Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Sporting Kansas City

3 – 2

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Colorado Rapids SC

Sat 18 Jul 2020 · 00:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+7' · FT 45+13'

Y 22' Diego Rubio

Y 41' Nicolas Benezet

Gadi Kinda 45' Y

Y 58' Danny Wilson

R 61' Danny Wilson

Y 68' Younes Namli

R 73' Jack Price

Y 74' Jack Price

R 74' Jack Price

Alan Pulido 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Rubiel Vazquez
Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Apolinar Mariscal
Referee David Gantar
Referee Nick Uranga

11 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC 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
18 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–2	W
13 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	1–2	L
08 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	4–0	W
01 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–1	W
06 Oct	FC Dallas	A	0–6	L
29 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–3	L
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

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Colorado Rapids SC
#30	Position	#22
21	Points	36
26	Played	27
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	11 / 3 / 13
31	Scored	38
63	Conceded	38
-32	GD	+0
0.81	PPG	1.33
23%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ 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)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, Colorado Rapids SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
6' The USA Kellyn Acosta breaks the deadlock on 6 minutes. 0-1!
11' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
16' Younes Namli, a Denmark , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
21' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jon Lewis, as he is very good at scoring at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with 3 goals in the last 2 games.
22' That is a Yellow card for Colorado Rapids SC. Diego Rubio will be fuming at that decision.
27' Ilie Sanchez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
32' Danny Wilson is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
37' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Colorado Rapids SC's shape.
41' Controversy at the stadium! Nicolas Benezet argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
45' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
50' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
54' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Johnny Russell by Gerso Fernandes on 54 minute.
58' Danny Wilson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 58.
61' It’s gonna be a Red card for Danny Wilson.
62' The Colorado Rapids SC bench stirs into life. Nicolas Benezet is withdrawn and Auston Trusty gets his opportunity.
65' Khiry Shelton adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
68' Controversy at the stadium! Younes Namli argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
71' The Colorado Rapids SC manager makes a substitution. Younes Namli departs to be replaced by Jon Lewis.
72' GOAL! Alan Pulido scores on 72.
73' Jack Price is having his name booked by the referee on 73.
73' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Kei Kamara comes on to replace Diego Rubio.
74' Colorado Rapids SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 74.
79' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 280 games and scored 400 goals.
82' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gianluca Busio is hanging Gadi Kinda on the field on 82 minute.
84' Gianluca Busio is replacing Gadi Kinda for the Sporting Kansas City side.
84' GOAL! Jon Lewis fires home to make it 2-2!
86' What composure from Jon Lewis! The United States international strokes it home. 2-3.
88' A moment of madness from Alan Pulido on 88 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
90' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Younes Namli is replaced by Jon Lewis.
Another three points for Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Auston Trusty ↑ 62'
3
Drew Moor
27
Deklan Wynne
32
Collen Warner ↑ 73'
20
Nicolas Mezquida ↑ 54'
23
Kei Kamara ↑ 73'
52
Braian Galvan
7
Jon Lewis ↑ 73'
15
Andre Rawls
99
Andre Shinyashiki
18
Jeremy Kelly

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Minnesota United FC L 2020-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Houston Dynamo W 2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-10-06 FC Dallas 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-29 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Portland Timbers D

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.73 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.78 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC 76% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City42% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

66%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

58%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City29% Draw41% Colorado Rapids SC30%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–2 not predicted

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.1%

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 1

7.7%

2 – 2

6.8%

0 – 2

4.8%

0 – 1

4.7%

1 – 3

4.7%

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 0

4.5%

3 – 1

4.4%

0 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	17%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	18%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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