DENVER. Colorado Rapids and Los Angeles FC didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park stadium in Denver on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Drew Fischer who was helped by Kyle Atkins and Felisha Mariscal. The 4th official was Diego Blas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.5 degrees Celsius or 54.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 16%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 4 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 7
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 86 Attack 99
- 33 Dangerous attack 28
- 73 Ball safe 79
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Colorado Rapids was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Los Angeles FC that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Colorado Rapids was more pushing with 33 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Colorado Rapids to win the match.
Colorado Rapids shot 14 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Los Angeles FC shot 11 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Colorado Rapids received 1 yellow card (M. Barrios). On the opposite side, Los Angeles FC received 1 yellow card (Aaron Long).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Colorado Rapids will have 3 points like Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake to remain in the 13th place. On the other side, Los Angeles FC will have 11 points like Seattle Sounders and Minnesota United to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Colorado Rapids will host Real Salt Lake on the 20th of October with a 26-15 head to head stats in favor of Real Salt Lake (13 draws).
Los Angeles FC will play away agasint Vancouver Whitecaps on the 20th of October with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Los Angeles FC (3 draws).
Colorado Rapids and Los Angeles FC will play the return match on the at the Banc of California Stadium
Colorado Rapids – Formation
Colorado Rapids
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87'Colorado Rapids started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Robin Fraser decided to play with the following team: William Yarbrough , Lalas Abubakar , Andreas Maxsø , Danny Wilson , Keegan Rosenberry , Bryan Acosta , Connor Ronan , Sam Nicholson , Diego Rubio , Max and Jonathan Lewis .
The home team had on the bench: Ralph Priso, Darren Yapi , Kevin Cabral , Michael Joseph Edwards, Michael Barrios , Alex Gersbach, Marko Ilić, Anthony Markanich and Steven Mehrdad Beitashour.
Substitutions
Colorado Rapids made 4 changes: J. Lewis for Michael Barrios (60′), D. Rubio for Darren Yapi (60′), Sam Nicholson for Kevin Cabral (86′) and C. Ronan for Ralph Priso-Mbongue (86′).
Best player: Connor Ronan
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Colorado Rapids was Connor Ronan.
His rating is with 53 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.
Los Angeles FC – Formation
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Steven Cherundolo played with: John McCarthy , Ryan Hollingshead , Aaron Long , Giorgio Chiellini , Diego Palacios , Timothy Tillman , Ilie Sánchez , Kellyn Acosta , Denis Bouanga , Carlos Vela and Kwadwo Opoku .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jesús Murillo , Denil Omar Maldonado Munguía, Nathan Ordaz, Sergi Palencia Hurtado, José Cifuentes, Stipe Biuk , Erik Duenas and Eldin Jakupovic.
Substitutions
Los Angeles FC made 3 changes: Giorgio Chiellini for Jesus Murillo (73′), Carlos Vela for Stipe Biuk (74′) and Timothy Tillman for Jose Cifuentes (82′).
Best player: John McCarthy
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Los Angeles FC was the goalkeeper: John McCarthy. His rating is 7.64. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Montreal Impact – 5-0
- SJ Earthquakes – Houston Dynamo – 2-1
- Colorado Rapids – Los Angeles FC – 0-0
- Saint Louis City – Minnesota United – 0-1
- Dallas – Portland Timbers – 1-1
- Chicago Fire – DC United – 0-0
- Philadelphia Union – Sporting KC – 0-0
