DENVER. Colorado Rapids found a way to reverse the scoreline against Vancouver Whitecaps. It was Vancouver Whitecaps to score first with a goal from B. White. However, later Colorado Rapids found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with G. Zardes (21′), D. Rubio (33′) and J. Lewis (75′).
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 Kevin Stott with the assistance of Cameron Blanchard and Mike Rottersman. The 4th official was Michael Radchuk. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 23 Total 15
- 4 On Target 6
- 19 Off Target 9
- 11 Shots blocked 3
- 92 Attack 104
- 27 Dangerous attack 42
- 88 Ball safe 76
- 1 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 15
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Colorado Rapids was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Vancouver Whitecaps that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Vancouver Whitecaps was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Colorado Rapids was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Colorado Rapids shot 23 times, 4 on target, 19 off target. On the opposite side, Vancouver Whitecaps shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Colorado Rapids didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Vancouver Whitecaps received 2 yellow cards (R. Veselinovic and A. Schopf).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this contest, Colorado Rapids will have 36 points to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Vancouver Whitecaps will stay with 34 points to remain in the 11th place.
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 2-2 head to head stats.
Vancouver Whitecaps will play away agasint Minnesota United on the 9th of October with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Minnesota United (3 draws).
Colorado Rapids – Formation
Colorado Rapids
78'
75'
Colorado Rapids started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Robin Fraser decided to play with the following team: William Yarbrough , Keegan Rosenberry , Lalas Abubakar , Danny Wilson , Lucas Esteves , Bryan Acosta , Felipe Gutiérrez , Sam Nicholson , Diego Rubio , Jonathan Lewis and Gyasi Zardes .
The home team had on the bench: Anthony Markanich, Darren Yapi , Jack Price , Ralph Priso, Collen Warner, Max , Clint Irwin, Michael Barrios and Exon Gustavo Vallecilla .
Colorado Rapids could not rely on the presence of G. Vallecilla (injured).
Substitutions
Colorado Rapids made 5 changes: S. Nicholson for M. Barrios (67′), F. Gutierrez for J. Price (68′), J. Lewis for M. Alves da Silva (78′), L. Abubakar for G. Vallecilla (78′) and D. Rubio for D. Yapi (84′).
Best player: Felipe Gutiérrez
The player that probably impressed the most for Colorado Rapids was Felipe Gutiérrez even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 36 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.
Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation
Vancouver Whitecaps
32'
Vancouver Whitecaps started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Vanni Sartini played with: Cody Cropper , Javain Brown , Ranko Veselinović , Tristan Blackmon , Marcus Godinho , Andrés Cubas , Julian Gressel , Alessandro Schöpf , Russell Teibert , Pedro Vite and Brian White .
These were the players on the bench: Florian Jungwirth, Leonard Owusu , Tosaint Ricketts , Luís Martins , Jakob Nerwiński, Ryan Raposo , Cristián Dájome , Simon Becher and Thomas Hasal.
Substitutions
Vancouver Whitecaps made 5 changes: M. Godinho for L. Martins (63′), A. Schopf for C. Dajome (64′), R. Teibert for L. Owusu (73′), R. Veselinovic for T. Ricketts (82′) and J. Brown for R. Raposo (83′).
Best player: Javain Brown
The player that probably impressed the most for Vancouver Whitecaps was Javain Brown.
His rating is with 41 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Portland Timbers – Minnesota United – 1-0
- Seattle Sounders – Austin – 3-0
- Chicago Fire – Inter Miami – 3-1
- Real Salt Lake – DC United – 0-0
- Colorado Rapids – Vancouver Whitecaps – 3-1
- Houston Dynamo – Sporting KC – 0-0
- Dallas – Los Angeles FC – 2-1
