Major League Soccer: Colorado Rapids tops Sporting KC 2-0 on Saturday
DENVER. Colorado Rapids overcomes Sporting KC with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Rubio (22') and a goal from M. Kaye (52').
DENVER. Colorado Rapids tops Sporting KC with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Rubio (22′) and a goal from M. Kaye (52′). Sporting KC lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park stadium in Denver on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Alex Chilowicz who was helped by Jeremy Kieso and Adam Garner. The 4th official was Ricardo Fierro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.13 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 45%.
Match Statistics
Sporting KC was in firm control of the ball 56% while Colorado Rapids was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Sporting KC was more aggressive with 82 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Colorado Rapids managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Colorado Rapids shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting KC shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Colorado Rapids received 1 yellow card (K. Rosenberry). On the opposite side, Sporting KC received 2 yellow cards (N. Isimat-Mirin and C. Duke).
After this match, Colorado Rapids has 3 points to occupy the 14th place in the standings. while Sporting KC stays with 3 points (18th).
Match Events
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22'22'
D. Rubio
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28'28'
C. Duke
F. Hernandez
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29'29'
N. Isimat-Mirin
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52'52'
M. Kaye
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56'56'
C. Duke
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62'62'
K. Rosenberry
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67'67'
D. Moor
L. Esteves
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74'74'
A. Shinyashiki
D. Rubio
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80'80'
B. Sweat
L. Ndenbe
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81'81'
K. Ford
A. Fontas
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81'81'
J. Davis
R. Espinoza
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83'83'
K. Pierre
J. Russell
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88'88'
D. Yapi
M. Barrios
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89'89'
M. Alves
J. Lewis
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89'89'
S. Anderson
S. Beitashour
Next match
In the upcoming Major League Soccer match, Colorado Rapids will play away with Houston Dynamo on the 20th of March with a 15-11 head to head in favor of Colorado Rapids (10 draws).
Sporting KC will play away with Chicago Fire on the 19th of March with a 15-12 head to head stats in favor of Sporting KC (10 draws).
Colorado Rapids: Formation and Lineups
Colorado Rapids started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Robin Fraser chose to play with the following team: William Yarbrough , Keegan Rosenberry , Lalas Abubakar , Auston Trusty , Steven Beitashour , Jack Price , Mark-Anthony Kaye , Lucas Esteves , Michael Barrios , Diego Rubio and Jonathan Lewis .
Substitutes
Colorado Rapids made 5 changes: L. Esteves for D. Moor (67′), D. Rubio for A. Shinyashiki (74′), J. Lewis for M. Alves (88′), S. Beitashour for S. Anderson (88′) and M. Barrios for D. Yapi (89′).
Top player: Mark-Anthony Kaye
Probably the most impressive player in Colorado Rapids was Mark-Anthony Kaye.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Sporting KC: Formation and Lineups
Sporting KC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Peter Vermes played with: Timothy Melia , Graham Zusi , Nicolas Isimat-Mirin , Andreu Fontàs , Logan Ndenbe , Felipe Hernández , Rémi Walter , Roger Espinoza , Johnny Russell , Nikola Vujnović and Marinos Tzionis .
Sporting KC could not rely on the presence of K. Pierre (injured).
Substitutes
Sporting KC made 5 changes: F. Hernandez for C. Duke (28′), L. Ndenbe for B. Sweat (80′), A. Fontas for K. Ford (81′), R. Espinoza for J. Davis (81′) and J. Russell for K. Pierre (83′).
Top player: Rémi Walter
The player who no doubt impressed Sporting KC the most was Rémi Walter.
His rating is with 54 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.
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