DENVER. Real Salt Lake overcomes Colorado Rapids 1-0 after D. Luna scored just 1 goal (74′).
The match was played at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park stadium in Denver on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Timothy Ford with the help of Brooke Mayo and Adam Garner. The 4th official was Ramy Touchan. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.32 degrees Celsius or 48.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 5 On Target 5
- 11 Off Target 1
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 75 Attack 99
- 47 Dangerous attack 35
- 73 Ball safe 88
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Real Salt Lake had a superior ball possession 55% while Colorado Rapids was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Colorado Rapids was more aggressive with 0 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Real Salt Lake found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Colorado Rapids shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 8 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Colorado Rapids didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Real Salt Lake received 1 yellow card (Anderson Julio).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Colorado Rapids will stay with 27 points to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake will have 50 points like Seattle Sounders to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
Colorado Rapids – Formation
Colorado Rapids
89'
15'
Colorado Rapids started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Chris Little decided to play with the following team: Abraham Rodriguez , Sebastian Anderson , Moïse Bombito , Andreas Maxsö , Andrew Gutman , Ralph Priso-Mbongue , Connor Ronan , Calvin Harris , Cole Bassett , Jonathan Lewis and Rafael Navarro .
The home team had on the bench: Marko Ilic, Keegan Rosenberry, Danny Wilson, Lalas Abubakar, Oliver Larraz , Braian Galván, Steven Beitashour , Darren Yapi and Kévin Cabral .
Substitutions
Colorado Rapids made 4 changes: Jonathan Lewis for Kévin Cabral (69′), Ralph Priso-Mbongue for Oliver Larraz (69′), Calvin Harris for Darren Yapi (81′) and Sebastian Anderson for Steven Beitashour (89′).
Best player: Connor Ronan
The most impressive player for Colorado Rapids was Connor Ronan.
His rating is with 70 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 11 crosses.
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
74'
Real Salt Lake started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath , Bode Davis , Justen Glad , Bryan Oviedo , Andrew Brody , Emeka Eneli , Diego Luna , Braian Ojeda , Maikel Chang , Daniel Musovski and Anderson Julio .
These were the players on the bench: Antonio Hidalgo , Andres Gomez , Nelson Palacio, Rubio Rubin , Jasper Loffelsend , Kevon Lambert , Gavin Beavers and Zavier Gozo.
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 5 changes: Daniel Musovski for Rubio Rubin (46′), Maikel Chang for Jasper Loffelsend (72′), Diego Luna for Antonio Hidalgo (89′), Anderson Julio for Andres Gomez (72′) and Justen Glad for Kevon Lambert (72′).
Best player: Zac MacMath
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was the goalkeeper: Zac MacMath. His rating is 8.36. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Los Angeles FC – 1-1
- St. Louis City – Seattle Sounders – 0-2
- SJ Earthquakes – Austin – 1-1
- Portland Timbers – Houston Dynamo – 1-3
- LA Galaxy – Dallas – 1-4
- Sporting KC – Minnesota United – 3-1
- Colorado Rapids – Real Salt Lake – 0-1
