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

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 #18
16 Points 26
15 Played 14
5 / 1 / 9 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4
25 Scored 26
24 Conceded 19
+1 GD +7
1.07 PPG 1.86
33% Win % 57%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)
68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season
14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (16 pts). Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 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
2/4
76+
1/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
3/1
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/1
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake get this one started.
  • 5' Colorado Rapids SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 29' Colorado Rapids SC receives a card for a hard tackle on 29.
  • 31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Braian Ojeda on 31.
  • 36' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 36 minutes.
  • 41' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Noel Caliskan has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 46' Over 46 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 0% of all matches.
  • 56' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 58' Alexandros Katranis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Bode Davis on 58 minute.
  • 61' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Kevin Cabral by Theodore Ku-DiPietro on 61 minute.
  • 66' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 70' Djordje Mihailovic makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Colorado Rapids SC are in front.
  • 75' Tyler Wolff makes way for Johnny Russell at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
  • 79' It is a substitution in Colorado Rapids SC team. Cole Bassett is replaced by Samuel Bassett on 79 minute.
  • 80' The referee calls foul for Darren Yapi. He receives a card.
  • 85' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 88' Djordje Mihailovic makes way for Calvin Harris at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Colorado Rapids SC.
  • 90' That is a card for Colorado Rapids SC. Reggie Cannon will be fuming at that decision.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Colorado Rapids SC take all three points.

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
Carlos Gomez 4
Diego Rubio 4
Jefferson Savarino 4
Cole Bassett 4
Joao Plata 4
Damir Kreilach 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
1.53 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Colorado Rapids SC40% Draw26% Real Salt Lake34%
Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 2.98
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw
66%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
60%
Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Colorado Rapids SC27% Draw45% Real Salt Lake28%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.2%
1 – 2
8.3%
2 – 1
7.9%
0 – 1
6.9%
0 – 0
6.8%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 2
6%
0 – 2
5.9%
2 – 0
5.3%
1 – 3
4.2%
3 – 1
3.8%
2 – 3
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap Colorado Rapids SC covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 10% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 18% 65%
-0.5 35% — 65%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 19% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 12% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
22% ✗
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

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