DENVER. Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids draw 1-1. P. Ruiz scored the first goal (45′) for Real Salt Lake. L. Abubakar equalized (55′). Colorado Rapids was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%)
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 Ted Unkel with the collaboration of Kyle Atkins and Tiffini Turpin. The 4th official was Ricardo Fierro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 17 Total 6
- 5 On Target 2
- 12 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 118 Attack 102
- 47 Dangerous attack 27
- 88 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Colorado Rapids had a superior ball possession 63% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Colorado Rapids was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Colorado Rapids to win the match.
Colorado Rapids shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Colorado Rapids received 1 yellow card (D. Wilson). Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake received 3 yellow cards (P. Ruiz, M. Silva and T. Schmitt).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Colorado Rapids will have 8 points like Austin, Columbus Crew, Dallas, Orlando City, Houston Dynamo and Minnesota United to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake will have 11 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Colorado Rapids will play away with Austin on the 9th of October with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Colorado Rapids (0 draws).
Real Salt Lake will host Portland Timbers on the 9th of October with a 14-11 head to head record in favor of Portland Timbers (8 draws).
Colorado Rapids – Formation
Colorado Rapids started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Robin Fraser decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Colorado Rapids made only 1 change substituting J. Lewis for A. Shinyashiki (85′).
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: .
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: J. Meram for D. Kreilach (64′), E. Luiz for B. Davis (72′) and M. Chang for P. Reedy (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Sporting KC – 1-0
- Minnesota United – Seattle Sounders – 1-2
- Portland Timbers – LA Galaxy – 1-3
- Colorado Rapids – Real Salt Lake – 1-1
- Inter Miami – Houston Dynamo – 1-3