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

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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

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

Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)

8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.6 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Colorado Rapids SC 23 games · Avg 3.4 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#22	Position	#27
36	Points	32
27	Played	27
11 / 3 / 13	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
38	Scored	40
38	Conceded	44
+0	GD	-4
1.33	PPG	1.19
41%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

3/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

5/6

16-30

4/5

31-45

5/5

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/7

76+

6/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Colorado Rapids SC have kicked off against Real Salt Lake. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' Colorado Rapids SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
15' It looks like no one’s ball. Colorado Rapids SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
20' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 279 games and scored 400 goals.
29' It’s gonna be a card for Joshua Atencio.
31' The referee has no hesitation. Braian Ojeda is booked for Real Salt Lake — card on 31.
36' Both keepers have barely been tested. Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
41' The 25-year-old Nick Defreitas-Hansen has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
46' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
51' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
56' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
58' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Alexandros Katranis is hanging Bode Davis on the field on 58 minute.
61' Colorado Rapids SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Theodore Ku-DiPietro is hanging Kevin Cabral on the field on 61 minute.
66' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Emeka Eneli made 287 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
70' Djordje Mihailovic makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Colorado Rapids SC are in front.
75' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Johnny Russell comes on to replace Tyler Wolff.
79' The whistle greets Cole Bassett as he departs to be replaced by Samuel Bassett.
80' Poor challenge from Darren Yapi. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
85' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
88' The crowd applauds Djordje Mihailovic as he leaves the pitch. Calvin Harris steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Reggie Cannon.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Real Salt Lake.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

91
Kevin Cabral ↓ Theodore Ku-DiPietro 61'
6
Chidozie Awaziem
4
Reggie Cannon
10
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Calvin Harris 88'
23
Cole Bassett ↓ Samuel Bassett 79'
5
Andreas Maxso
12
Joshua Atencio
8
Oliver Larraz
77
Darren Yapi ↓ Sam Vines 88'
99
Jackson Travis ↓ Connor Ronan 88'
41
Nick Defreitas-Hansen

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

77
Johnny Russell ↑ 75'
98
Alexandros Katranis ↑ 58'
31
Mason Stajduhar
26
Philip Quinton
14
Emeka Eneli ↑ 58'
23
Ariath Piol
11
Dominik Marczuk ↑ 58'
3
Kobi Henry
36
Jesus Barea ↑ 75'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

1.48 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake 73% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC44% Draw27% Real Salt Lake29%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

71%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

56%

Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC30% Draw46% Real Salt Lake24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

8.2%

1 – 2

7.4%

0 – 1

7.1%

2 – 0

6.8%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.2%

3 – 0

3.3%

1 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	20%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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