Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Real Salt Lake

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Colorado Rapids SC

Mon 13 Jul 2020 · 02:30 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45' · FT 45'

Aaron Herrera 37' Y

Y 39' Kei Kamara

Everton Luiz 62' Y

Y 69' Jack Price

Y 70' Clint Irwin

Justen Glad 82' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

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

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo
Referee Corey Rockwell
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Nick Uranga

6 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.2 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

Real Salt Lake 23 games · Avg 3.4 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-08-25 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-05-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Real Salt Lake 2018-08-26 Colorado Rapids SC 0–6 Real Salt Lake 2018-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W
07 Mar	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D
29 Feb	Orlando City SC	A	0–0	D
20 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W
06 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
29 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
08 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W
29 Feb	D.C. United SC	A	2–1	W
06 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
29 Sep	FC Dallas	H	3–0	W
22 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Colorado Rapids SC
#27	Position	#22
32	Points	36
27	Played	27
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	11 / 3 / 13
40	Scored	38
44	Conceded	38
-4	GD	+0
1.19	PPG	1.33
33%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

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

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Real Salt Lake to score. At the same time, Colorado Rapids SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Nicolas Benezet is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Colorado Rapids SC.
10' A quiet spell here at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
20' Colorado Rapids SC have won 400 goals from 280 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
25' Douglas Martinez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
27' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Albert Rusnak makes it 1-0.
32' Uruguay international Nicolas Mezquida has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
37' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 37.
39' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kei Kamara.
44' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
49' Colorado Rapids SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
54' Diego Rubio has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
59' Colorado Rapids SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Wayne Frederick scoring 1 goals.
62' The referee calls foul for Everton Luiz. He receives a Yellow card.
67' Nick Besler gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Kyle Beckerman and will look to change the dynamic.
69' The referee calls foul for Jack Price. He receives a Yellow card.
70' The referee calls foul for Clint Irwin. He receives a Yellow card.
74' Colorado Rapids SC make a change. Jeremy Kelly trudges off to be replaced by Diego Rubio on 74 minutes.
76' Damir Kreilach makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
78' Giuseppe Rossi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Douglas Martinez on 78 minute.
82' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Justen Glad.
83' It is a substitution in Colorado Rapids SC team. Nicolas Benezet is replaced by Nicolas Mezquida on 83 minute.
85' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Justen Glad by Erik Holt on 85 minute.
86' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Damir Kreilach has done his job and it is now time for Sam Johnson to step up.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

25
Everton Luiz
8
Damir Kreilach ↓ Sam Johnson 86'
15
Justen Glad ↓ Erik Holt 85'
5
Kyle Beckerman C ↓ Nick Besler 67'
11
Albert Rusnak ↓ Justin Meram 78'
30
Marcelo Silva
22
Aaron Herrera
10
Corey Baird
18
Zac MacMath
4
Donald Toia
12
Douglas Martinez ↓ Giuseppe Rossi 78'

Bench

7
Giuseppe Rossi ↑ 78'
6
Pablo Ruiz
13
Nick Besler ↑ 67'
51
Andrew Putna
9
Justin Meram ↑ 78'
50
Sam Johnson ↑ 86'
43
Justin Portillo
20
Erik Holt ↑ 85'
21
Tate Schmitt
2
Alvin Jones
16
Maikel Chang
23
Milan Iloski

Coach Freddy Juarez

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Younes Namli
9
Nicolas Benezet ↓ Nicolas Mezquida 83'
1
Clint Irwin
3
Drew Moor
19
Jack Price C
10
Kellyn Acosta
6
Lalas Abubakar
23
Kei Kamara
13
Sam Vines
99
Andre Shinyashiki ↓ Jon Lewis 74'
18
Jeremy Kelly ↓ Diego Rubio 74'

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-02-29 Orlando City SC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2019-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2019-10-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2019-09-29 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-03-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2020-02-29 D.C. United SC 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2019-10-06 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-09-29 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 FC Dallas W 2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.93 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.15 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake56% Draw23% Colorado Rapids SC21%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.08

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

80%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

44%

Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake39% Draw43% Colorado Rapids SC18%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

8.2%

0 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

6.1%

1 – 2

5.6%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 0

5.3%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 2

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	17%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	22%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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