Colorado Rapids

Match report

Colorado Rapids defeated Sporting Kansas City 2-0 in the Major League Soccer regular season on Sunday evening at Dick Sporting Goods Park. The hosts took all three points despite Sporting arriving in poor form, having lost three of their last five matches. The result keeps Rapids in seventh place while Sporting remain rooted to the bottom half of the table.

The turning point came early when Kwaku Agyabeng picked up a red card in the thirty-eighth minute. Sporting were reduced to ten men and never got out of second gear after that. Colorado pressed forward with confidence, though their first real chance fell to Rafael Navarro who was denied before finding the net in the ninetieth minute. By then the game was effectively over.

Substitutions told their own story, particularly a triple change for Sporting in the sixty-sixth minute when Capita, D. Sealy and D. Joveljic came on in quick succession. Colorado responded with their own shifts, bringing on fresh legs through the second half. Georgi Minoungou had a penalty cancelled by VAR in the seventy-first minute, a moment that could have shifted momentum but didn't.

The statistics painted a straightforward picture. Rapids dominated possession at seventy-four percent and created 2.92 expected goals from their 123 attacks. Sporting managed only 0.98 expected goals from 45 attacks, and their two red cards explained the one-sided nature of the contest. Shots accuracy sat at fourteen percent for Colorado despite four attempts on target.

Rafael Navarro added a second goal in the ninety-fifth minute after Moises Mosquera received a second yellow card. The late drama meant Sporting finished with two men in the dressing room, but the damage was done. Rapids moved to 23 points while Sporting remain on 16, still searching for consistency after a difficult run.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 74 – 26

Shots on target 4 – 3

Shots off target 11 – 3

Expected goals 2.92 – 0.98

🟨 30' Zorhan Bassong — Yellow card 🟥 38' Kwaku Agyabeng — Red card ⇄ 42' S. Suleymanov — Substitution ⇄ 46' Z. Bassong — Substitution ⇄ 56' W. Frederick — Substitution ⇄ 62' O. Blorian — Substitution 🟨 63' S. Suleymanov — Yellow card ⚽ 65' R. Cannon — Goal ⇄ 66' Capita — Substitution ⇄ 66' D. Joveljic — Substitution ⇄ 66' D. Sealy — Substitution 71' Georgi Minoungou — var_penalty_cancelled 🟨 84' Josh Atencio — Yellow card ⇄ 84' G. Minoungou — Substitution ⇄ 85' G. Minoungou — Substitution 🟨 88' Moises Mosquera — Yellow card ⚽ 90' Rafael Navarro — Goal 🟥 90+2' Moises Mosquera — Red card ⚽ 90+5' Rafael Navarro — Goal

Match events

· Sporting Kansas City Yellow card Shapi Suleymanov
30' Sporting Kansas City Yellow card Zorhan Bassong
38' Sporting Kansas City Red card Kwaku Agyabeng
42' Sporting Kansas City Substitution S. Suleymanov off: J. Bartlett
46' Sporting Kansas City Substitution Z. Bassong off: I. James
56' Colorado Rapids Substitution W. Frederick off: Y. Maziz
62' Sporting Kansas City Substitution O. Blorian off: W. Meyer
63' Sporting Kansas City Yellow card S. Suleymanov
65' Colorado Rapids Goal R. Cannon assist: Y. Maziz
66' Sporting Kansas City Substitution Capita off: J. Reid
66' Sporting Kansas City Substitution D. Joveljic off: T. Calheira
66' Colorado Rapids Substitution D. Sealy off: D. Yapi
71' Colorado Rapids var_penalty_cancelled Georgi Minoungou
84' Colorado Rapids Yellow card Josh Atencio
84' Colorado Rapids Substitution G. Minoungou off: H. Ojediran
85' Colorado Rapids Substitution G. Minoungou off: H. Ojediran
88' Sporting Kansas City Yellow card Moises Mosquera
90' Colorado Rapids Goal Rafael Navarro assist: P. Aaronson
90+2' Sporting Kansas City Red card Moises Mosquera
90+5' Colorado Rapids Goal Rafael Navarro assist: P. Aaronson

Statistics

74 Possession, % 26

4 Shots on target 3

11 Shots off target 3

2.92 Expected goals 0.98

7 Big chances 3

123 Attacks 45

8 Corners 2

12 Fouls 12

12 Free kicks 11

2 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 2

8 Goal kicks 20

31 Throw-ins 8

All statistics

15/2365% Aerial duels 8/2335%

80 Backward passes 27

13 Blocked shots 0

15 Clearances 31

8/2829% Crosses 1/714%

6/1932% Dribbles 8/1173%

1.67 Expected assists 0.27

59 Failed passes 64

4 Goalkeeper saves 2

6 Interceptions 10

22 Key passes 4

27/4264% Long passes 23/5641%

143 Passes into the final third 19

326 Passes in the opposition half 95

253 Passes in own half 104

0.14 Shot accuracy 0.50

11 Shots from outside the box 3

17 Shots inside the box 3

7/1164% Tackles 10/1856%

551 Total passes 192

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