthquakes – Timo WernerWerner has been involved in nine goals (four goals, five assists) in his first seven MLS appearances, including three against St. Louis last time out.The last Earthquakes player to contribute to nine or more goals in any span of seven matches was Chris Wondolowski in 2012.MATCH PREDICTION: SJ EARTHQUAKES WINThe Earthquakes are unbeaten in five straight meetings with Toronto dating back to 2018 (D4 L1), though the last meeting was in 2023. The Reds' last win over San Jose was a 4-0 home victory in 2017.Arena's side are also the first team in the post-shootout era (since 2000) to win nine of their first 10 matches of a regular season. The Earthquakes, who won 11 times last year, are looking for back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time since 2012 and 2013.But Toronto are out for a return to winning ways on home soil. Their 13-match unbeaten run at BMO Field (W4 D9) came to an end after defeat to Atlanta. The Reds have won only five of their last 28 home matches in all competitions dating back to September 2024 (D12 L11).OPTA WIN PROBABILITYToronto – 33.3%Draw – 25.7%SJ Earthquakes – 41%The San Jose Earthquakes are on top of the Western Conference and will be hoping to stay there with a positive result against Toronto FC.Bruce Arena is relishing the San Jose Earthquakes' upcoming MLS fixtures against some of the best teams in the Western Conference, but he is not getting carried away by their blistering start to the season. The Earthquakes extended their winning league run to six matches by beating St. Louis City SC 3-2 in their last league match, helping them maintain top spot in the West. San Jose travel to BMO Field this weekend to take on Eastern Conference side Toronto FC before fixtures against the Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders and FC Dallas. They finish up their fixtures before the break for the World Cup against the Portland Timbers, and Arena wants to be in as strong a position when MLS play resumes."Our start is good, so when we hit the break in June, we'll be in a somewhat positive position. You can't go in the month of May and lose every game," Arena said. "Obviously, that'll destroy everything we've worked for at the moment. But we're in a good position. "Hopefully, we can hang in there and have a team ready to play on Saturday, and then I'll worry about the next game."We use this phrase with our players: 'Next play'. It's next play and next game. We don't look too far ahead."And the Earthquakes come up against a Toronto side without a win in their last four MLS outings (D3 L1) following a 2-1 defeat at home against Atlanta United last time out. Aleksey Miranchuk and Tristan Muyumba's second-half goals rendered Emilio Aristizabal's 71st-minute strike a consolation, leaving them sixth in the East after nine games.Toronto boss Robin Fraser was left frustrated at the lack of attacking fluidity within his team, who generated an expected goals (xG) total of just 0.6 from their nine shots. "The last 20 minutes were good," Fraser said. "Prior to that, we were too tentative. To be fair, Atlanta did a good job of restricting us to very little. "They did a good job of making it difficult for us to build out. But this is a game where they take something away from us, and we have to find other ways to try and hurt them. "I thought we probably didn't play in behind enough early in the game. The way they set up defensively, the only way to get at them was to get in behind, but we didn't do that."PLAYERS TO WATCHToronto – Daniel SalloiSalloi has 10 goal contributions in 13 regular-season matches against San Jose (six goals, four assists), only posting more against Dallas (11 – nine goals, two assists).Four of those came in his last match against the Earthquakes in April 2025 with Sporting Kansas City (two goals, two assists).SJ Earthquakes – Timo WernerWerner has been involved in nine goals (four goals, five assists) in his first seven MLS appearances, including three against St. Louis last time out.The last Earthquakes player to contribute to nine or more goals in any span of seven matches was Chris Wondolowski in 2012.MATCH PREDICTION: SJ EARTHQUAKES WINThe Earthquakes are unbeaten in five straight meetings with Toronto dating back to 2018 (D4 L1), though the last meeting was in 2023. The Reds' last win over San Jose was a 4-0 home victory in 2017.Arena's side are also the first team in the post-shootout era (since 2000) to win nine of their first 10 matches of a regular season. The Earthquakes, who won 11 times last year, are looking for back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time since 2012 and 2013.But Toronto are out for a return to winning ways on home soil. Their 13-match unbeaten run at BMO Field (W4 D9) came to an end after defeat to Atlanta. The Reds have won only five of their last 28 home matches in all competitions dating back to September 2024 (D12 L11).OPTA WIN PROBABILITYToronto – 33.3%Draw – 25.7%SJ Earthquakes – 41%