Colorado Rapids SC vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Colorado Rapids SC

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Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 8 Sep 2019 · 01:00 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+8'

Y 79' Emanuel Cecchini

Overview

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Colorado Rapids SC vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS .

Colorado Rapids SC 18 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Philippe Briere
Referee Baldomero Toledo
Referee Hilario Grajeda
Referee Thomas Zablocki
Referee Kevin Stott

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

Colorado Rapids SC 17 games · Avg 2.7 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-09-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-03-10 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-09-29 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
31 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	2–0	W
25 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
18 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	2–2	D
15 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	0–1	L
11 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
01 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4–3	W
24 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
18 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
15 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
10 Aug	New England Revolution	H	3–3	D

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC		Seattle Sounders FC
#26	Position	#24
22	Points	24
18	Played	17
7 / 1 / 10	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 7
27	Scored	20
25	Conceded	22
+2	GD	-2
1.22	PPG	1.41
39%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (22 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Rafael Navarro

7 G

3 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Colorado Rapids SC have kicked off against Seattle Sounders FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Seattle Sounders FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Colorado Rapids SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Jon Lewis needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
20' Handwalla Bwana has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
25' Colorado Rapids SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' Over 30 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
35' Tommy Smith has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
40' 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.
41' Andre Shinyashiki adds to his 0 season tally! Colorado Rapids SC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
46' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Handwalla Bwana has done his job and it is now time for Danny Leyva to step up.
51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' Seattle Sounders FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
58' Shandon Hopeau is replacing Justin Dhillon for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
62' Jon Lewis makes way for Dillon Serna at the 62 minute mark. A tactical switch from Colorado Rapids SC.
67' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Robin Fraser will be considering his options from the bench.
70' GOAL! Andre Shinyashiki fires home to make it 2-0!
75' The crowd applauds Andre Shinyashiki as he leaves the pitch. Niki Jackson steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
79' Emanuel Cecchini catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 79.
82' The crowd applauds Sam Nicholson as he leaves the pitch. Danny Wilson steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
84' The Seattle Sounders FC manager makes a substitution. Emanuel Cecchini departs to be replaced by Alex Roldan.
89' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Colorado Rapids SC take all three points.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Danny Wilson ↑ 82'
44
Axel Sjoberg
17
Dillon Serna ↑ 62'
12
Niki Jackson ↑ 75'
15
Andre Rawls
18
Sam Raben
29
Matt Hundley

Coach Robin Fraser

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

35
Bryan Meredith
16
Alex Roldan ↑ 84'
31
Nicholas Hinds
37
Shandon Hopeau ↑ 58'
75
Danny Leyva ↑ 46'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Albert Rusnak	4
Raul Ruidiaz	4
Jordan Morris	4
Cole Bassett	3
Cristian Roldan	3
Andre Shinyashiki	3
Raul Ruidiaz	2
Djordje Mihailovic	2

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2019-09-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2019-08-31 New York Red Bulls 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2019-08-25 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-08-18 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2019-08-15 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-08-11 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2019-09-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2019-09-01 Seattle Sounders FC 4–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-08-24 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2019-08-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2019-08-15 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2019-08-10 Seattle Sounders FC 3–3 New England Revolution D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.47 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.09 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC46% Draw28% Seattle Sounders FC26%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.56

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

74%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

54%

Colorado Rapids SC or Seattle Sounders FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Colorado Rapids SC32% Draw48% Seattle Sounders FC20%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

1 – 0

10.3%

0 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

7.3%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

4.8%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

4.4%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	22%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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