Bruce Arena is offering no excuses for the San Jose Earthquakes' recent torrid form, which they will be looking to end against Minnesota United in MLS.The ‘Quakes started their season with just one loss in their first 10 games, winning the other nine, but since then, they have only won one of their next 10.That was a 3-1 win over the Portland Timbers prior to the World Cup break, and a run of five without a victory since the return (D1 L4) has seen them drop to fourth in the Western Conference.They remain just five points behind leaders Houston Dynamo after their 1-0 loss to 10-man LA Galaxy, and Arena knows his side's recent form has not been good enough."[Against the Galaxy], there are obviously some chances that we've got to execute, but there's no excuses at our end," he said."We easily could've scored three goals – that game should have been over, and you get to the 70th minute, and LA should be chasing the game."We just failed to execute, and the goalkeeper made a couple of outstanding saves. But it's all on us. I would have been disappointed with the draw, to be honest and to walk off with no points at all is obviously not very good."Minnesota are also struggling to get three points on the board, with their winless run stretching to nine games after their 2-1 loss to Atlanta United last time out.They are 11th in the West, having at least picked up five draws in that streak (L4), and head coach Cameron Knowles rued the chances his side have missed."We have to leave it [the last result]," he said. "We had to as soon as we walked out the building, because the next one comes quick."The effort to create some of the chances we did that could have potentially taken us ahead, or even equalized once we'd gone down, was really good. We just can't quite get over the hump."Matchday XX pic.twitter.com/hqk9UicDaK— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) August 20, 2026PLAYERS TO WATCHSan Jose Earthquakes – Timo WernerTimo Werner created four chances off the bench in the Earthquakes' 1-0 loss to the Galaxy, as did Ousseni Bouda.It was the second time over the last 15 seasons that an MLS team has had multiple substitutes with at least four chances created in a regular-season match, with Inter Miami doing so last August, also against the Galaxy.Minnesota United – Anthony MarkanichAnthony Markanich scored Minnesota's lone goal in the defeat to Atlanta United, his fifth of the season and 14th over the last two years.No other MLS defender has scored more than eight times since the beginning of last season (Mathias Laborda).MATCH PREDICTION: SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES WINSan Jose have won only one of their last 13 regular-season meetings with Minnesota (D4 L8), including losing the last four meetings in a row. The Earthquakes won each of their first four with the Loons in 2017 and 2018 before winning one of 13 since.Since the beginning of May, San Jose are one of three MLS teams without a home victory in league play (D2 L3), along with Minnesota and the Vancouver Whitecaps.The Earthquakes have not had a longer winless run in a single season at home in MLS play since a six-match run to start 2020 (D4 L2).But Minnesota are winless in nine straight regular-season matches (D5 L4) following their 2-1 loss to Atlanta, equaling the longest winless run in league play in club history (June-July 2024).OPTA WIN PROBABILITYSan Jose Earthquakes – 46%Draw – 26.7%Minnesota United – 27.3%The post ‘There’s no excuses at our end’ – Arena concedes San Jose form is not good enough appeared first on SoccerNews.