Colorado Rapids SC vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Los Angeles FC

Thu 20 Aug 2026 · 00:30 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Jeremy Ebobisse 22' 1–0

Y 20' Yevgen Cheberko

Youssef Maziz 32' Y

Y 39' Eddie Segura

Y 41' Nkosi Tafari

Darren Yapi 56' Y

Kosi Thompson 88' Y

Overview

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Colorado Rapids SC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado Rapids SC 29 games · 38 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 30 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Joe Dickerson

8 games this season 🟨 3.4/game ⚽ 14.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

Head-to-Head

Colorado Rapids SC 16 games · Avg 2.8 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-20 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Los Angeles FC 2026-04-23 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2025-10-19 Colorado Rapids SC 2–2 Los Angeles FC 2025-07-10 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-06-30 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	1–0	W
16 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–0	W
02 Aug	Austin FC	H	1–0	W
26 Jul	St. Louis City	A	0–1	L
23 Jul	San Diego FC	H	1–0	W
24 May	FC Dallas	H	1–2	L

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
16 Aug	San Diego FC	H	0–1	L
01 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–0	W
23 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	3–1	W
18 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–0	W

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC		Los Angeles FC
#24	Position	#21
38	Points	45
29	Played	30
11 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	12 / 9 / 9
41	Scored	47
41	Conceded	32
+0	GD	+15
1.31	PPG	1.50
38%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

31% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

43% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 24th (38 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

6/3

61-75

4/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

9/5

46-60

6/5

61-75

6/6

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

7 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	17 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Dick's Sporting Goods Park!
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
10' The 21-year-old Darren Yapi has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
20' Yevgen Cheberko catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 20.
22' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jeremy Ebobisse makes no mistake. 1-0!
27' The home supporters are growing impatient. Colorado Rapids SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
32' Controversy at the stadium! Youssef Maziz argues furiously but the card stands.
37' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
39' Poor challenge from Eddie Segura. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
41' That looks like a foul for a card for Nkosi Tafari.
46' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Nkosi Tafari is withdrawn and Aaron Long gets his opportunity.
51' Colorado Rapids SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
55' Georgi Minoungou has so much to prove this time. He replaces Youssef Maziz on 55 minute.
56' It’s a booking for Colorado Rapids SC player. Darren Yapi gets a card.
61' With 5 assists to his name this season, Paxten Aaronson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Colorado Rapids SC.
62' The crowd applauds Darren Yapi as he leaves the pitch. Dante Sealy steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
64' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Heung-min Son comes on to replace Timothy Tillman.
69' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
74' Ryan Hollingshead, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
75' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Marky Delgado comes on to replace Ryan Hollingshead.
80' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
82' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Tyler Boyd by Tommy Mihalic on 82 minute.
83' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Hamzat Ojediran by Kosi Thompson on 83 minute.
85' A change in the Colorado Rapids SC ranks — Miguel Navarro exits the field as Noah Cobb enters on 85.
86' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Ryan Porteous is replaced by Ryan Raposo on 86 minute.
88' Kosi Thompson has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 88.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Colorado Rapids SC take all three points.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matt Wells

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Timothy Tillman ↓ Heung-min Son 64'
24
Ryan Hollingshead ↓ Marky Delgado 75'
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
19
Tyler Boyd
5
Ryan Porteous ↓ Ryan Raposo 86'
66
Mathieu Choiniere
4
Eddie Segura
18
Jacob Shaffelburg ↓ Denis Bouanga 64'
91
Nkosi Tafari ↓ Aaron Long 46'
23
Yevgen Cheberko
31
Cabral Carter

Bench

1
Hugo Lloris
99
Denis Bouanga ↑ 64'
33
Aaron Long ↑ 46'
8
Marky Delgado ↑ 75'
21
Ryan Raposo ↑ 86'
7
Heung-min Son ↑ 64'
45
Kenneth Nielsen
22
Jude Terry

Coach Marc Dos Santos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Vela	7
Diego Rossi	5
Mateusz Bogusz	4
Djordje Mihailovic	2
Jonathan Lewis	2
Adama Diomande	2
Adama Diomande	2
Brian Rodriguez	1

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2026-08-20 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Los Angeles FC W 2026-08-16 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-08-02 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Austin FC W 2026-07-26 St. Louis City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-07-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 San Diego FC W 2026-05-24 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 FC Dallas L

Los Angeles FC Form

2026-08-20 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Los Angeles FC L 2026-08-16 Los Angeles FC 0–1 San Diego FC L 2026-08-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2026-07-26 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-07-23 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-07-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–3 Los Angeles FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.98 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.17 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Colorado Rapids SC or Los Angeles FC 70% + Under 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC36% Draw30% Los Angeles FC34%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.15

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	63%	37%
± 2.5	36%	64%
± 3.5	18%	82%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

66%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

64%

Colorado Rapids SC or Los Angeles FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Colorado Rapids SC21% Draw53% Los Angeles FC26%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.3%

0 – 0

14%

0 – 1

12.4%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

7.7%

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 0

5.3%

2 – 2

3.8%

1 – 3

0 – 3

3 – 1

2.1%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	18%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	22%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.