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

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

4 – 0

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Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 25 Oct 2020 · 01:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45+255' · FT 45+255'

Amadou Dia 11' Y

Y 23' Andre Shinyashiki

Y 23' Collen Warner

Y 47' Lalas Abubakar

Khiry Shelton 74' Y

Jaylin Lindsey 85' Y

Gerso Fernandes 90' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

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

Match Details

Referee Sorin Stoica
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee Ian McKay

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

2020-10-25 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–0	W
17 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D
15 Oct	FC Dallas	A	0–1	L
11 Oct	Nashville SC	H	2–1	W
08 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
04 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	2–1	W

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–4	L
24 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	5–0	W
20 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W
17 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–4	L
13 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	5–0	W
10 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D

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' In just a few seconds Children's Mercy Park will turn into a battlefield for Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
11' The referee has no hesitation. Amadou Dia is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 11.
16' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
21' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
23' Andre Shinyashiki is having his name booked by the referee on 23.
28' Nicolas Mezquida is ready to make an impact after coming on for Collen Warner at the 28 minute mark.
33' Colorado Rapids SC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Reggie Cannon scoring 1 goals.
38' Alan Pulido has been relatively quiet despite scoring 39 goals in his last 13 appearances.
43' Collen Warner, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
47' Lalas Abubakar catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 47.
52' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 100% of all matches.
54' Alan Pulido doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
59' Jon Lewis is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
64' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
66' Nicolas Benezet gets the nod from Colorado Rapids SC. He replaces Andre Shinyashiki and will look to change the dynamic.
67' Fontas is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
70' Khiry Shelton gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Gianluca Busio and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Khiry Shelton was booked on 74.
75' Jeremy Kelly is replacing Keegan Rosenberry for the Colorado Rapids SC side.
80' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
81' Erik Hurtado is replacing Alan Pulido for the Sporting Kansas City side.
85' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Jaylin Lindsey will be fuming at that decision.
88' A goal from the Israel international Gadi Kinda! He fires home on 88 to make it 3-0!
90' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Gerso Fernandes will be fuming at that decision.
90' Johnny Russell makes way for Gerso Fernandes at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Sporting Kansas City take all three points.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

9
Alan Pulido ↓ Erik Hurtado 81'
7
Johnny Russell C ↓ Gerso Fernandes 90'
3
Fontas
29
Tim Melia
6
Ilie Sanchez
27
Gianluca Busio ↓ Khiry Shelton 70'
26
Jaylin Lindsey
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 81'
4
Roberto Puncec
17
Gadi Kinda ↓ Cameron Duke 90'
13
Amadou Dia

Bench

36
Luis Martins
5
Matt Besler
12
Gerso Fernandes ↑ 90'
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 70'
21
Felipe Hernandez ↑ 81'
19
Erik Hurtado ↑ 81'
28
Cameron Duke ↑ 90'
24
John Pulskamp

Coach Peter Vermes

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Younes Namli ↓ Jon Lewis 75'
11
Diego Rubio
2
Keegan Rosenberry ↓ Jeremy Kelly 75'
19
Jack Price C
4
Danny Wilson
26
Cole Bassett
6
Lalas Abubakar ↓ Auston Trusty 75'
32
Collen Warner ↓ Nicolas Mezquida 28'
13
Sam Vines
99
Andre Shinyashiki ↓ Nicolas Benezet 66'
50
William Yarbrough

Bench

9
Nicolas Benezet ↑ 66'
5
Auston Trusty ↑ 75'
1
Clint Irwin
3
Drew Moor
33
Steven Beitashour
20
Nicolas Mezquida ↑ 28'
7
Jon Lewis ↑ 75'
29
Matt Hundley
18
Jeremy Kelly ↑ 75'

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
Gerso Fernandes	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2020-10-25 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-10-17 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2020-10-15 FC Dallas 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Nashville SC W 2020-10-08 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2020-10-04 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2020-10-25 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-09-24 Colorado Rapids SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-09-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-09-17 FC Dallas 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–5 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-09-10 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Houston Dynamo D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.82 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.61 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 67% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City46% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC30%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.43

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

70%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

54%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw41% Colorado Rapids SC27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

10.4%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.4%

1 – 0

5.3%

3 – 1

0 – 0

4.7%

0 – 1

4.5%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

4.1%

1 – 3

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	19%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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