Colorado Rapids tops Sporting KC 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

DENVER. Colorado Rapids prevails over Sporting KC with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Rubio (21') and a goal from M. Kaye (52').

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March 14, 2022

DENVER. Colorado Rapids overcomes Sporting KC with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Rubio (21′) and a goal from M. Kaye (52′). Sporting KC lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park stadium in Denver on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Alex Chilowicz with the collaboration of Jeremy Kieso and Adam Garner. The 4th official was Ricardo Fierro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.

Match Statistics

Colorado Rapids

2 - 0

Sporting KC

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

8 Total 6
6 On Target 1
2 Off Target 5
0 Shots blocked 2

92 Attack 107
65 Dangerous attack 82
86 Ball safe 90

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 7
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

12 Total 11
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting KC had a superior ball possession 56% while Colorado Rapids was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting KC had a more offensive attitude with 82 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Colorado Rapids managed to find the solution to win this match.

Colorado Rapids shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Sporting KC shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Colorado Rapids received 1 yellow card (K. Rosenberry). Talking about the opposition, Sporting KC received 2 yellow cards (N. Isimat-Mirin and C. Duke).

Match Timeline

21'

28'

Cameron Duke- sub ->F. Hernandez

29'

52'

56'

Cameron Duke- Yellow

Keegan Rosenberry- Yellow

62'

67'

74'

80'

81'

Kortne Ford- sub ->A. Fontas

81'

Jake Davis- sub ->R. Espinoza

83'

K. Pierre- sub ->J. Russell

D. Yapi- sub ->M. Barrios

88'

89'

S. Anderson- sub ->S. Beitashour

89'

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team

Pts

Last 5

Western Conference

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Colorado Rapids has 6 points to occupy the 8th place in the table. On the other side, Sporting KC stays with 3 points (22nd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Colorado Rapids will play away against Austin on the 9th of October with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Colorado Rapids (0 draws).

Sporting KC will play away agasint Dallas on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head record in favor of Dallas (9 draws).

Colorado Rapids – Formation

Colorado Rapids

William Yarbrough 22.United States

7.5

Keegan Rosenberry 2.United States

7.1

62'

Auston Trusty 5.United States

7.3

Lalas Abubakar 6.Ghana

7.1

Steven Beitashour 33.Iran

7.1

89'

Lucas Esteves 66.Brazil

7.8

67'

Jack Price 19.England

7.1

Mark-Anthony Kaye 14.Canada

8.3

52'

J. Lewis 7.United States

6.4

89'

Diego Rubio 11.Chile

7.1

74'

21'

Michael Barrios 12.Colombia

6.8

88'

Substitutes

Clint Irwin 1.United States

S. Anderson 27.United States

89'

D. Moor 3.USA

6.8

67'

Bryan Acosta 21.Honduras

D. Yapi 77.United States

6.8

88'

Collen Warner 32.USA

Nicolás Mezquida 20.Uruguay

Max 8.Brazil

89'

Andre Shinyashiki 9.Brazil

6.5

74'

Colorado Rapids started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Robin Fraser decided to play with the following team: William Yarbrough (7.5), Keegan Rosenberry (7.1), Lalas Abubakar (7.1), Auston Trusty (7.3), Steven Beitashour (7.1), Jack Price (7.1), Mark-Anthony Kaye (8.3), Lucas Esteves (7.8), Michael Barrios (6.8), Diego Rubio (7.1) and Jonathan Lewis (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Bryan Acosta, Darren Yapi (6.8), Collen Warner, Clint Irwin, Andre Shinyashiki (6.5), Nicolás Mezquida, Max, Sebastian Anderson and Drew Moor (6.8).

Colorado Rapids could not rely on the presence of D. Moor (injured).

Substitutions

Colorado Rapids made 5 changes: L. Esteves for D. Moor (67′), D. Rubio for A. Shinyashiki (74′), J. Lewis for M. Alves (88′), S. Beitashour for S. Anderson (88′) and M. Barrios for D. Yapi (89′).

Best player: Mark-Anthony Kaye

The most impressive player for Colorado Rapids was Mark-Anthony Kaye.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 47 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Sporting KC – Formation

Sporting KC

Tim Melia 29.United States

6.4

Graham Zusi 8.United States

6.5

Andreu Fontàs 3.Spain

6.5

81'

Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 5.France

7.0

29'

Logan Ndenbe 18.Belgium

6.8

80'

Róger Espinoza 15.Honduras

6.6

81'

Rémi Walter 54.France

6.9

Felipe Hernández 21.Colombia

6.7

28'

Marinos Tzionis 27.Cyprus

6.4

Johnny Russell 7.Scotland

6.8

83'

Nikola Vujnovic 19.Montenegro

6.2

Substitutes

Kendall Mcintosh 22.United States

Kortne Ford 12.United States

6.2

81'

Ben Sweat 2.United States

6.5

80'

K. Pierre 24.United States

6.2

83'

Kaveh Rad 48.United States

Robert Voloder 4.Germany

J. Davis 17.USA

6.1

81'

Cameron Duke 28.United States

6.6

28'

56'

Ozzie Cisneros 25.United States

Sporting KC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Peter Vermes played with: Timothy Melia (6.4), Graham Zusi (6.5), Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (7.0), Andreu Fontàs (6.5), Logan Ndenbe (6.8), Felipe Hernández (6.7), Rémi Walter (6.9), Roger Espinoza (6.6), Johnny Russell (6.8), Nikola Vujnović (6.2) and Marinos Tzionis (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Jake Davis (6.1), Cameron Duke (6.6), Kortne Ford (6.2), Ben Sweat (6.5), Kendall Mcintosh, Kayden Pierre (6.2), Kaveh Rad, Robert Voloder and Ozzie Cisneros.

Sporting KC could not rely on the presence of C. Duke (injured) and K. Pierre (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 5 changes: F. Hernandez for C. Duke (28′), L. Ndenbe for B. Sweat (80′), A. Fontas for K. Ford (81′), R. Espinoza for J. Davis (81′) and J. Russell for K. Pierre (83′).