Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

2 – 3

Full Time

Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 22 Sep 2019 · 00:30 UTC HT 45+7' · FT 45+5'

Matt Besler 8' Y

Y 18' Sam Nicholson

Matt Besler 20' R

Luis Martins 30' Y

Y 43' Keegan Rosenberry

Y 83' Diego Rubio

Y 90' Lalas Abubakar

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 34 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee Nima Saghafi
Referee Joe Dickerson
Referee Geoff Gamble
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 20 games · Avg 3.0 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-03-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-03-25 Colorado Rapids SC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–3	L
16 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–7	L
08 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
01 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
23 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
18 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–2	W
15 Sep	Toronto FC	A	2–3	L
12 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
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

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Colorado Rapids SC
#30	Position	#27
26	Points	43
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	12 / 7 / 15
40	Scored	47
81	Conceded	50
-41	GD	-3
0.76	PPG	1.26
21%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
3' What a strike from Gerso Fernandes! The score is 1-0.
8' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 8.
13' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
14' A stunning finish from Tommy Smith — that came from absolutely nowhere!
18' The referee has no hesitation. Sam Nicholson is booked for Colorado Rapids SC — Yellow card on 18.
20' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Matt Besler gets a Red card.
25' The travelling Colorado Rapids SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
30' Poor challenge from Luis Martins. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Robin Fraser might look to freshen things up shortly.
40' Gianluca Busio needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
42' The deadlock is broken! Kei Kamara gets on the scoresheet on 42 minutes.
43' Keegan Rosenberry picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
46' The supporters are chanting for Andre Shinyashiki. He replaces Jon Lewis on 46 minute.
51' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
56' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
61' 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.
66' Nicolas Mezquida has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
71' Over 71 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
74' The whistle greets Krisztian Nemeth as he departs to be replaced by Erik Hurtado.
76' The Chile Diego Rubio breaks the deadlock on 76 minutes. 1-3!
81' Clint Irwin is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
83' Diego Rubio was booked on 83.
85' Tommy Smith with the second goal in the match!
87' The crowd applauds Roger Espinoza as he leaves the pitch. Gianluca Busio steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
90' The referee shows Colorado Rapids SC player a Yellow card on 90.
It finishes all square. Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC share the spoils 2-3.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	6
Diego Rubio	5
Johnny Russell	4
Alan Pulido	4
Rafael Navarro	3
Erik Thommy	3
Dejan Joveljic	3
Jon Lewis	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC W 2019-09-15 Toronto FC 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-09-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.47 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.81 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC 74% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw26% Colorado Rapids SC42%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.28

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

58%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

68%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw42% Colorado Rapids SC34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 1

7.1%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

6.1%

0 – 1

6.1%

0 – 0

5.3%

1 – 3

5.2%

1 – 0

4.8%

2 – 0

4.1%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	16%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	20%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	14%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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