Sunday , 16 August 2026

Colorado Rapids SC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Colorado Rapids SC
1 – 0
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 18 May 2025 · 01:30 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Joshua Atencio 29' Y
Y 31' Braian Ojeda
Darren Yapi 80' Y
Reggie Cannon 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Colorado Rapids SC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)
6 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

5
3
14
Colorado Rapids SC 22 games · Avg 3.5 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-10-22 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May Real Salt Lake H 1–0 W
15 May San Diego FC A 0–2 L
11 May San Jose Earthquakes H 0–2 L
03 May D.C. United SC A 1–2 L
27 Apr Seattle Sounders FC H 1–1 D
20 Apr Houston Dynamo A 2–2 D
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 May Colorado Rapids SC A 0–1 L
15 May Portland Timbers H 0–0 D
11 May FC Dallas A 1–1 D
04 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–2 L
26 Apr San Diego FC A 3–1 W
20 Apr Toronto FC H 0–1 L

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC Real Salt Lake
#26 Position #21
22 Points 27
18 Played 17
7 / 1 / 10 W / D / L 8 / 3 / 6
27 Scored 29
25 Conceded 25
+2 GD +4
1.22 PPG 1.59
39% Win % 47%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)
68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (22 pts). Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC
0-15
3/2
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
4/–
61-75
3/4
76+
4/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/4
16-30
3/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
4/2
61-75
2/4
76+
4/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC
Rafael Navarro 7 G 3 A
Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' Braian Ojeda is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
  • 10' Tyler Wolff, a USA forward, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 15' Rafael Cabral has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 253 appearances.
  • 20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pablo Mastroeni might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 29' Joshua Atencio was booked on 29.
  • 31' Braian Ojeda was booked on 31.
  • 36' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 41' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 46' Colorado Rapids SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 46.
  • 51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 275 games and scored 396 goals.
  • 56' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pablo Ruiz, as he is very good at scoring at Dick's Sporting Goods Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 58' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Alexandros Katranis comes on to replace Bode Davis.
  • 61' Another change for Colorado Rapids SC made on 61 minute. Kevin Cabral leaves to be changed by Theodore Ku-DiPietro.
  • 66' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Chris Armas will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 70' The deadlock is broken! Djordje Mihailovic gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
  • 75' The crowd applauds Tyler Wolff as he leaves the pitch. Johnny Russell steps in for Real Salt Lake.
  • 79' The Colorado Rapids SC bench stirs into life. Cole Bassett is withdrawn and Samuel Bassett gets his opportunity.
  • 80' Darren Yapi is having his name booked by the referee on 80.
  • 85' Nick Defreitas-Hansen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 88' Colorado Rapids SC ring the changes. Djordje Mihailovic has done his job and it is now time for Calvin Harris to step up.
  • 90' Reggie Cannon catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
  • The points are shared — Colorado Rapids SC 1-0 Real Salt Lake. Honours even.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Damir Kreilach 7
Albert Rusnak 5
Diego Rubio 4
Jefferson Savarino 4
Cole Bassett 4
Joao Plata 4
Carlos Gomez 4
Lalas Abubakar 3

Head to Head

2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-10-22 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2025-05-15 San Diego FC 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-05-11 Colorado Rapids SC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-05-03 D.C. United SC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-04-27 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2025-04-20 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2025-05-15 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2025-05-11 FC Dallas 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-05-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-04-26 San Diego FC 1–3 Real Salt Lake W 2025-04-20 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Toronto FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.45 Colorado Rapids SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.37 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Colorado Rapids SC42% Draw26% Real Salt Lake32%
Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.82
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 77%
23%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 31%
69%
± 4.5 16%
84%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw
69%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
58%
Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Colorado Rapids SC28% Draw46% Real Salt Lake26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.7%
2 – 1
8.3%
1 – 2
7.8%
0 – 0
7.8%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
7.2%
2 – 0
6.1%
2 – 2
5.7%
0 – 2
5.5%
3 – 1
4%
1 – 3
3.6%
3 – 0
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap Colorado Rapids SC covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 11% 82%
-1.5 18% — 82%
-1 18% 19% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 66% — 34%
+1 66% 18% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
26% ✗
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

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