Colorado Rapids SC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 15 Sep 2024 · 01:30 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Calvin Harris 65' Y

Y 78' Diego Chara

Darren Yapi 90' R

Overview

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Colorado Rapids SC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado Rapids SC 34 games · 43 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Colorado Rapids SC 17 games · Avg 2.9 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Portland Timbers 2024-02-25 Portland Timbers 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-09-24 Portland Timbers 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-07-13 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Portland Timbers 2022-06-26 Portland Timbers 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W
01 Sep	FC Dallas	A	3–2	W
21 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	3–2	W
18 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–3	L
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D
08 Jul	St. Louis City	H	4–1	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
01 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
25 Aug	St. Louis City	H	4–4	D
21 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–3	L
14 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	3–0	W
08 Jul	Nashville SC	H	4–1	W

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC		Portland Timbers
#27	Position	#22
43	Points	46
34	Played	34
12 / 7 / 15	W / D / L	13 / 7 / 14
47	Scored	62
50	Conceded	61
-3	GD	+1
1.26	PPG	1.35
35%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts). Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

7/10

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

6/5

61-75

10/4

76+

12/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

Portland Timbers

Kristoffer Velde	12 G	6 A
Ariel Lassiter	9 G	4 A
Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Colorado Rapids SC have kicked off against Portland Timbers. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Colorado Rapids SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Portland Timbers backline.
14' Assisted by Djordje Mihailovic with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jonathan Lewis makes no mistake. 1-0!
19' Miguel Araujo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
24' A stunning finish from David Ayala — that came from absolutely nowhere!
29' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Colorado Rapids SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
34' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Chris Armas will be considering his options from the bench.
39' Kamal Miller needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
44' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
49' Lalas Abubakar has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
54' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
59' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Colorado Rapids SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
64' Colorado Rapids SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Portland Timbers's shape.
65' That is a card for Colorado Rapids SC. Calvin Harris will be fuming at that decision.
69' A tactical swap from Portland Timbers — Felipe Mora on, Antony off on 69 minutes.
71' What a strike from Rafael Navarro! The score is 2-1.
73' The Colorado Rapids SC manager makes a substitution. Jonathan Lewis departs to be replaced by Darren Yapi.
78' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Diego Chara on 78 minutes.
79' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Jonathan Rodriguez departs to be replaced by Mason Toye.
84' Portland Timbers are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
89' It looks surprising Colorado Rapids SC does not make any changes. Maxime Crepeau has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Darren Yapi.
90' A change in the Colorado Rapids SC ranks — Rafael Navarro exits the field as Jasper Loffelsend enters on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

20
Connor Ronan
2
Keegan Rosenberry
10
Djordje Mihailovic
23
Cole Bassett
95
Zack Steffen
6
Lalas Abubakar
5
Andreas Maxso
9
Rafael Navarro ↓ Jasper Loffelsend 90'
14
Calvin Harris ↓ Oliver Larraz 79'
7
Jonathan Lewis ↓ Darren Yapi 73'
99
Jackson Travis

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Antony	5
Diego Valeri	4
Sebastian Blanco	3
Diego Rubio	3
Samuel Armenteros	2
Jaroslaw Niezgoda	2
Diego Valeri	2
Felipe Mora	2

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2024-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2024-09-01 FC Dallas 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake W 2024-07-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2024-07-14 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2024-07-08 Colorado Rapids SC 4–1 St. Louis City W

Portland Timbers Form

2024-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Portland Timbers L 2024-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-08-25 Portland Timbers 4–4 St. Louis City D 2024-07-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2024-07-14 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake W 2024-07-08 Portland Timbers 4–1 Nashville SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.85 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.66 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Colorado Rapids SC or Portland Timbers 76% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC45% Draw24% Portland Timbers31%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

69%

Draw or Portland Timbers

55%

Colorado Rapids SC or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC32% Draw41% Portland Timbers27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

5.2%

3 – 1

1 – 0

4.9%

0 – 0

4.4%

0 – 1

4.4%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

4.2%

1 – 3

4.1%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	19%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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